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It’s finally Friday – whee! I’ve had wicked day later syndrome for the past three days, ie all day Wednesday I thought it was Thursday, etc., which makes today all the more sweet. The weekend is actually in sight!! 
Well last night I got bit by a bug. The snack bug! Like a woman possessed, I gobbled everything in sight. Mini Larabars, Ben’s nachos and Buffalo Chicken Dip, oh my! Therefore I kept breakfast light with a yummy, Yoloupe Bowl.
In the mix:
- 1/2 cantaloupe, seeded
- 1 Pineapple Chobani Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 scoop chia seeds
- sliced almonds
I debated using my tropical island-esque pineapple yogurt to make Pina Colada Oatgurt, a spin on my pina colada oatmeal, but the allure of an edible bowl was just too strong. 
Do you like melon? Cantaloupe used to make my throat itch, but now I adore it. Not a huge fan of honey dew though…
Ok, so lunch isn’t the cutest, but it sure tastes good! Leftover Microwaved Butternut Squash Risotto!
I was this close to saving the leftover risotto to make Arancini (cold risotto stuffed with meat & cheese then fried, omg!) like we had in Italy.
Those babies were $.50 at the local pizza shop in Praiano, and we felt like little arancinis after ordering a ton of them one night. Oh I miss Italy!!!
I also packed a bigger-than-my-head Honeycrisp Apple to crunch on. Swoon.
Oh – the Sweet Tango Apple I tried yesterday? Tastes like a Braeburn, but definitely has the crunch factor of a Honeycrisp. A fine swap if you don’t feel like paying the outrageous price for an HC.
Although, locals: Honeycrisps are on sale for under $2/lb at Hy-vee this week, and some people told me they’re also on sale at Fareway. Score!
Oh, there’s a sweet Pumpkin Muffin packed for dessert. Irresistible.
In other news, I’m heading out to happy hour this afternoon with some co-workers. We’re celebrating an upcoming wedding for a friend at work, and also the end of an era for me. I got a new job!
It’s true!! After thinking very long and hard, I’ve chosen to say goodbye to my employer of 3 years, a large publishing company, and say hello to a small, non-profit that I’m SO EXCITED to begin working for. I’m sad to leave the friends I’ve made behind (we’ll still keep in touch!) but also thrilled to start a new chapter in my work life. I’ll give you more deets on Monday.
Hey, maybe THAT’s why this week has been going so slow…! 
Have a wonderful Friday and a great start to your weekend!
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What’s been your favorite job? Your least favorite?
My favorite job was as a barista at a local coffee shop in high school. Free mochas, lattes and food. Yes!
My least favorite was actually my very first job – sacking groceries at a local grocery store. Pure torture, I tell you!
CONGRATS to you!!
Congrats on the new job!
Congrats on the new job! I work for a non-profit and really like the small work environment.
My favorite job was working as a RA in college and grad school (yes I lived on campus for 5 years!) There is nothing more rewarding than seeing one of your students tackle so many obstacles and then graduate!
Least favorite job was waiting tables at a retirement community.
Congrats on the new job! Would love to see you make those risotto balls sometime. They look wonderful.
Congrats Kristin!! How exciting!
I’m so excited for you! My favorite job was working as a Program Coordinator at an outdoor ministry camp. You make me want to find a different job!
How exciting! Can’t wait to hear all about it.
Congratulations!! I work in the non profits arts sector – excited to hear about your new job! Hurrah for new beginnings!
Congrats, that’s exciting! My favorite was working in market research for a major sports/entertainment venue. But I like to remain optimistic and think I’ll have a new favorite before all is said and done.
Congrats!!! That’s exciting and a great way to start the weekend
Congrats!!!
Favorite job: my current job — I work with toddlers with developmental delays, hello cutiepies!
Least favorite: In high school I worked at a greenhouse… I do NOT have a green thumb. I had to push carts UPhill full of fragile plants and had to scrub for hours to get the dirt out from underneath my fingernails. ICK!
THATS SO EXCITING!!!!! congrats!!!! (so jealous)
Congrats on the new job! I’ve worked for a non profit for the last 2.5 years and it is definitely a rewarding experience. You feel like you are making a difference each day you go to work! Can’t wait to hear more!
Congratulations!! That’s so exciting!!! I can’t wait to hear more about it!
Overnight oats in a canteloupe was one of my favorite breakfasts this summer- I miss it!! And my favorite job was actually as a barista too, even though at the time I didn’t like coffee. Silly me!
Congrats on the new job!
Wow! Good for you Kristin! Life is to short to settle for something you aren’t totally in tune with! Best wishes on a new chapter!
My favorite job is where I am right now…I sell cemetery memorials and I am also the asst. cheerleading coach in my hometown. I love being where I grew up!
My least favorite was working at a meat locker! To dirty! And slimy! I also worked for Sherwin-Williams for 4 years, until they decided our small store in Charles CIty, IA needed to be open from 10-6 on SUNDAYS! Nuh-UH! You are NOT taking my weekend!
Weird, but my favorite job was working in the dining hall in college. It was a gross job, but we had a blast. I think many times it’s who you’re working beside of that can make or break the experience!
Congrats on your new job!
My favorite job is my current one: I teach third grade.
My least favorite: Working a Starbucks kiosk at a grocery store. I loved being able to learn how to make all the drinks, but hated working for the grocery store!
Congratulations to you on the new job! Apart from being a writer, publishing is what I want to go into for my career. Hearing that’s what you did makes me happy, but non-profit is a great field to work in. Good for you!
My favorite job is actually where I’m at now. I didn’t like working the call center much where I was, but being on the Web team at my job is working out very well. I have a lot of fun with my team and I feel that we do really good work and help people. It’s not my dream job, by any means, but it’s a great job to have while I’m in college.
Happy Friday! Have a good weekend!
CONGRATS! That’s so exciting.
Can’t wait to hear more!
Breakfast looks yummy as always and congrats on the new job!!
Congratulations on your new job! I left a big media company for a smaller setting and have never been happier
Congrats on the new job! I love how you snuck that in there at the last second
Can’t wait to hear the deets.
Congrats on your new job!!! How exciting. My favorite job was working at Subway in highschool. It was so much fun! My least favorite was working retail. Ugh! I just found out I got a new job as well yesterday!! Time to celebrate!
Congratulations! I can’t wait to hear more about your new job!
My favorite job has to be my first “real” job out of grad school, a meteorologist for a small company in North Dakota. I currently work for the state and am making a transfer soon, to the Iowa Great Lakes region–only an hour away from family. I will miss all my co-workers in Des Moines, but I will really enjoy being closer to family and living in a smaller community.
Least favorite job–lifeguard at our local pool in high school. Man, I don’t know how easy I had it!! : )
Good luck in your new venture!
Congratulations & best wishes! So exciting!!
I too bagged groceries for one of my first jobs, good times…NOT.
Congratulations on your new job & a new chapter in your life!
My favorite job has to be my current job at the Thymes, the corporate office of an upscale bath & body company where I am a receptionist & have been for the past 10 years. Love it!
Least favorite – probably would have to be the summer I was a cocktail server at Spaghetti Works on Court Ave in DSM. Sore feet, rude customers, getting the drink orders mixed up (ha ha!) or the worst–spilling a drink on a customer. Tips were good though.
New jobs are so exciting! I can’t wait to hear the deets!
The job I’m in right now is actually my least favorite job… ever!!!
My favorite job was with Americorps working with low income residents of Mpls to try to find employment. It was so exciting when someone would come in to let me know that our hard efforts paid off and they got a job!
Congrats on the new job!
Love the rissole, rice balls would taste awesome with it!
Wow, congrats! That is wonderful, exciting news!
Can wait to hear the details!
I too am looking forward to a new PART TIME job to supplement my income. Single mom syndrome!
Have a great Friday!
Pineapple Chobani is the best! Your breakfast looks great. Congrats on the new job!
Congrats on your new job! So exciting! I’m actually starting a new job this afternoon…yikes!
CONGRATS!! That is so exciting. My favorite job was actually waitressing at 99 Restaurant and Pub. Worst job was selling fishing lures over the phone, I quit after two weeks! Yes, that used to be me calling your house at 7:00pm when you want to relax and try to sell you something. I hated it!
I love your post today. JOB… I love my new job that started February 26, taking care of my twins… it’s not easy but very fun. Your pumpkin muffin looks amazing!!! I made a Pumpkin smoothie a few days ago and it was amazing. Check it out. http://ashandlewplus2.com/2010/09/27/pumpkin-green-monster/
Ashlee
I worked for 5.5 years at an on campus daycare at an elementary school (I started when I was 15.) Then I worked as a nanny for 6.5 years, until I went back to school last year (now I babysit around my schedule.) My favorite job is every single job that I’ve had in those 12 years, honestly I’ve loved every one of them equally……EXCEPT for my least favorite job, which was when I moved from San Diego (where I grew up) to Santa Barbara, and took a job as a nanny in Montecito. Montecito is the super fancy area of Santa Barbara, where lots of famous people (Oprah, Tom Cruise, etc) have houses. I worked there for 2 weeks and it’s the only job I’ve ever quit. I was taking care of a 4 year old and an 18 month old, who barely ever saw their parents (I got there at 8am and there was already a “night nurse” there, and when I left at 4pm, someone else took over. The 4 year old was a major brat but you can’t really blame her. The mom was on the Atkins diet, and she wouldn’t let her kids eat fruit (too much sugar,) but they were fed about 3 hot dogs a day (EACH!) The last straw was a dual last straw- first, the mom wanted me to drive the 18 month old around, in my car, without a carseat! She didn’t put the baby in a carseat in her car either!!! She said it wasn’t necessary. She just belted the baby in. It blew my mind. Second- when she hired me, she had asked me if I would be willing to go to New York with them for 4 days. The kids would actually stay with their grandma, and I would just take care of them part of the day. The rest of the day I could go around town, and they would give me money to spend. Awesome, right?! Well, after my first week she let me know that the trip had actually turned into a month, and I’d be alone with the kids all the time….while the parents went out of the country!!! WHAT?! I told her I wasn’t comfortable with it being for so long, and that I would also miss my boyfriend’s birthday and our anniversary, and I didn’t feel comfortable being solely responsible for 2 kids while their parents were so far away. She told me I HAD to go, and that I shouldn’t think that my boyfriend’s birthday or our anniversary was that important, because we would break up soon anyways. Can you believe that?! (btw we’re still together, 5 years later….but she’s not married anymore.) I let her know that I didn’t think we were a good match, and I’d work for her until she found another person. She yelled at me to just leave. ha! So I did, and I literally got a job the next day, for a great family. I worked for them until their kid started school.
Congratulations! That’s so exciting to hear. Hmm I’m hoping that my favorite job will be when I graduate this May and *hopefully* find a job as a teacher! Least favorite job…actually probably my job right now. I’m a student worker on campus and it can be pretty boring!
Oh btw this morning I made oatmeal inspired by your pumpkin creations. It was so good. I made overnight oats with oats, vanilla almond milk, a scoop of pumpkin butter, a scoop of vanilla Greek yogurt, cinnamon, chia seeds, almonds, a banana, and this morning I topped it with half a graham cracker crumbled on top. That made the bowl!
CONGRATS!!!!
That’s so exciting! Congrats!!!!
My favourite job was a waitress at a little Italian restaurant in my first college town. It wasn’t so much the job as the people. We were all good friends and would go out together all the time and I used to go into the restaurant to hang out even when I wasn’t working!
My least favourite job was also a waitressing job but at a DIFFERENT restaurant. With restaurant work the manager and people you work with make all the difference!
Congratulations! Today is actually my last day at my current job too – which, incidentally, is my least favorite job. I’ve never felt so underutilized and ignored! It was a short 9 months tenure, but I knew I had to get out of here… What an exciting opportunity to work for a non-profit – I would love to be able to do that sometime in the future!
p.s. love your blog – this is my first time commenting, but I’ve been a loyal reader for a long while now!
Congrats on your new job!!
I love cantaloupe but hate honeydew as well. My son, 8 months old, LOVES cantaloupe. I put a hunk in his mesh feeder and he demolishes it. So funny to watch!
That is amazing news! Congrats on the new job. I can’t wait to hear all about it.
Congrats! Hope you love it!
My favorite job was working at a cute little monogram shop in my home town during high school. Great hours and such fun products!
My least favorite was a research internship for a small marketing firm. I just looked up trade show information on the internet ALL DAY. So boring.
Congrats on the NEW job!!!
Worst job for me: seafood restaurant server
Best: graduate assistant.
Congrats on the new job! So exciting for you! I hope this will truly make you happy
AND I hope they give you a tall desk or you can stand more at this new job. hehe
I too am moving on with my career. Next Friday (1 wk!) is my last day at my current job. It has been four years and I am ready for the next step.
High five for new jobs
haha I’m such a dork.
Congratulations. I am so glad that you were able to find a new job while still at your old job, i know that in the current economy it can be difficult.
My Worst Job: Working at McDonalds at the beginning of High School, it was as horrible as it sounds.
My Favorite Job: Working at a Big Insurance Company in the area I live in and I love my job!!
Congrats! Not only on the new job, but making it to round 3 of Project Food Buzz! I’ll keep voting for you!
Best of luck in your new position!
Congratulations on the new job! Best of luck to you!
Favorite job…doing freelance graphic design!
least favorite..was also my first. Cashier at Office Max. Ugh.
Congratulations! That is SO great that you found another job that (hopefully!) you will love. Exciting!
Favorite job: Working in a daycare during high school
Least favorite: My job now…