This past week I have been trying to gather everything I need together,
so that I will be ready to jump on that plane in 3 weeks!
From purchasing great deals on eighty-eight cent Ziploc baggies and
estimating how much my suitcases will weigh, to researching what
hike we want to do first as a couple and writing down
favorite recipes to carry along into our family!
Since I have been going over recipes, I thought I would share
one of my mom and I's personal favorites!
Fat Free Cafe Frappe:
- 1 - 14 oz can Eagle Brand Fat Free Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk
- 4 cups ice cubes
- 2 tbls instant coffee
- 1 tbls vanilla
- 3/4 cup warm water
- In a small bowl, dissolve instant coffee in the warm water. In a blender, combine all ingredients except ice. Blend well, gradually add ice until smooth. Refrigerate leftovers. Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 280 calories and 0 grams of fat.
Now that, is a delicious afternoon treat!
It's gotten harder, since the time has gotten closer to me leaving.
I have only 2 more Saturdays here at home, and I am full of mixed emotions!
Nick keeps reminding me to hurry up and get up there to be with him, and that gets me really excited and happy and full of joy. Then things are said, like today, that makes it hard, sad, and uneasy to move on and leave my family here!
One quote from my little brother Trent (6) that made my heart just melt.
I had came out of my room in the morning and told my mom, "Wow, in exactly 3 weeks I will be on a plane!!" Trent heard the word 3, and asked what I was talking about. I told him, "Well, I have 3 weeks left here at home in Arkansas, then I get to go to my new home with Nick in Alaska." He thought about it for a minute then replied, "Then it will be two weeks, then one week, then zero weeks and you'll be gone?" I smiled and told him yes, he was correct. Then he said very softly, "Allie, and how many days are you gonna stay then come back home?"
Talk about melting this big sister's heart!
I'm not sure how easy it will be to be living over 4,000 miles away from my little pumpkins. God only knows how to help ease all of our nerves and deal with all of these emotions. One way my mother-in-law told me that could help, is for us to have weekly set times that we get online and Skype or phone calls! That way the boys and I (and parents) can look forward to it! As for now, I am off to copy more recipes and continue the countdown!
*21 days!*
