Beth
i dunno how long we've been having parades or if they're all one day... i avoid news as much as possible and there's been some really nasty stuff on lately.
Eh the no meat on Friday (seafood ok) is year round Catholic tradition, not just during Lent, at least Roman Catholic. it also applies on the eve of important holidays - eg. Christmas Eve, regardless if it's a Friday or not, the no meat rule applies - Catholics eat "di magro" i.e. "of lean" - as opposed to meat(which-is-fat:confused:). i meant additional restrictions, but i don't think there are any. i actually couldn't remember if you were allowed to eat meat at ALL during Lent... given the name Fat Tuesday precedes Lent... i should ask my folks lol. or maybe someone else here knows now i'm curious. NOoooooo, i'm not Curious, i'm ~ waves ~ ... but i'm still curious. :p i'm silly too. lalllaallaaa.

dang my back hurts i really gotta get some exercise. hope this spring in my step keeps springing right into spring when the whether oh Di you poor... oh ....

ow. hec. i'm drifting.... snowwwwww drifting.... next post please. i saaaid NEEEXXTT!!!! :OuttaHere:

DiMarie 32 degreez thaz frizzinkkkkk
 

DiMarie... oh i saw that picture and... yeah pretty but, eeek the temp reading was eeeeeek :eek: thirteee tooooo degreeeeeeeeeeees. ackkkk. ickk. it's warming up here somewhat thank goodness. i've had enough cold thankyvrymuchhhh!!!

here, i'm throwing you a warm throw... or three... or sixty four!

and warm fuzzy hugs and something even warmer to sit by...

http://dl6.glitter-graphics.net/pub/...hhdk1odkw5.gif

'ere ya go!!!

spelling review...coz i spelled weather wrong... SIGH.

whether - if
wether - a formerly male sheep
weather - meteorological conditions

~ waves ~ of warmth your way

Short version of Lenten dietary laws
 

Hi,
In US Catholic churches,

1) Abstinence:
no meat from land dwelling animals or birds on Ash Wednesday, Fridays of Lent, or Good Friday.
(Since Pope Paul VI made a new rule in 1966, it is ok to eat meat on other Fridays / days of the year because Catholics can sacrifice in other ways on Fridays. )

2) Fast:
fast on Ash Wednesday, Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday -- fasting means one meal (no meat) and two snacks that add up to no more than one meal.

The details of these dietary laws can be quite detailed. For example, it is appropriate but not required to abstain or fast during other days of lent. Also, the laws can be modified by local bishops -- as seen in 2006 when St. Patrick's day fell on Good Friday.

It can be a mortal sin to refuse to follow the abstinence and fasting rules, but only a venial sin to forget to follow.


Fat Tuesday (very old tradition that goes back centuries before the newest rule in 1966):
day to eat up rich foods in the house like eggs, cream, sugar, . .
According to my understanding, the Mardi Gras parades would normally end before Ash Wednesday, February 25 -- but I am no expert on how New Orleans does this.

Those who observe Lent go beyond what to eat and not to eat, but, since the discussion is about food, that's what I am sticking to.

There are 44 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter because Sundays are not counted as part of Lent -- Sundays are always a day of celebration.


Don't ask how I know this stuff.
My family likes rules, esp food rules.



M.

WEll I actually cleaned some of the house today with jeff!
got on my hands and knees to scrub part of the floor.
went to the parade tonight with only a small amount of rain...came home with tons of beads, no parade tomorrow but a couple on monday night then the big day tuesday there are many parades at different times during the day.
I am not catholic but am considering giving something up for lent.
hmmmmmm
beth

Hi Beth, Waves, Donna, Mari, and Di.

Waves, the class I am taking is the Web page design class. It is basically a HTML class. So far this weekend I learned alll about lists and horizontal rule which means putting a line on the web page. Here is the code I have done this weekend that I have learned.

For anyone interested you can follow these steps:
You can copy and past the text below in notepad and save it with the file extension of html. Then go to IE, File, Open, Browse until you see the file and open it up. It will display like a webpage.
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<html>
<heading>
<title>Lists</title>
</heading>
<body>

<ul type="square">
<li>this is a square</li>
<li>this is the 2nd square</li>
</ul>

<Ul type="circle">
<li>this is a circle list</li>
<li> this is a cricle list</li>
</ul>

<ol type="A">
<li>this type is letters</li>
</ol>

<ol type="I">
<li>this is type Roman numerals</li>
<li>this is Roman numeral 2</li>
</ol>

<ol type="a">
<li>this is type lower case letters</li>
</ol>

<ol type="i">
<li>this is lower case letters i's</li>
<li>this should be 2 i's</li>
<li>what will the 3rd i look like this</li>
</ol>

<dl>
<dt>HTML</dt>
<dd>Hypertext Markup Language</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
<dt>CSS</dt>
<dd>cascading style sheet</dd>
</dl>

<p>Default hr</p>
<hr />

<p>hr with size 1</p>
<hr / size="1">

<p>hr with size 5</p>
<hr / size="5">

<p>hr with size 10</p>
<hr / size="10">

<p>hr with size 10 and noshade</p>
<hr / size="10" noshade>


</body>
</html>

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Today I hope to go to church and get my case against my landlord ready for court Tuesday. I may give the homework a rest today.

wow barb, that is impressive!
beth