Blessings From Home

Not as planned, but still good

In my daily post, I spoke about trying to stick to my daily routines, and basic weekly plan, and how much I really needed to do that especially as the time for our newest blesssing is to arrive draws nearer. And as true as that is, today did not go as planned. School took longer than it usually does, housework didn't follow along any faster, and by day's end, I felt like I got nothing done, except for a load of laundry, and a few dishes, and ofcourse schoolwork.

Right after dinner, though I was blessed with a sudden burst of energy, and boy did I use it. My girls room has not had any work done to it since we moved in. The most I've done in there is gather some dirty laundry, wash bedding, and tuck my girls into bed, while I tripped over every single toy and doll on my way out the door. I couldn't really blame them for not putting their toys up, because they had no idea where they went. To say that my girls' room looked like a tornado went through it would be kind. It was awful, we literally had a path through the room, and even it had to be cleared at least once a day.

So I cleaned up from dinner, got the kids situated playing in another room, and I set to work. Sorting, purging, and organizing toys, gathering trash, and things that didn't even belong in there, and putting it all away. We just set up two new (to them) day beds over the weekend, so now we had lots of extra space under their beds to store things. They also have a nice sized closet with high shelves where I can put some of their toys that I don't want them just getting down whenever they please. I worked for a steady 2 hours in their room, from 7 to 9, and I'm thankful to say, I'm almost finished.

Tomorrow I would like to finish up in there even though it's not really part of my daily routine. I still have another hour or two worth of work in there. After gathering all their toys up from all over the house, I'd like to go through all the toys one more time and get rid of a lot more. Their baby dolls for instance is insane. Then there's the stuffed animals that need to find a home. And I would like to finally get there pictures hung and their room decorated a little bit.

At another time, I have the big task of making the "great seasonal clothing swap". lol. That will take me a bit of time, although I do have their clothes sorted in tubs by size already, but the act of getting them all switched out will take me the better part of a Saturday. I'll try and post a picture or two of the finished product if I can get to it.

Part of me would like to do this everyday, pick a room, work on it for a couple of days or until I feel like I'm done, and then move onto another room in the house, until everything has been gone through, but the problem is that I don't know when I'll honestly have the energy to do that much. I can see myself getting the girl's room finished tomorrow, but only because I did the bulk of the work today, but to hope for another burst of energy like that again is not always promising in these last weeks of pregnancy. I guess I'll just take these oppurtunities as they arise and use them for all they've got.

But for now, it' nearing 10pm, and that's my bedtime. My children are all snoozing away, and I envy them so. I'm off to join them in joyful slumber. Have a blessed evening!

sara