Off to Roma..

Im off to Rome.... Every year Connie Patty (www.livingbylysa.blogspot.com) puts on a Josiah Venture Women's Conference. This year its in Rome! So I am presently packing up my bags and picking out fun books to read on our train ride down there. I will be gone until Friday... Thats all!

Remembering the old days...

Remember elementry school when you put out the brown paper bag and everyone got a valentine? At the bottom of the bag would always be a bunch of the heart candies. Hmmm..... Yummy! Yesterday I noticed a bunch of candies sitting on our living room table. I was so excited because it had been a while since I had one. Now, what Id like to know is, when did conversaton heart candies start tasting like chalk? I used to really look forward to those in elementry school. And I was so excited when I picked one up yesterday....Oh to my dismay....chalk. I was so dissapointed.

Junior high + camera + downtown = something fun!

We ran around Ljubljana. Took bizarre pictures. Made strangers think we were crazy. Made fools of ourselves infront of people we do knew. Overall I think the junior high photo scavenger hunt was a hit! Click on pics to make 'em bigger...

Its BACK!

Last night Anna, Glorija and I watched American Idol narrow it down to the top 24. We already have our favorites. Among them is 28year old Chris Sligh. His goal is to make David Hasselhoff cry. He is halarious! And surprisingly an incredible singer too!! We hope he makes the final 5!

Perfect...

Jack Johnson is perfect Day Off music...

Recipe of the day...

Ok, so I really like coffee cake. Last Saturday I made the best coffee cake I have EVER had. It was incredible!! If you have a lazy morning.... make this and enjoy.



Seriously. Im not even messing around. Its amazing. Let me know how it turns out!

Breakfast Coffee Cake

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup nutlike cereal nuggets (such as Grape-Nuts, oatmeal, granola)
2 teaspoons instant espresso granules
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 7 3/4 ounces)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vanilla fat-free yogurt (about 8 ounces)
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons cooled brewed coffee

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar, cereal, espresso granules, and cinnamon in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Set aside.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, remaining 1 cup granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add yogurt, butter, and eggs; beat with an electric mixer on low speed 1 minute or until combined. Spread half of batter into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with cereal mixture; top with remaining half of batter. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean; cool in pan.

Combine powdered sugar and coffee in a small bowl; spread glaze evenly over top of cake. Cut into 12 pieces.

Day of Outreach

During my Multnomah Days we would take two days off a year and do work for people in our community. Anything from picking up trash to weeding gardens to cleaning out refrigerators. This year our church here in Ljubljana is focusing on our community. So on Saturday our youthgroup went out into Trnovo (the name of the community) and knocked on doors asking if we could do anything to help as well as picked up trash on the streets. Although people were a bit suspicious of us I think that we made a big impression on them!

Girls Night!

Friday night over 20 of us girls gathered together at Katka's place and had a VERY girly girl night! It was a lot of fun. Facial Masks, Miss Congeniality, and Chocolalte Pudding! We laughed a lot and even had some new faces join us. It was a great night.

Praying for Kamnik

Last thursday Matjea organized a prayer walk in Kamnik (a city outside of Ljubljana, where she lives). According to Matjea, Kamnik is known for it being a city where you can purchase any kind of drug that you want. It also offers no sort of recreation for young people except, bars and clubs. She challenged us to pray big and expect BIG things from our BIG God!

Cheese...

"This tastes just like ice cream...but its cheese....!"

Thanks for the quote Johnny. Im still laughing.

Just something

Meagan Jackson had a birthday yesterday. 14years old! Its hard to believe the first time I met her, she had JUST turned 11yrs old.

Im wearing my hair curly these days. Its my new phase.

My week...

On Tuesday night Anna and I ordered Chinese and watched I Love Lucy ReRuns.

Wednesday night I went to the Opera House. We saw Don Quijote, a Spanish book, put into a French Opera, with Slovene Subtitles. It was Incredible--my first opera and I loved it! Sure wish I would have paid more attention in 9th grade English Literature though...I didnt understand much of it.

Then Thursday we invited our 20year old college student neighbor over to watch the latest two American Idol episdoes. Her name is Tanja. We like being her new friends. We are all rooting for the guy whose goal is to make David Hasselhoff cry. He is halarious. I hope he wins.

That was my week...