One of the benefits of teaching the PREP class of grade 4 students at Holy Cross in Burnaby is that it is a great self reminder on what's important.
Lent is a time of giving things up, but it's also about giving to others (as in Almsgiving). We made a class list of the students and each student was to put on the list something they were giving up and something they were going to do that was nice for someone else.
They were kind of shy about it.... so after the first one, I put my own two up.
1) I am giving up Facebook for 40 days. Much harder than one would think. Not because I'm addicted to it, but more because I use it to post updates on my 90 day Planking challenge. But giving it up means not just NOT checking on other's updates, but also not updating my own status on their. There is a work around, I can post to Instagram which cross posts to Facebook. Not really cheating because I'm not accessing FB.
2) I promised to make mini cheesecakes for the Arthur Murray Coquitlam dance studio for their next event. Everyone there loves my mini cheesecakes. Most say they don't like cheesecake, but they love mine. The secret is in the preparation. These are not heavy, not dense. They are light and super airy. My favourite ones are those with adult flavours, like the Chocolate with Bourbon soaked cherries. Or the Bailey's Irish Cream mini cheesecakes. Lady K says her favourite is still the Rum and Raisin ones.
* Note: the 90 day planking challenge was what I set out on January 2nd as my goal. To complete a 5 minute plank by the end of 90 days. There's no physical benefit to holding these for more than one minute according to all the research I've done. They (the "experts") say do three separate one minute planks while tightening the abs. My plank is now up to 4 minutes and 39 seconds. I do not let the back bow at all and abs are tight throughout. So I am positive that whoever said there's no benefit has not tried holding a plank that long. Because my abs and thighs are burning after the 4 minute mark.
Here's a reminder of what my mini cheesecakes look like.
Lent is a time of giving things up, but it's also about giving to others (as in Almsgiving). We made a class list of the students and each student was to put on the list something they were giving up and something they were going to do that was nice for someone else.
They were kind of shy about it.... so after the first one, I put my own two up.
1) I am giving up Facebook for 40 days. Much harder than one would think. Not because I'm addicted to it, but more because I use it to post updates on my 90 day Planking challenge. But giving it up means not just NOT checking on other's updates, but also not updating my own status on their. There is a work around, I can post to Instagram which cross posts to Facebook. Not really cheating because I'm not accessing FB.
2) I promised to make mini cheesecakes for the Arthur Murray Coquitlam dance studio for their next event. Everyone there loves my mini cheesecakes. Most say they don't like cheesecake, but they love mine. The secret is in the preparation. These are not heavy, not dense. They are light and super airy. My favourite ones are those with adult flavours, like the Chocolate with Bourbon soaked cherries. Or the Bailey's Irish Cream mini cheesecakes. Lady K says her favourite is still the Rum and Raisin ones.
* Note: the 90 day planking challenge was what I set out on January 2nd as my goal. To complete a 5 minute plank by the end of 90 days. There's no physical benefit to holding these for more than one minute according to all the research I've done. They (the "experts") say do three separate one minute planks while tightening the abs. My plank is now up to 4 minutes and 39 seconds. I do not let the back bow at all and abs are tight throughout. So I am positive that whoever said there's no benefit has not tried holding a plank that long. Because my abs and thighs are burning after the 4 minute mark.
Here's a reminder of what my mini cheesecakes look like.
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