Saint Patricks Day :)

Happy Saint Patricks Day!! I'm a pretty big fan of every holiday. I love the excuse to celebrate something, anything :) People should learn to be more excitable over the simple things. Like the excuse to celebrate the Irish for example. Even if you aren't Irish. Just celebrate it anyway :) It's good for you :)
For dinner we made a traditional Irish meal. Cabbage, corned beef and lots of potatoes. It was pretty good :) I'd never tried corned beef before. So that's something to check off of my goals for this month :) Then I spent the day making this dessert:

Mmmmm, it was way good. And of course, it involved green pudding (aka pistachio pudding) I have been making so many desserts lately it's ridiculous. K now i'm distracting myself. My point is, enjoy the little things :) Like Saint Patricks day. Wear green and be happy :) surround yourself with family and friends and people who make you happy and do things that make you happy. Just be happy :)
P.S. If you're looking for a good romantic movie to watch on this day, I suggest P.S. I Love You or Leap Year :)

ONE ♥

Preston has officially been gone for one full month :) I'm so proud that i've even made it this far. Back at day two I can fully remember saying to myself, "Can I please be at one month already? I will be so happy when that happens" And here I am :) Time actually flew by. I hope it stays the same :)

This month I got:

• 4 letters
• 3 personal emails
• 2 cassettes 
• and 32 pictures :)

It has indeed been the hardest month of my life, but also one of the best :) It's an amazing thing to only communicate with someone you love through letters. It has brought me and Preston so close. I also believe it's because Heavenly Father is blessing both of us so much. 

And of course being a girl, I am pretty creative! I absolutely love sending packages. It's kinda my thing. I'm gonna send one every month. It'll just be as a celebration that it's been another month down :) This is his "One Month" package. 

There was a reason for almost everything I put in it. Here's what I put in: New cassettes, tissues, pirouettes, mentos, pictures, missionary action figures, a letter and a memory card with a couple video's of my on it :) 

So I decided to make some goals for this month. I have a lot of stuff that I need to accomplish while my man is gone :) So these are going to be my goals for this month (I'll probably add some as the month goes on) 

1. Finish D&C (I started the day Preston left)
2. Complete 10 volunteer service hours
3. Work out at least 3 days a week
4. Send a letter every week and another package at the end of the month :)
5. Bake something new once a week
6. See Never Say Never again (hehe)
7. Decide what job I want to have over the summer
8. Blog once a week :)
9. Watch Titanic (I've been wanting to watch this since Preston left but I haven't been able to do it..)
10. Try a new food :)

There will be more goals to come :) Overall....

What a month it's been :)
          

The Food Network = Cravings

Whenever i'm feeling down or I just want to watch TV, I watch the Food Network. It is serious therapy for me. I just love it. Because of the food network, I have a list of foods I need to try. 

 #1 Pinkberry

                                            

This is a frozen yogurt place. But they are known to be "tart" instead of tasting like dairy. I've also heard Taylor Swift talk about how it's one of her favorite places. I must try it! 

#2 Spread

There is a restaurant in California called, "Spread". They are known for their peanut butter. The one I am dying to try is number 73, the "White chocolate infused with pretzels peanut butter". Doesn't that just sound amazing? It soooo does.

#3 Panera Bread

I have actually been to this place when I was in Nashville. If you ever get the chance, GO THERE!

Get their Strawberry Poppyseed Salad. It is to die for. If you've ever been to Zupas and gotten their "Nuts About Berries" salad, It's like that, but way better :)

#4 Blue Bell

Blue Bell ice cream. I love this ice cream so much. Once again, you can't this in Utah. Preston introduced me to it when we were in Texas. And can I just say, it's the best mint ice cream I've ever had. It had a million little chocolate pieces in it. Not just a bunch of big pieces. Mmmm :)

#5 Chocolate Covered Pomegranate Seeds

 

I can't make a list of foods without including chocolate. I watched a whole show on the food network about chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. I know what you're probably thinking, "That sounds a little weird.." That's what I thought. But right now i'm highly contemplating making my own at home :)

Last but not least. Just try this:

3 Ingredients: Wheat bread, Nutella and a Banana 

Anything involving Nutella tastes good. Another favorite is dipping banana chips in Nutella. 

Wow i'm really hungry now. 

I'm gonna go make something :) 

I will have more of these food posts to come!