Summer drinks! And username and stuff.

Okay! I'm sure the majority of you are about to go into summer months, apart from those of you down under (Hi Kaity) and love to have summer drinks! I've been experimenting around a bit and here are my current masterpieces:

Root Beer Float Smoothie Frappachino thingy

Lots of ice, at least a 1 1/2 cups
Vanilla ice cream (approx two scoops) (I use cool whip since I can't have ice cream. Works just as well)
Root beer (About half way up the ice)
Blend until thick and smooth, enjoy!

Banana Pineapple Smoothie
Approx 3/4 cup ice
One ripe banana
A dab of milk
Pineapple juice (approx 3/4 cup)
Blend until smooth, enjoy!

Chai Tea Smoothie
Approx 1 1/2 cups ice.
About three tbsp Chai Tea mix (This one you can also substitute hot cocoa mix! Use about two packets)
1/2-3/4 cup water or milk
Blend until smooth.

Chocolate Chip Smoothie
I literally made this fifteen minutes ago and it's gunna need a little tweaking, but here's the basics
1 1/2 cup ice
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (I think the sugar and cocoa powder can be substituted for hot cocoa mix)
A handful of chocolate chips (don't use sugar free ones, they're not so great in it. Also will give you gas.)
Blend until thick and smooth.

Tips for all of these
Sorry I don't really have exact ratios, I cook a lot and I barely measure anything anymore. I do it off of sight and taste. You can mess around with these as you like.
The more ice you add, the thicker it will be! Lots of ice, low liquids, very thick! low ice, lots of liquid, very thin! It helps if you do have at least a 1/2 cup of liquid in each, it helps the blender crush the ice.
These work best if you use one of those bullet blenders.
If I come up with more, I'll put up a new blog for it!

Alright, I need a new username...I can't think of one currently but if you have ideas, I will gladly listen. I need a new signature and picture too. *le sigh*

I'm technically done with school for the summer! Hoorah! Looking forward to relaxing for a free summer break for once in my life. I've literally never had a completely free summer break before. I'll be (hopefully) getting a job soon, so I can have moolah in my life.

My disabled brother hasn't been getting any better, but they're trying stuff. They tried a treatment for an autoimmune disease, and it didn't really seem to do anything. He was uber grumpy and couldn't be around anyone for like five days after it, but then he went pretty much back to normal. Woohoo. Well, normal for him at least.

I've started counseling at my church (god knows I need it) and so the first meeting was interesting. We'll see how it goes, but hopefully with my mom's counselling too we can get my dad out of our lives. :D

And one more thing, I've had to get in shape so I've started running regularly and I'm using this app on my iPod called "Zombies, Run!" and it's really great. It tells a story and incorporates your own music. It costs about $4 in the iTunes App Store, and I think it's worth the investment.
Bye!