I am the wife of a soldier, and the mother of two little ones (ages 3 and 1). I am passionate about my God, my family, and my country. I chose the title for my blog because I started it around the time that we found out my husband would be going to Iraq. I am so proud of his service to our country. Also I am constantly striveing to become more like christ. Hence the title "passionate patriot conforming to 'His' image.
I will be ordering some more Thoene books to read
Mar. 2, 2008~ Things are looking up! ~
I have been struggling with getting my life in order since my husband left. We were out of town for so long. It was hard to get back into a routine when we got home. I am someone that doesn't usually like to be tied to the clock. I don't even like to stay home. The kids and I always want to be out and about. However, when we were always gone, we never got anything done.
I recently purchased a book by Sonya Shaffer entitled "Laying down the rails". It is such a wonderful book. I reccemend it to everyone. I have now gotten a routine down that we are sort of sticking to. It is a loose routine, but it is something. Also, the first habit that I am instilling in my kids is picking up their toys.
It was driving me nuts. They kept pulling out all their toys and then wouldn't put them away. I couldn't even see the floor in the play room. So I told them that if I found toys on the floor when they were done playing, that I would throw them away. They must not have believed me at first, because they still didn't pick them up when I asked them to.
So the next day, I went in and picked up all the toys they left on the floor. Put them in a black bag, and hid them in my closet. After that, all I have to do is mention a toy that is left on the floor is going in the trash and they pick it up right away. It is wonderful. For the last four days the playroom has been picked up. It is so wonderful. I made up a little chart to check off everyday that we keep this action up until the habit is made.
I am also using this book to help instill habits in me. There are so many habits I want to instill in my kids that I haven't mastered my self. It is hard work, but if I am going to instill it in them I must first instill it in my self.
So here is my pat on the back to me for starting to instill some more disepline into my life. It has done wonders for my mood as well. Every little accomplishment drives me on.
