Monday, June 22, 2009

First day of summer vacation

My summer is off to a good start. The girls and I are going to do a little running program this summer. We started off today with 20 minutes (run 2 minutes, walk 2 minutes). Easy-peasy. We all have 20 minutes to spare! Our plan is to do this for 2 weeks and then up the time to a total of 25 minutes. We will also increase our run time: maybe run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes). Hopefully, by the end of the summer we will be run/walking for about 40 minutes, 3x/week. I should have started this months ago so I'd be ready for swimsuit season. Oh well.
After our run, I had oatmeal and a plum for breakfast. I think I'm going to ride my bike to the grocery store in a little bit to pick up some things for lunch/dinner.
I'd like to get some scrapbooking done today. I also want to spend a little time poolside. However, before I do either of those things, I need to move the dog crate and vaccum, wash his bedding and scrub the carpet where he threw up in the corner of his crate yesterday. Yep! That's gonna be fun. Luckily dog barf is not nearly as gross as human barf. I must be a mom because I'm going straight from "gotta clean the vomit spot" to "what should we have for lunch?".
I'm thinking chicken salad sandwiches for lunch and Lauren wants pulled pork sandwiches for dinner. I might have to switch the chicken salad with something else so we aren't having so many sandwiches today.
I promised to post the recipe for Holy Cow Cake, so here it is:

Holy Cow Cake:

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1/2 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
6 ounces caramel ice cream topping
3 (1.4 ounce) bars chocolate covered toffee, chopped
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed


Bake cake according to package directions for a 9x13 inch pan; cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Make slits across the top of the cake, making sure not to go through to the bottom.
In a saucepan over low heat, combine sweetened condensed milk and caramel topping, stirring until smooth and blended. Slowly pour the warm topping mixture over the top of the warm cake, letting it sink into the slits; then sprinkle the crushed chocolate toffee bars liberally across the entire cake while still warm. (Hint: I crush my candy bars into small chunks as opposed to crumbs - I like to have pieces I can chew on!)
Let cake cool completely, then top with whipped topping. Decorate the top of the cake with some more chocolate toffee bar chunks and swirls of caramel topping. Refrigerate and serve right from the pan!
This cake is absolutely delicious!

The chinese chicken salad is actually a kit from Costco. All you add is the lettuce (I like green leaf). It comes with crunchy wonton pieces, chow mein noodles, yummy chicken, dressing, almonds. You get enough to make two salads and I think it's about $8 (that's $4/salad). You could make it cheaper yourself, but I like having it ready to mix together. It's Sara's favorite salad.

The girls just cleaned up their room and Sara wants to show me, so I'm signing off. I hope you all are making some fun summer plans. And if they're cheap ones, do share!

3 comments:

Summer said...

Sounds like things are great over there. I like your run/walk plan. Thanks for the recipes! Our plans just include things like letterboxing, hiking, swimming lessons, local attractions like the zoo or aviary, etc.

Natalie said...

Hey, I've been run/walking with a couple others too!! Dozer and Raja and I go. :-) It is pretty enjoyable, and we just go til I'm tired. Usually 20-30 min. It feels great!

Natalie said...

Hey, I've been walk/running with a couple of others too!! Dozer and Raja! It feels great, and we just go til I'm tired; usually 20-30 min.