September 21, 2006
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What a Pleasant Day
Usually, when I have to get in a whole day of school and a whole day of running around, I’m a mean, nasty mother person. But, today, someone must have sent up many prayers on my behalf because it was a lovely day. (I keep singing the children’s song: “Today is my favorite day! God made it in a special way. I love tomorrow and yesterday, but today is my favorite day!”)
Instead of packing the van all at once, I took all morning in little bits to take our needful supplies to the van: library books, food for supper and the cooler, dryer parts, dry cleaning, football gear, water bottles, returns, school books, jackets… Then, when it came time to get ready to leave, we were all ready and relaxed. The rest of the day, I was ahead of schedule and didn’t once have to say, “Hurry up! Let’s go!” It was such a blessing.
In addition to being relaxing, the day was quite productive. I dismantled the dryer to see if the heating coil was burnt out and took it to be checked. (I always feel empowered when ripping apart household appliances.) We got three weeks worth of school books at the library. I actually found a shirt, skirt, and pants that fit Libby,who is in that not-really-teen size, too tall for girl’s size age, and jeans and pants for David. I didn’t realize he had been wearing shorts all the time because all his pants were above the ankle! To avoid being tedious, I’ll refrain from listing the other twelve things we did.
And, to add to the excitement, the Saxon lesson writing is going better. Somebody must be praying for me, and I thank you very, very much!
Comments (12)
Good, good, good! Especially about the Saxon lesson writing. I didn’t get to Excelsior today . . . too much to do! But, tomorrow is a new day, is it not?
I’m glad things are going well…
I love productive days! :)
I’m sorry the above comment was actually me. I did not realize that my husband was still signed in! Oops!
Yes, you looked very calm, cool, and collected when I saw you at Walmart today! But, then, you always do!!
Did you mention that the Doctor authored a Saxon math book?
Thought you might find this interesting.
http://tech.msn.com/howto/article.aspx?cp-documentid=937187
i am very glad that you the Lord has given you such a good day! :D so, do i have this right that you and hubby actually are the authors of saxon math books? okay, i am impressed. wow…
and you are such an encouraging person! thankyou for being encouraging.
I love it when that happens!!!! I, too, am usually ”grumpy mommy” when we have to cram so many things into one day and am thrilled when I’m not! I always think, “Now, why was that so hard!!?!” Wish I could say I was praying for you. I’ll pray for you now……. I’ve heard that prayers might be retroactive!!….. hey! If that’s true, then, there’s your “time travel”!!! ;P
Hooray for a great day! I just took my two little ones to the grocery store and it did not go well. I managed not to lose my cool though, we just kept plodding on through…
“Little Bird” is my daddy’s nickname for me!
Well, I for one would be interested. I did want to write about miracles and posted it on an earlier site.