April 22, 2010

I am thinking out loud now. On Ash Wednesday, I felt the Lord calling me to blog about my experience of going through Lent with a family off of sugar. I had no idea why. Can't help but to wish the reason was that my blog was going to be wildly popular and I would end up using this as a source of income. But in reality, God's intentions are clear to me. Doing the blog helped me to focus on the positive things in life and helped me to focus on God. Period. End of Story. That is why I have decided that I need to once again begin blogging. I am still trying to figure out how to adjust things to make it more reasonable. I used to spend 2 hours doing my blog, which is just not possible to sustain long term. Thirty minutes is my goal. I also have another idea for a different blog, more of a monthly blog, but I don't want to let the secret out until I have it set up. This one will stay spiritual in nature. I like the verse of the day and the song of the day. I know the family stories were a hit. Unfortunately, I have probably lost most of my followers since I took such a long break while preparing for Joke-a-Lots First Holy Communion. But true be known, I have to do this for me. I am seeing that this is a necessity for my spiritual walk. Stay tuned for more as I figure out the layout.

April 20, 2010

I am finally getting back to let you know how Easter went, although I fear many of you are no longer checking. Joke-a-Lot had her First Holy Communion on Saturday, so I have been busily preparing for that. It was an absolutely beautiful day from beginning to end.

As far as Easter goes, they all really enjoyed the sweets. I haven't noticed a huge change in behavior except for Curly. When he has sugar, he acts crazy. Even the girls have picked up on it. One night when we (the girls and I) came home from religion and Curly was in that crazy mode, Joke-a-Lot said "Dad must have given him sugar" and sure enough he had. So, I try to skip the sugar for him giving him Lara bars as his treat. He enjoys those, too.

When pondering what to do with the blog, I am still unsure. I have to admit that doing the blog helped me tremendously to keep my focus on God and on the blessings in my life, but I can't justify the two hours a night it takes me. I have considered doing it once a week, or possibly maintaining it throughout the year with a monthly update and then repeat the daily blogs through Lent again next year. So, all I can say is check back periodically and when I feel more direction I will make it known.

Thank you to all my faithful followers who kept up with me during Lent. It was really fun and spiritually enriching for me.