But first, breakfast:
Warm and delicious Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal.
On a whim, I made my boatmeal with coconut butter as the fat source. As it turns out, coconut butter pairs really well with pumpkin. Not that I expected any different; coconut butter pairs really well with everything!
And this single-serving recipe never fails me.
I also ate the last of my samples of Vegan Greek Yogurt.
Then, after breakfast, it was time to meet a friend… and move into our new place!!
That’s my big news. (See? I told you it was something that was a huge deal to me, but that y’all probably wouldn’t care about. Your guesses about me running away with my blind date were much more interesting!)
We spent Thursday, Friday, and some of Saturday moving furniture, unpacking boxes, and organizing everything. The actual process of moving is never any fun, and I’m definitely not a stranger to it.
As a child, my parents bounced me all over the world: London, Tokyo, Philadelphia, Manila, Shanghai, and Dallas. And the bouncing didn’t stop when I got out on my own, moving first to a dorm in freshman year of college. When I transferred to SMU, a friend and I found an apartment together. Junior year, I moved to a single apartment after my friend graduated, and it was an adorable little place. But I arrived home one day to find a note taped to the door that said: “Move out, because we are demolishing your apartment to make room for the George Bush Library.”
Ugh.
So I got another apartment, with a roommate. And then, tired of all the moving, I moved back in with my parents for senior year. Living at home was awesome. It was free, familiar, and I got to see the people (and puppies!) I most love in the world. However, it’s just too easy to pretend you’re still a kid when you live at home. I was ready to get out on my own again and be independent.
Question of the Day:
If you don’t live with your parents, when did you move away from home?
Or when do you think you will leave home? Although I’ve lived on my own before, this is the first time I’ll truly be independent; paying my own rent and bills.
P.S. Can someone quickly go “like” my Facebook page?
I’d be so grateful… I know it sounds ridiculous, but I’m superstitious and am scared of 6666s! 😕
Congrats! Very exciting news. You’ll love it. I’d say I have lived on my own since I was 20 senior year, with brief periods of living with family when I was volunteering abroad. My parents already did SO much for me growing up, I was determined to be totally independent the minute that I could barely scrape by. Lots of hours doing dishline in the dining hall…
That is fun news. I lived on my own for a year while at college but moved back with my parents. There was no jobs where I was and I was done with school. I’m sure you will enjoy being on your own again. 🙂
I liked ya! Should have done that awhile back.
I moved out at 19 to go to school five hours away but then transferred to Washington U in St. Louis and lived a five minute drive from home, which was sort of the perfect amount of closeness at that time. Now I live across the country from my folks but they visit relatively frequently, which is nice.
Congrats on the new place!
Aww, thanks so much for “liking” my page… even if you are a Cardinals’ fan ;).
Congrats Katie, That is life changing news, I get what you are saying for certain! 🙂 How exciting indeed! You can even decorate for Halloween!
So this looks ammmmazing. So perfect. I will try next asap. 🙂
Congrats! Moving is FUN! My parents moved us around a lot, but we didn’t move around with world. I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 17. I was still in High school, maintained a full time evening job and lived with a couple of friends downtown. It was great!
Congrats on your new place.
And what a great breakfast to wake up to in a new home. We love this. Sounds & looks delish!
The baked oatmeal looks delish! But so smaaaaalll LOL! That would not fill me up!
Moving is definitely exciting news!! Congrats!
I actually got married at 19, that was 32 years ago! We moved to a different State than where we grew up and have moved several times since then. We have lived in CA for the past 22 years and love it! Even so I still love to go visit my parents and stay in their house! There is something comforting about going home.
Congrats on moving! I didn’t know you went to SMU! I graduated from there in ’07. I miss Dallas so much. No wonder you have easy access to hard-to-find ingredients, you are right there near my beloved Central Market and not far from Whole Foods. Love you blog and the creative ways to help satisfy my demanding sweet tooth!
Go Ponies!
Oh wow, we were probably there at the same time!!
I rarely moved as a kid. I lived in one house until I was 14 and then that second one until I was 19. When I was 20 I moved in with my now-husband, then we did some apartment hopping until we found a good fit. I personally hate moving on the one hand because I had how discombobulated it makes me feel. But I LOVE getting the fresh start and giving everything I own a good clean for a good reason. I can never seem to convince myself to completely dismantle things to clean them when I’m just going to be putting them right back where I got them – lol!