Rezen!

The other day my friend Zuzka was over.  It was getting close to dinner time and I was wanting to try my hand at rezen.  Rezen is a common Slovak chicken dish (kind of like the country fried steak of the American south).  Thankfully Zuzka hung around long enough to teach me how to do it just the way her family does...

Pounding that meat...and yes I did use a potato masher as we didn't have a meat hammer.  It did a fine job though, I must say.

The chef and I :)  (no comments on the cheesiness of that photo haha!)

Wait for it to turn a lovely golden brown, and then...

Plate it up with rice and dig in. Delish!

Four Eyes!

That's me...four-eyes, glasses-wearing chick.  But I'm totally fine with it, especially since glasses are a fun accessory (or so I think :)

So when my glasses came in the mail the other day, I was pretty pumped to give 'em a whirl.

I'm a fan.  But then I decided I needed a junior model to join me in trying on glasses.  So who did I recruit?  Why Elise, of course! (Jas is a lil big to be considered a junior, ya know?)

That last one is my absolute favorite...makes me laugh.  And for the record, I really do hope she never has to wear glasses...I'd much prefer her to have great vision.  I did enjoy having her model with me, however, but eh, I'm not so sure she was into it...haha.

That View...

Our balcony is one of my favorite spots in/on our flat.  The view is often quite amazing.

Take these for example...

 

Love the color display of sunrises and sunsets.  Gorgeous.

And right now there's a ton of snow a-fallin':

 

(We're going to see how long we can make our Christmas tree last :)  Wouldn't it be cool if we could use the same one next year!?  But I highly doubt it'll make it through the summer heat...we'll see!)

But I guess I better quit looking out the window and get to studying.  Round two of language test tomorrow...yikes!

A Few More

Just a few more from a recent "photo shoot" because they made me smile :)  Not to mention it was among one of the first times she actually stayed still long enough for me to get a few good shots...

So serious...but so seriously cute.

Feelin' A Bit Random

I happen to be one of those people that really likes random posts.  I like to write them and I really like to read them on other blogs.  Maybe it's because there are always approximately 10 things I am thinking of at once?  Or maybe because it gives a good snapshot of the daily (and those lil tid bits that may go unnoticed otherwise)?

Either way, here ya go, Thursday randomness...

My friend, Bara, gave me that little planner.  Cute, huh?
My mama gave me the owl journal.  At the moment it's being filled with tons of language notes (we have another big test next week...eep!)

Our bathroom currently looks like a pharmacy.  Jason is still in the healing process, but it's coming along!  He now walks more like a 30 year old instead of a 90 year old...

Sonya made these nuts for Bible study, and I just love the texture (and of course the flavor was great too).

Steph made this mobile for Elise and she LOVES it.  Every time I put her down for a nap in her crib, she takes about 10 minutes studying that thing before she falls asleep.

Oreos + Milka chocolate.  Oh. My. Yes. Amazing.

And this lil cute thing just wanted to say "peace out"!

Happy (random) Thursday :)