I leave for England in less than 48 hours. I am just overwhelmed that I am going back to England only a couple months after being there for the first time. I am excited but so not prepared. I haven’t even begun to pack and I have no idea what we’re going to do there besides the actual Christmas stuff.
I find myself very emotional today. Feeling really down and introspective. I watched Julie & Julia tonight and I thought.. why didn’t I think of that? I love to cook, I saw myself in many aspects of that movie and I love to blog. I am a writer.. why couldn’t I be the one to write some super cool blog that everyone wants to read?
I got a book from work today. “What Color is your Parachute?”…
The funny thing about the book is that it is “A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career Changers”… Interesting that work would give this book to me to read… The woman who lent it to me made a comment that she always gets it back obviously unopened and unread… I can see why… the whole first half of the book – at least – is about how to find a new job and how to do a resume, go to interviews etc… Anyone wanting to use it as a stepping stone for career advancement within the company wouldn’t be too interested in reading about how to find a new job elsewhere…
I am hoping… hoping that this book will miraculously help me figure out what to do with my career. I kind of know what needs to be done but I am not sure how… For the time being, I am getting another certificate from Mount Royal University. Nothing huge or amazing but gradual improvement on my education and experience!
I have become completely obsessed with cooking and food. I am addicted to the Food Network and have begun to accumulate a really good cookbook collection. I have also started to weed out the cookbooks I don’t like.
My one downfall though, is that I tend to read the recipe but not follow it completely. I use them as guidelines, not necessarily as law… I have followed a couple recipes recently.. to the letter (more or less) and they have turned out wonderfully!! I made 6 Cornish hens with cornbread stuffing. The cornbread recipe was followed to the letter as well! Delicious! I got the cornbread recipe from Martha Stewart, the Hen recipe from Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa).
I also made Pork Lo Mein from the America’s Text Kitchen cookbook. It was superb!!! It doesn’t always turn out the same though. Sometimes I slip and add too much garlic chili sauce.. sometimes I add too much 5 spice.
I also recently made duck breast with a blueberry balsamic glaze BUT that one, I used a couple recipes as guidelines (mainly Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay) and then had to completely make up the blueberry balsamic glaze because I couldn’t find one online. I made it using dried blueberries.
Anyway.. I have a lot to think about and I am torn between my new fetish.. – food… and my need for a really lucrative career. Its kinda funny… Neil keeps referring to the Food Network as my porn LOL.
I’ll figure it all out.. and drag you along with me ;) Thanks for listening…
