Here I am, already two weeks into the new year and this is my first blog post. :) Realistically, I'd be happy if I made just ONE post a month, but one a week would be even better.
School is back in session, which means I am busy again. Running back and forth to the school and doing my other motherly and wifely duties.
I really should be doing laundry, or supervising Alaina (6) and Matthew (4) with their chores, but I am not. I am here. I just put Lisey (2) down for a nap, and I can hear her singing Frosty the Snowman to herself. I love it. She has the CUTEST little voice! She's almost done taking naps even though she's just a little over 2 1/2. It's just at that point, all my kids do this, where if they nap they won't sleep at night. So, I am trying to just lie her down a few times a week and for only an hour even though she'd sleep longer if I let her.
Anyway to get to the point. I don't really do New Years resolutions because I am a perfectionist and it's VERY discouraging to not keep them, but just like everyone else, there are things I'd like to change. Blogging more, keeping up with laundry, not getting so cranky. Patience. You know, all those things. Being more nice to Steven. My one word for the year is Patience. It's something our church is doing. You just pick one word and try and focus on that. This is the jist of it:
"One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. One word that you can focus on every day, all year long.
It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your word will shape you and your year. It will guide your decisions and help you grow."
So, I am giving that a try.
I am doing something different with laundry, too. I split our families into 3 groups of 3... Katie, Danielle and Elise (because they share a room), Steven, Joshua, and me (because I usually change his clothes in our room even if they are actually kept in the boys' room) and finally, Johanna, Alaina and Matthew (J and A share a room, but M is in the same area)... anyway, I am just doing loads of one of the groups at a time and then instead of having piles and piles and piles of clothes on the couch, I just have to take out that group's clothes out of the dryer and hand them the laundry basket... or Danielle, because she is the official-laundry-put-awayer....
On that note.. I better go start my load... Joshie (6mos) is screaming and Matthew and Alaina are obviously not cleaning up their areas... the phone just rang and I realize that we still need to change our answering machine message... it's the kids singing, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"...
...Okay, off I go!
See ya next month!
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