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NAS: ADVENT

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Hello fellow NASers. Man it has been a CRAZY two months and I totally slacked off on my NAS participation. In October I did the 31 Days of Blogging Challenge which I actually never finished because I ended up moving at the end of October and then I have NO IDEA where I was in November…I feel like it totally just flew by! But I am back just to talk about Advent…just in time for a NAS break LOL I have awesome timing right?!!?

So Advent. I have always enjoyed Advent even though it’s usually a pretty busy time of the year. My favorite color is purple so I LOVE the liturgical colors we see during Advent and Lent. I also feel like Advent is a happier time than Lent.

A few weeks ago I read this blog post about why single women should decorate for christmas. I really enjoyed it and agreed with the author. Even if you don’t have people over to your house often I think it’s important to do a little bit of decorating to get into the spirit of the season. I really like Jen’s idea of putting up one decoration/ornament a day and by the time Christmas is here all your decorations are up. That also helps me with the overwhelmingness decorating sometimes can feel like.

So what do I do to celebrate Advent?

I do a lot of different things. I color in the Praying With Color Advent Calendar. I do it every year for Advent and Lent. Here is last years:

My Advent Coloring Wreath Progress

Last year I participated in a Jesse Tree Ornament Swap! The year before I found this awesome wooden tree in an after Christmas Sale for $5 that I spray painted Green and use to put the Jesse Tree Ornaments on.

Jesse Tree

Some other things I do is try and read daily advent reflections I receive either via email or from the books I have found at my parish. I’m not always good at keeping up with these things though. I also want to try and go to adoration or daily mass at least once a week.

One thing I like to do is to take part in different christmas/advent events that happen around town. Like take a ride on the nights of lights trolley that goes around downtown. My sister and I plan on taking a Segway tour one night during the season to be able to see all the lights. And of course listen to holiday themed music and movies.

I also always try and do something cool on my blog. This year I’m hosting an Advent Blog-hop. Every day of Advent different bloggers are sharing about their advent/christmas traditions and I’ll be sharing their blogs on social media and my blog. It seems to be going well so far but we’re only 2 days in HA.

There are a lot of photo challenges but I haven’t started any of them yet…some of them are HARD..especially when I don’t really go anywhere interesting most days. Hey I’m a work in progress. I hope everyone has a very Happy Advent and Christmas Season and see you all in the link-up next year!

Thanks for Jen and Morgan for hosting!

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  1. I have had that EXACT problem with photo challenges! There are only so many things to take photos of when I’m in my same old house or at my same old job.

    I love purple, too, so I love getting wear all my purple clothes for Advent. I recently got a purple sweater to help winterize my liturgical wardrobe.
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    • Nice! I think a cooler photo challenge would be to do one word a week and see how many times you can find that word in daily life. I think that would be easier and more reflective…good Lent idea! LOL.

      Yay for all the purple!