FOOTBALL TICKETS!

Badger Pride Last Season

Heyya! This morning I'm up bright and early to get me some Badger football tickets. They go on sale at 7:30, but knowing how I hate being in a rush, I woke up at 6 to get my morning routine straightened out before I settled into my competitive seat infront of my laptop. Basically, there are only enough tickets for a puny amount of the students, so competition is FIERCE. I'm feeling especially competitive because last year, I was late by about 30 seconds and didn't get any -- I ended up buying them for double the price from a grad student off craigslist. Yeah, rather not have to do that again!

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So this morning I had some deeelicious oats. I saw the one last peach remaining on the fruit stand and instantly knew the flavors I wanted to combine for the perfect summer oat recipe. Excellent! 

Summer Peach and Vanilla Oats

In the oats

- just under 1/4 C. rolled oats

- just under 1/4 C. oat bran

- 1 T. chia seeds

- 1/2 C. almond milk + 1/2 C. water

- about a 1/4 C. natural applesauce (added once oats begin to thicken)

- a generous sprinkle of cinnamon

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

On top

- 1 ripe sliced peach

- 1 T. coconut butter

- 1/3 C. vanilla granola

- More cinnamon!

Enjoyed with a bowl of fresh strawbs and a cup of coffee. Perfection.

I'll be back later with a post recapping Dad's Day yesterday. Have a wonderful morning!

Did/do you participate in your school's school athletics and spirit?

A Quick WIAW!

I started this day with the full intention of documenting everything I ate with a photo, but that didn't really turn out as I hoped due to my scatterbrained mind and constantly thinking about tomorrow --> Nick is coming for the weekend!! I'm more than excited, obviously. 
On to the eats
Breakfast

Oats In A Jar! (OIAJ) + Coffee

I finished off what was left of the PB&Co Dark Chocolate Dreams (about 2 tbsp) with some hot stovetop cinnamon vanilla oats.

- 1/4 C Rolled Oats

- 1/4 C Oat Bran

- 1 Tbsp. chia seeds

- 1/2 C water

- 1/2 banana diced and melted into oats on stovetop

- sprinkling of cinnamon

- tsp. vanilla extract

- a bit more milk added at end of cooking to add more moisture

poured right into the PB jar!!

on top:

- half of sliced banana

- raisins

 Lunch

Veggie Salad & Iced Tea

- Bed of spinach

- half a tomato, sliced

- 2 baby bell peppers (I used one red and one yellow)

- 3 baby carrots, diced

- kalamata olives

- feta

- cucumber ranch dressing

+ a few pickings of some diced cantaloupe (not pictured)

Snackykins (pardon me)

Frozen Grapes + Fresh Cantaloupe

Dinner

Not pictured -- complete fail

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Meatless Marinara and Sauteed Mushrooms

Spinach & Tomato Salad w/ Caesar Dressing

3 Slices of Ciabatta loaf

Skim Milk

Evening Eat

Recipe for success = Cheesy Miley Cyrus romantic movie + apple and almond butter

Some fun pictures of the past few days...

Checking out the Menu at Ruby Tuesday with the girls :)

Most fun ride ever. WOO

SO HOT here on Monday and Tuesday. What to do? Go to the beach of course!

Me and the girls I nanny --> probably the cutest ever.

It's Friday, Friday

Good morning lovlies and happy Friday!

I woke up this morning to a grey, gloomy and rainy view out my window and decided it was an Oats day. I'm just beginning to experiment with different recipes and approaches to the best bowl of oatmeal, since for pretty much my entire life "oatmeal" meant the instant, microwavable variety that seemed to always turn to mush. Over the years I'd learned to spice up my instant oats to something a little tastier, but I'd never, until this year, experimented with stovetop, rolled oats. Here we go!

I made these babies with
- 1/4 cup Rolled Oats
- 1/4 cup Oat bran
- 2 T. ground flax seed meal
- 1 small banana, sliced
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- dash of cinnamon

Toppings included the last of the blackberries, another small banana (these babies are SMALL, let me tell you. There was no way I was getting away with half), a few blueberries, and a dollop of Almond butter.

Nom nom nom! With a nice cup of coffee and a rainy day to watch, this morning was quite relaxing.

Later today (in about 15 minutes, actually!) I'm off to take my bro-ski out to lunch. We're going to this cute little italian pizza shoppe that's pretty close to the High School. I'm thinking instead of pizza I'll get pasta. Don't want to go too heavy on the grease because...

I'm getting greasy mexican food tonight with Jen! Haha, yes, today is really slacking on the healthy front. Anyways, we decided on the mexican place before the movie since it's so close to the theatre and pretty darn delicious. I have to say, I could really go for some tasty fajitas today. Maybe I'll take some pics :)

What's your favorite thing to do when it's gloomy outside?