With a little help from my friends......

My first week as a SAHM has been spent trying to get my house ready to host my sons First Holy Communion party. This has been no small feat. The job I was working at left me emotionally drained at the end of the day and I had little to offer my family or my housekeeping. I had piles and piles of I'll do it someday stuff and once I gave my notice at work it became worse. I figured I would have LOTS of time to do it later. Boy was I wrong, but boy am I lucky. God has blessed me with some awesome friends and a terrific mother in law who have gone above and beyond to help me. My house cleaning, thanks to them, is ahead of schedule, AND most of the cooking will be done as well. This morning I am counting my blessings!!

` I would also like to give a special thank you, you will know who you are when you read this, to someone who continually goes above and beyond for others. Being a newer Christian sometimes it is nice to have someone in your life that is such a believer that their actions are louder than words. Someone that makes you aspire to be a better person. Thank you for always being their for me and my family.

I love the internet!

Oh how I love the internet. The older I get, the more timid I am about trying to do things I have never done before. I am capable of reading instructions and following them, however, I much prefer visual learning. My mission today will be to remove the bones and skin from split chicken breast which are on sale for $1 per pound. I found many instructional videos on you tube and I am ready to go. I have to say it was not nearly as bad as I had envisioned. I feel very accomplished this was a task I have been considering for some time but never put forth the effort. My friend says her mother always does her chicken this way and she even removes the tendons with pliers. Maybe that will be my next feat......maybe

Cleaning Hurts!

Well I have discovered that house cleaning hurts. I have been scrubbing a room a day. So far I made it through the kitchen and the dining room. I have body parts aching that I never knew existed and so much more work to do. It has motivated me to go cancel my gym membership, since I don't go anyway, and I can clean my house for free. I've been putting off cancelling but tomorrow is the day. That is the first step in my being more financially responsible. Plus I now have two shiny rooms only six more to go. Tomorrow I am going to do some warm ups before I tackle the two halls, steps, entrance area, and linen closet and hopefully that will help with the aching body parts. When I wake up each morning to the now cleaner home, that feeling is so worth all the aches.

Purpose

The purpose of this blog is for me to keep track of the changes that I wish to make. I have three children and have been working full time up until about a week ago. Now I am a stay at home mom with a vision of what I want to do for my family.

` Number 1 I am a fairly new Christian and I know God has been knocking on our door. We've opened it enough to see whose outside, but my goal is to bring him in. I want my house to become a home that honors God.

` Number 2 I want to create a clean and organized home that my family can enjoy. A place for everything and everything in it's place, but first I have to sort out seven years of...... well this looks like a good spot.

` Number 3 I want to stay on top of our finances. Dave Ramsey has shown me the way and now it is time for some follow through. I want to reevaluate how we spend our money and learn to do a better job with what God has provided us with.

` Number 4 I want to spend more quality time with my children. I want to do activities that are fun, educational, and healthy. I also want to do things to help introduce them to God.

` Number 5 I want to show my husband, through my example, what it means to be a Christian. I also want to honor my husband by producing a clean less stressful home environment.

` Number 6 I want to continue to learn. I want to delve deeper into Gods word and learn new things that would help my family.

` Number 7 I want to read this blog in it's entirety in one year to see what I have accomplished.