flashback friday-m.d.a. walk/run

i was in DECA in high school and we worked closely with the muscular dystrophy association. this picture is at a walk/run at sugar house park. i don't really remember what our responsibilities were, but i'm guessing we were in charge of blowing up the balloons!

what's up with my friend's jackets?! they're all huge! i guess that once again, they've all fallen victim to a late-90's trend.

ghetto pops

when i was 15, i worked at an ice cream shop at the v.f. factory outlet mall after school and i LOVED it. my friend lindsey and i would sit and eat ice cream in those little white sample spoons throughout our whole shift. this ultimately resulted in an evening craving for ice cream that i still can't shake. with summer coming soon, i decided i should probably attempt to eat a little bit better (ha!) which led me to devise my "ghetto pops". they're super yummy and they're a healthier alternative to my beloved ice cream. i call them "ghetto pops" cause they're made in ice cube trays with popsicle sticks...like the ghetto kool aid popsicles we probably all had as kids. anywho, here's how to make them.

32 oz. tub vanilla yogurt
1/2 bag frozen mixed berries (or any other frozen fruit)

mix in a blender and pour into ice cube trays. set in freezer for 20 minutes. take trays out and place a popsicle stick in each cube. let freeze for another 2 hours.



i really like the mixed berries, they taste like a frozen jamba juice to me, but tom doesn't like the seeds in it. i think i'm going to try frozen peaches next time!

laura simpson

this is me as a simpson character...according to http://simpsonizeme.com/

thoughts?

ikea on a saturday...

i was jonesing for some new bedside lamps, because the ones we had had a metal chain with a ball attached at the end of them and every time we touched them, or even walked past them for that matter, the ball would make a "pinging" sound (technical term) against the lamp and after five years it had just about driven me to insanity! so tom and i decided to brave ikea on a saturday. it was total and utter chaos but i'd had my eye on these beauties for a while now, so i finally broke down and bought them. you like?

flashback friday-kindergarten photo

my friend holly heward has a post on her blog that reads "you know you're a product of the '80's when..." and proceeds to list all the horrible fads that went along with growing up in the '80's. unfortunately it failed to list "when you have a school picture where you're pointlessly standing next to an oval oak mirror." i seriously can't figure out the reasoning behind it (thoughts, darby?). but other than the weird mirror situation, i think this picture is pretty okay...except for maybe the pseudo-sailor outfit that my mother chose for me to wear (sorry, mom!). it's cute and all, but doesn't it almost look like a costume?