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We’re Building a House!!

 It’s official!!!  We finalized a contract with a builder and now we’re building!!!  We’re standing in the exact lot where our future home will be standing in a few months!  I can’t wait to document this process–more for myself to be able to look back on in the years to come.

What made us decide to build?  
A couple of months into our marriage, we decided to start looking online at the housing options in our town.  We set our budget and had a list of certain things we each wanted–at least 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, one story (we hate our upstairs bedroom now), I wanted an area I could run in, and a spacious lot.  After a few months of looking, we decided to start touring homes once the new year started because we figured it would take us a while to find something.  We also couldn’t move out of our apartment until our lease was up.  After LOTS of prayer and thinking, we’ve decided building would be best for us.  I can’t wait to watch our house go up!
We have really been praying over this house!!  We want our house to be open for the church and we pray that God allows us to spread the Gospel through this house!

Chicken and Refried Bean Burritos

Let me start by prefacing this recipe by saying that Dustin was not excited about me cooking another Mexican dish.  He’s tired of Mexican, and I love it!  But when he finished eating his supper, he told me that he LOVED these burritos!  These are definitely husband-approved!  Oh, and did I mention they are healthy?!?  I love anything that’s healthy and full of flavor–which these burritos are!  

Another reason why I loved this recipe so much?  It can really work with your schedule!  Since the chicken needs to be prepared before, it can be done the night before, the morning before, or when you get home from work.  It’s great!

Chicken and Refried Bean Burritos
-about 2 cups prepared chicken (recipe below)
-can of fat-free or reduced fat refried beans
-can of Rotel (drained)
-1-2 cups reduced fat shredded fiesta cheese
-whole wheat/grain tortillas 
-olive oil or olive oil cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 425 and take out a cookie sheet and cover with foil and spray foil down with olive oil cooking spray.
2. Place your tortilla on a flat surface.
3. Spread your beans down the middle of the tortilla.
4. Spoon some of the Rotel down the middle.
5. Sprinkle some of the cheese on top of the Rotel.
6. Place your shredded chicken on top of the cheese and tightly roll your burrito. 
7. Place the burrito seam side down on the cookie sheet.  Heavily spray or brush with olive oil all of the burritos.  My recipe made 5 but could easily make 6.
8. Bake at 425 for 7-10 minutes or until burritos are crispy!

I served this with roasted cauliflower because I had a head of cauliflower in the fridge.  I would also serve it with sautéed green beans or a great salad.  This burrito was nice and crispy on the outside and so tender and moist on the inside.  I can’t wait to make this again!

This is the chicken recipe:
-2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
-1 TBS ground cumin
-1 TBS chili powder
-1 TBS garlic salt
-1 TBS onion powder
-1/4 cup water
1. Place your crockpot liner in the crockpot and turn on high.  If you don’t use crockpot liners, spray generously with olive oil cooking spray.
2. Put in the chicken breasts (I use frozen) and pour in all spices and water.  
3. Cook for 2 hours and shred.  Set aside.

I cooked this chicken after church on Sunday, and after I shredded it, I put it in the fridge until later that evening when I was ready to make the burritos.  

Weekend Recap

This weekend has turned into a four day weekend for me!  It’s been wonderful!  I started my weekend off on Friday by heading to the gym with my sister.  We met there at 6:45 AM to do a 45 minute spin class on the Peloton app.  We absolutely love this app!!  I know the biggest fad right now in the big cities is Soul Cycle.  We don’t have anything like that in small town Alabama, so this app is the next best thing.  We can access this studio in NYC at any time for a spin class!  My favorite instructor is Nicole, and Rachel likes Jessica’s classes!
We did one of Jessica’s Throwback Thursday archived classes Friday morning.  It kicked our tails!!  I’m pretty sure we sat down for a total of maybe 12 minutes during the whole 45 minute class!

Then I headed to the doctor.  I knew I would be spending about two hours at the doctor so I brought along something to read.
I’m only about five chapters in but I’m really enjoying this book!  I’ve learned that as a Christian, we’re all theologians–meaning we all have some knowledge of God.  I started learning about theology in college and I’ve enjoyed learning about it ever since then!  If you’re ever interested in learning more about theology, make sure that whatever you’re reading is scripturally-based and of sound doctrine.  This is just a short list of some of my favorite authors and/or pastors: John Piper, Francis Chan, David Platt, Tim Keller, and Paul David Tripp.

Friday night, Dustin and I had our Valentine’s dinner.  Since we waited too late to make reservations, we ended up going to Las Vias in Decatur because Dustin had never had the creamy jalepeno sauce and I knew he would love it.  He loved it!  He even got extra to pour over his nachos.  We went home after and exchanged presents.  I got him a Drake shirt that’s similar to the Columbia PFG shirts, and he got me a Fitbit Charge HR!!!  I’ve been wanting one so bad!  I was saving my birthday money to by myself one when they came out in January, but I ended up using that money to buy Dustin a gun for Christmas.  I plan on doing a post about it soon once I figure out how to utilize everything it offers!

Saturday, we started off Valentine’s Day by heading to our local park to walk and run a little. We bundled up because it was VERY cold and I tried to figure out my Fitbit a little more.  After doing my weekly meal planning and grocery shopping, Dustin and I hit the road for Nashville.  His friend (who was a groomsman in our wedding) was getting married!  We got to hang out Saturday  night with some of Dustin’s friends and had a fun reception at the Hard Rock.  

It was SO cold in Nashville Saturday night!  Parking was interesting.  We spent the majority of our money paying to park in these badly-designed parking garages.  I think we’ve decided to go back to Nashville to spend a weekend once it warms up because Dustin told me he had never been to downtown Nashville before.  I love any excuse for a trip!

Sunday was pretty laid back.  We went to church.  After lunch, Dustin watched some Nascar prelim thing and I took a short nap.  We both cleaned our house before heading back to church Sunday night.  After church, we rushed home so I could finish putting together supper (a new recipe coming tomorrow!!) and watching The Bachelor!

It’s Monday and I’m still off from school thanks to this unused weather day!  While we were threatened with snow, I woke up this morning to nothing.  I was kind of wishing for a little snow but maybe we’ll get some on Wednesday–my weather app has snow flurries as a possibility!