The Crazy Lenten Diet gets all the fanfare, but I do more than just that during Lent. I did want to mention some of the other things I gave up, and how things went over the past couple months ( Read more... )

Lent started last week. So far, so good, except that when I want to nibble on something sweet, there's nothing in the house. Grr. I'll need to come up with something appropriate. I did my best to eliminate any temptations prior to Ash Wednesday, and mostly succeeded, but that means my only current option for sweet-related stuff is healthy ( Read more... )

Yesterday started off strangely. I pulled into the complex and immediately saw a car parked facing the wrong direction in the little driveway between the buildings. I looked to the side and the parking lot was packed, with a woman heading into the bakery. ...Of course! It's Paczki Day! No wonder it's so busy over here. We'd hear from multiple ( Read more... )

We've made it to April! And, I've made it through Lent. Happy Easter ( Read more... )

So this is quite the Easter/Lenten season here--Lent starts on Valentine's Day and Easter falls on April Fools Day. When we discovered when Ash Wednesday fell, mom was all, you should have special dispensation! It's not fair that it falls on Valentine's Day! Yes, well, if it actually mattered in my life, perhaps then it would be a bigger deal, ( Read more... )

It's a week past Easter, and while I have had a few food items that had been verboten, I haven't really gone off the wagon. It's mostly because I don't want to. We have plenty of candy in the house, and while at times I've wanted something sweet, I just can't bring myself to eat it. It's not something I crave. Bread, I've had a few frozen ( Read more... )

These past couple weeks at work have left me so tired. At one point roughly half of our workforce was off. This week, my boss and I were pretty much running the show…and ended up dealing with some frustrating problems that, one, kept us from doing other work, and two, will then cause a headache for our vacationing coworker. We know he'll be ( Read more... )

I had always planned to spend the Wednesday of my vacation with my grandmother. I hadn't expected a fair amount of that time would also be spent in my car. No matter. Grandma's out, she doesn't have wheels, this will help her and make her happy. And, zero part of this time was spent car-shopping, so even better ( Read more... )

My coworker is pregnant ( Read more... )

For whatever reason, once Lent ended, I found it hard to give up on the Crazy Lenten Diet. Sure, I had a crescent roll with dinner, and grandma brought cheesecake and there was no way I'd skip that. However, aside from those two things (which, admittedly, I also had past Sunday), I really didn't stray from the diet. I've had no other bread, no ( Read more... )