This is NOT happening!!

Everybody probably know by now that we have been planning our trip to Croatia FOREVER!We've been trying to save some money and pay some things off before we can actually go.Brett was about to purchase tickets online about two weeks ago...and guess what??My passport EXPIRED!!!No big deal!We thought it can be done fast and we can still go in couple of months,right?
Well,we found out that is a major procedure!!First of all,i have to get my birth certificate in Croatia so they can change my last name on it,then i have to notarize our marriage certificate and take it to SLC for apostille(a certification. It is commonly used in English to refer to the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention.).Since there's only 1 person that can do this in Utah(and it takes more than couple of months)i'm going to have to send this to my dear Mom(she is going to be busy),so she can translate this to Croatian and then take care of my birth certificate.She has to send this back to me and then with copies of both of our passports and ID,and bunch of forms we have to send it back to LA,and wait...probably for a while.Then,when i receive my documents, i have to send a written letter and forms and copies of things back to LA in order to receive my passport,which could take up to 2 months!!So,we are not going to see Croatia for a while,unfortunately!!I wish this could've been done easier,but,believe me,we tried!Don't you just love paperwork?!We have had so much of it already that i get a headache just thinking about it!
Anyways,just thought i'd share this with you.We get asked often if we are still planning on going,and i believe some people think that we made to Croatia and back already.Please,just pray for us!:)

Full plate and some more...

Brett and i spent most of our Saturday in SLC (Salt Lake City).I was happy to have a Saturday off work,because i rarely get any.
Anyways,both off us went to this class that was specifically on our Nikon camera model.
It lasted for about 3 hrs.To tell you the truth,i did not have any high expectations of learning a lot,but there was lots of those "ooooohh,ok" moments and i realized i have learned a lot better how to use all the functions on my camera.
Well,since we were already in that area,we decided to have a lunch in Croatian/Bosnian (food is similar in both countries) restaurant.There is 3 of them in SLC,as far as i know,but we found out that one of them closed and the store that was part of it closed as well.Man,i was sad!I love to go there once in a while and get all the stuff that i miss from home.Brett's favorite is KROKI KROKET(puffy snacks that tastes like peanuts).Maybe this doesn't sounds good to you,but Brett absolutely loves it.
My favorite is EUROCREM.This is chocolate spread,kind off like Nutella,but it has white part that's a white chocolate.So yummi!!This is what i would to refuse to stop eating even if i was on a diet!:)
Anyhow,we had lunch at this other place that's called 'Cafe on mein'.No adriatic,baltic,whatever sound to it whatsoever,but they serve the best food and the owners are from Bosnia,i think.Brett and i both had Čevapi.Correct me if i'm wrong ,but no one who had those before said they didn't like it.Those are seasoned beef sausage links served with homemade bread and cut up onions.We also shared burek...[BOOR-ehk]
Though thought of as Turkish, these thin packets of pastry (ranging from PHYLLO to PUFF PASTRY) are found throughout the Middle East. They can contain a variety of fillings, including cheese, spinach or ground meat, and may be baked or fried. Borek are served hot as an HORS D'OEUVRE or with a salad as a main course.So good!!We always promise people we would take them to taste some of the foods i had growing up.If anyone feels like going,let us know,we are always excited to go.
Well,this was probably excitement of the day.We planned that day to go to Park City for Sundance Film Festival,but the wheather was starting to be crazy...wind,snow,rain,all together,so we ended up staying home.Just for the record,I'm so jealous of my friend running into Kevin Bacon!;)

I know it is way too late to talk about it,but i just wanted to say that we had great holidays!!Our 2008 was pretty good,but hopefully this year will be better for all of us.With everything that is happening around us,i'm thinking we can't do much about rather than be optimistic.Here are some of my personal goals for this year...(not in any specific order)

• loose weight - i don't even know if i want to talk about it,it's frustrating.American food is soooo good,but not worth gaining 35 lb!!I realize more and more how bad it is for me...
• learn how to play piano(better) - i haven't played piano for cupple of years,i think i'm pretty rusty.
• be a better friend - i am a people person and i have not been my best for a while.I want to spend more time with family and friends.To all of you who i don't hang out much with,i prommise i will stay in contact.
• start a photography class
• make my own clothes - i use to love doing this,but i got lazy unfortunately.
• learn another language
• improve my italian
• make different meals - i have some meals memorized,so i've been making those constantly.I do have decent collection of cookbooks and i think it would be fun to try to use all those recipes.
• go to church every Sunday - it doesn't make it easy when you get sheduled to be at work 3 Sundays a month sometimes,and i wish finding another job would be a little easier.
• trip to Croatia - this is on our list and we have been planning this trip forever!!!When my passport gets done in a month or so i will be able to plan ahead and set the date.I'm so excited!!!I haven't been back for almost 4 yrs!

These are just few on the list.I'm looking forward to having fun and getting busy.I hope everyone has had a fantastic year so far...