New TIMER!

Meant to lay down for a 5 min. power nap during kids' naps, but turned into almost an hour. i've been up late with jeff and up early with andrew so it's been catching up . i don't like sleeping that long...BUT my NEW timer will come in handy with that. i'm excited to utilize it lots. i think a big problem of mine is really not realizing how fast time is going by. i'll think i'm fine with time then before i know it it's way later than i thought. so it's a cheap digital timer from walmart, but it's portable and visible. off to do my 5 minute hot spot:)

Free'd up

Today i arrived at Bible Study EARLY AND my kitchen and house was left tidy and ready for melis and meg to come over for lunch:) then during nap... i actually didn't feel hard pressed to get things done bc there isn't a pressing "dirty" area of the house. i was able to enjoy going through Mailbox magazines for library lessons. even had a quick load of laundry folded and unloaded and everything in order without rushing before dad and trudy came to watch the kids.
Got super-side tracked with my 5 min hot spot tonight, but did attempt. it's 10:15, i should be in bed, but wasted time on dumb hollywood websites?!?!
didn't do my Savor blog...

Little Victories...with a toothbrush!

SOO, within the past week, I've been such a thorough cleaner that i've actually used a toothbrush---twice! I scrubbed the car, the bathroom and started the kitchen. Today I actually had the house tidy, the kids fed dinner AND bathed, and dinner almost completely ready by 7:00pm when Jeff came home. I visited with Megan, exercised, showered and even had some time to cruise around FB! Some days I actually feel victorious:) I'll have to remember days like this for the cruddy feeling days.

HOT SPOT

Flylady talks about Hot Spots--specified areas in the house where clutter ALWAYS ends up. I have quite a few, but the least managed is on top of my microwave. It's my paperwork. i have a binder system that is pretty good-but aparently isn't working bc a huge pile always arrives. So my baby step for tonight is to clear off that hot spot and each night spend 5 MINUTES clearing it....and utilizing my binder a bit more.

Here we go...

This is an old blog i had set up for a grad class...so i won't pay mind to the boring posts. i ike the name bc it suits my attempts at organizing my life. i just set up a separate personal blog...this blog i want to use just to chronical my journey to making the most of my time as a stay at home mom with a hard-working and loving husband, a spunky and talkative 3 year old daughter, and an active, high maintenance 1 year old son.
i have been trying to stay up with Flylady http://flylady.net/pages/cjmain.asp after i went to an all day workshop a year and a half ago. it has tons of great ideas--many that i have attempted to implement, but end up stopping. i'm feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with not getting things done. soooo, this may be another time waster or a motivator.
time to pray:
heavenly father-you know i love you and love this life you gave me. could you please lead me and direct me each moment of my day? you know my hearts desier is to make the most of each day and i feel i have a difficult time organizing the millions of thoughts that go through my head. even now as i think about how to go about organizing my tasks, my mind is racing with different ideas. help me to focus on you and to not get focused on my circumstances. so much of it is not eternal. i want to have an eternal perspective each day while balancing the must-do's of life. help me to prioritize correctly--
Pro 16:9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. i ask for you to determine my steps father. in your son's name, amen