Happy Mid-Morning!

I’m really excited to share with you guys a video project I’ve been working on with Quaker and Goodbite to raise up to $25,000 for Share Our Strength, a charity dedicated to ending childhood hunger. This project was perfect for me since I love all kinds of creative oatmeal toppings!

Watch below!

I encourage all of you to create your own oatmeal topping combinations by going to WWW.QUAKEROATS.COM/CREATEYOURDAY and assembling an oatmeal creation that will best help you tackle the day that lies ahead

For every bowl of oatmeal created on this site, GoodBite.com and Quaker will donate $1 to Share Our Strength, up to $25,000. This goal is no small feat, but if you all create one oatmeal bowl, that much more money will go to feeding hungry children.

Remember there’s strength in numbers!!

You asked for it: a quick tour of KERFLAND

I’ll be home for dinner tonight!

Here’s the first of the videos!!

(Thomas is very soft spoken so you’ll want to crank up the volume!)

The finished product:

Hi Guys! Everything is going fine with the exception of the fact that I am pretty much soaked . So is my bag You know I have melting problems in rain, so this is quite challenging I was smart to wear a skirt today because legs dry quickly, but my little green loafers have no hope of drying anytime soon. They are under the table with paper towels until I have to get going for my next class.

After Nutrition in the Lifespan, which was cool because that professor is awsome! , I went to the gym for my workout. I forgot all entertainment though! No Ipod, headphones for the TVs or magazines. Or even a textbook!! So I watched HGTV in silence. I still managed 35 minutes on the ET , followed by 10 labs around the indoor track, alternating jogging and sprinting . I did some lazy abs and hit the showers.

I wanted to shoot myself in the wet foot for leaving my lunch in the car . I didn’t realize what a hassle it would be to go back to my car. The plan was to exchange my workout bag for my lunch, but I wish I had my lunch so I could have just carried everything and avoided the long wet walk. Oh well!

I was starving when I finally sat down to eat in my favorite little lounge in one of the academic buildings. And I still am starving 20 minutes later. SETTLE, food, settle!!

Looks like the era of dreary and boring lunch photos as returned….

A homemade bagel , just plain because toppings were too much work last night -

A fantastic plum -

3 organic CSA carrots . They are short and fat. I haven’t really been able to tell a difference in taste between the organic CSA stuff and regular, but the carrots are definitely different. However, I don’t prefer them! They have a strong, almost metallic taste. Strange.

And Chobani Vanilla with some TJ Fiber Worms .

I sure hope my hunger goes away soon, because I am NOT feeling full.

Gotta go get to work on these early assignments!

I’ll leave you all with something a little more cheerful: our baby photos!!!!! This is a slideshow made for our wedding DVD. I used to watch the TLC show A Wedding Story ALL THE TIME when I was in high school and always wanted to be on it. The husband said "absolutely not" when the real thing actually came around, so I settled for the theme song

Don’t stare at the husband naked too long!

I love making these little videos to remember our vacations

Another KERF video! But this time it’s more entertainment than instructional! Our crepes didn’t exactly turn out as planned:

Kath Eats Grilled Veggies!!

(Sorry I say "um" so much!!)

And the salad that followed -

Components:

• Baby spinach
• Homemade balsamic-lime dressing
• Grilled zucchini, squash, turnip, carrot + bell pepper
• Avocado
• Goat cheese
• Raspberries

On the side I had an end piece of Rudi’s Honey Wheat with some pesto + homemade hummus (from Karen)

And a perfectly ripe peach!

Workout

Around 10:30 the husband and I ran to the gym (about 2.2 miles), spent 20 minutes in the AC doing light cardio (him rowing, me ellipticaling) and ran home. It was a fun way to get outside and enjoy someone else’s freezing air conditioning.

Off to enjoy more Satur day !

How I cut mangoes!

And I got caught at the end

This soup’s a favorite! Enjoy!

(P.S. Sorry the video skips at times – we have no idea why it did that!)

You asked for it – you got it!

Kath Eats “Classic Kath Oatmeal”