Good morning, blogland!!! 
I woke up SO early today! I just wasn’t in the mood to sleep. I laid in bed for about 10 minutes, debating whether to stay in bed or get up. My body and brain felt well-rest, so I started my Sunday at 7:00 AM. I also wanted to get a head-start on blog stuff for the upcoming week. (I spend a good part of Sunday morning preparing posts.)
After catching up with a my DVRed episodes of the Real Housewives of Orange County, it was breakfast time. I started with half of a juicy ruby red grapefruit.
And, then I enjoyed a lovely bowl of honey-flavored oats, topped with trail mix and a scoop of Barney Butter (not pictured).
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup dry oats
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp trail mix
- 1 scoop of BB
Together with iced coffee…
Pave Your Lane
I recently read about a young woman who is running across the country by herself– from Boston to San Diego– and I just had to share the story with you guys.
Katie Visco will begin her 3,200-mile run next month, and she hopes to reach the Pacific coast in December. Katie will jog 20 miles a day in stages and meet up each night with a team member driving a van with a bed inside. All of her running will help support, Girls on the Run, a charity that empowers young girls through running. When Katie completes her goal, she will be the youngest female ever to run solo across America! How cool is that!? Definitely check out her website: Pave Your Lane. (You can also follow her on Twitter: twitter.com/paveyourlane.) Katie is quite an inspiration for following your dreams– I feel like I need to set a goal now!
Major Locations en Route: Boston (START), New Haven, New York City, Allentown, Cleveland, Toledo, Gary, Chicago, Iowa City, Topeka, Albuquerque, Phoenix, and San Diego (FINISH).
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Delicious breakfast! Have a wonderful Sunday!
Wow, that sounds like a really incredible run.
ohhh the real housewives, gotta love em’
Real Housewives of Orange County = my guilty pleasure tv
Fabulous story!!
What a delicious breakfast! Wow, what an awesome run! Great idea setting your goals!
Now I want some oatmeal. Why does you blog always make me hungry?!
Hey Tina, new commenter here
I love trail mix in oats! Always makes the bowl so much more colorful and tasty. I can’t stand the bitter aftertaste of grapefruit, though, unfortunately… 
Wow, that is an amazing goal. Wish I had the motivation (and physical capacity) to do a run like that.
I’ve never gotten into the “Real Housewives” series, but I can definitely see how I’d love it! I love the running story too!
Beautiful bowl of oats this morning
That is quite a story about Katie Visco – what an inspiration!
Hehe, did you go back for the Barney Butter even though you didn’t plan on it? I almost did the same thing but resisted. I can’t just have one spoonful of BB – that stuff is seriously addictive!! Enjoy your Sunday
Thanks for the link! That’s inspiring for sure!
Your breakfast looks very spring-ish and sunny.
Love those Housewives!!
Wow! What an inspirational story about Katie, I wish her the best of luck on her run!!
Oh my gosh 20 miles a DAY!?? Yikes! That is crazy. I would be so injured if I did that.
Love your morning oats
I thought for a second that you had a Honest Foods Farmer’s Trail Mix bar crumbled on it!
Angela
Wow, what an amazing run for a great cause! I haven’t commented before, but I’ve been reading your blog for a couple weeks and I love it. It’s so insipring
Wow! That is inspirational. Truly amazing.
That’s such an incredible story! It’s great that she’s doing it for such a wonderful cause as well. Thanks for sharing. Have a great Sunday!
wow-that’s amazing! what an inspiring story!!! Thanks for sharing it with us and bringing it to our attention. i think its wonderful and purely awesome that woman have come so far and can do things they love and get the credit they deserve. go girls!
loving all the chocolate in your trail mix oats!
Yummy bowl of oats!!!
That is such an amazing story!!! Thanks for sharing!!
I love that show Real Housewives of OC – its hilarious!
mmm grapefruit! I haven’t had that in ages
I absolutely LOOOOVE the real housewives of oc. probably the best show on bravo (well, one of the best!)
have a great Sunday!!!
I love trail mix in oats – especially ones that have chocolate in them
wow, definately an inspirational run!
Wow – I wonder how many pairs of shoes she’s going to go through!
wow, that woman is amazing!! i feel like i need to go do something now haha.
LOVE those oats.
and LOVE real housewives
i love to watch real housewives of oc but sometimes i have to turn it off, they all annoy me so bad! but i guess that makes good tv.
amazing woman, to run cross country. go girl!
i love to watch real housewives of OC but sometimes i have to turn the show off bc they all annoy me so much! i guess that makes good tv though…
amazing woman to run cross country, go girl!
That is really an inspiring story. I will remember her when I am complaining about running next time.
Hi,
I know that this post is really late, but I was just wondering how you eat your grapefruit?? I know that some warm it and put sweetner on it, what do you do??
@Lindsay: I eat my grapefruit straight-up– no warming, no sweeteners. I want a grapefruit now!