This has been a good week. I am finally feeling comfortable with life being full of projects. I used to want all the “special projects” done as perfectly and quickly as possibly so I could get right back to my normal life and routine. Now I’m learning to roll with it. It’s okay that I’ve been canning for months. It’s okay that three walls in my living room are completely painted… and one is not even started. Yeah, it’s all good. It appears that special projects are the norm when you’re a new little family living on an old, old farm. I’m starting to redo all the things we did to the house when we moved in. Can you believe we’ve been here for FIVE years!? Crazy. It was five years on Labor Day weekend. Anyway, when we moved here we did a lot of work but it was mostly all hard labor and low dollar stuff. My Mom helped a lot. We stripped the cabinets and tore down wallpaper. I put up new trim. Brian rearranged the kitchen cabinets and installed new counter tops. If you’ve been reading since the beginning you probably remember some of that. If you weren’t
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My Morning Seven
I am very list-oriented. I don’t work off of a schedule but rather a routine and a to-do list. My to-do list has four sections. The first section is for the “morning”. I want these things done by about 10 AM for the day to go smoothly. This is my bare bones must-be-done list. If I have a special project going (i.e. painting!) or plan to be out of the house for the day I still need to get these things done. When I was working outside the home I would get up early and try to accomplish these things before going to work. Your list may look a bit different than mine so I highly recommend you make your own if you are struggling in this area. It has been a huge help to me. My 7 steps to start the day right: 1. Bible Study: This is the third or fourth time I’ve participated in a Good Morning Girls Bible Study. It has changed my life. I NEED accountability and consistency to stick with it and the format of this study is perfect for that. You get in your Bible every morning and fill out a small worksheet
Continue readingTot School Break and Milestones: August
Kent was 13 months old in August. We didn’t do much for structured Tot School in August and September. We had a lot of fun and did random activities as they fit in. His physical development exploded in August! If you think you see disposable diapers in some of these pictures you’re right. We had an issue with diaper rash that turned in to a staph infection so our doctor suggested we use a pack of disposables while he was healing. It was so weird to use disposables, it felt completely wrong! How was your August? Do you remember a certain time when your child’s development took a leap? Are you a fellow cloth diaperin’ mama who was forced to use disposables at some point? Tell me about it!
Continue readingCasual Saturday & Blogging
It is Saturday, right? 😉 With me home and Brian on four 10’s it gets a little confusing. Let’s see what’s new. I’m in the midst of painting our living room, to be followed by painting the kitchen. I found my dream couch on craigslist yesterday so my Mom and Kent and I drove down last night and bought it. This is one project that I hope I actually get around to posting pictures of. The room transformation is pretty amazing. I keep walking in there and just sitting down and looking at it. Taking the time to pick the perfect paint color really paid off. I love the way it looks. I finally finished canning applesauce only to be gifted with another box of tomatoes. Our garden is still producing tomatoes, too. We do need more pizza sauce yet so I just keep putting up as much as I can. Our freezers are overflowing. I need to update my freezer inventory and start cooking with more variety. I did a menu plan this past week for the first time in a long time and that was time well spent. It’s a busy time on the farm. We have more
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