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2011 6 Dec

What’s touching my heart and going on in my life this week…

I’m still working on training for my 10K race next spring. I am up to running all the way around my block and I’ve been doing walk-jog workouts 2-3 days per week. I am up to running a mile and a half. That’s huge for me considering I couldn’t even jog 1/6 of a mile to our mailbox when I started!

Michael dressed up in an amazing St. Nick costume on Monday night to deliver some surprise presents to the children of a friend of ours. Pictures coming as soon as I get them! 

This Wednesday is Gabriel’s 2nd birthday! We are taking him out to eat somewhere I think. On Saturday morning we are having a low-key cake-and-ice-cream party at the park behind our house. The weather should be lovely, so we’re excited. 

I haven’t purchased a single Christmas gift yet, but I’ve picked out a few gifts and written them down. Gift-giving is one of the weakest of the love languages for me, so I’m ashamed to say that I tend to procrastinate for gift-giving occasions. (2012 New Year’s Resolution: work on that!). 

I’m trying to return to more discipline in my daily life. With two children under two, though, I’ve fought the realization that I need to give myself some more leeway. I still can’t decide how much I’m willing to give myself. The fact is that I can’t do everything cleaning-wise (and blogging-wise?) that I did before I had Faith. I just can’t. I don’t know what can/needs to take a hit though…

Just for fun, here’s a delicious new white bean dish I got from my mom. I am not a huge bean fan, but I love these! Serve over some fluffy rice for a great winter meal 🙂

Colonel Vincent’s Southern Style Baked Beans
1lb Camellia Brand Navy (Pea) Beans or Great Northern Beans
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
1 ham bone
12 cups water
Salt and pepper to taste
Dash paprika
Dash garlic salt
3 Tbs tomato ketchup
2 Tbs Worcestshire sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 lb sliced bacon

Directions:
Rinse and sort beans. Cover beans with water, add ham bone, onion, bell pepper, paprika, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Cook over low fire about 1-1/2 hours, or until tender. Remove ham bone. Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar, mixing lightly. Spoon half of the mixture in a baking dish, cover with ¼ pound sliced bacon. Spoon remaining half of the mixture into the baking dish and cover with remaining ¼ pound sliced bacon. Bake 1-1/2 to 2 hours in 350 degree oven.

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I'm Erin, a Catholic wife, speaker, writer, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, my life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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