Oh Canada, and Lent

Arghhh! No, I have not poached an egg. I did, however, watch Julie&Julia again before it needed to be returned. But, got a new movie to watch: Sunshine Cleaning. Amy Adams again, but I'm excited. It was produced by the person who did Little Miss Sunshine, which I loved the moment I saw the commercial for it, so much so that as soon as it was out, I went out and bought it without ever seeing it. Believe me, this is completely unusual for me. I'm the one picking through the dollar videos at Half Price, but I got it and loved it.

Anyways, I watched the Olympic Opening Ceremony last night. Absolutely fantastic, I envied all those people in the audience. Well, not the athletes. I don't even pretend to think I'd have the patience to do what they do, certainly not I, who avoids all sports like the plague. I don't remember being picked last, I think the P.E. teachers in elementary school split us up, but I'm sure I would have been. I don't think, with my physical prowess, that I would have cared.

But I digress. So, I discovered that it's not only Mardi Gras on Tuesday, but that Lent starts on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday to be exact. I decided to give something up this year. I've always thought it would be a good practice, but I always realized it was Lent after it had already started. And, honestly, I always felt if you were going to do the thing, that you might as well do it right, and not just butt into Lent, saying "Excuse me, mind if I join for the last 10 days?". It doesn't have the same meaning. So, I decided to give up swearing. I'm not a huge swearer at all, but I do tend to think it a lot, so I decided to not even think it. Plus, I say crap a lot. I know, it's not one of the major words, but it's a habit and I think it'll be a challenge. I wonder what other people are giving up. I know of one crazy person who one time gave up chocolate. No way. That is all I have to say. No way.

For dinner, we had a frozen lasagna that we cooked and added cheese too with salad and wine. And there is a surprise dessert but it's being cooked as I type. Yum. I sort of saw the recipe but I know it has shredded carrot, cream cheese and pineapple. The recipe didn't have pineapple, so I'm not sure that it is what the recipe says. Well, I'm going to check on it. So in the words of Julia Child, Bon Appetite!