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1st year anniversary in Victoria with a killer whale topiary!
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Non-clicky, non-sexxxytime poll: Lent
Mardi Gras is tonight, which means tomorrow is the start of lent.
Do you and/or H observe Lent? Even if you don't go to church, do you use Lent as a time to try to give up something that's important to you but may be a guilty pleasure? Or a way to check in on New Year's Resolutions?
EDIT: if you're observing Lent, what are you giving up this year?
And, go.
1st year anniversary in Victoria with a killer whale topiary!
Re: Non-clicky, non-sexxxytime poll: Lent
#1-BFP 08-22-09 ~ M/C 08-31-09 at 5 weeks 6 days
#2-BFP 08-6-11 ~ Due 04/18 ~ born via c-section April 22, 2012
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the past few years i haven't been giving up anything (unless you count time). this year i have made a resolution to read the entire bible cover to cover. i spend at least 15 minutes every day reading the bible. i'm training for a half-marathon to stay active & in shape. i am also increasing the amount of time i've volunteered in the community. i get more out of observing Lent by doing than giving up. i try not eat meat on ash wednesday and fridays but have a horrible habit of forgetting.
one year i made myself run an extra mile to my typical run for every time i cursed. i covered a lot of land that year.
March 2011 moved to WA from Charleston, SC
live in Mill Creek, work in Seattle, DH works in Mt Vernon
I don't honestly know the last time I set foot inside a church for anything besides a wedding (or for touring the church, like you do in Europe and stuff). I'm non-practicing Methodist - I'm pretty sure they never give anything up. I didn't even know tomorrow was Ash Wednesday until I heard it on the radio today.
ETA: Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, right?
YES
March 2011 moved to WA from Charleston, SC
live in Mill Creek, work in Seattle, DH works in Mt Vernon
Yes, we observe Lent. (We're practicing Catholics.) We'll go to Mass tomorrow to get our ashes, and we'll do meatless Fridays.
Every other year, I've given up Diet Coke. This year...DH and I agreed to give up TV. It's going to be a long 40 days.
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One year I gave up the internet for Lent. I thought it would be a long 40 days ... but after a few days I got used to it and life felt better; I got more done at work so I felt like less of a slacker; I spent more time with my GF (now wife); I called my parents more; etc. This year I'm doing that again, so, we'll see what happens.
1st year anniversary in Victoria with a killer whale topiary!
wait--this means no nesting? (too late for you to answer now, too, right?)
and i'm also assuming this means outside of work-related-work, right? because i wouldn't be able to work without the internet.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
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We're not catholic and don't observe lent in the traditional sense. In our church it's considered a time to reflect and refocus, leading up to Easter.
I do plan on giving up sweets this year. A coworker is giving up coffee and another is giving up soda, so there will be some good motivation at work to stick with it. That's not really a lent "thing" in my mind, but it's something I'd like to be more disciplined with.
2012 Racing Plans:
Valentine's Day Dash 5k, 02/11/2012, 33:03
Seahawks 12k, 04/01/2012, 1:23:17
Bellevue 10k, 04/29/2012
Beat the Bridge 8k, 05/20/2012
Seattle Rock n Roll Half Marathon, 06/23/2012
...more to come!
Haha ... well, this is proof I wasn't quite awake. I'm giving up video games for Lent, but some huge % of what I use the internet for is reading about/watching video games. So it will be almost like giving up the internet. TN gets to say
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1st year anniversary in Victoria with a killer whale topiary!
gotcha. i was worried.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
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I haven't been a practicing anything religion-wise in awhile, but I typically try to give something up for lent. Last year I think it was coffee, though I didn't realize it was lent until a week in, so I technically cheated for a week haha.
This year I'm going to attempt to give up dairy. I have a lot of issues with milk (lactose intolerance that may or may not be more of an allergy than just an intolerance), so I don't eat it too much. I've been "trying" to give it up for awhile (dang froyo and cheese on my sammiches), so I'm using lent as a final jumping off point to be done with it. Hopefully it works out
I hadn't heard of giving up something for Lent until junior high when I had a bunch of Catholic friends. I used to give up swearing.
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
i decided i'm not eating chocolate or fast food from mcdonalds, tacobell, wendy's and those type.. like drive through places. but, if i want something from my restaurant, i can do that.
it will help me get away from empty food that i don't love anyway!
We observe Lent, but we apparently suck at it. LMAO
We're Catholic, and aren't supposed to eat meat (we can have seafood) on Ash Wednesday or on Fridays. We both had Whoppers. Whoops. And we didn't even go to church to get ashes! I feel horrible. But hopefully we can make it to a few Wednesday Masses and some Sunday Masses again.
Also, DH is giving up coffee, and I'm giving up chocolate.
BFP 1/22/12 | Ectopic pregnancy found 2/14/12 | Methotrexate to complete m/c 2/15/12