I don't observe a Lenten fast, so I don't really feel entitled to binge today, but I am wearing the beads and may make pancakes. My plan for today was to move forward in the stuff project by shredding bank statements and paid bills of the ages (actually, about five years' worth, I guess) in order to empty out the drawers of a desk I'm planning to give away. (that will leave four desks in the house, so no real deprivation will result). I am also planning to make a spread sheet of all the paid oil bills over lots of years. The whole heating a house that is too big for two people with oil conundrum probably deserves its own future post. If I go out running later, the feel of beads bouncing against my chest for miles would probably be irritating.
We aren't in NOLA, but I was glad to learn about this organization, which collects the beads and ships them to other people who need them. Reuse is a good thing
http://www.arcgno.org/enterprises.php