Yesterday was the first day of Lent. I decided this year to give up soft drinks. I drink 2-3 a day normally, so it's something I will be remembering as I go, but it won't be as difficult as when I gave up caffeine (which also ended up with the side effect of me drinking a lot more alcohol because that was often the only other choice besides water) ( Read more... )

And one of my coworkers just brought me a homemade brownie and a small piece of a homemade applesauce cake by my desk. I had to tell him "Sorry, not today. I gave up snacks for Lent." And he was like "Are you sure? They're homemade ( Read more... )

So today is the first day of Lent. I've thought about a lot of things to give up for the next 40ish days, but it suddenly hit me just now what I should do.

I'm giving up snacking. I was going to do red meat, but I really want to take kacih out for both a steak and a big Mexican dinner at some point shortly after she returns, and I don't want to ( Read more... )

Here's my Lenten thing, published here to keep me in line:

This year, for Lent, I'm giving up:

• Desserts


• Sweets (candy, et al)


• Beer

Just so that it's said, no I'm not Catholic, yes I am Methodist, no I don't do the "Fridays off" thing, and I decided 2 years ago that doing all-alcohol off for Lent really hurts dating, but I think I can handle the ( Read more... )