My {other} new obsession

DA BERRIES!

Straw and rasp to be exact. I tried blackberries the other day, didn't like them.

Luckily this obsession is quite a bit healthier than the Italian Sodas. (I don't want to talk about it, it'll make me want one)

I'm thinking that the reason why I'm loving berries so much right now is not only because they are delicious, but because A. they are being advertised all over my grocer ads (I guess I'm more of a sucker for advertisement than I thought) B. they are so cheap right now! and C. it's getting freakin hot here in the land of desert. Thanks for being in season, guys.

Anyway, lately I've also decided to add them to salads, thanks to our somewhat recent visit to the celestial Zupas on our last Utah trip. I can only think of one other time that I had fruit on salad (Jess and I; Jackson Hole, WY; summer of...?)

lettuce+berries=duh but tasty! You should really try it. Mine was simple and just looked like this:

Complete with 'Briannas homestyle Blush Wine Vinaigrette Dressing' (as pictured).

I suggest a fruity vinaigrette of some sort, because having that with Ranch would be just weird and disgusting (not to mention putting Ranch on your salad was so elementary school).

Give it a try and I hope you like it as much as I do.

Looking for a job can be so...interesting.

???

Hm, can't say I have.

Next job posting, please...

Trash Talk

Today at the dump, the employee took the time to ask me how my day was, then told me I had a nice smile; kinda made my afternoon.

Never underestimate people with trashy jobs! (heh, heh.) They are people too.

Thanks mom and dad, for the braces back in the day.

My new obsession...

Italian Sodas! About a week ago Wolfgang and I ate out at Olive Garden {love this place! Even if it's a highly commercialized chain, still delicious in my opinion} and decided to go fancy with our drinks and ordered some Italian sodas; I had forgotten how much I like them! So i decided that I wanted them more in my life...and wanted to make my own.

We searched high and low for some syrup, and nowhere had them! I was quite surprised how hard it was to find. In our pursuit of finding them, we passed one of those "Total Wine" stores and I thought maybe that was a good place to try, and sure enough, they had it! I was so happy.

We took our supplies and headed over to some friends house for some games, and sure enough the sodas were a big hit.

Needless to say, I was at church today and was craving one, so I'm just now enjoying another :)

Although I'm not sure what's so "Italian" about them? Maybe it's just one of "those" things.

Don't be sad, Emo kid.

Last night, we went to "First Friday" with our friends Tanner and Mary. They had told us that the event was pretty much overrated, but that the gelato was good, so we decided to check it out.

The event was on several streets where "creative" people could express their music, art, and talents to the world, and it was highly crowded; I felt at times that I was trying to walk the strip in Vegas. There is a website about it here that kinda talks about it, but it makes it seem more cool than it really is.

Let's just say there were a lot of emo kids, hippies, and everything in between. I usually enjoy looking at people's artwork at such, but seriously about 98% was crap- not cool hippie crap, but just crap, that I can't believe anyone would buy.

But alas, the gelato WAS really good, and best entertainers of the night award goes toooo!!!!.....
These guys!



"The devil is defeated, everytime you shout it out" is what our soul sistas were saying, and our cool kids dancing for us.

We had the song stuck in our head when we were leaving.

Next month on first friday, we're going to have to determine of our sistas and the gelato are worth going back for....it'll be a tough decision.

An uncreative day for MSN

on msn.com yesterday

Thank you, but I think I learned that concept when I was about, 5.
Garage Sale= money for your crap; Second-hand store= no money for your crap.

{oh, and sorry it's so small, you'll just have to click on the picture.}

My Thought of the Day

Just something on my mind, that maybe you could benefit from too...

It's easy to want what others have, or to stand in awe of how quickly they got/did "things"...but I just remind myself to enjoy the journey, and that I'm learning more than if I were to be given things when I wanted them.