Salads, skirts and breakfast (dang, I was really hoping for some good alliteration there!)

There is nothing on earth that compares to a good salad for lunch.  Except maybe a good salad served on a vintage plate. 

 Been in the family since 1978 and still goin' strong.   Unfortunately this yummy salad took me 35 minutes to make, which is not fun when you are hungry and busy!  I need someone to move in and just chop vegetables for me all day.  Any takers?

Big news of the day.  My sister has talked me into running a half with her in July.  It really didn't take a lot of arm-twisting.  It will be fun to do it together.  At least for the first 47 seconds of the race, then I'm sure she will take off and spend a lot of time waiting around for me at the end.    I'm hoping our sister-in-law will do it with us as well!  She can probably keep up with Erin.  So I guess we will all bond while we are waiting in line at the porta-potties.

I decided that if I am going to spend a good amount of my time running, I need to look cute doing so, so I went and bought some running skirts and tanks today.  Yes, I am vain.

I also got a referral to a sports/ortho doctor so that hopefully I can do two tris and a half marathon in a 4 week period without ruining my knees.  :)

I got this great recipe from my friend Angie.  It's another easy, healthy breakfast that the kids devoured!

Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal

3 cups quick cooking oats
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 cup milk
2 TBSP applesauce
2 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter

Mix all ingredients together and stir well.  Spread in a greased 9x13 pan.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

We cut it up into squares and served it with milk poured on top!