tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:26:25 +0000CatNieceBaristaCookiesNashvillehumorAmtrakChristmasMovingStarbucksAddictionAmerigosAssemblies of GodAuntBaltistanBuddistCappuccinoCelebrationConcertsDecisionsDogEnglish ButlerEtsyGingerbread MenGrandplayGrouponHateHollandJesusJobJuicy RewardsJunk MailLos AngelesLos AnglesLoveMichiganNurseObnoxiousOnline shoppingPasadenaPersonality TestPhoneQuoteRecipeSavvy AuntieSeminarySleep lossSnowSpringfieldStuckStudentsSuperlinerThanksgivingTop GearTrain TravelTropicanaTypealizerU2Valentine's DayVeganVegetarianVideobabycouponhandmadeheavenjewelrystationerywighttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jackie)Blogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-2000495509968113287Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:31:00 +00002010-04-03T13:45:12.356-05:00EtsyhandmadejewelrystationeryI have become a big fan of etsy.com and all things handmade in the last several months. I guess because I wish I could be so crafty but I don't have the time right now with work and school. So, I'm happy to support those who do have the creativity and the time to make it happen.That said, I have a few favorite sellers on etsy:Architette: www.etsy.com/shop/architetteFactorygirlashli: www.etsy.com/http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/04/etsy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-1974478896826988234Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:55:00 +00002010-03-25T20:01:17.445-05:00I have one quarter of classes to go! Then it's a summer off before my practicum...somewhere.I am so looking forward to having more free time. Which means a social life and more hosting parties at my house!!!Only 11 weeks....http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-quarter-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-2078414165081522365Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:09:00 +00002010-03-01T13:13:11.810-06:00Original Facebook status: Jackie is feeling really good this morning. What gives, Monday?JenniferYou woke up and inserted yourself into a high level, much sought after agents position before your second cup of coffee. What's not to feel good about?JackieSo true. I had no idea what great things were in store for me today. Currently googling "goat stylists" to find the best in magic goat http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/03/did-we-get-carried-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-5601581127925618689Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:35:00 +00002010-02-25T21:44:08.462-06:00CookiesRecipeVeganVegetarianA little over three weeks ago, I started eating a vegetarian diet. It seems a little weird to think that I have not had meat of any kind in over three weeks. I haven't missed it. I've been having so much fun cooking veggie dishes from my new vegetarian cookbook and my Indian cookbook. Today was Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies. I've been craving PB cookies for a week or so. I was going to use a http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/becoming-vegetarian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-936954264285096910Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:27:00 +00002010-02-25T21:32:27.801-06:00AuntJuicy RewardsSavvy AuntieTropicanaBecause I'm a Savvy Auntie (www.savvyauntie.com) I entered to become a Tropicana OJ Juicy Rewards Insider - and was selected!! One of 21 people.I get 12 points toward the Juicy Rewards program (along with the ones that come along with the code underneath the cap of my Tropicana OJ in the fridge) to be redeeming for discounts off tons of crazy stuff. AND I get $50 to use towards trying out those http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/im-tropicana-juicy-rewards-insider.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-979429048051740571Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:53:00 +00002010-02-22T17:54:38.233-06:00babywighttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/only-6-months-old-and-already-full-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-6915265854912898620Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:11:00 +00002010-02-20T21:13:58.044-06:00AmerigoscouponGrouponNashvilleI just need to sing the praises of Groupon....I recently bought a Groupon ($25 for $50 at Amerigos). Last night I and three of my girlfriends had dinner, shared a dessert and left a 30% percent tip to our server, and only paid $14 a piece!Groupon: it's what's for dinner.http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/groupon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-3211008977461091262Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:17:00 +00002010-02-20T20:20:39.116-06:00I have the best nephews and nieces. Don't even try to fight me on it.Girls at Christmas 2009:Boys in August 2009:http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/nieces-nephews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-7012352644140313353Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:14:00 +00002010-02-20T20:17:03.865-06:00BaristaI also realized that I'm no longer a barista and I haven't been since last Spring. I took it out of the title, though for old time's sake it still appears in the URL.Once a barista, always a barista, maybe? Which could also mean, barista = career that you can always fall back on.http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-more-barista.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-8596957766178462456Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:53:00 +00002010-02-20T19:54:39.902-06:00I just went through my blog roll to the left and half of my friends haven't update their blog in a year either. In fact, some of them no longer existed. That's it....this page is getting an overhaul right now.p.s. Is it too late to add this to my New Year's Resolution?http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-feel-so-bad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-4524561588267603978Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:46:00 +00002010-02-20T19:47:19.454-06:00Dear Blog,I have neglected you. And I apologize. Twitter has become my micro-blog in some ways.But you are not forgotten.Love,Mehttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-poor-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-8263320862232823502Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:40:00 +00002009-07-19T21:34:09.404-05:00Assemblies of GodSeminarySpringfieldStudentsI had the privilege of joining 22 students at the 2009 Seminarians Conference at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, MO, these past two weeks. Each of us are seminary students affiliated with the A/G but not attending the A/G seminary.The seminary offered us two courses free of charge and The Alliance for Assemblies of God Higher Education took care of all our needs while http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/07/2009-seminarians-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-6174738025431864887Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:00 +00002009-07-19T20:22:11.597-05:00Top Gear...never mind that I was in class at the time. (Dianne!)He was home getting ready to watch "Top Gear" and he asked me, "Which is faster? Man or car?" Sounded like a trick question to me. So I didn't answer.Later he sends me two emails:1) The man is faster than a Fiat Panda...in case you were wondering. They raced around the London Marathon route at rush hour and the car lost by eleven minutes.2) http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-brother-and-i-were-chatting-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-1021544530868754003Sat, 30 May 2009 19:50:00 +00002009-05-30T14:52:49.130-05:00I am procrastinating on homework...shocker. Only one more Saturday of homework after today! For at least four months anyway...But I was wondering...should I change the title of my blog? Since I'm now longer a barista? I guess deep in my heart, once a barista, always a barista but maybe there's a better title to be used.Open to suggestions...now I'm off to post some pictures from San Francisco!http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-blog-title-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-8606292476623342853Thu, 28 May 2009 01:40:00 +00002009-07-19T20:23:01.518-05:00Online shoppingI had to place an order for my brother-in-law. Online shopping carts do not accept orders from Sudan, for some reason. So, I asked my sister for her credit card number. This is how she sent it to me. The XXXX represent the numbers; I didn't think it wise to post them here. ;)"There were XXXX ducks when I last counted. XXXX of those were mallards. There is .XXXX percent chance that I miscounted, http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-love-my-sister.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-3278502390475483331Sun, 10 May 2009 01:46:00 +00002009-07-19T20:23:28.189-05:00BaristaHateJobLoveStarbucksThis coming week is my last week at Starbucks. I am hanging up the green apron. In honor of this momentus occasion, I present a list of things I will and won't miss at Starbucks.MISS:Free pound of coffee/box of tea per week30% discount in stores19% discount on Verizon billStarbucks Paseo baristasFree drinks while I workWON'T MISS:FrappuccinosTall Nonfat Extra Hot Semi-dry Cappuccinos & other http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/05/end-of-my-starbucks-era.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-3978785030259548070Sat, 09 May 2009 20:18:00 +00002009-07-19T20:23:48.272-05:00Los AngelesMovingNashvilleFive weeks from Monday, I'm moving! Moving back to Nashville. I didn't think I would be so ready to go - but man, I'm ready for the next five weeks to fly.I'll miss California (at least some things about it) and I'll miss my friends (though I expect to see some of their faces in Nashville before too long). But I'm really excited about seeing what happens next. Starting in June, life looks http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/05/moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-4376352401422169723Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-07-19T20:24:05.962-05:00AddictionNursePhoneMy friend Lois is a nurse. She asked how I was feeling with this cold I currently have. I said, fine.She recommended that I "hydrate and rest" to kick this cold. I said that I was doing well with the hydrate but not so well with the rest.Nurse Lois' response: "Stay tucked in bed with your phone and you'll be just fine."Hahaha! She knows me too well. Maybe tomorrow thathttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/04/nurses-orders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-4733173273484570666Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-07-19T20:24:31.178-05:00ConcertsPasadenaU2I bought two tickets to see U2 in Pasadena in October. Yes, yes, I know that I'm leaving Pasadena in June but I'm coming back for U2 and an intensive at Fuller that starts the day after the show. I figured since I would be coming to town for the class, I might as well get tickets to the show.Now, I bought an extra ticket figuring that it wouldn't be hard to find someone to go with. I then came uphttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/04/u2-in-pasadena.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-1243513618531350263Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:26:00 +00002009-07-19T20:26:07.347-05:00heavenhumorSleep lossFrancis Chan related a story in his message this past Sunday about how his family recently opened their home to a homeless woman and her four children (I think it was four). Francis said he woke up one morning this week and heard eight children playing in the house and thought, "There better be a heaven." Even though being woken up by eight children playing probably isn't the greatest possible http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/04/there-better-be-heaven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-7800581746729342882Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:33:00 +00002009-07-19T20:27:09.325-05:00CatDogVideoI love this cat!http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-cat-holds-its-onw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-5533429438920705098Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:11:00 +00002009-07-19T20:27:31.112-05:00CatNieceSo, my mom snuck this email in with her eBay collectibles to be posted. Silly mom! Who gave her that digital camera again? Oh yeah, we did.http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/03/one-cat-and-one-cutie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-5288450953953821093Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:54:00 +00002009-07-19T20:28:08.846-05:00BaltistanBuddistQuote"All my fellows, why license is not deposed on the beautiful lady? They fire at men like a bullet. They cut as surely as the sword."-graffiti spray-painted on the world's oldest known Buddhist stone-carving, in Satpara Valley, Baltistanhttp://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/03/quote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-8891814656390416794Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:32:00 +00002009-03-05T21:32:47.149-06:00I'm not a follower of horoscopes but I saw this on The Onion today and I'm still laughing...Aries Horoscope for Today, March 5, 2009:"You'll have no choice but to eat the other passengers after your plane crashes into an Armor Hot Dog Processing Plant this week."http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/03/aries-horoscope-onion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256265.post-7802039290256768067Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:50:00 +00002009-07-19T20:28:40.825-05:00BaristaCappuccinoObnoxiousStarbucksSo this girl comes into Starbucks this morning and orders a tall nonfat extra hot semi-dry cappuccino. Obnoxious drink,yes, but can be made well by a professional such as myself. And lucky for her, I was on bar. I hear her order and think, "Lucky me." You can just tell by the tone of voice in the ordering if you're dealing with a.....you know what I'm saying. So I commence http://thewritingbarista.blogspot.com/2009/03/obnoxious-drink.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie)2