Where have I been??!

So I was reading one of your lovely blogs, and I saw my blog on the side bar, and the little caption under the last post title said it had been two weeks since my last post! YIKES! That is a record for this little blog of mine, and I apologize for leaving anyone hanging. :)

So what have I been up to?

Well, so far I am actually having a fruitful Lent! It's quite shocking really... I never have a good Lent! I haven't done everything on my list, but for the most part, I am pleased with my progress.

Being off the computer during the day while the girls are awake has been so good for me. I was wasting SO. MUCH. TIME. My children were being ignored and watching far too much television.

So I actually think that this is going to be a permanent thing for me. I am a much better wife and mother when I am not spending hours on the computer each day. However, this has required me to be more balanced in how I spend my time online in the evenings. I also try to limit my time on the computer in the evenings so that Bill and I can spend time together not just co existing. This has meant that I have to prioritize the time spent on the computer so that I remember to pay bills etc and not just jump to the fun stuff like reading all of your blogs!

So I am starting to find my balance in the evenings, and I am feeling like my life is more balanced! There have even been a couple nights when I haven't gotten on the computer at all, and I didn't mind! Crazy!

The only disclaimer I have to add is that if I needed a recipe or a tidbit of information, I allow myself to use my iphone to look it up. This alone has made the computer fasting possible. :)

Limiting my iphone apps usage has been fairly successful, and I am trying not to use it as a time filler. I was finding myself messing around on it just to pass the time when I could have been doing so many other things. However, I haven't been as strict about it as I have been with the computer.

I have also successfully given up sweets! It has been so much more difficult than I thought, but I have only messed up once in an absent minded moment. HOWEVER, I have allowed myself to eat cool whip on fruit and indulge in the occasional Java chip frappacinos from Starbucks... :) And if I am awake at 12:00 am on Sunday, which has purposely occurred on a few separate occasions, cookies or ice cream are in my mouth! ;)

As for the Consecration to Jesus through Mary, it is going beautifully so far! Today is day 19/33, and I am really enjoying it! Marian theology is stunningly beautiful, and I highly recommend the Consecration to anyone looking to deepen their spiritual life. It honestly hasn't been that difficult or time consuming.

Since I have given up computer during the day, my morning computer time has been replaced by prayer and spiritual reading time. I finished True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, and it is such an amazing book! I really do want to get going on reading You Can Become A Saint by Mary Ann Budnik, and I need to get going on that since Easter actually seems within reach! :)

Lastly, the Lenten change that I have made that I am most pleased with is that I have prayed the rosary every day since Ash Wednesday! I am loving it, and while I have gone through daily rosary spurts in the past, I almost always stop after two weeks, and the times that I have managed to keep going, I had to force myself to do it after a week or two. This time, I haven't experienced that begrudging feeling! It has been quite freeing, and perhaps the struggle will rear its ugly head after Lent is over, but I am determined to keep going.

My iRosary app has made it easy for me, and I really do love it!

Anyway, prayer buddy, I am feeling your prayers, and I have no doubt they are helping me persevere this Lent!! THANK YOU!!

Megan :)
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