A few people have wondered how the blog fast has been going.� In a word, great.� In another word, not so great. It’s been great because I have stuck to it, and easily.� What I thought was going to be a challenge has actually been rather painless, with the exception of missing out on the comings and goings of my friends.� What hasn’t been great is that I now have time for things like Twitter and responding to emails.� I had to quickly curb that last week because I was starting to replace one with the other.� It kind of defeats the point of the blog fast, wouldn’t you agree?
Even with the lure of social media, I’ve still been able to do a few things since Lent started besides make deodorant. On top of a few weekend adventures that included feeding the ducks and visiting one of the largest tackle supply stores in the United States (don’t ask), we celebrated two birthdays.
I made crackers.
I’ve been eating very clean and enjoying my GNOWFGLINS ecourse. [Side note–every time I post what I eat I am reminded of the blogging book, No One Cares What You Had For Lunch.]
My life wouldn’t be complete without testing paint.
I’m still participating in Souvenir Photo, which has been good at forcing me to leave the house. I made the mistake of choosing a magnolia tree in my parent’s front yard as my 6-week subject. That means once a week I have to, like, leave the house. Get in the car. Time things so that lighting is good, but different from the week before.
And, finally, I have been enjoying God’s grace, as my niece is home safe and sound (with antibiotics) from the hospital.� On Thursday I received a call from my sister-in-law telling me that my five month old niece was on the way to the hospital via ambulance.� From what little we knew from her exceptionally negligent daycare, she was 70 degrees, blue, and non responsive.� They couldn’t tell us if she was alive, and the twenty-forty minutes (it’s a blur) that went by without any of us knowing were the worst moments of my life.� I always imagined that praying on my knees would hurt given my weight, but it turns out that the fear and pain of the unknown TOTALLY outweigh the pain of suddenly dropping to your knees in prayer (and tears) from a standing position.� Who knew?
I haven’t done anything terribly exciting, and sometimes I feel like I don’t have much interesting to say (I made crackers! Wh00t!) but it’s a nice feeling to know I have been so busy living my life that I don’t always have time to blog about my life, you know?
oh my. so sorry to hear about your niece but greatly happy to hear that she is alive.
i’m glad that you haven’t chosen to simply “replace one with the other”.
hugs to you,
susan
p.s. your salad and crackers… YUM.
I’m so glad she is okay. Wow, that would be scary.
Sounds like your days are being filled! That salad looks fantastic. Happy Birthdays to your men!
So glad she is home safe! And I just adore your SF photos. Glad it gets you out of the house!
I’m so glad your blog fast is going well. And that your niece is okay. What a nightmare! I’m jealous of your parent’s magnolia tree. The ones that do well here only have white flowers.
So glad to hear your niece is doing better. Been thinking about you.
I’m impressed by the crackers! While I’m not on a blog fast (obviously) I can say that I haven’t checked my google reader in 3 days. Baby steps.
Crackers?! I am so jealous! How did they turn out? It’s the one thing I’ve wanted to do that haven’t yet. I am older then your husband? Kill me now, yet I act like your 3 year old so does it balance out? Oh must hear more about your e-course sounds vedy interesting…
The course is full on granola/everything from scratch/natural foods. My little scientist’s mind is in heaven. I think the crackers turned out great, but I like very “healthy” tasting food. The Mister said he would like them better if they were covered in cheese, so there you go. I’m going to try to “healthify” the Ina recipe.
Glad to hear your neice is improving. How frightening!
I love your blog. I found you via BYW. I love your sense of humor in your writing.
I wish I had a project to force me out of the house for something other than school drop off and pick up. ;)
Your photos are wonderful. What a fun project.
I am assuming you visited Bass Pro Shop? It’s like Disneyland for the sportsman.
This is perfect. I love your words. Always.
Yikes! So scary about your niece … this is why daycare frightens me. And I don’t even have kids! :) I’m so glad she’s home though …
And for the record, I cannot wait until there are flowers on our trees. Sigh.
I’m taking a moment to revel in the happiness of your niece being ok. So glad.
On a lighter, and crunchier note, the crackers look like they turned out well.
How wonderful to hear that your neice is doing better.
I was just telling my husband about your Lenten fast and your posts on the church. I told him that I was kind of hoping that creating a website for our local KoCs (for free) would help replace my lack of fasting.
Just imagining a 5 month old baby the color blue makes me sick to my stomach. Was it SIDS that almost took her? My youngest, Mary Margaret, is 2 1/2 and I still go in every night to make sure she is breathing.
I think I will go up and kiss all 3 of my kids right now.
BTW, you look totally beautiful in the pic with your birthday boys.