May. 9, 2008 - Odds and Ends
Do you ever have days that you can almost catch yourself as you're running around in circles? It's been that way for me these past couple of weeks. Sometimes it feels like I meet myself coming in and going out of the door. Cloning technology would be great at this point!! 
The move to our new office has went very well but there is still so much to be done. Steve is in heaven with his quiet little organized work world. He says that he can get so much more accomplished now. On the other hand I am a woman divided. When I am at the office all I can think about is all the things that need to be done at home and thinking about the children. When I am at home I think of all the stuff that I haven't finished at the office yet . 
I have always enjoyed working amoungst the chaos of our daily life, being able to easily take off my secretarial hat to put on my mommy one. This has been a big adjustment for me. Not to mention that my Internet access is now only in the office. That's been hard to deal with as well--not being able to just look up something when the whim strikes or chatting with friends and checking my e-mail.
The children have felt my absence as well. I think that things will fall together as the new routine becomes more familiar. My plans are to only work 3 days a week for about 4 hours a day. But I have to get to the point where that is possible--which means getting caught back up and staying there.
School has been on hold. We have been working on the new schoolroom on the weekends. We've gotten it all cleaned out and have painted the ceiling and walls. This weekend I plan to clean the floor, put down the foam moisture barrier and lay the carpet tiles. I am just thrilled at the aspect of getting all of our books/bookshelves and school stuff out of our main living area.
A couple of days after I posted my last entry we had a bunch of hail. I was distraught that all of the bucks and our ram was out in it and Josh mustered up the courage to run out and put them in the barn when the hail let up a bit. What I should've been more concerned with was my trays of seedlings that I had been hardening off and had completely forgotten was outside on the back porch. Sigh. The hail came down so fast and hard that it beat the paint off of the front of our house and made a mess of the trees and plants with leaves everywhere. I lost all but 2 of my echinacea seedlings and most of my canning tomatoes. I figure that it was about a $50-$75 loss. 
hail on the back porch
With all of the rain my remaining seedlings still haven't found their home in the garden yet. I did manage to get out all of my canning tomatoes that survived, but that's been it. And we had to use our little Mantis tiller to put those in. My only wish for Mother's Day this year is for my big tiller to get put back together!!!
As mother's day rolls around again I am thankful for each and every child the Lord has blessed us with. I am thankful that the ones that I can hold in my arms are all healthy and doing well and I feel a strange gratitude also that I will have my own little welcoming committee when I arrive in heaven one day. I pray that our quiver is not full yet--greedy woman that I am!! I so long to grant our children's desire for another baby. But I will rest content with the children the Lord has blessed us with if He does not send another. His will is all I truly desire.
I hope that all of you moms reading this have a wonderful Mother's Day!!!
Comments
May. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by teena6
Haven't been here in awhile..... mom sick and back and forth to Florida..... plus situation with dh. Mandi is home from YWAM ... you knew that right?
would love to chat. When are you coming for a visit to Leslie's???
HUGS
May. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Just stopping back by.... hope you check your blog soon. Silas is beautiful... they grow so fast. I know you are enjoying Stevie/Hannah & Silas with you all.
So often what you blog is what I feel too. Like with hoping the Lord blesses us again. I do feel like He has closed my womb. I so hoped we would have more than six....
How is everyone? Show us pictures.... tell me their ages again... so Eli is the youngest... 4. Our youngest Wes will be 4 for a few more months.... he still cuddles with me. :)
I miss seeing you here....
blessings,
Teena
