It’s been awhile (and it’ll probably be awhile again *grin*) so I thought I’d do a little bullet point update of what I’ve/we’ve been up to for the past 3 months (background sobbing.. babies grow too fast!). Here goes..
- With the wee one: nursing, rocking, singing, changing diapers- lots of poopy diapers (thank goodness for the diaper shower!), “saving” her from the extreme outpouring of love bestowed upon her by big sister, and oh.. listening- she is a real chatter-box!
- With the big sis: reading, being read to (I love how she points at the words but tells you the story from her memory) dancing, playing games, encouraging independence (oh the glory when they dress themselves, wipe themselves and wash their own hands… victory!), and helping her play nicely with wee one (who honestly isn’t so “wee”)
- With my knight: making him lunch (sometimes), ironing his clothes (sometimes), watching TV together, taking a parenting class together, and rooting him on as he finishes his two masters degrees (yes he is crazy, but we our SOOO proud of that crazy guy)
- With the cozy abode: purging, throwing out.. recycling as much as I can, organizing- which I believe is a never ending process, packing up Christmas decor (which will have to wait a little longer until we do Christmas with the girls.. I know, it’s almost the end of January)
- With myself: reading about parenting and sustainable living, experimenting with water only hair washing (this deserves a post of it’s own at a later date- it’s been an interesting journey) and with new recipes (such as carob Walnut Brownies from allrecipes.com- another highly recommended website), working on the committee for our church’s Children’s Clothing Resale, endeavoring to start prayer journals for the girls and get back into the Bible daily- which means laying perfectionism on the back burner here, God doesn’t really require perfectionism does He?! (also deserving of its own post)…
Ok, so that was an interesting experience for me.. READ: screwed up priorities! The neglect towards my relationship with God and my husband and even my oldest daughter is glaring harshly in my mind.. And this isn’t a news flash really, just something I try not to think of until the Holy Spirit sabotages me under the guise of writing a quick update for you all and “whamo!’ I start seeing the truth in my life. I just can’t seem to get passed the guilt (not of God) of not doing things right so that I can actually DO things even semi-right? Anyone else experience this sort of rut? Ideas of getting out.. and for good? I feel like I’ve been here forever, long enough that it’s starting to feel normal, albeit unpeaceful.
Maybe God needs to audibly cry at me.. that is a horrible joke isn’t it, but it feels so true right now.
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