I'm watching a gentle snow fall out my living room window and cant seem to get my feet warm. If my feet are cold, then the rest of me is cold. So I am trying in the worst way to warm up and losing the battle. The other thing I have lost the battle over is taking a nap. I've been trying all day to do so, with no success. Its now 4 pm and I've basically wasted a day. Add to it some stress over my sister deciding to drive from NJ to WV in a blizzard and what its doing to my mother all day-needless to say I havent accomplished much.
Little Man did play Lego Star Wars with the Big Man today and they both had fun. The puppy dog & I hung out watching the snow fall as well as a Biblical history marathon on Nat Geo. I did have every intention of finishing the Christmas stockings and bake after I took a nap but those plans fell through. So, the stockings still aren't decorated, and no baking done. I do have to be an elf later to see what kinda busta we have for the little man & if Santa needs to buy more. Hopefully the Big Man will do his magic and wrap presents. I don't like to wrap-if it were up to me they would go naked or in a gift bag. I don't wrap because I've been told in the past that my wrapping skills stank and I've never improved upon them. I also have realized lately that domestic bliss really isnt in my skill set.
Actually, it probably is but I've lost touch with that side of me over the last few years. I really don't mind cleaning, but things seem overwhelming lately and I just can't keep up. Its amazing how much paper comes home with a first grader. I've been meaning to organize it, but I haven't started (yet another project to tackle).
I have so many things around the house that need to get done, but I really just don't feel like it-its like I'm stagnant right now. I need to polish the surrounds in my shower and the little man's bath tub (it keeps the soap scum from building up). I need to finish the grout in the kitchen & dining room; then start on the grout in the foyer and the bathrooms. I need to clean out our dressers and closets. I need to organize my art studio and get that going. I need to do my nails, get a facial and a massage. I desperately need a haircut, but I never seem to make time to go. Basically I go to work, come home, collapse and struggle to get very little done at night, only to repeat the process the next day. I used to be an expert at managing my time, but lately I've seen time waste away.
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. Margaret D. Nadauld
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