It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph.
1.
I managed to plow my way through a BIG stack of paperwork yesterday. I have been trying to take care of this stuff for more than 2 weeks, but could not manage to get the uninterrupted time I needed to finish it! I finally made the time yesterday (no schoolwork got done, but not much was on the schedule for yesterday anyway.) It took most of the day, but the bills, filing, phone calls and miscellaneous "stuff" that needed to be dealt with, got dealt with. Phew, what a relief! And the checkbook balanced! Maybe that should be its own entry.
2.
Went to the library and with my Christmas Mosaic in my hands, got several sweet Christmas books for read alouds....the first week of Advent!! With all that is going on in our lives right now (we are building a house and I am trying to prepare for Christmas, homeschool, pack, sort, purge, paint and MOVE) our Advent is going to be a bit lacking in the usual crafting and baking activities, but we can keep sweetness and meaning in the season by reading these books.
BTW, we loved "Welcome Comfort" by Patricia Polacco last night. Sweetness and meaning, oh yes.
3.
Another huge success is that together with my sons, we purged, sorted, and packed up their room. It was awful! The three boys have shared a room in this rental house for 3 years. The combination of 3 boys together in a room and the lack of space for storage led to a disaster of epic proportions! Not to mention their tendency to NOT bring their dirty clothes into the laundry room, but to leave them on their floor and whine, "I don't have any clothes to wear." We purged their closet and managed to give away two boxes of clothes to friends whose sons can wear them, and I have one garbage bag for Planet Aid (with more to follow).
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1.
I managed to plow my way through a BIG stack of paperwork yesterday. I have been trying to take care of this stuff for more than 2 weeks, but could not manage to get the uninterrupted time I needed to finish it! I finally made the time yesterday (no schoolwork got done, but not much was on the schedule for yesterday anyway.) It took most of the day, but the bills, filing, phone calls and miscellaneous "stuff" that needed to be dealt with, got dealt with. Phew, what a relief! And the checkbook balanced! Maybe that should be its own entry.
2.
Went to the library and with my Christmas Mosaic in my hands, got several sweet Christmas books for read alouds....the first week of Advent!! With all that is going on in our lives right now (we are building a house and I am trying to prepare for Christmas, homeschool, pack, sort, purge, paint and MOVE) our Advent is going to be a bit lacking in the usual crafting and baking activities, but we can keep sweetness and meaning in the season by reading these books.
BTW, we loved "Welcome Comfort" by Patricia Polacco last night. Sweetness and meaning, oh yes.
3.
Another huge success is that together with my sons, we purged, sorted, and packed up their room. It was awful! The three boys have shared a room in this rental house for 3 years. The combination of 3 boys together in a room and the lack of space for storage led to a disaster of epic proportions! Not to mention their tendency to NOT bring their dirty clothes into the laundry room, but to leave them on their floor and whine, "I don't have any clothes to wear." We purged their closet and managed to give away two boxes of clothes to friends whose sons can wear them, and I have one garbage bag for Planet Aid (with more to follow).
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2 comments:
Did you make that advent wreath in your picture yourself?? It is beautiful!! I still haven't made one.
Oh, I wish I had. It is beautiful isn't it? Alas, it is not mine, but a picture I found. I am thinking of trying something like that....but not until next year. Thanks for your comment!
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