Lent

While it's cold and snowy and blowy here in ABQ (2hr delay for APS schools!), Spring is right around the corner. And that means Lent and Easter. Woohoo! Cute Spring dresses and hats on the girls, Easter eggs and RootBeer ham (for Christian), chocolate and/or Deviled eggs (depending on your preference), family get-togethers (for others, not us).

Every year for the past seven, i've given something up for Lent. Anything from the Internet to bread (did that twice) to yelling at the kids (harder to give up than bread!). I even had one year in which i did something "churchy" every day (read the Bible, sewed for the quilt ministery, attended a class or service, taught Sunday school). I'm not sure what to do this year.

The most common concessions are cigarettes, meat, fried foods, chocolate (hello Suzi!), sugary sodas, indulgent desserts and alcohol. I don't really do any of those things. While i'll have some Oreos now and then, i only drink TaB (saccharin, not sugar) and that only on the days that i work.

I guess i'll go with bread again. But i'm open to suggestion. What do you think? Internet? Bread? Sugar? Caffeine (pity Joe if i do this this one!!)?