Christ is risen! I love your point about "Drink the real alcohol, eat the real dessert." 100% YES. This is honestly the hard part about taking our kids trick-or-treating for Halloween. I love taking them to engage in this beautiful event with our neighborhood community, but even though we only hit a couple houses each year, they come home with tons of cheap candy that we and they never eat. (and I really don't like throwing away "perfectly good candy," so it just sits up in our cupboard for months because I never get my act together to donate it somewhere before it goes bad) We really don't eat candy in our house often; if we have treats, it usually takes the form of a carton of ice cream or an actual dessert that we've made to enjoy together.
Also, a couple years ago my husband struck upon a great way to keep the octave very festive without us having to plan elaborate activities: He saves up PTO at work so he can take the entire Octave week off! It's a great way for us to celebrate and have family time to pray, attend daily Masses or Adoration, and just do fun family stuff together like video games or go out to eat. It's become one of our favorite weeks of the year because it's so low-key, fun, AND it's Easter :)
You and I are in the same boat as far as candy and sweets consumption is concerned. Someone had to consume the delicious carrot cake cupcakes my sister-in-law made for Easter and I nominated myself, but it didn’t stop there. And now I’m trying to paint a room and wondering where the heck all my energy went. Hmm. 🤔 🫣
I felt ill for a week and wondered why and realized it was the handful of jelly bellys that I was consuming throughout the day all day everyday. Easter celebrating has its downsides, no doubt. So real.
"half chocolate, half woman" - great sign off :)
Agreed! 😂
Christ is risen! I love your point about "Drink the real alcohol, eat the real dessert." 100% YES. This is honestly the hard part about taking our kids trick-or-treating for Halloween. I love taking them to engage in this beautiful event with our neighborhood community, but even though we only hit a couple houses each year, they come home with tons of cheap candy that we and they never eat. (and I really don't like throwing away "perfectly good candy," so it just sits up in our cupboard for months because I never get my act together to donate it somewhere before it goes bad) We really don't eat candy in our house often; if we have treats, it usually takes the form of a carton of ice cream or an actual dessert that we've made to enjoy together.
Also, a couple years ago my husband struck upon a great way to keep the octave very festive without us having to plan elaborate activities: He saves up PTO at work so he can take the entire Octave week off! It's a great way for us to celebrate and have family time to pray, attend daily Masses or Adoration, and just do fun family stuff together like video games or go out to eat. It's become one of our favorite weeks of the year because it's so low-key, fun, AND it's Easter :)
You and I are in the same boat as far as candy and sweets consumption is concerned. Someone had to consume the delicious carrot cake cupcakes my sister-in-law made for Easter and I nominated myself, but it didn’t stop there. And now I’m trying to paint a room and wondering where the heck all my energy went. Hmm. 🤔 🫣
“Drink the real alcohol, eat the real dessert. It’s better for both taste and enjoyment but also your health. You obviously heard it here first.”
The chocolate saga made me chuckle.
I felt ill for a week and wondered why and realized it was the handful of jelly bellys that I was consuming throughout the day all day everyday. Easter celebrating has its downsides, no doubt. So real.