What Works For Me: I don't know yet, but I am trying...

Yesterday at Co-op, I discovered that 3 of the 4 hours I am in the nursery (to be expected) and the other hour I am a hall monitor. Now, when I first learned of this "job," I was less than thrilled. But now, I am more than thrilled. I basically get to sit by myself for 55 minutes in the hallway, being a monitor. Sound fun? I know- but it is SO NICE! (Can you tell I am just up to my ears in chatter every day? :-)

So, again, yesterday I was sitting in the hall wondering what I was going to do. All I had with me was my attempted "brain" notebook, so I decided to start making some lists. I have three dividers: TO DO, TO BUY, TO REMEMBER. *grin* I know, but hey, this is my life right now. And you know how I said those messies emails just weren't cutting it? I set out to form a new plan.

Here's my plan:

Weekly (deeper) cleaning list
Monday: Dining, Master Bed, and Living Room... Wash sheets.
Tuesday: Kitchen
Wednesday: Family Room, Door, Living Room... Vacuum
Thursday: Girls Bathroom and Both toilets (no shower)
Friday: Living, Dining, Girls Bedroom.. Wash sheets.
Saturday: Master Bath, both showers, (no toilet)
Sunday: Computer Desk and Surrounding area

This looks painfully obvious, but I hope it will help to restore a little order to our lives, instead of the chaos that comes with cleaning "what I feel like at the time," which often means that which demands the most attention.

Today I accomplished the Thursday job- and feel great about it. The girls were so excited. We talk a lot about how we need to clean the house... but getting them to do it is less than easy. But today was a different story. I did most of it by myself, but they were right there with me watching and learning.

A trooper friend told us one time that what makes a good trooper is when the offending party thanks you for giving them a ticket. I say what makes a good momma is when the 3 year old asks when she will be old enough to clean the potty. *GRIN*

Doing the wrong thing...

Melia: "Mommy, when I do something wrong, it hurts my feelings, and it rips part of my heart off. You just don't know how it feels."

Two Free Roosters... Seriously

Ok, so we have 7 hens. And we get zero eggs. My newest thought on why is that those two dumb roosters stress the hens out. Plus, we don't need them.

So, anybody who wants a rooster... They are both cochens. I will even drop them off. Within reason... I don't even care if it's your house- Got a grudge? I can help.

*grin*

So Stinkin' Busy...

I need to clean my house...

I don't think the Messies Anon emails are very helpful, just for those of you who are wondering why I haven't transformed my world overnight. Or overweek. Or overmonth... They are very general-- I work better under strict tutelage! Clean the car! Clean the entryway! Do 5 loads of laundry, and put them all away! Mop the floor! Do it now!

In other words **Don't get distracted!**

Restaurants.com Sale!

Restaurant.com is having a sale for today only, 09-09-09 where their regularly priced $25 gift certs for $10 are 90% off... So $25 gift certs for $1!!! Not bad, eh? I have bought a few, but haven't had the opportunity to use them..... and now I have a few more! :-)

Krazy Coupon Lady's link

Surprising Read in the Wenatchee World

It's funny. Being strict parents, we get all sorts of reactions. But they basically either fall on one side or the other, not so much in the "you do what you want" category. We are either "way too strict, no-fun parents" or "your kids are so well-behaved and nice." Sometimes it's just "you are so lucky," which is about the biggest bunch of baloney... I know we're strict, and while my kids aren't perfect, I do appreciate that the child rearing advice we have been SO blessed with (called No Greater Joy! along with parental examples, etc.) greatly helps us in our quest to raise God-fearing and honoring individuals-- because this is our goal. Enough of this "entitlement" and "self-esteem" stuff- it's not about us anyway. It's about Him, and what we can do to serve Him!

Anyway, off my soapbox. What I was meaning to put here was that today I read an article in the Wenatchee World that surprised me. Surprising mainly because I don't believe our society's perspective has moved in the direction of this article, so to see it in a media source that isn't a fundamental Christian publication was encouraging! (Granted, it didn't say anything about God, but it still swung the pendulum away from the SELF/MEMEME factor in raising children.) It's possible I just really appreciated how the author did not sugar coat everything. He was blunt and to the point. And I like that, especially when discussing what works and what doesn't.

Time for 60's Parenting to Grow Up

enjoy :-)
** I'm not saying that all non-Christian publications have bad child-rearing advice. I just haven't found any I think are worth the time I spent reading them, so this was different from the norm in that way. :-) (Ha- I wonder how many hackles I've raised with this one! hee hee)

** edited to add: I am also not saying I have all the answers-- I don't! But I am perceptive enough to know that there are some people out there with whom it just stinks to work with. You know, those who think they are entitled to this and that, and shouldn't have to drudge through life with us normal people; after all they are something special... :-) You can sense my sarcasism, I hope, but for the most part I'm not kidding. I work with some of them, and have no pity for those who think that consequences for actions should not apply to them... or that they should not have to start at the bottom of the ladder and WORK their way up. I hope you get my point.

FINALLY!

You know how I said I was making a big order to NoGreaterJoy??? I finally did it. But not only did I order, I signed up to be a distributor. I am very excited about this... it's no pressure on me OR you, but I get to have books available that I know will make a great impact on people's lives.

So, just in case you were thinking about NGJ books and stuff, here's what I ordered:
Created to be His Help Meet
Good and Evil Comic books
By Divine Design
Child Training Sets (To Train up a Child and the No Greater Joy volumes)
Holy Sex
Jumping Ship
When Forgiveness is a Sin
Young Adults and Marriage
Pornography- Road to Hell
Rebekah's Diary
Eight Kingdoms
ABC Bible Verse Songs CD
Authority Praying
Joy of Training DVDs
Marriage God's Way
Teaching Responsibility
Only Men

They will be the same price as their website (nogreaterjoy.org) but you won't have to pay shipping.

Kiera's Reaction to my Pedicure

Yesterday to celebrate Darcy and Matt's 3rd Anniversary, Andrea treated Darcy and I to pedicures! Fun stuff, although I am just plain ticklish!

This morning Kiera spied my toes for the first time (I grabbed them, dropped them off, and headed to work, so she didn't have a chance yesterday) and had an extremely enthusiastic response:

"WOW Mommy! Those are prudiful!!! Sooo Prudiful Mommy!"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

This is HILARIOUS!

Isaac Rolls...