I am not so sure about these snow days........on one hand..I love NO schedule, HOWEVER, the utter chaos that foreshadows what lurks just around the corner for summer break scares me. Completely scares me to death!!!! Oh and BTW, this blog will most likely be totally grammatically incorrect as I like to write in run on sentences for some strange reason (maybe this is how my feeble mind works...in run on sentences!!.) Today, was a good day over all. We sold one of many many things at the shop we need to sell. It amazes me how much you gather over the course of the years. And for us, that doubles because we have a business to deal with as well. God teaches us specifically NOT to gather things on earth...."where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal"...but somehow, we gather...and gather..and gather...lots of things. (Hence why shows like "Hoarders" and "Animal Hoarders" are so popular!!
My dear friend Kristen and I discuss this phenom most days. We discuss how we seem to go through and disperse our things, like used clothing items and toys, to everyone we know each season that passes by. But still.....the neverending "Rocky Mountain" of clothing items worn and made dirty (and sometimes not so dirty--if you know what I mean) still seems insurmountable each day. I find this problem to be more of an issues during the winter months. The persistant layers of clothing, lost socks, gloves, hats, scarves......all the adornment of winter....causes me an immense amout of stress each day. The thing I find most interesting is that in the cold months, the children love to bundle up, tromp through the snow, get all wet and muddy.....and then drag all the snow from the outer reaches of the universe BACK into my house. It seems interesting to me that the snowy glop somehow ends up all over the front entry, carpet, bathroom, bedroom, walls, couch.....Then the little darlings slip into another ensemble of warm freshly washed winter wear and sip a warm cup of cocoa by the fireside. The most intriguing thing I have discovered about this whole scenario is that It always seems that in a matter of minutes..they are faunching at the bit to go outside again and the endless process of outside, wet, cold...inside warm, fresh clothes, and cocoa begins yet again. And BY THE WAY....I hate socks. They are evil....they hide from you one day only to appear weeks later in some strange and foreign land you would never expect them to be. It makes me crazy. I wish there was a contraption similar to a microwave that you could just put your dirty socks in....press a button....wait a few minutes..and presto!!! Fresh, clean, beautiful, white socks!! And I cannot tell you the number of days I have send a kiddo to school with "dirty socks" or socks that were not quite the correct size---ya know, when the heel-a-ma-bobbers are pooching out over the back of the shoes. It is a losing battle. If anyone can solve this mystery, they will be worth millions. Too bad it couldn't be me!!! :) Well, after watching the movie "Wall Street" over the last three days or so (I can rarely ever get to watch a movie all in one day) I am looking for some bright new and fabulous ideas as to how I can make millions and not have to work our business so hard. The sock thing might just be the ticket to my "fortune". My joy in life is to give, and help others, and love like Christ has taught us to love.......and with that...I must head on to see how much bath water has flooded the floor in the bathroom, try to clean up the insurmountable messes Linny causes me, and referee the endless number of arguments over video games, legos, TV, trucks.....the boys have on a regular basis. Somedays, I wonder if it will be the boys or me ending up in a padded room first!!
and around the "Mulberry Bush" we go.......continuing the never ending circle of life!!!! Blessings!!
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