New Beginnings!

Happy Friday Eve everyone!

This week has been an exciting week for us. Last Thursday my husband and I went apartment hunting, and we found the one we liked!!!! Since we had a budget, we knew what we were looking for, but we only got to look at two apartments, which is ok because we ended up loving the second apartment we saw. Big living room and dining room, the kitchen is smaller than the one we had before, BUT there's plenty of counter space. It's a vintage building, but who cares! LOL  We feel that God was there the whole time because all I thought about was having people from church over and doing prayer groups, bible study, etc. There's parking space and lots of places to go to in the area. Plus, I'll only be 8-9 minutes away from my mom.

We filled out the application and just had to wait until everything was checked and verified. It wasn't until Monday when my husband got a phone call from the office that manages the apartment building. Everything was ok, but they couldn't verify his job (that always happens, don't know why). He took care of everything that same day and I get a phone call from him later that day saying that we were approved!

We'll be moving in April 1, but we were given the green light to start bringing our stuff over at the end of the month. So I'm super excited and thanking God every day for this blessing. It's been a major roller coaster living at my mom's, but I got to learn a lot (and still am) about having patience and letting God do his job. Let the countdown begin! : )

Angelica

Meatless Monday

Hi everyone! What a crazy weekend this has been! I hope your weekend went well : )

My little nephew spent the weekend at Abuela’s*, which is always fun, but he’s teething and was congested, so he was Mr. Cranky Pants Saturday and Sunday. Other than that, I LOVE it when he’s with us. He makes us laugh, he loves playing around with Tio’s phone or watching something on Netflix, aaaaaand my husband and I get to practice for when we have our own kids. 

All I get to hear when he's here is him laughing or crying, toys all over the floor, but when he goes back home and the whole house is quiet, it makes me sad. But I always look forward to his next visit : )

*My husband and I have been staying at my mom’s for 10 months now and we are going to start looking at apartments….AGAIN! It took us a long time to sit down and go over our budget, but we did it and I’m hoping we stick to it. I’m giving everything to God and trusting Him that this will work. I’ll keep you guys posted! : )

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I've been working on a meal plan for a couple of month now and this year I want to stick to it. Maybe tweak it every now and then. So Mondays will be Meatless Mondays, and the recipe I picked was Iowa Girl Eat's Bean Burgers.

I made this recipe last summer and it was delicious! With buns and without, on a salad, or by itself. Sadly, I didn't take a picture, but here's what goes in it:

Bean Burgers

1 can garbanzo beans

1 can black beans

3 T plain yogurt

1/3 c bread crumbs

1 t oregano

1/4 t cayenne

1/4 t paprika

1/4 t cumin

1/2 t salt

1 bunch of cilantro

juice of 1 lime (I used about 1 T of lime juice)

canola oil

1. In a food processor take half of the garbanzo beans and half of the black beans, yogurt, bread crumbs, oregano, cayenne, paprika, cumin, salt, cilantro, lime juice and mix well.

2. Once that's mixed well, add the other half of your beans to that and mash it with a potato masher in a bowl. 

3. Add some canola oil to your pan and let that heat up while you're forming your bean burgers. Cook them for about 10-15 minutes, until nicely browned on each side. 

I like to melt cheese on mine and eat it like that or with a salad. Enjoy!

Angelica