Today was the first day in 3.5 months that I actually felt like eating a hamburger, ate one, and then felt fine afterwards. I'm not sure if this is a good thing because now I'll just want to eat unhealthy things. Before now I could only get myself to eat soup, fruit, and occasionally desserts, but now my world is opened to foods that I haven't eaten in what seems like forever. Casey is thrilled because now I'll start making food again.
I finally decided to tell people at work that I'm pregnant on Thursday. Now that I'm 14 weeks I feel a little better telling people. However, I've felt kind of awkward telling people because I don't want to just go up to someone and say, "guess what. I'm pregnant." I've been waiting for them to maybe notice and then say something. But girls are always complaining at work that people ask that if they're pregnant a lot when they're not so I think people will just think I'm getting fat. I've been trying to think of a way that wouldn't be awkward to tell them. If anyone has any ideas let me know.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
c'est fini
This weekend was so relaxing. I finally finished my UWM class on Thursday and now I'm ready to graduate in August! Casey and I celebrated with Cold Stone and a movie. Casey and I went to see Baby Mama at the IPIC theater at Bayshore on Saturday. If anyone hasn't been there GO. It is the nicest theater I've ever been to and the seats are huge. They're like lazy boys. The customer service is awesome too.
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Jamba secrets are out
I bet some of you are aware that there are "secret" Jamba Juice smoothies. For those of you who aren't, I'll let you in on the secrets of Jamba Juice. I don't work at Jamba Juice anymore so I feel alright divulging. These "secret" smoothies are called underground smoothies and they aren't advertised and they're only made when you ask for them. Some locations don't know how to make some of the underground smoothies so I'll only include the most popular and well known underground smoothies.
White Gummi Bear The most popular of underground smoothies is the White Gummi Bear. Freshman at BYU thought they were cool for ordering this one. People have told me that employees at Jamba Juice won't tell them what's in this one to keep it more secret. I think that's dumb. It has mangoes, one scoop of every sherbet (raspberry, orange, lime and pineapple), soy milk and peach juice. The White Gummi Bear tastes freakishly like a white gummi bear (I personally don't think that's a good thing). The color the smoothie comes out looking gross so beware. Also available is the Red Gummi Bear which is probably the least popular underground smoothie. Instead of mangoes it has strawberries, and instead of peach juice it has raspberry juice.
Strawberry Shortcake My favorite of the underground smoothies is the Strawberry Shortcake. It is very sweet but tastes like strawberry shortcake so you can't go wrong "secretly" ordering this one.
Pink Starburst Close next in popularity to the White Gummi Bear is the Pink Starburst (or Pink Star for people who frequently get it). This smoothie tastes EXACTLY like a pink starburst. It has strawberries, lemonade, soymilk and frozen yogurt in it.
If anyone wants the exact recipes for these let me know. I have the exact ounces and scoops ingrained in my mind after working there for 3 years! The only problem about making them at home is that Jamba Juice has really good sherbet and juices, and you can't buy these at the store without them tasting pretty different. I've tried making some at home and they come out kind of the same but they end up costing too much to buy all the separate ingredients.
White Gummi Bear The most popular of underground smoothies is the White Gummi Bear. Freshman at BYU thought they were cool for ordering this one. People have told me that employees at Jamba Juice won't tell them what's in this one to keep it more secret. I think that's dumb. It has mangoes, one scoop of every sherbet (raspberry, orange, lime and pineapple), soy milk and peach juice. The White Gummi Bear tastes freakishly like a white gummi bear (I personally don't think that's a good thing). The color the smoothie comes out looking gross so beware. Also available is the Red Gummi Bear which is probably the least popular underground smoothie. Instead of mangoes it has strawberries, and instead of peach juice it has raspberry juice.
Strawberry Shortcake My favorite of the underground smoothies is the Strawberry Shortcake. It is very sweet but tastes like strawberry shortcake so you can't go wrong "secretly" ordering this one.
Pink Starburst Close next in popularity to the White Gummi Bear is the Pink Starburst (or Pink Star for people who frequently get it). This smoothie tastes EXACTLY like a pink starburst. It has strawberries, lemonade, soymilk and frozen yogurt in it.
If anyone wants the exact recipes for these let me know. I have the exact ounces and scoops ingrained in my mind after working there for 3 years! The only problem about making them at home is that Jamba Juice has really good sherbet and juices, and you can't buy these at the store without them tasting pretty different. I've tried making some at home and they come out kind of the same but they end up costing too much to buy all the separate ingredients.
Mother's Day
This was the best Mother's Day yet. Probably because this is the first Mother's Day where I've actually gotten something. I didn't expect to get anything since I'm not officially a mom yet but Casey was extremely sweet and got me some surprises and treated me like a princess anyway.
I love plants so Casey got me a hanging plant for our deck, and a Peony plant. I especially love Peonies so I'm very excited to have an actual Peony plant that will bloom a few times and hopefully live for a while! I love being able to plant and grow things too so it was fun to plant the Peony in a big terracotta pot. I'll post a picture of it once it blooms, probably in a week or so, for now you can just see a picture of what is should look like.
It was sad being away from my mom on Mother's Day. I love my mom so much. She is amazing.
... and this week I finish my class at UWM! I found out that if I fail the final I will still get a B in the class. Hopefully I won't fail the final, but it's nice to know that nothing will keep me from graduating now!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Summer excitement
A couple days ago I got tickets to go home for my friend's wedding and my graduation! Casey and I have a lot of frequent flier miles saved up but of course any of the days we want to go we can't use our miles. I was feeling a little bummed spending money to fly home when I knew I had frequent flier miles until I found a sweet deal with Northwest! I heard through the grapevine that Delta and Northwest merged so now flights are way cheaper from MKE to SLC. I am so excited! I'll be in P-Town for almost three weeks hanging out with my family. Casey will only come for the last five days because of work/scout camp but I decided to stay longer. Last year I was unable to go to Provo all summer and I missed so many things about Provo summers including:
-Sunday picnics in the canyon
-Swimming at Seven Peaks (I'll pass on getting in a swimming suit this summer)
-Frequent trips to Cafe Rio, Jamba Juice, and the Snowie at Days
-Shopping with my mom and sisters
-Biweekly trips to Costco
-Homemade root beer, ice cream and jam compliments of my mom
-My dad's fun "projects" around my parents house/yard. He's always making something cool!
-Seeing my friends, and lil' Buff Quincy
To top things off my sister Brooke who has usually lived away from Provo in Pennsylvania or Colorado for graduate school and post doc is moving to Provo this June! My brother-in-law Brad got a job as a professor at BYU! He gets to teach and research in the microbiology department. It will be fun to be able to see them and their cute kids whenever Casey and I go back to visit in Utah.
-Sunday picnics in the canyon
-Swimming at Seven Peaks (I'll pass on getting in a swimming suit this summer)
-Frequent trips to Cafe Rio, Jamba Juice, and the Snowie at Days
-Shopping with my mom and sisters
-Biweekly trips to Costco
-Homemade root beer, ice cream and jam compliments of my mom
-My dad's fun "projects" around my parents house/yard. He's always making something cool!
-Seeing my friends, and lil' Buff Quincy
To top things off my sister Brooke who has usually lived away from Provo in Pennsylvania or Colorado for graduate school and post doc is moving to Provo this June! My brother-in-law Brad got a job as a professor at BYU! He gets to teach and research in the microbiology department. It will be fun to be able to see them and their cute kids whenever Casey and I go back to visit in Utah.
Monday, May 5, 2008
I ♥ Panera
Nobody told me how good Panera is! I got a Panera gift card from my boss a month ago and I never felt like trying it out. Ever since I've have this all day sickness going on I haven't felt like eating out at all. Recently I've been feeling a lot better so last Monday I finally decided to go to Panera after work to use my gift card. I decided to be safe and get some soup. It was so good! I've been craving it ever since then, and I've been back four times since then to get it. Now I absolutely love Panera. Now I just need to get Casey to love it too! Go if you haven't been before.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Recent Happenings
This past week was pretty hectic. Casey got a new calling as the Scoutmaster of our ward and I have been busy either taking finals or writing papers. I know Casey will be an awesome Scoutmaster. I'm really excited for him. He is amazing with knowing how to communicate with kids and teenagers. It will be sad having him gone one weekend out of every month on campouts though! I don't know if I feel worse for him or myself though.
I found out last week that one of my best friends is getting married on July 31st! I am so excited for her! I've only been to one of Casey's friend's weddings so it will be awesome to be able to go to one of my own friend's weddings. I am planning to go home to Provo for three weeks for her wedding and my graduation. Now I just have to wait until the end of July!
Another recent happening was a weird Hello Kitty experience. Last weekend I went to a Relief Society conference and I was looking at a Hello Kitty quilt with another girl. I told her that I love Hello Kitty, and she replied, "That's because you are so young, Hello Kitty became popular when I was in college, so you were probably in elementary." First of all I'm 21.92 not 13, and second of all when did I become juvenile for liking Hello Kitty? I doubt this girl is 10 years older than I am if not even 5 years older than I am so why the dissing? I love being my age! And I'm pretty sure there are older people out there that like Hello Kitty too.
I found out last week that one of my best friends is getting married on July 31st! I am so excited for her! I've only been to one of Casey's friend's weddings so it will be awesome to be able to go to one of my own friend's weddings. I am planning to go home to Provo for three weeks for her wedding and my graduation. Now I just have to wait until the end of July!
Another recent happening was a weird Hello Kitty experience. Last weekend I went to a Relief Society conference and I was looking at a Hello Kitty quilt with another girl. I told her that I love Hello Kitty, and she replied, "That's because you are so young, Hello Kitty became popular when I was in college, so you were probably in elementary." First of all I'm 21.92 not 13, and second of all when did I become juvenile for liking Hello Kitty? I doubt this girl is 10 years older than I am if not even 5 years older than I am so why the dissing? I love being my age! And I'm pretty sure there are older people out there that like Hello Kitty too.
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