free as a bird

I am free. Really free. On Friday I finished the last of my licensing exams and now I have nothing to do but wait until I find out the results. Oh and it will take 3-4 weeks for the results to come in. Then, if I passed I have to wait another week or so and pay another $200 to get my license so I can finally start working.

So... now I have no job and no school to occupy my time.  Initially I was very excited for this break. A time to enjoy summer!  I had so many plans to lay out by the pool, go on picnics, hikes in the canyon, bikes!, just be outside!  But here we are on day 1 and its 40 degrees and raining outside:(  And its forecasted to snow tomorrow...

Instead I'll sit inside and clean, do laundry, maybe workout, and cook. I am excited to do a little more cooking and baking and try out some new recipes, here's some of the future items on the poulsen menu:

-flautas (I actually made these TONIGHT and they were absolutely delicious, we LOVED them! Thanks Meg!)
-homemade mac n cheese
-rustic butternut squash pizza
-asparagus and walnut ravioli
-curried apple sweet potato soup
-maple frosted cinnamon rolls
-Italian sausage and white bean bake
-Monte Cristos
-Onion, Pepper, and Feta Quiche
-cold sesame noodle salad
-stovetop ziti
-English oven-fried fish n chips
-tomato and cheese strata

Hopefully this will keep me occupied until the sun decides to reappear and I can start the summer fun!