Food, Life, Amsterdam, & Heineken

Hey everyone, okay update time. Currently, Dave is trying to sponsor me because he has temporary residency. Once I am sponsored I will have residency and then I can work. At the moment it would be illegal for me to work so I have to play whats known as the "waiting game." The good news is that the paperwork is mostly done and parts are already being processed. Let's hope that this works out.

Meanwhile, I am learning how to live a stress free life. I am so used to being a crazy busy person so the concept of "relaxing" is confusing to me. I am learning a lot about myself and what I enjoy doing. While Dave goes to work I do a variety of different things and create my own projects. I am learning this website software for my professional interior design portfolio website. Once I am ready to look for a job, this will be my portfolio I present. I have needed one of these for a while, so now I actually have the time to learn how to create one. It is very fun, but time consuming. In the future I can have this website link on my resume so an employer can look at my portfolio before an interview.

I have also taken over the blog for a little bit. Feel free to leave comments about anything. Dave finally got Rosetta Stone working on his work computer so we are learning Dutch starting this week. I am really interested to learn Dutch or at least the basics. If I am going to attempt to get a job here, I think it will look good to show that I am putting forth the effort to learn. I know it takes years to become fluent with Dutch...and I can believe it. There are so many noises we just do not make in our language. This will be something nice Dave and I can do together.

Finally, I have been working on my cooking skills. Those of you who know me well know that I am not the best cook! I have lucked out because Dave and my mom are good cooks and they have always cooked for me. This is going to change. So far I have made homemade spaghetti and meatballs, green bean and pea salad, broiled chicken seasoned with balsamic vinagrette and olive oil with a variety of fresh vegetables, and my favorite, bean salad. I got this recipe online and I have mastered it. This bean salad fesh, delicious, healthy, and we love it. I just made my second one today! I am sorry I do not have a "Dutch Food Review" in this blog, I PROMISE next entry! I will still grade this...Here is a picture of it:

Wendi's Healthy Bean Salad gets an A++

Dave and I took a nice trip to Amsterdam on Saturday. We chose to go to the Heineken brewery. Take a look:

Me in the center of everything

Above shows the process of how they bottle the beer and then a really cool room that had a ceiling design using empty Heineken bottles. The picture does not give the ceiling justice as to how cool it really looked. Thanks for blogging with me. Next time I will have the food review.