Again, it's been forever since I posted. Maybe I should have made keeping up with my blog a Lenten goal. Anyhow, I have been doing pretty good with scouting for deals and couponing lately...I am totally stocked up on diapers, wipes, shampoo, toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, etc. to last for at least three months. Some of these items I have enough of to last for a year (possibly).
The following is a list of goals I have for Lent this year, as well as my progress.
Purchase items to put in the food shelf donation bin each time I shop at the grocery store:
I have done this during the last three weekly trips, I plan to keep it up even after Lent is over.
Abstain from all alcolholic beverages:
Those who know me best know one of my favorite ways to relax in the evenings after putting Elijah to bed is to enjoy a beer or a glass of wine. This has been going OK, except I messed up last week on Thursday and Friday nights. After this slip-up however, I am going strong.
Continue to improve and enrich my prayer life:
I try to say one Hail Mary at the very least every day. I am also starting to teach Elijah the Rosary. I let him hold his own set of beads, and we try to make it through a decade, with him listening, me praying aloud. This has been going great! He actually will sit very still and listen to me recite the prayers, all the while running his set of beads through his fingers. I can't wait for him to get older and recite along with me.
