Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and thus the beginning of Lent.  Dave and I are actually ahead of the game, for once.  We’ve actually discussed our Lenten plans BEFORE Lent began!  WHOO-HOO!!  As a family we are going to say the Rosary every evening…a habit we also hope to care through outside the Lenten Season.  We are also going to purge the house of all the silly clutter and extras we have piled up everywhere.  In other words, we’re going to have a spring cleaning on steroids.

We are also hoping to get back to some of the simpler ideals we hold great value in, but fail regularly to follow through with.  Maybe more on that as time passes.

This evening we went to Dave’s parents’ house for a lovely dinner of roast beef w/ horseradish, Irish soda bread, mashed squash, mashed potatoes and a side salad.  After dinner we had a homemade apple pie!  YUMMY!  A fantastic Fat Tuesday was had by all.