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I woke up this morning with a huge to-do list. What’s new, right? Right. Today was a little different though. On Saturday, we made a decision to use a tiny window of time we have this week to go on a college visit for Asa, our high school senior. Seeing as we ended soccer season yesterday and basketball season begins next week – this week is pretty much our only option. :)
So, we’re squeezing in the trip and making lots of last minute plans. If only it was as simple as packing a bag and gassing up the van. Nope. Our Azure Standard food co-op order will be coming in while we’re gone, so I needed to make arrangements for someone else to pick it up. What about our Tuesday farm-fresh milk pick-up? Justus desperately needed a hair cut. I had to update Asa’s high school transcript to take with us. I have an article due for our local newspaper. We needed to follow up with family members for sleeping arrangements while we’re traveling. What about making/packing food for the road? Writing and scheduling posts to go up while I’m away from the computer? Switching piano lesson day and time for Malachi? The list went on forever, and it needed to be completed by tonight.
My brain kicked into high gear the moment my feet hit the floor this morning. This means that I could have gone from peaceful sleep to freak-out mode in a matter of two minutes, especially when I walked into the kitchen and saw the undone dishes from yesterday (blech). Thankfully, after years of going about life the hard way, God is teaching me to do better. Never, ever does it work for me to fly into becoming a crazy mom/wife/blogger/friend/organizer/homemaker. That’s when I say hurtful words to my husband and kids, leaving God completely out of my day. So I did what I know to do now: I told my brain to hush.
My brain put up a bit of a fight, but prayer, my Bible, and a cup (okay fine, 2 cups) of coffee (with cream) won the battle. We got the boys started on their school work and kitchen clean-up, then started tackling all the phone calls and work that needed to be done. One thing at a time, tasks were checked off the to-do list.
By lunchtime, I was amazed at how much had come together even if (don’t tell) I still hadn’t made it back upstairs to get out of my pajamas yet. My work-from-home, school-from-home life is glamorous, no doubt.
I decided to make One-Hour Whole Wheat Yeast Rolls for travel sandwiches (easiest rolls ever!). Didn’t they turn out pretty?
I’m grateful for how details of our week came together. We’ll now be one more step closer to helping Asa find out God’s plan for him next year. And I didn’t even have to freak out to make it happen. God’s way is best – every single time.
Well, kudos for telling your mind to hush. I’ll have to remember that one! I think one of my daily prayers for the last 3 years has been for the Lord to order my steps. This week, I’m thankful for the example that words said to our children help to build a strong family. http://lisaappelo.com/6-things-every-parent-should-say/
I am thankful that God is possibly opening a door I thought never would be open!
My daughter.
I am thankful for an all day retirement seminar that my husband is attending today through his employer. This will be helpful for our planning and knowing when he can retire. This is our big decision but we know God will show us the way.
…..and my clothesline since my dryer has just died :)
I am thankful for Boy Scout Troop 876 of Chandler, AZ and their two awesome leaders, Eric Gustafson and Patrick Lambson. The boys needed a service project so came over to move the items in my storage shed to a truck so I could move. They were terrific – getting the work done in a fourth of the time it would have taken me to do it. They were a God send.
I am sooo Thankful we’ve been blessed here in S.E. Nebraska with beautiful weather at the end of Oct. so I can continue to weatherize the outside of my house & clean gutters etc…. Almost done “Oh the Lord is good to me & so I thank the Lord”anyone know that song? Blessings on your day Laura…PeggyK
I am thankful for this post. Too often I turn into a cranky, stressed out mom because I have too many things going on at once. That just doesn’t do for a peaceful household. In fact, I admit, I turned into one on Friday while getting things ready to go camping. I am thankful for this post reminding me to take it slow…one thing at a time!
The Lord, my family and the 15 organic spaghetti squash I got for $12.00 at the farmers market on Saturday!!!!
LIKE!! Thank you for the encouraging reminder to take time with God, especially on crazy days. I was straining our yummy beef broth today and gave my 11 month old (who isn’t on solids yet…until now) a bone with some of the soft marrow in it to play with to keep him busy. He dug out the marrow and had such fun eating it. I read that the broth and soft marrow are so good for babies with all the minerals and good fats. I’m thankful for this nourishing food for my family!
I am grateful for a loving husband! He’s earned that moniker today big time.
I am thankful for sometimes not having to be as organised as usual
http://www.sandrasark.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/i-love-not-so-organised-days-things-i.html
I needed the reminder to take the to-do list one item at a time. Thanks!
I’m super thankful for how the Lord works in unexpected ways. I’m being blessed with a bunch of rabbit cages that had been sitting in a barn unused for many years. We currently have a hutch system going on that I’m not crazy about, but didn’t have the money to buy cages to replace the hutches yet.
It was such an unexpected offer (I didn’t even know this person used to have rabbits…) that it just reminded me that God is always watching out for us, and providing for us in ways that only He can.
I’m glad you are enjoying your son. I have a junior and he’s at a very small school with nothing to help us with college???
But I need to remind him and my husband that God has a plan! Thanks for the reminder!