It has been another wonderful week. It is definitely not easy to be so far away from family and loved ones (especially with Eden being so little and cute) but having their support makes such a difference to my heart. I am very very blessed. This week, like most others, has been pretty busy. I've decided to work on an on-going lifelong "to do" list. Thus far, this is what I've got...(in no particular order)

1) go to the Czech Republic
2)go camping with Seth and Eden (and anyone else who wanted to join us)

3) go to Spain

4) travel long distance by train

5) make a baked cheesecake

6) make a 5 course meal

7)have a bed with nightstands on both sides

8) take the kids to DisneyWorld

9) go back to Korea for a visit

10) pull off a really good surprise (how ironic that I'm posting that:)

11) go on a cruise

12) fly on Emirates for a long distance

13) eat tacos arabes
and... I'll keep thinking. Funny that almost all of them involve food and traveling. One can certainly tell what I'm passionate about:) Oh, and I was also going to post about another adventure I had this week- making yogurt!

Seth and I LOVE yogurt. It's not common here, so I thought I'd try my hand at making it! It actually turned out really well. Here's what I did...

1) sterilize yogurt jar (boil in a pot of water)

2) remove jar from boiling water, let cool for a bit, and add a quart of milk

3) put jar of milk in a saucepan that is filled halfway with boiling water

4) when milk is scalding (not boiling, steam starts to rise off the top of the milk and little bubbles of milk form around the edges) remove jar of milk from the pan and place in fridge.

5) When the milk cools to around 115F, remove from fridge and add 2 Tbs. of yogurt (preferably plain, though I had to use strawberry b/c plain yogurt is not to be found here. Stir.

6) And here's where it gets just a bit tricky. The yogurt needs to incubate for around 4-12 hours in an environment that is not too cold or too hot (around 90-120'F). So I boiled some water, filled my Nalgene, and then wrapped a big towel around the Nalgene and the jar of milk and set it inside a bag. I let it sit for about 5 hours and checked it for consistency (the long you let it sit, the thicker and more sour it gets) and it was perfect. And delicious. And way less expensive than buying a quart of yogurt!