Country Klub

A couple of months ago, with our good friends Traci and Aaron, we decided to spice up our dinner get togethers, and hold a themed dinner around dishes from Spain. It was awesome!

Aaron and Traci made Romesco sauce, which my husband loves (this is an understatement, believe me). We made steak that had a yummy sauce made of orange juice, onions and blue cheese.

Little did we all know that this dinner would spark a culinary journey. After some wine, the four of us decided this needed to be a regular event, and our very own Country Klub was founded. This one however, does not come with membership fees or fancy pants; instead, the only requirement is that you come with a love for food and an a appetite of course!

We created a list of countries/places; put the list in excel and created a randomized sort. This way, it was completely at random as to which place would be next on the list. And so, the journey begins (already began actually).

Here's the list:

Spain

Corsica (Italy)

Polynesia

Japan

Greece

Bangladesh

South African

China

Chile

Mexico

Hawaii

Mongolia

Lebanon

Ethiopia

Australia

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

New Zealand

India

Russia

Serbia

United Kingdom

Germany

....and who knows what will be next on the list.

Next blog post....a recap of Spain, Corsica, and Polynesia.

Change

If there's anything I've learned in the past 6 months, it is this...Change is inevitable. Change is good. Change is hard. It is scary, and it is sometimes a necessity. But with change, comes new adventures.

In the last two months, I decided to limit my blogging to focus on a little soul searching. And among all the things I needed to weigh, I needed first to decide whether I would let the fear of change paralyze me from taking action, or if I would put my big girl shoes on and walk straight into embracing change.

Well, I put the big girl shoes on, not without struggle, or a lot of support, and went forth. And guess what...change was going to happen whether I wanted to welcome it or not, but it is much better when you do, because you can have some say in that change.

You might ask what's all the fuss about. Well, I decided to change jobs. I know people do this everyday. But I had spent almost one-third of my life with this company and the people (often spending more time with them, than my own family). So, the people factor made it really hard. But the personal and professional part really needed the change.

So as I said before, with change, comes new adventures. I set the chain of events in motion for my own change, and found out, this chica is ready! So, here's to new adventures. New job starts next week!

And thank you Vladi, Dad, Mom, for dealing with me and for supporting me. Love you guys.

Happy Friday

Been busy lately...I will reflect on this later, but for now, I'm happy it's friday.

And, I thought a perfect way to kick it off, would be to share a some images that make me smile.

Sweet Face (or should I same Game Face On...mission cupcake)

Really workin' it now...

Moocher

Mission accomplished!

A little sugar high...poor Papa Smurf

Happy Friday!