There isn't a main point to this post, I just wanted to get on her and express my thankfulness for my home, for my family, and for my job that God has given me. Because right now I am feeling discouraged and like seriously, the house WAS CLEAN yesterday. Oooh, it was so pretty and clean and I loved it! It felt like a breath of fresh air!
That was after I worked hard and nonstop for 1 1/2 hours - JUST TO DO THE BASIC STUFF! Like, sweep, unload/load dishwasher, wipe counters, handwash big dishes, throw a loaf of bread in the breadmaker, feed the washer & dryer, pick up the floors & vacuum the whole house, tidy my bathroom counter, make my bed, feed meals, make dinner (Goodness, how does that take like 1 1/2 hours of my day, anyway?!!! It sure was yummy though!).
Sometimes I sigh, and feel like I am so tired. Do you know the feeling? Tereza, you have been SUCH a help for me in that because you are honest to acknowledge that you feel like that (and scream at the housework, ha ha TRUST me I have been there!) BUT then plunge in and get it done. And of course we feel so much better about ourselves AND our home when we're done.
I think sometimes it can become more of a burden to keep doing the same thing over and over, because of so many little hands and feet quickly undoing what we just did. I am thankful for older ones and for their assigned chores - it used to be the most monstrous task for me every evening to make the dinner, set the table, put the food on and serve it, feed the baby during dinner, then clear the table, load the dishes, clean up the kitchen...and that doesn't even count trying to do anything with the little ones.
So now I have helpers that set the table, clear it, and do the dishes - although of course I seem to have my hand in all of that as well, teaching them the right way and lending my help when they seem to be about to wither up in "I can't doooooooo it"-ness. =)
Today I felt like throwing in the towel and NOT doing my workout. NOT doing any housework (will one day of just kind of lounging, really make that big of a difference? Do I really want to find out? LOL), and just heading to my nice clean bedroom (still! From yesterday - wow!) and taking a nap.
But that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what I feel (I did do my workout, by the way - that always starts my day out right). What I NEED and WANT to do, is my job that God has given me as a steward for Him, to do! That's what it comes down to, isn't it? Simply being faithful to the tasks He has given me no matter what my feelings are.
My husband is a good example to me there. I realize that my job does require 24-7 responsibility, but to be honest, I really do get a very nice break from when the kids go to bed, to when they wake up. So I really can't complain.
He goes out to work EVERY SINGLE DAY with not one complaint. He always appreciates and is thankful for the lunches I pack, always has a smile on his face when he walks in the door. And he works long hours too, often he is gone when I wake up at 6:30 and doesn't come back home until 6pm most of the time. I know that many days he doesn't feel like getting up IN THE DARK and doing his job.
But he does, day after day.
So I will do the same so I can stand shoulder to shoulder with my husband and do the good works that God has prepared for me.
Off I go to take care of the kitchen which is needing some love after making m&m cookies with my little helpers! (who are now napping...ooooh lucky them...hee hee)
An hour later....here are the results! Before & afters...
