Brazilian Limeade

Lately, I've been wanting to make limeade. I love citrus and what could be more tasty on a hot summer's day than limeade? Brazilian limeade! It's a fun way to jazz up the normal stuff and really easy to make. I searched for a recipe on allrecipes.com and found one that I wanted to try. It is delicious! And, yes, this is my dorky husband trying to act all suave for the picture. Haha.

Recipe:

2 limes

1/2 C sugar

3 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk

3 C water

ice

Wash limes, cut off the ends, and cut into slices.

Place the limes, water, and sugar in a blender and pulse.

Strain the mixture to remove rinds and keeping the juice.

Now add sweetened condensed milk and ice and pulse again!

I changed this a little bit from the original recipe because I thought this worked better. Adding more ice will make it a slush, and if you're like me, you'd add extra lime for even more kick!

Oh and P.S. this doesn't store very well, so only make what you can drink within a few hours!

Summer Goals

So, I was reading my friend Sarah's blog and she was talking about her summer goals so I decided that I would start thinking about mine.. Here is the list so far.. Hopefully I will actually accomplish these (or at least some of these). If I do, this summer time will be a blast!


Vacation
Play
Fall in Love (more, not again, well I guess again but with the same person again)
Get tan
Ride bikes-- leisurely as well as for exercise
Go back to the gym
Serve others (starting by helping my sister)
Go through my stuff 
Deep clean my house
Be nicer
Laugh and smile more
Grow my hair out (for Abel of course, not me)
Go hiking
Weed the garden once a week
Don't stress
Be more spiritual--> be more consistent with praying and reading the scriptures Make friends in our new ward
Re-connect with old friends Polish my resume
Set up a sewing desk
Sew/ be crafty                                                               Decide whether I'm going to go to hair school or not-- if not, look for jobs

Vacation Time!

Abel and I are so excited that spring term is almost over (it ends on June 16th). We CANNOT wait. School has burnt us out and we are ready for summertime.
Luckily, Abel's parents invited us to go on vacation with them a week after school ends. We are going to Hong Kong for 6 days, Singapore for 4 days, and Malaysia for 4 days! It's going to be SO awesome! I can't wait. It'll be my first time out of the country, so that's a little scary, but it's going to be great. I just hope that I'm not sick on all the flights that we'll be going on! I'll probably be poppin' dramamine like candy. Haha.
It's now time to get my wardrobe ready for these asian countries because I've been told it's going to be SO hot and humid and I only have long jeans. In hopes to not be a mega sweat ball the entire time, I bought some knit fabric to make a skirt to wear while we're there. I've also decided that I'm hopefully going to make a few more skirts (and maybe a summer dress). Then I'll only have to buy like one pair of shorts.
I'm hoping that this helps relieve my stress of packing. I hate packing and I'm terrible at it especially for long trips like this! Wish me luck.