Lent

It has been awhile since I last posted. There is a very good reason for this... between trying to be a good mom, doing my first Tupperware party and getting it submitted and keeping my house up to snuff and getting all of our finances up-to-date and the accounts balanced, there has not been time for much else. Now that there is a steady income, we will be able to budget ourselves once again, though at this point there is not a whole lot to budget with! :) Anyhow...
I am finding that with all of the busyness in my life I am not really having time to focus on Lent like I wanted to this year. Most years, if I remember, I will give up something for Lent, and this year I did give up caffeine. (Which is hard, because it encompasses coffee, Coke AND chocolate, my three favorite things!) This year though I have been more cognizant of why I gave these things up. It helps to be in a church where it is common practice and we talk about it. I have been more thankful in the past few weeks, though and I think that my awareness of what God has done in our lives in the past year is huge right now. So that is good. I would like to do better with my consciousness of the reason why I am not having that Coke, or that chocolate though.
Here's to a more aware weekend!