I made these heart-shaped berry scones the Tuesday before Valentines, in honor of well Valentines .
That night I also made Chicken Pot Pie for dinner. Which is my 2nd night of making dinner :) Of course I used an "American" recipe which said it made enough for 4 individual pot pies. Well I didn't have 4 individual little pans so I used a big pan instead. And lordy was there pot pie, I kid you not there was enough pie for at least 8 hungry people. When the recipe says it will make enough for 4 people, I will assume next time that the people it serves are only "American" because it was way to much for 4 "Swedes".
Uhhhm, something new. Mikeala has started a new dance class every Sunday. So, what does this have to do with me, well when she gets home from the class she just so happens to teach me what she has learned. It's like having a personal instructor! So at the moment I'm in the process of learning a dance, perhaps when she learns the whole dance we shall put up a video or something.
Also, last Friday Mikeala wanted to bake something so we decided on mini cupcakes. Which I have come to realize are not very commonly baked here in Sweden. I mean cupcakes in general, which I believe are an "American-Classic/Favorite" at least for me they are. They were vanila cupcakes, whipped cream "frosting" with a tint of lime and raspberries. Quite yummy.
As the whole world pretty much knows, yesterday was Valentines Day. That one special day to really spread the love either with a special someone or just loved ones like family and friends. I've never really felt like Valentines Day was worth celebrating, personally it's just any other day except more chocolate and more flowers, etc. But, this year I sort of realized that not matter if you do or don't have a special someone for the day you will ALWAYS have your family and friends. Especially my friends this year. It would have been nice to be surrounded by my loving family but I can't complain much because instead I was surrounded by a great group of girls whom I have become good friends with. These girls I am talking about are the volleyball girls, whom I first met in October and am happy to say are still a part of my exchange. The night was spent training for volleyball and a lot of good laughs.
But it makes me think a bit, what about the homeless people. I've seen some of the same few people at least once if not more each week playing an instrument, standing with a cup in hopes of a donation or just sitting in the cold on the benches. I know that I can't really do much to help them but I wish that they could realized how much I appreciate their strength to keep their heads up when they aren't as fortunate as others. Theres this one guy in particular who looks just like someone from the fire department back home and I just want to go up and give him a hug but it's not him obviously and then it just makes me sad. And then there is this other guy who I see quite often playing music, quite good I might add and he reminds me of someone's sweet grandpa. I hope that these people had somewhere warm to be yesterday because it was especially windy and cold.
So that brings me to another thought, I am thinking of sending an email to my rotary counselor here to ask if there are any places I could go volunteer. Preferably with little kids, that way my level of Swedish will be just a little bit lower than theres :) With little kids it would be perfect to try to up my Swedish or at least get the hang of some words/phrases. But I also wouldn't mind helping anywhere else. I have come to the conclusion that volunteering isn't so "big" here in Sweden. It's not required in school, and well organizations don't seem to need that much help.
Not much else has happened. Went to a guys volleyball game on Saturday, then helped out at one on Sunday. Yesterday was the usual Rotary lunch/meeting. And well today I have a Spanish test.
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