We have a HOUSE SHOWING today!!!
Crossing my fingers it’s someone who came to the open house and is returning for a final visit before making an offer. First-time home buyers have 2.5 weeks to go for their tax credit, so it’s now or never!
I got up at 5:26 and made the house re-sparkle
Folded laundry. Vacuumed. Cleaned 3 bathrooms (which just needed a light touch). Made breakfast. Cleaned up the kitchen. Straightened all living areas.
And still managed to blog and enjoy a House Hunters with my breakfast! (One set in Raleigh, NC too!! They never come to NC!)
In an effort to dirty less dishes, I made a SIAB with hot tea today!
The Vita-Mix
- 1 cup Trader Joe’s frozen berries
- 1 banana (small-medium)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 scoop Vega Vanilla Chai
- 2 tbsp raw oatmeal
- Toppings: Nature’s Path Granola + melted/hardened coconut butter (I’m running low!)
Golden Moon Teas sent me this lovely sample basket of many of their flavors!
I was ooohing and ahhhing over the flavor choices! Vanilla Jasmine. Coconut Pouchong. Caramel Chai. Vanilla Mint. Moroccan Mint. Sugar Carmel Oolong. I’m excited to try them all!!
Today I doubled up for extra caffeine – hope I don’t get a coffee headache 
Vanilla Mint + Irish Breakfast. LOVED the vanilla mixed with mint. One of my favorite flavor combos!
I just take a tbsp of milk in my tea –
Bloom view:
Filling!
Off to do some real work!!
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Good luck on your house showing!
Also that bowl of oats looks amazingly yummy!
ooohhh I hope the house showing goes well!!
Also, I don’t know if you’ve ever done this, but try adding a few almonds to the smoothie- in the vitamix. Adds amazing flavor!
OOooh good luck with the house viewing!!
I added Amazake to mine today – have you ever tried it?
I love smoothies in the morning
Never heard of it!
Those tea flavors sounds incredible! I’m excited to hear how they taste.
I stopped drinking coffee sort of accidentally last week after being an every day and sometimes two-a-day coffee drinker and managed to get away without any headaches. Good luck!!
That’s a lot of work before work. Your SIAB looks tasty…
I had overnight oats this morning for breakfast!! Really good! Thanks for all the great ideas on your oatmeal page!!
Good luck with the house showing!
Oh, good luck on the house! I hope it sells fast! I need to get on the house cleaning thing early today!!! Vanilla mint tea sounds so good! I started having iced tea again yesterday afternoon…so good with this weather! Have a great day!
Hope the showing goes well! What a lovely gift basket!
good luck with the showing! how could anyone not love your home?!
Crossing my fingers for your showing.
good luck with the house!
You were up early! way to sneak in a new post without me noticing.
Best of luck with house work!
Katherine
Good luck with the house Kath!
Hope the house show is promising.
Kath, I remember before you saying that you use an editor on your computer for your blog….which one do you use?
Thanks!!
Windows Live Writer
Ooh, I can’t wait to hear what the coconut tea is like! I’ve had tea flavours akin to all the others you’ve got there, but never a coconut tea. Keep us updated!
I hope your house sells!!!!
Have a great day!
I hope everything goes well with the house with all of the effort you’ve been putting into it!
What kind of milk do you use for your SIAB? (At least this one) It seems like plain milk and water would be a little too un-sweet, even with the banana, but I could be wrong – I’m just wondering if the water dilutes it too much or if it’s still tasty~
Regular organic cow’s. It was plenty sweet – esp. with the Vega.
Sending good luck vibes your way! All it takes is that one right buyer. House selling is stressful and moving just adds even more stress to that.
I watched that House Hunters too, they had some really nice options.
Oooh, I’m totally jealous of that tea basket. Looks amazing!
Hope the house showing goes well.
Keeping our fingers crossed! I’m sure your house looks great if you watch HGTV! Love it!
Sugar carmel oolong and carmel Chai both sound amazing! I’m excited to hear how they taste.
Good luck with the house viewing:)
All of those teas do indeed sound amazing. And you are a workhorse!
Kath – thanks to you, I am now addicted to green smoothies!! Which is a good thing. I experimented the other day because I had run out of spinach (and I had just been baking chocolate beetroot cake) by making a beetroot SIAB – I just blended beetroot with a some different fruit and it was delish! If you haven’t already, you should definitely give it a try. Its not like the spinach ones where you can’t taste the spinach, you can taste the beetroot (well, I suppose that depends on how much you use) but provided you like beetroot, its really good.
I’m not the biggest fan of beets…
fair enough – I used to hate beetroot and love it now.
You would like chocolate beetroot cake though – I made one and took it to work and not one single one of my colleagues guessed the “secret ingredient” – including one guy who claims he hates beetroot so much it makes him physically vomit (Drama queen? never!!) . Best excuse in the book – eat a chocolate cake just so you can eat beetroot!
I love a little milk with my tea too! Good luck with your house showing today.
I love vanilla flavored teas…yum!
Good luck with the house showing!!
I’m obsessed with House Hunters. I saw one in Morocco last night, it goes with your tea
Just wanted to let you know that there were 26 comments when I read your blog
You are Superwoman!! I wish I had half as much energy as you do. Good luck with the house viewing today~
I love House Hunters! I live in Wilmington and there have been one or two episodes here and I always try to figure out what neighborhoods they are in!! Good luck with the house showing…hoping it’s an offer!!
I’ve seen that one!!
I used to be addicted to home shows like that. When I need a good distraction from schoolwork that’s where I turn to
or blogging, of course!
Vanilla Mint tea sounds AWESOME
Enjoy your day and best wishes with the house!
Meg
Good luck with the house showing!!
I need to try coconut butter in my SIAB
Hey Kath, I was wondering what Coconut Butter tastes like. I have never had it before but am eager to try it.
Like coconut in nut butter consistency
Good luck with the house!!! And that tea sounds delicious!
I love House Hunters!Good luck with the house showing!
this is a bit off subject of your post, but how do you differ eating on recovery days when you’re not exercising as opposed to days when you work out?
Not much. It’s all about the squiggly line!
I love house hunters-especially when it is in NC. They did a past show in Charlotte, but I can’t remember if it was a House Hunters or one of those “get it sold” type shows.
Saw that one too! They were big Panthers fans?
Good luck with your house showing!
Best of luck with your house showing. Delicious looking breakfast by the way!
I’ll be sending you positive vibes for the house showing today! I can’t imagine someone hasn’t nabbed it yet – it looks so beautiful when I see pics of it! I am trying to think positively today as well – I am waiting to hear if I got the apartment I wanted!
What a busy morning!!! I bet the house looks stunning – sending good thoughts your way!
Good luck, KERF house! Gosh, I consider it a GREAT accomplishment that last night I actually didn’t have any dirty dishes in the sink
Kath, I think I need you to come make my apartment sparkle. Not re-sparkle, just sparkle in the first place!!
Your house seems adorable, I’m sure the people who look at it will fall in love!
That tea sounds fantastic. Sugar Carmel Oolong? Yes please!
Good luck on the showing today!!I hope it’s the ones!
Best of luck omitting coffee from your morning routine. I had a seriously hard time quitting, and ended up falling off of the no-java wagon. I made my first smoothie in a bowl recently, and it was divine. The only thing missing was the coconut butter, which I’m anxious to try in it! Best of luck with the showings.
you’ve had a super productive morning…way to go! i’m sending good thoughts y’alls way in hopes that your house sells soon!
good luck on your house showing! My husband and I are about to close on our first home this week!! Exciting times:)
I was curious about how you’ve gone about getting products to review. Is this something that has just built up over time or are you signed up with a particular agency? I’d love to do something similar but just don’t know where to begin.
Thanks:)
Companies just find my blog and email me. And OpenSky sends me products to test out as well.
I recently have been given the task of compiling health book newsletters for subscribing patrons at my library (I’m nearly a professional librarian… 1 1/4 semesters!). I need help! I thought, “Who better to turn to than all the wonderful health bloggers out there?!” If you have any suggestions for me, pleases check out this post and leave a comment: http://lifeinthestacks.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/health-books/.
Thanks so much!
I hate cleaning. Two summers ago the owner was selling the condo that we were renting and we had to show the place which really stunk because we weren’t getting anything out of it but had to make it sparkly clean as well.
I hope that they LOVE it and give you a great offer !
Good luck! I hope this is the one!!
Wow, what a productive morning!!!! Those teas sound so yummy. Teas with vanilla are so good!!!! I hope the house showing goes well
good luck with the house showing!
i remember one time when we were selling our house, i forgot and the realtor had to clean up the house for me! oops.
Good luck with the house! Exciting times
Man, I got those teas too, but they came in a crushed envelope. Not nearly as pretty!
Good Luck on your house showing!
Those teas look really good! I have never heard of that brand. I would now like to try the Irish Breakfast though!
Hey Kath,
I looked at your Open Sky shop for the Artisana Coconut Butter, and noticed it was described as “low in fat,” with 114 cals and 10g of fat per 2 tbsp serving. I recently purchased the coconut butter and it has 186 cals and 18g of fat per serving. Are there two different varieties / variations of this product? Please let me know.
Thanks, and i LOVE your blog!!!
Ally
Ally,
The jar is correct – I have reported the typo to OpenSky on the site. So sorry about that!
Good luck on the house showing!!! I’m crossing my fingers too
Can’t wait to read your review on the Moroccan mint tea. I was in Morocco 2 weeks ago and we had mint tea once or twice a day…it’s that good!!!
i can’t remember the last time i was up at that hour! way to go kath!
Good luck with the showing! I’m sending good house buying vibes your way.
Greetings from Canada!
I just had my very first bowl of overnight oats and woke up earlier than usual, thanks to your influence! Blueberries, almond milk, a pinch of sugar and some ground flax, I feel wonderful! As a new comer to your blog, I had a suggestion to avoid much confusion. Do you ALWAYS do overnight or are some of them cooked? I felt like if you put the overnight recipe right at the beginning of your ‘Tribute to Oatmeal’, people would not be as confused over whether to cook them or not (as some other comments say this also). I actually had to google whether or not you were cooking them before finding the recipe!
Just a little thing to help newcomers out, otherwise am loving your blog.
Thanks Kath.
Nooooooooo I almost always COOK THEM FROM SCRATCH!
The only time I do overnight oats is if I write “Today I had overnight oats.”
Otherwise I’m making whipped banana oatmeal
I envy people who can do so much before work. I’m lucky if I can do my hair, get dressed and eat breakfast. I’m getting better though.
Good luck with the house showing! I have so many childhood memories about having our house on the market, as we moved several times before I was 12. After the showing, my mom and I would inspect the carpet in order to see if it had been walked on. If they actually walked around rooms, our theory was that they were more interested in the house.
Wow. You’re on a ROLL!!!
Fingers crossed for your house!!!
OMG, look at those flavors! YUM!
Crossing my fingers for you on the house showing!
good luck with the house!
Fingers crossed for you! Josh and I went through the waiting game on selling in MD, so I totally feel for you!
I can’t believe how much you got done in one morning… before work! I hope I am that inspired on Thursday – I have a ton to do before 7am!!!! I hope your house showing went well today.
Just had to comment on the beautiful spoon you use! It’s gorgeous.
Your Saab today looks really good and I have almost everything to make that. So I think I’ll give it a try.
That tea basket is enviable! This whole post just makes me feel relaxed. I don’t know how you keep up with the house cleaning without getting stressed–I so hated keeping my house spotless for showings. It’s hard work!