Every year at this time I want to do some serious cleaning, organizing, and de-cluttering. You know how it is, your house gets destroyed from the holidays, your house fills with new stuff, and that means...well, it's a mess and you just don't have enough room for everything anymore. That's how it is here at least. Even if I received just one present I think I would feel this way. A complete overhaul of my house needs to take place and I'm just the woman to do it!?! I started so far with the kids' rooms. Georgia's room is cleaned, reorganized, and closet is cleaned out. Caleb's room is... well, reorganized a bit with a new under-bed train table...closet is still a disaster. It just diminishes from there. My house is plenty picked up, but the deep cleaning still has to happen. Seems like when I take the time though to do some extra cleaning, some deep cleaning, then the little things pile up. Lord just give me one extra day. An extra 24 hours, KID FREE, that I could devote to cleaning WITHOUT little ones behind me making more messes. I'm gonna work on it though. I need some new shelves in the play room closet, some way to organize the games and rotation toys. I still need to figure out some sort of organization for my bedroom and my closet...well, that's the scariest area of the house! (aside from the garage but that doesn't count right?) But one room at a time. One extra cleaning chore a day on top of the regular cleaning...and by May I may be finished! :0)

New Year's resolutions...are you making any? I always seem to make A LOT! You know the standards: exercise more, eat less junk, devote more time to Bible study and prayer, have a more structured and productive day with the kids, learn something new (this year mine is how to better utilize my camera and it's features, plus Photoshop), save a lot more and spend A LOT less....just overhaul myself! Hmmm... doesn't sound like too much right? I'm all for the thought of having a lot of goals so maybe I'll hit at least one or two of them! Right now I have huge expectations, I can do it all! :0) (it would help GREATLY though if God would at least add maybe 3 hours to each day!)

Hmmm....anything funny happen today? I want to try to take the time to remember/jot down little things when I post. Those little things that could go by unnoticed. (sounds like ANOTHER resolution doesn't it?) Honestly though, not sure if there was anything today...Georgia is talking more and more and still screaming "MOMMA!" at me...not my favorite thing. If you've been around her, you've probably witnessed this...it's not pretty. We're working on it but she's a bit head-strong (must get that from her father I'm sure!). Oh...I know something worth noting . I saw God's wonderful hands at work today. I saw Him cradle my daughter, protect her. Georgia was on the third step on our back porch...third CONCRETE step. She was coming up the steps but Eli was going down. He barely bumped her but he did, just enough for her to lose her balance. Those steps are always my greatest fear as they are rough concrete and lead down to more rough concrete. Georgia fell backwards, down one step onto her rump and down the next on her head and onto the porch turned to her face. On the corner even! It was one of the scariest moments I have had in a while. I was only a few steps away, but enough to be out of arm's reach and helpless as she tumbled. Just like that, 3 seconds of time but scary and possibly very damaging. I was terrified and quickly scooped her up to survey the damage. NONE. Not a single scratch or mark. Not a bump, a bruise, or a bo-bo of any kind. She was scared (although not half as much as me) but stopped crying within 10 seconds. I myself took much longer to compose myself and in that time, I thanked Him for protecting her. For being where I wasn't, doing what I couldn't. Gotta love that about Him. :0)

all for now!
see ya soon!
:0)
~robin

1 Comment

1. Grateful for Grace on December 28, 2007 at 11:31 PM

   If it would make you feel like you're getting more done... you could come to my house! I'll take all the kids (yours included) somewhere for half a day and you can deep clean and organize MY HOUSE! Sound good?
   You're chompin' at the bit to do it, aren't you?
   
   I love you!