Wow, what a gorgeous morning! It was already sunny and warm when I started out for my early run. Four miles and a fruit salad with coconut, sunflower seeds, and natural peanut butter makes for a good start to the day =)

And I would now like to take a brief moment and address an incredible weakness I have for my favorite dessert ever.... chocolate brownies. It really doesn't matter whether they are a heavy- labored homemade batter, or straight from a discounted card board box, as long as they are warm and gooey, I can't stay away. So you can imagine how excited and yet slightly skeptical I was when I found this recipe for chickpea brownies on deliciouswisdom. These brownies were really easy to make and I must agree that they did not taste like beans in the slightest! Since I used very dark chocolate bars the brownies were equally dark and rich. I can't wait to make these again, enjoy!

Really Yummy Brownies

Nathan and I love our trailer. Its the perfect size for starting out, and besides some possibly dangerous wall outlets and an ever-increasing ant problem, it is a wonderful home. A couple of months ago, even though we had been living here since August, the entire house had not been "put together." So I turned my attention to the small room in our trailer where all things without a proper place end up. Everything from boxes of childhood keepsakes to extra groceries that don't fit in our cupboards or pantry, ended up in this tiny room. After a day of hard work (which was actually very enjoyable), the catch-all room became our new music room, and as soon as Nathan finds his power chord he will fill our trailer with his talented key board playing =)

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