Often imitated . . .

. . . but never duplicated.

That's right. I'm talking about the Chipotle burrito.


I have blogged about my love for all that is Chipotle on several occasions. Like the story of my elation over FINALLY getting a Chipotle in Iowa. (which was convenient when we lived in Iowa. Now that we live in Germany, not so much!) When we were giving thanks alphabetically, Chipotle made my "C" list. It even made the list of my top 5 loves!

So, there is no doubt that I love Chipotle; however, the last couple of times that we have been in the States, friends and family alike have been trying to convince me that there are other burrito joints that are just as good - if not better than the original - the burrito that has had my heart since I was just a teenager!

At this point I'm pretty sure we've tried them all, and I've got to say that a lot of them were pretty good.

Qdoba makes a mean queso sauce and in the summer time their mango salsa is to die for. They also have a loyalty card program which is a bit of a perk. And they're my parents' favorite of the many burrito options in their area.


Bullritos are the fan favorite in the Houston area. They have a fun ordering system where you check what you want on their printed bags (a lot like Which-Wich) and turn it in at the beginning of the line. They assemble it and at the end of the line the cashier calls your name, or whatever name you wrote on the bag during the ordering process - the boys have a lot of fun with this ;). One of their distinctions is a delicious Cilantro Ranch sauce. Yummmm!

Most recently, we were introduced to Moe's in Charleston, SC. Moe's has a pretty wide selection with funny names like "The Homewrecker" and the "Joey Junior." They also do free chips and salsa with every order, and the location we went to had a soda machine that looked like it was straight out of an episode of Star Trek - complete with a touch screen and several different flavor variations for each soda option.


But I've got to say, while I'd never be one to turn down a burrito - any burrito (especially living in Germany where good Mexican food is VERY hard to come by), Chipotle is still my favorite. By a landslide! I don't know if it's just that it was my first burrito love, or the delicious combination of their steak and rice and salsa and sour cream and guacamole that no one else will every be able to fully duplicate!

Not that I haven't tried. I mean the closest Chipotle to us is in London, which is an eight hour drive, so it may as well be in the States with as often as we get there, so I've tried my hand at recreating Carnitas and Cilantro-Lime Rice, but it just isn't the same. There were rumors at one point that Chipotle may be opening a new location in Munich, which is much closer, but alas we have not seen any movement on that for awhile, so . . . We will have to make due with our homemade version and our memories of the real thing!

Do you have a food item or a restaurant that you have to struggle to do without? Or someplace you can't imagine moving away from?

Hope you're having a great week!

I am a bad blogger . . .

I love blogging.

I really do.

Well, I like the idea of blogging.

And I like trolling for "blog inspiration."

I just have no blogging groove.

But I do love this blog. I love everything about ~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Fridays, and I have a pretty amazing life, and TONS of stories to tell. I just need to get back on the horse.

Baby steps.

Awesome stuff from the past ten days:

*Spectacular 7 (minus 3 :( ) reunion Pancakes & Pajamas Party at our place was pretty fantastic. (The Spectacular Seven was the name of my small group at Winter Blitz).

*Getting to hang out with one of my favorite high school students, "K" for nearly the entire weekend :)

*Amazing prayer breakfast on post with a lot of wonderful officers and chaplains!

Some stuff I'm looking forward to, and that I might blog about in the future:

*Going to Colorado - We have our Youth For Christ MidWinter conference in Denver this week, so we fly tomorrow morning! Also super excited that we get to see family and friends who conveniently live very close by, and CRAZY excited about our extended layover to visit Mike & Julia in SC! :)

*The Whole30 - After we get home, Austin and I will be embarking on a nutritional adventure of epic proportions! Click here for all the details.

*The In-Laws are coming! And I'm super excited (really!)!!! Austin's parents are scheduled to come and visit us in May, and they already have plane tickets and passports, so it's really happening! We have a pretty awesome couple of weeks mapped out while they're here, and we are so excited for them to see where we live all the way across the ocean!

Well, that's life in a nutshell for now.

Later,

Tuesday Evening Randomness

I can't seem to come up with a coherent post to save my life, so here are some of the many thoughts I've been batting around.

Summer in Germany is much different than I expected. It is HOT...and it has been HOT for several weeks already! I don't really know what I expected, but I just don't think of hot weather when I think of Germany as a "concept." I know, that's weird! It also stays light much later than I anticipated. It's 10:15pm right now and it has only been dark for about half an hour.

I met an amazing, godly woman this week. Her name is Maria Anne Hirschmann, better known as Hansi. She spoke at chapel on Sunday morning, and again this morning at PWOC. Click here to read her bio and see her ministry website. She is a former Nazi youth leader who came to Christ after WWII. She has an incredible story, and I would definitely recommend her book. One thing she said that really stuck with me today was when she was talking about living in fear. She quoted 2 Timothy 1:7 which says "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (NKJV) And she said, "The power is the power of the Holy Spirit, God is love, and a sound mind is the mind of Christ." That was just really profound to me. I also love her attitude towards the United States, and towards freedom! She believes that God is keeping her alive to tell her story as one of the few remaining witnesses to the atrocities of WWII, and she has the greatest sense of humor!

Saturday will be the second 5K run that we participate in here on post. I'm by no means a fierce competitor in this "race." In fact, I use the word "race" very loosely. We mostly go for the fun and as long as I beat my previous time, I'm a happy camper. And no, I will not at this time reveal my personal best - it's slightly embarrassing ;) I will hopefully have some fun pictures of Austin's costume next week! (No, it is not a costume race, but he and our friend mike put the "fun" in "fun run" by going in costume!)

This month we will hit our six month mark of living in Germany and working with Club Beyond. It has been a crazy, wild ride, but God is so good to us, and it has been incredible to see Him at work here!

Hope you're having a great week!

His,