I've been in a lot of meetings lately and I have noticed a trend. There always seems to be someone who overpowers the meeting with excessive airings of their own opinion. Sometimes this is fabulous, say if you are a celebrity/royalty/cute two year old and we are salivating for your opinion, but most of the time I like moderation of opinions. Today I left a meeting wanting to take a cheese grater to my brain if it went on any longer. Ho hum. This picture expresses what I felt like all day. Thankfully there are no meetings tomorrow and thus, no need for a cheese/Jenny grating slide.

Supposedly What I will miss about the US

So I have 6 months before I move to England, 4 months before I head to Europe, and 1 day before my weekend is over. I've been eating up British customs and etiquette books and my most recent aquisition had this list. Feel free to add to it!

5 Things You won't expect to miss about the US, but will

1) Being in the same time zone. No doubt! Though for me, I'll actually be in the right time zone for most of family for the first time in 10 years. Cha-ching.

2) Late business hours. Seriously. What is the deal with everything closing at 6pm every night? I can't begin to count the number of times that I have finally realized that thing that I needed, that I couldn't live without, that I could wait no longer for had to be bought at 11pm. Thank goodness for Wal-mart.

3) Light Beer. Thats what the book says, I'm pretty sure that I won't be missing it, but Diet Coke... that might be a problem considering that it costs triple over there.

4) Crossing Streets Effortlessly ok. Who wrote this list? Like its easy to cross the street in the US? I think you take your life in your hands everytime you do it. At what major intersection is there ever enough time for a pedestrian to get across?

5) Comfort Food. They list Lucky Charms, Mac and Cheese, root beer, quesadillas, nachos ....
I'm pretty sure that I can live without all of those, but Ranch dressing and chocolate chip cookies? That might be the stretch I can't make.

6) Anything else? Just let me know what you think .....

Gotta Dance!

My only excuse was it was late at night and we had a camera and too much caffeine. The result of that combination was these pictures.

Let it snow, Let it snow

O the weather outside is frightful and for Jenny that is so delightful ....

Because it means ....

A SNOW DAY! The joy of every teacher. Or at least this one.

Kebabs make mouths happy

Kebabs ... oh the blissful memory of my favorite food in Sweden. Up until now I have just accepted the inevitability of not having kebabs in the US and forced my mouth to wait for my yearly trip to food heaven.

No longer.

I just made a kebab (talriq?) - who knows how to spell that! Let me inform all of you in the US of how you can join in on the yummy goodness.

1 pkg shaved beef (I used Farmland - they call it Philly style)
Cut onions - I don't use too much - whatever amount floats your boat.
Brown these two together, making sure to make the meat flaky.

You eat a kebab with cut lettuce and a few slices of tomato. You can put it all together in a pita, on top of a pizza crust w/ the added cheese of course. (Aaron's favorite). Or my personal favorite all of that on top of a bed of french fries.

But what makes a kebab is the sauce. Lots and lots of sauce. I even have that for you. (You should thank me)

1 1/4 cups of plain yogurt
1/4 cup of mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip)
1 tsp minced garlic (more if you want more garlic ... you could figure this out yourself)
1 tsp basil
1 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1-2 tsp Tabasco
1 tsp chili powder
mix together (its better the longer the sauce sits) and liberally cover your kebab.

Let me know what you think, but personally I couldn't have made my mouth any happier.