Welcome to Lent! This year, I'm not really "giving up" a thing. I'm consciously trying to eat and drink in moderation. So far, it's been good. Except, I had an extra serving of macaroni and cheese tonight, which I feel guilty about! I'm also hoping to try to use my time better. So, instead of spending several minutes a day reading facebook, I'm trying to use that time to play with my nephew, read something that will educate me or will at least be more creative food-for-thought, and pray in different ways.
Last night, I decided to peruse my Android app Laudate (formerly known as Catholic One), and I stumbled across a daily reading link to meditation podcasts from pray-as-you-go.org. It was beautiful! "Miserere" was playing in the background of the spoken meditation. It is one of the most gorgeous songs I've ever heard -- it sounds like Heaven!
On a different note, today I read a very long chapter on Cognitive Development in children. One section that stood out for me was the preoperational stage of development (ages 2-7) because that is where my nephew is about to be. He'll be 2 in 18 days! I was observing him today while we played with this cute little pretend food that you can chop (http://bit.ly/bZGBZt). He's right at the very beginning of learning how to make-believe play. He's still very realistic about everything, and he's especially good at sorting and stacking. One make-believe thing we've started noticing him do is that he buckles objects into his high chair (i.e., he associates that he sits and gets buckled, so other things can be buckled in too). It's fascinating to me to be learning all these things right now and witnessing someone I'm close to go through those developmental stages. I'll be even more keen to see it from the beginning again when my sister has her next baby in August! Alas, I still have none of my own, but I'm happy to just be Nanny for now. :)
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Happy New Year!
I have had a great vacation celebrating Christmas, New Year's, and my birthday! It was busy, but also relaxing. TJ and I visited New Orleans for a week and saw so many friends and family members. We enjoyed lunch at Mat & Naddie's and dinner at my parents' houses and our friends' apartment. After Christmas, TJ and I came back to New York to spend a couple days of our vacation catching up on some errands. Well, he mainly nursed his broken ankle. (Poor thing! :( ) I can't say I'm looking forward to work, but I am anxious to get back to my routine. I have a few resolutions that I'm going to mull over tonight, then post a little later on.
One thing's for certain: I'm on Nutrisystem again. I lost over 15 lbs on it last year at this time, with minimal exercise (I do walk 20 minutes to and from work every day). Last year, my husband, family, and I were way more psyched about it though. This time around, it seems like a drag. I'm annoyed that I'll have to cut out my wine and martinis, and I'm a little paranoid that I'll slip in a cookie or piece of cheese every now and then. I know if I go into this meal plan with that kind of mentality, it will do me no good. So, as the ol' saying goes: take one day at a time.
Today, we celebrate the Epiphany, in which Jesus comes to shine a light in the darkness, beginning with the example of the three magi who came to visit Him. I was feeling some anxiety today (maybe because it's Sunday evening?), and I'm looking forward to having some of Jesus' light in my life tomorrow when I'm out and about in the world. I'm a much happier person when I'm doing something productive. :)
I'm not so concerned with working tomorrow as I am facing this ridiculously cold weather. It's fun at first, but then it just sucks! The worst part is knowing that you have to look forward to it for the next few months to come. The weather lady said this was the coldest day in New York so far this winter. Yikes! I've got my outfit all ready to go (including all the cold winter gear) as well as my and TJ's meals for the day. It always takes me so much longer to get ready when I have so much winter gear, so if I don't prepare the night before, I'll be a mess the next morning!
I'm looking forward to (hopefully!) getting in a few pages of Madame Bovary tonight... if I don't pass out from sleepiness first! Seriously, I've had to renew this book 3 times, which means I think I checked it out in early November. It takes me forever to get through a book because I always save it till the last minute when I can't stay awake anymore.
The last big thing on my mind is my sister Maddie's baby shower! Our other sister Mallory and I are throwing it for her in Louisiana in a few weeks. I hope we can pull off everything smoothly from long distance. I have some great ladies in my family helping out down south- and they have tons of party-throwing experience. I'm so glad they're able to assist me and Mal with some of the decorating!
Always so much going on, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Looking forward to a fun and busy week ahead!
One thing's for certain: I'm on Nutrisystem again. I lost over 15 lbs on it last year at this time, with minimal exercise (I do walk 20 minutes to and from work every day). Last year, my husband, family, and I were way more psyched about it though. This time around, it seems like a drag. I'm annoyed that I'll have to cut out my wine and martinis, and I'm a little paranoid that I'll slip in a cookie or piece of cheese every now and then. I know if I go into this meal plan with that kind of mentality, it will do me no good. So, as the ol' saying goes: take one day at a time.
Today, we celebrate the Epiphany, in which Jesus comes to shine a light in the darkness, beginning with the example of the three magi who came to visit Him. I was feeling some anxiety today (maybe because it's Sunday evening?), and I'm looking forward to having some of Jesus' light in my life tomorrow when I'm out and about in the world. I'm a much happier person when I'm doing something productive. :)
I'm not so concerned with working tomorrow as I am facing this ridiculously cold weather. It's fun at first, but then it just sucks! The worst part is knowing that you have to look forward to it for the next few months to come. The weather lady said this was the coldest day in New York so far this winter. Yikes! I've got my outfit all ready to go (including all the cold winter gear) as well as my and TJ's meals for the day. It always takes me so much longer to get ready when I have so much winter gear, so if I don't prepare the night before, I'll be a mess the next morning!
I'm looking forward to (hopefully!) getting in a few pages of Madame Bovary tonight... if I don't pass out from sleepiness first! Seriously, I've had to renew this book 3 times, which means I think I checked it out in early November. It takes me forever to get through a book because I always save it till the last minute when I can't stay awake anymore.
The last big thing on my mind is my sister Maddie's baby shower! Our other sister Mallory and I are throwing it for her in Louisiana in a few weeks. I hope we can pull off everything smoothly from long distance. I have some great ladies in my family helping out down south- and they have tons of party-throwing experience. I'm so glad they're able to assist me and Mal with some of the decorating!
Always so much going on, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Looking forward to a fun and busy week ahead!
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