Little things excite me. Like....

Someone in the ketchup industry figured it out. New and improved ketchup packaging.

Say good bye to the mini .32 ounce packets that have enough ketchup for 3 fries.

And a BIG hello to .95 oz big boy ketchup!

I found this newly packaged ketchup at Chic-Fil-A. (By the way, how do they get their chicken to taste so good? Seriously, their chicken beats any other chicken.) Another great feature is the option to dip the fries or tear the top to squeeze it individually on each fry. And the instructions on how to use it are fool proof. Look at it again, it's a wish come true. There's even a facebook group called "I Hate Ketchup Packets. " Boy are they going to be excited about this!

I don't see why it has taken the ketchup companies this long to come up with the genius idea that everyone else was coming up with everytime they used the little ant packets. We're making progress. By the time we have kids, those little packets will be ancient history, and I'm glad!

I welcome the new ketchup packets with open arms and hope to see all restaurants around the globe making the same switch.

Jim Gaffigan has a funny bit on ketchup but unfortunately youtube doesn't have it any more due to copyright blah. It's really funny, but since I can't humor you with his ketchup bit, here is his bit on bacon. Enjoy but only with the peace of mind that ketchup packets have made a turn for the better.

To be R.D. or not to be?

I took the BIG TEST today to become a Registered Dietitian. It was quite scary and I have spent the last ummmm 6 weeks off and on studying for it. But this last week was serious crunch time. Since it is a computer based test, the results would appear shortly after I answered the last question. When I got to that point and clicked “next,” I then had to take a survey, of all things, while my score was being calculated. I don’t know why they do this before I know my score, it killed me! I don’t remember one thing from the survey, my heart was beating so hard, I just wanted to know, did I PASS or not? Phewwww, I PASSED!!! I wanted to tell everyone! I felt like I could breathe normal and that my brain could relax. My brain needs a short vacation and while I’m looking for jobs, it will do just that! I think I’ll have Ben refer to me as Kimi, The Registered Dietitian, at least until I get sick of it, or until others just catch on and it just flows naturally with the name. If you haven’t passed me on the street today, I just thought I’d let you know that yep, I’m a Registered Dietitian!

Sincerely Yours,

Kimi J. Sycamore, RD

(The “credents” look good)

bye, bye flash cards!

Paradise

I love Hawaii. Everything about it, even the bugs and how my hair goes puffy.

• We were on the Big Island in Kona.
• The weather was terrible 82 high 71 low.
• The water was warm crystal clear turquoise.
• My Ben wasn't able to come. He had to work :( (this is why being grown up and having a job stinks, but I'm very grateful he has a job none the less) He was the one that suggested that I go with my family since and I don't have to worry about getting work off (what a good husband, right). I jumped at the idea and told my parents I was coming!

Some pics from the trip. Chet boogying away. The waves were huge!

That's me! I think salt water and sand compliment my hair.

My grandma, uncle Ray, Yuki, Meg and Josh were on a Hawaiian cruise and docked in Kona for a day. We picked them up and spent a day at the beach with them. I buried Meg.

We also played beach volley. The guy with the long brown hair on the left looked just like Harry from Home Alone. The sand was HOT! We had to kick the sand around and make little holes in our area to keep our feet from burning off.

First snow cone of the trip! Mmmmm.... the best shaved ice is in Hawaii.
The BIGGEST snow cone of my life!

Lava rocks. This was the biggest surprise I had about The BIg Island, the lava rocks. When I was on Oahu, going to school, the island was lush and green. Parts of the Big Island are like that but because of all of the volcanoes it was very different.

We also went to the Kona temple.

With my dad vacation isn't vacation without a good round of golf.

Food!!! We packed a few lunches for the beach and had way too many spam musubi (I loved every bit of every one I had. They only seem fitting for Hawaii though). A worker at Wal-Mart referred to spam as the Hawaiian steak!

We each took turns choosing a restaurant to eat at. I choose Jackie Reys Ohana Grill. It was good but I don't rave it. The presentation was top notch though. I had the seafood trio. Shrimp, crab cake, mahi mahi, over a bed of purple sweet potatoes. (They think orange sweet potatoes are weird). I had some type of seafood at every meal. Mmmm, I had live it up cause I don't get fresh seafood in Utah.

I was really missing Ben by the end and he was the only thing that made me want to come back to the mainland. I LOVE Hawaii and I had a great time with my family. I can't wait to go back with Ben someday, then it would be perfect!

Oh and I saw a whale for the first time as we were driving to the beach!