Twenty-Five

Today, I hung out with Erika. We spent the first chunk of the afternoon at her house, playing games on my iPad/her iPhone (right, cool story), eating ravioli, and finding places to hang pictures. We also: went to my house, chilled on the porch with music and iced tea with fancy ice cubes (I made raspberry/mint. Find some extra great ideas here!) in mason jars, a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up her pictures and some cheesecake, and a great many pictures taken.

This, dear folks, is what summer is all about. Spending your evenings drinking awesome iced tea with friends. I know what I'm doing until fall.

Seriously, guys, best iced tea ever. 

Erika and a knock-off Otter Pop. Ye-uh.

Guys, I love my Banana.

Mini slices of cheesecake? Yes, please! I could live on
cheesecake!

Dress: Forever 21 | Shoes: Payless | Sunglasses: Claire's

Quick note about the iced tea: it's just simple refrigerator tea. I put five teabags (black mango tea) into the pitcher (I'd say it holds about a gallon...ish) and let it steep in the fridge overnight. It was in there for sixteen hours, minimum, and it turned out gloriously. I'm probably going to try sun tea next!

Cinco de Rainbow

So I decided to make a rainbow cake. It was originally for my niece's birthday party, but plans are foiled, and it's all good because we still have Cinco de Mayo to claim the cake.

Yeah.

It's not a glowing success, but it's good, and that is all that matters.

Here's what you need:

Sprite (Zero or otherwise)

2 boxes of white cake mix

Oil and eggs as called for on the box

Frosting (white works best, but you follow your heart)

Food colouring

SO MANY BOWLS

Icing (optional, depending on how fancy you are)

It's actually really, really easy. Just a little time consuming.

Wild Green Yonder

I've been hearing a lot about green smoothies, and I decided to give it a try. I need to get more vegetables in my life, too, so it's a bonus. So I stocked up some supplies and made a smoothie for lunch.

Yeah, that's right.

No, but seriously, guys, it's pretty filling, so it's basically lunch in a jar. Or cup. Or pitcher (I don't judge).

Let's get started, shall we?

That Incredible Egg

If you're anything like me, your mornings are busy (and I'm just getting myself ready!). Also, they're early. Like, really early. Like, why-does-this-hour-even-exist-I-miss-my-bed-so-much early. Yeah. It can be tough to get a healthy, complete breakfast on mornings like that. It's especially tough to make them yourself. Well suffer no more! I present to you an awesome breakfast sandwich that will make McDonald's hang their head in shame.