coffee!

Hello everyone! 

If you know me at all, you know that I'm addicted to caffeine! Whether its from coffee or Diet Coke, I have to have my caffeine fix each day. 

With that being said, I'm obsessed with Caribou Coffee (have been since about the age of 12), and lucky me had a job interview there today! 

On an even brighter note, I got the job!! :) 

I'm so excited to be working there! 

"I can't stop drinking the coffee. I stop drinking the coffee, I stop doing the standing and walking and the words putting into sentence doing." - Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

Guacamole

Hello everyone! 

I figured since it's been such a beautiful summer, I'd made some delicious guacamole :) 

I used Alton Brown's recipe (from the Food Network!) and it was SO good. 

• 3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 medium onion, diced
• 2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, minced

I hope you guys enjoy this recipe as much as I did :) 

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness" - Galatians 5:22

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did! :) 

I went down to Winona for the weekend to visit, and even though it was a little weird being back, it was so nice to see my friends down there again! 

I got a chance to see Megan again and it was SO much fun, although I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted ;) 

I also got a chance to eat at Bub's again and it was nice to be able to see some of my ex co-workers again, I didn't realize how much I missed that place.  

"it's better to live a life of oh wells instead of what ifs"

Erin Condrin!

Today I FINALLY got my last birthday present in the mail, my Erin Condrin planner! :) 

I seriously have been waiting for the planner for WEEKS! 

I have more pictures of it on my instagram :) 

It's similar to the old design of the planners from last year, with a few minor (but great) changes.

I seriously cannot wait to plan my entire life for the next 12 months in this thing! 

I'll post another blog about my planner (probably in a couple weeks, when I get some of the pages filled out), and tell you all how much I like it :) 

"Sometimes we're all too quick to count down the days that we forget to made the days count" - unknown   (taken from my planner ;) )  

Happy End of July!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy end of July! 

July is my favorite month of the year, so I'm kind of sad it's over but I can't wait for August to come!

In exactly a month from today I'll be moving into my new apartment downtown and I couldn't be any more excited :) 

I definitely think this may be one of the best months of July I've ever had: to recap, here's whats happened to me.. 

1. I moved out of Winona, and came back home

2. I got to see my favorite families I used to nanny and babysit for

3. I bought most of the things I need for my new apartment 

4. I turned 19 and had possibly one of the best birthdays ever, and the best presents ;) 

5. I ran in the happiest 5K on the planet :) 

6. I biked 13 miles in one day 

7. I registered for all of my classes at the U! 

and thats all I can think of right now, but I know more has happened :) Looking back on this past month, I realize I truly am blessed with everything in my life and it makes me realize, even more, how great God really is! 

I hope you all had a great month too! :) 

  "Live life to the fullest."-Ernest Hemingway 

Hunter Boots!

For my birthday, my parents got me a Vera Bradley lunchbox and a pair of hunter boots. I got to pick out the design I wanted for my lunchbox and this is what I chose: 

Then, much to my excitement, the lovely UPS truck came today with my new boots! 

I've wanted Hunter Boots for SO long and I was absolutely ecstatic when I found out I was getting them! I wanted the green ones really bad, but I figured the black ones would get more use. I can't wait to wear them! 

My sisters got me an Erin Condrin planner, which hasn't come in the mail yet. I should be getting it either tomorrow or the next day (hopefully)..but the moment it does there will be tons of pictures added on here! :) 

"Love is always better than hate." 

Birthday Month!

Hello! I've been super busy these past couple weeks! 

First, I'm finally 19!  I celebrated by having a girls dinner at PF Changs, then had a small party at my house after. :) 

I had a complete blast on my birthday! 

Then, a couple days later Michelle, Laurel, Heather and I ran in the "Happiest 5K on the planet" the Color Run. 

It was literally the most colorful day of my life, and the most colorful shower of my life ;) 

A couple days after that I had my transfer student orientation at the UofM. I registered for my classes, and got to walk around campus a little! I absolutely cannot wait to move in to my apartment on the 31st of August. 

Finally, the last exciting thing to happen to me this month so far, is today my parents, my sister, and I, along with some family friends decided to bike from Wayzata to St. Boni Bistro. It was about 13 miles each way. I made it about 8 miles before getting extremely dehydrated and blacking out, which would of been a lot scarier if that hadn't happened to me before. Oops. :/ But I was able to finish the 13 miles and ended up getting a ride back to Wayzata after we ate lunch. 

It's been a crazy month but I'm really going to try to blog more often! 

"I can do all things through Him who gives me strength" - Philippians 4:13