Dreamy Days

I know Shawn gets tired of seeing me so worn out - so tired from working on the hosue all day +taking care of the children + laundry/housekeeping/cooking + schoolwork. I generally appear as a wet dishcloth at the door to greet him. I sometimes gt a glance of myself in a mirror, in a window's reflection and wonder who this old worn out woman is!

And so yesterday I made an exception to my hasty days and made a bit of time just for me. I ran the children outdoors. I didn't use bubbles of course, the old horse trough just makes them stick to the sides. :-) but I had already heated up lots of boiling water on the stovetop so it was just right when I had everything set for my first hot bath since we moved in. As I lay back and closed my eyes to relax a bit I wondered if the old fashioned mothers did the same once in a while, putting out the children while she soaked in a tub just by herself after an especially hard days work. I imagined myself a pioneer mother, out on the plains with no one in sight other than the children and I tucked in an old sheet across all the openings that don't have curtains yet.

The house was gloriously dim and quiet. I could hear the children playing and laughing outside - that was enough "mood music" for me and instantly put a smile on my face. I lay back my head and prayed for renewed strength, for grace for another day, for mercy and forgiveness. Then I prayed for a new vigor in my homemaking and homeschooling. For a new love for my husband that I would reverence and honor him, for everything good and praiseworthy that I have yet to accomplish.

Then I jumped out, dressed in a new crisp skirt and blouse fresh from the clothesline, and finished up the supper fixin's. We had:

sausage patties

baked potatoes

Spanish rice (brown rice with tace seasoning)

carrots