New Years....an opportunity to make a fresh start. I don't usually have New Years Resolutions because I'm a dismal failure at keeping them. But after Christmas vacation I want to start fresh and new. Creating a new schedule is  just what we need to keep us productive and going till we're done with the year. So I sit and plan. I even wrote it all down. Simple enough on paper.

Monday morning came and I got up 1/2 hour later than planned. No big deal we actually managed.

Tuesday, got up on time and managed to stay close to the schedule. Pretty good!

Wednesday,  got up on time, managed to get a little "creative" with the schedule. Not bad. But in our "creativity", I lost my temper and yelled at the kids. Not pretty.......

Confession time: I get impatient and when I get impatient I often yell. Yes, I'm a yeller and I have come from a long line of yellers. Not a good excuse but I do get it honestly. And I really hate my yelling. But how do I stop?

Yesterday afternoon I dropped off T at his writing class. My friend K was there dropping of her daughter and I asked her how this week was going. She admitted it was just awful at her house. She even told me that yesterday she also yelled and even broke down in tears. That's a really bad day! We started talking about bad attititudes in kids......and moms. Then she told me this: 

When the schedule or our ideal of our children's education becomes so important that when it doesn't go right we sin then it's an idol. Ugggghhhhhh....an idol.

I get that people thinking their houses, cars, bodies, toys and such are idols. But my attempt at organization and educationg the kids an idol???? Wow! But I'm thinking she is onto something here. It's slowly sinking in. How convicting!!!!  I needed that. Anybody else?