1) I love Mardi Gras. I took French in junior high and high school, and we always had huge Mardi Gras parties, which I loved. Though I was always jealous of the Spanish classes and their cinqo de mayo parties. But it's silly to be jealous of that ... because does cinco de mayo's tradition include a year of good luck if you find a tiny plastic baby in your cake? Nope. Point Mardi Gras.
2) As much as I love Mardi Gras, I honestly love Lent even more. It's such a wonderful time to refocus and be more disciplined. I usually give something up for Lent (and it's usually diet coke), but this year I've decided to add something during Lent. So I'm interested to see how that change will work out. Through the years I've discovered that Lent "resolutions" are a little like unborn babies' names ... it's best not to share them with other people unless you want a lot of unsolicited feedback. I also think it's funny when people point out to me that I'm Methodist whenever I say I'm giving up something for Lent. Yep, I know I'm Methodist. And no, there are no rules that say we have to give anything up for Lent. But I still like to.
3) I love stained glass. My dad made a table out of a stained glass door a church had given away, and I was always fascinated by it when I was little. I liked knowing that there was a lot of history in that stained glass. When my mom and I went to D.C. last April, we spent a few hours at National Cathedral. I was trying to find a particular stained glass window that someone had told me about, but there were so many (more than 230) that I couldn't find it. So while we were there, my mom bought me a book that shows every window in National Cathedral and tells its story. I love it. The window I was looking for, and ultimately found, tells Job's story. I adore Job. And his window is beautiful. During Lent I'm going to learn more about some of the other windows. I'll share any interesting tidbits garnered from this book.
That's all for now. Off to Pappadeaux for foods that end in "eole."
