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The Simple Woman’s Daybook: February 20, 2012

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FOR TODAY February 20, 2012

Outside my window… gray and yucky when I got up. Much nicer now though probably still cold.

I am thinking… that it was a good idea to give Daniel some Benadryl after his second (?) vomit episode this morning. He’s on juice and Cheerios at the moment and we’ll add stuff in as he does better.

I am thankful… for the goulash and spaetzle I brought home with me from my parents’ house. It was two meals worth that I didn’t have to cook.

In the kitchen… the leftover goulash and spaetzle. Also coming up with meatless ideas for this week.

I am wearing… blue maternity shirt and penguin pajama bottoms.

I am creating… ideas for posts for my Occupying Lent category.

I am going… to check on Daniel when I’m done with this.

I am wondering… why my Obama button looks so skewed on Firefox even though I re-sized it and re-uploaded the smaller version.

I am reading… Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis by Lauren Winner. I also snuck in The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl this weekend.

I am hoping… I don’t have a dentist visit this week given my jaw pain.

I am looking forward to… my massage on Friday and my brother and sister-in-law coming on Saturday.

Around the house… clean living room floor. Yay!

I am pondering… what to write about on Wednesday when I start my Occupying Lent series.

A favorite quote for today… “The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.” — C.S. Lewis

One of my favorite things… teryaki chicken at my favorite sushi/noodle bar.

A few plans for the rest of the week: PT tomorrow, speech and Ash Wednesday on Wednesday, OT on Thursday, massage and cleaning on Friday, and time with family on Saturday.

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Occupying Lent This Year

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Lent Link-Up

The last time I actually had a Lent where I participated fully in things like Ash Wednesday and Holy Week was 2008 — in other words, before I had Daniel. In 2009 during my pregnancy with him, I was too sick to go to Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday. He was born on the Tuesday of Holy Week so any Tridiuum activities were also effectively off the table. The next year, I did make Ash Wednesday but I was incredibly depressed after the move to California and stayed at my in-laws’ house with Daniel while Jon went to Holy Week. Last year, I had a child in the PICU on Ash Wednesday though I did half-heartedly make the effort to be there for Wednesday soup suppers (though I never stayed for worship afterwards). I made it for Palm Sunday but Holy Week didn’t exactly happen other than staying for a little bit of Maundy Thursday.

So… I’ve been puzzling on what my Lenten thing will be and I seem to have come upon the idea of extra blogging on faith things as my discipline. Lately, my blog has been all about The Simple Woman’s Daybook and Quick Takes which means that I’m not really blogging enough. So… from Ash Wednesday onward, I’ll be posting on faith issues under the category “Occupying Lent”. (Why yes, the name was inspired/stolen from the Occupy Lent on the Twitter. How ever did you figure that out??? BTW, thank you to Kate for introducing me to it.) I’ll still be doing my weekly memes but I think this extra posting will be a good discipline for me.

Oh yeah… there’s also the no meat on Ash Wednesday/Fridays/fast between 12-3 on Good Friday thing. I thought about giving up meat for all of Lent but I need the protein a bit too much. Giving it up on Fridays is hard enough because I usually go to the local sushi/teryaki place to eat and read in peace and their lunch special is some sort of teryaki meat. My anniversary falls on a Friday this year so that should also be interesting.

Before I close, I’d like to point out that I’m Lutheran and none of this is required for me. 🙂 I take on Lenten disciplines for the simple reason of growing close to Jesus during this season.