Things I need to do today:
Bake Bread
Make grocery list
Make applesauce
Cut and sew five pairs of socks into leg warmers for Joy
Do about three-four loads of laundry
Sweep
Wash Dishes
Think about what to make for supper
Compare three Hosea commentaries to decide which to use
Study Celtic History
Things I want to do today:
Sleep
Read the Laurie R King books from Laura
Sleep some more
And then, for a change, sleep
Things that will most likely get done today:
Bread
Grocery list
Read
One load laundry
I hate night work on the road that goes directly in front of my house. And I really hate that the girls have apparently decided to gang up on me so that I never have a spare moment to nap when my sleep gets messed up at night.
I am so grateful for grace from God to keep me from snapping unreasonably at small children even when I'm sleep deprived. I'm thankful that my parents are coming this weekend, and really don't care if anything on that above list is done or not. I'm thankful my husband is understanding and loving and won't complain too loudly if I tell him we're having frozen pizza for supper tonight. I'm thankful both girls slept through the Ringwraith-like shrieking of the pavement saws at 3:30 this morning, even if I couldn't. I'm thankful I was able to cuddle with Joy when she got herself out of bed at 11:30 last night and then got scared, even if it meant I lost yet another hour of sleep.
I'm thankful God and my family don't love me based on the accomplishment of my to-do list.
On the whole, I have less to complain about than I thought when I started writing this post. Which, I think, is another thing to thank God for.
4 comments:
excellent post, sister! (you really are my sister....and like real sisters, it's irrevocable!)
hahaha. have you started them yet?
love you, have a nice weekend with your folks.
wv: betterso- must be descriptive of said weekend!
Sisters by blood, even if it's not OUR blood :) And no I've not yet started the King books, because I've been trying to finish up my library books before they have to go back tomorrow. Only one left--The Wisdom of Father Brown. Can you believe this is my first time reading Chesterton?
i have never read him, just listened to the books on tape.
enjoy!
:)
RYC- thanks ducky! I was trying out a new poem structure last night as an experiment. (Can you guess the pattern?) It's a little stilted because of making the words fit the pattern instead of the other way around, but I thought it came out interestingly anyways.
Such a nice feedbacker you are!
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