Do You Give Up Anything For Lent?

[Luby Luby Luby]

I think I'm going to give up giving up something!

[K9 Owned]

I start with good intentions but last about three days and then forget.

I'm giving up giving up too.

[Becky in Wisconsin]

Can I give up DH for Lent? Some days it is a nice thought! Today is one of them! MEN!!!!!

[Alisa Lea]

I wonder what HR would say if I told them I want to give up work for Lent?

[MaMere]

I do give up things for Lent.
This year, it will be Sugar and all Soda, same with Hubby.

[Connie Lea]

Luby Luby Luby wrote:
I think I'm going to give up giving up something!

Sounds like a good thing to give up to me.

[Alisa Lea]

Good for you MaMere!

[MaMere]

Alisa Lea wrote:
Good for you MaMere!

thank you Alisa Lea~add to that list "red meat" burger, steaks etc. Hubby suggested it while we were at Sams today, thats going to be as difficult as the Sugar!

[Deely]

MaMere wrote:

Alisa Lea wrote:
Good for you MaMere!

thank you Alisa Lea~add to that list "red meat" burger, steaks etc. Hubby suggested it while we were at Sams today, thats going to be as difficult as the Sugar!

MaMere, We gave up ground burger a few weeks ago, not for lent but because of the cost. Boneless chicken thighs and breasts were on sale for $1.99 per # and ground round was over $4.00! I found that you can't tell the difference between the two if I use it for spaghetti sauce, chili, sloppy joes...my red meat eating man isn't even complaining! Our new meat grinder has paid for itself in one week. We'll still indulge in a good grilled rib-eye occasionally.
In my opinion, the sky rocketing price of beef might force us all to eat healthier.

[Olive*]

MaMere, girlfriend, you are very disciplined if you can give up sugar AND red meat. I can do one or the other fairly easy, but both! When I was a kid, we use to have teen dances on the weekends. We were not allowed to go to the dances during lent. So many kids that I grew up with had the same restriction, so the town no longer book bands during Lenten season.

[MaMere]

Deely wrote:

MaMere wrote:

Alisa Lea wrote:
Good for you MaMere!

thank you Alisa Lea~add to that list "red meat" burger, steaks etc. Hubby suggested it while we were at Sams today, thats going to be as difficult as the Sugar!

MaMere, We gave up ground burger a few weeks ago, not for lent but because of the cost. Boneless chicken thighs and breasts were on sale for $1.99 per # and ground round was over $4.00! I found that you can't tell the difference between the two if I use it for spaghetti sauce, chili, sloppy joes...my red meat eating man isn't even complaining! Our new meat grinder has paid for itself in one week. We'll still indulge in a good grilled rib-eye occasionally.
In my opinion, the sky rocketing price of beef might force us all to eat healthier.

I totally understand D~the cost of foods/groceries is skyrocketing at a scary pace. This Spring I AM planting a garden with some veggies (as well as working my Bro's garden to help) and will also plant a raised Herb Garden, ANYTHING to help with the grocery bill (now if we could just figure out how to lower our gasoline bill averages 180-200 per wk, just for Hubby to drive!)

[MaMere]

Olive* wrote:
MaMere, girlfriend, you are very disciplined if you can give up sugar AND red meat. I can do one or the other fairly easy, but both! When I was a kid, we use to have teen dances on the weekends. We were not allowed to go to the dances during lent. So many kids that I grew up with had the same restriction, so the town no longer book bands during Lenten season.

Olive, I was SHOCKED that Hubby suggested the red Meat thing, He loves his cheeseburgers! We eat fairly healthy, but that is a really great thing for him to forego for the season, the really hard one for me...sugar! lol, I love candy!

Man, you brought back alot of memories about the dance/bands way back when girlfriend! I'm celebrating a ahem ffffffff.....ffffiiiiiiffffffaccchoooooo2.....ahhhh, screw, I can't utter the age...birthday this year, I'm getting "up there"!

[Deely]

Great topic Luby!

[Olive*]

MaMere wrote:

Olive* wrote:
MaMere, girlfriend, you are very disciplined if you can give up sugar AND red meat. I can do one or the other fairly easy, but both! When I was a kid, we use to have teen dances on the weekends. We were not allowed to go to the dances during lent. So many kids that I grew up with had the same restriction, so the town no longer book bands during Lenten season.

Olive, I was SHOCKED that Hubby suggested the red Meat thing, He loves his cheeseburgers! We eat fairly healthy, but that is a really great thing for him to forego for the season, the really hard one for me...sugar! lol, I love candy!

Man, you brought back alot of memories about the dance/bands way back when girlfriend! I'm celebrating a ahem ffffffff.....ffffiiiiiiffffffaccchoooooo2.....ahhhh, screw, I can't utter the age...birthday this year, I'm getting "up there"!

lol. I know! I don't know where the time went. How did I get this old this fast! Seems like yesterday when I could dance till my 11:30 pm curfew then go home and listen to the raido in my bedroom until it went off the air.

[Domestic Goddess]

Since hubby and I are Catholic, we don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday, nor do we eat meat on Friday's during Lent.