Tribute to KathEats

Oh.my.goodness, I got so excited about my AMAZING breaky that I had to do an immediate post! But let's get through the week first :)

Between Cat's boxing event and Thursday, uni happened. Sounds so daunting! But actually, uni has been great so far! I am really enjoying my classes and my professors... and it can be tough to like both. I already have assignments due this week, quizzes to study for and reports to get started on!

If you remember I lived in uni accommodation, Varsity Apartments, last semester. Had a great time but was ready to move to the beach :) Anyway, we still have some friends living there so we kicked off Uni Night at Varsity hanging out with old friends and meeting new ones

Eating dindin at Magnus's

My sweet Mags!

We had a great time - took the free bus to M'ba when Mags and I thought it would be a good idea to run home and grab a few things. Hmm not such a good idea... got DRENCHED as we sprinted in the storm home. HAH So we decided while we were there waiting for the rain to let up, we'd have a little dessert: Champagne! Not much, no worries... the rain only comes in 10 minute intervals ;)

Had a pretty good time at our first 2010 Uni Night but made the unanimous decision to just stay in M'ba next time instead of running back and forth... I guess we'll have to bring the party here! 

As you all know, I have been desperately trying to loose some Aussie-caused pounds. Things have been going great and Mags and I thought we deserved to be rewarded... Thank you Hog's Breath Cafe!!! Saturday night we indulged in warm mud pie, chocolate sauce and ice cream... well earned :D Side note: we split the one so, I mean, it barely counts. Wish the body thought so!

Hog's Breath would be the equivalent of Outback Steakhouse. But actually IN the Outback ;)

Sorry I didn't get a pic of the cake

it was gone a little too quickly!

The remainder of the weekend consisted of some running around town and catching up with a few of my homegirls! Perfect perfect weekend! Last night I was doing a little blog searching and stumbled upon one I used to religiously read. Needless to say, I've been a little too preoccupied to blog read the past few months but Kath has always been one of my favorites. The thing I love the most is her oatmeal creations!!! Unfortunately Kath uses quite a few ingredients that I don't have readily available so I decided to take it to Quaker for further inspiration. I could think of a few add-ins that would be delish but took a look anyway. Quite the list!

Kath's oatmeal and mine :)

Here we go.. my mix: 

1/2 cup Whole rolled oats, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup water, light drizzle of maple syrup, small dollop of raspberry jam, blueberries and pretzels!

And it was soooo good! The 'pretzel' add-in was inspired by Quaker... lots of the recipes combined various fruits/sweets with bacon. For a healthier approach, while achieving the crunchy texture and salty taste, i figured why not pretzels?? And it was perfect :) The wheels have been churning all day for tomorrows breakfast!

But that's not all breakfast consisted of! I go through phases between tea and coffee. Normally it's coffee coffee then coffee headaches... eck. So then, like a rehab patient, ween off coffee, and drink lots of tea... Mmm but coffee is back in black! Well... not quite. Because coffee is so expensive Mags and I thought we would do some at home experiments. Last night = coffee, skim milk, 1 sugar-free sweetener, cinnamon and nutmeg YUMMY! It was Christmas in a cup! So... this morning was  coffee, skim milk, 1 sugar-free sweetener, cinnamon and ginger powder YUMMY #2 :D

Swirling around

Haha I'm sorry you guys have to be the victims

of my picture happy self - it was blurry so I overly

sharpened/reduced noise for fun and played with 

colors and matte :) but yum, right?!

After breakfast, I skyped with Jordan Gleaton and got to hear all about her Spring Break 2010 CRUISE she just returned from - so jealous!!! I then did an hour of Zumba, vacuumed the house, rearranged my room, finished an assignment and finished my blog :) 

WARNING: Please pray for Cyclone Ului to stay away until AFTER next weekend - Mags and I are going sailing! News read:

"Severe Tropical Cyclone Ului lies over the northeastern Coral Sea to the south of the Solomon Islands. Severe Tropical Cyclone Ului is expected to continue moving slowly west during the next 36 hours before adopting a more southerly track." 

- http://www.bom.gov.au 

It's a category 4 now so lets hope it moves south asap!

That's a wrap - time to study some history! I love you all so much, missing you dearly