Day One – Ash Wednesday
Yesterday I didn’t get a huge jump on the house because it took me most of the day to figure out that I was absolutely sure that my Lenten sacrifice journey would in fact be de-cluttering, organizing and cleaning our house. So, after I finally decided the following took place: 1) I got rid of seven bags of stuff and a port-a-crib. I’m not entirely sure that I will count this in my 40 bags, as the bags were already packed up and ready to go. They have been in my living room for quite a while so on one hand they are now officially gone from the house, hopefully blessing someone else. However, on the other hand I didn’t actually gather the stuff during lent. We’ll see where I stand at the end of lent as to whether or not I count them. I scheduled a pick up at our house on-line, put the bags on the front porch, clearly marked, and waited for the VVA to pick them up. Good thing to...