40 Day Lent Letters: Completed!

So, YAY!

Forty days ago, I committed to acknowledging Lent in a way that would be appropriate for me, a non-Catholic. I don't really have any must-have vices that I felt I needed to shelve for that time, so I borrowed Marianne's idea of sending just a simple note, once a day to a different person.

Remember this?

day 1 : march 5, 2014!

Well, today was the 40th and final day of these little letters. Strangely enough, I felt a little sad that I'm now done with these; I looked forward a little every day to the note I was about to write, and prayed that I would have the right words for whoever it would be. There's something about knowing a task but not knowing the recipient that makes something like this a little more fun (: 

Anyway, I am done. Lent Letter #40 is sealed up & ready to be mailed first thing tomorrow morning. Narrowing the list down to only 40 people was somewhat of a harrowing task, but I know there was a specific reason for each of these people. That being said, RECAP! 

days 1-8
jen v. | aunt toni & uncle norman g. | lu f. | jay w.
james g. | catie e. | rob s. | maricor j.

days 9 - 16
marianne s. | nalom v. | meagan g. | kortney b.
dave & nancy b. | dawne m. | dusty r. | dad

days 17 - 24
remy d. | nader s. | arley c. | ali l.
mo p. | kalyn p. | aunt cindy & uncle gary d. | kyle y.

days 25 - 32
jennica s. | trish b. | trish r. | becky s.
ms. ellen b. | mindi k. | matt l. | christine h.

days 33 - 40
steph & mark k. | mom | heidi vh. | marc & diana v.
laney p. | becky h. | olivia j. | gazelle d.

This.. was.. super fun. This reminded me very quickly that the power of a handwritten note should never, ever be underestimated. (:

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In other news for today: Rob, Sydni and I started the day together with a solid message from SonRise, then made a pitstop for Rob to get his hair cut. Sydni and I ran a couple of errands and had a mini photo shoot to commemorate the beautiful day..

my favorite girl ♥♥♥♥

... & the rest of the reel ;)

Back at home, Rob started digging into the boat; it's time to wake that sleepy thing and get it ready for the season. Sydni took to her squirt guns and spent a couple hours assaulting everything from the front porch to the curb... us included (:. Kalyn invited us over for a bit to play some volleyball and grill out, so we of course obliged.

 

Kalyn's neighbors have a rather old pet rabbit named Dusty. Sydni made quick friends with Dusty... 

syd & dusty

I made a solo trip to Fairfield for soccer while Rob & Sydni stayed back at home. We narrowly missed pulling off a win, but in our defense, we were running a man short for the game since the rest of the team didn't make an appearance [womp womp....]. It was a nice workout, no less. I headed back home to find my three girls curled up on the new dog beds. Well, at least two of them were on there....

poor sasha... haha

^ Yep. Sydni had dragged the dog beds out to the living room and curled up next to Stella. Poor Sasha got jipped, but did what she could to at least have a pillow and make the best of an unfortunate [for her] situation ;)

I love this little family of mine. ♥♥♥♥♥

xo | cmd

UNPACKING! ... Orrrrr... Mini Golf

"I will make giant strides today and unpack at least half of these boxes!"

- said me, earlier today.

And then I get this [as I'm driving home, thinking about how much I don't feel like moving a single thing around my house]:


*sigh.... fiiiine.... haha

Dangit! So I stopped off at my place, traded work clothes for normal clothes and was off to Northside, where Becky and Mike were waiting. We were off to Fairfield to the golf center [wow, it's been a while...] and managed to finish up seconds before the rain started pouring down. We made a pitstop at Olive Garden [whaaaat?! dinner before 10:30??] and made it back to Northside before 10pm.


mini golf? way better than unpacking... any. day.

*Sigh. Thanks again to my incredible, generous friends for saving me from my the daunting task of unpacking. I think I needed a breather between the move and the mess of stuff; I feel much better already, even now in this explosion of picture frames, books, electronics, and a stray tennis racket[?]. I'll be fresh into the game tomorrow and knuckle through it all.

Seee ya later, Monday.

xo | cmd