New Routine

I have never been a morning person. Not a day in my life. I would happily sleep until 10-11am each day. Only problem with that is that my kids are morning people. I think this is a wonderful example of God using my life circumstances to shape and mold me more and more into His likeness. (Not to say you have to get up early to be a "good Christian", but the bible does talk about laziness and what becomes of the lazy man)

I have desired for a long time to be a more productive person, and to be the kind of wife and mother God has called me to be. Yet I admit that an area I have often struggled is staying on top of chores. Oh, sure, I make a real effort to keep my living room tidy and my kitchen as clean as possible with four young kids, but my laundry room seems to always be on the verge of imploding, there is always clutter here and there and everywhere, and my room... yeah, lets not go there.

So today is my first day in making some big changes. I am determined to start getting up with Rich on a daily basis. Perhaps not quite as early as him (sorry folks, 4:30 is pushing it a tad for me), but early enough to have breakfast with him and to spend a little time with him in the quiet of the early (read pre-dawn, as my kids seem to wake up with the sun) morning. I am equally determined to work on finding a balance between chores, the kids schooling, eating (yes, I often forget this one), and having a bit of "me" time each day. I fully intend on hammering out a great hour by hour schedule, as sticking to a schedule will probably be my only hope for realistically achieving this on a daily basis, but I have to work on it a bit more. It will probably be a week or two before I come up with one that will work well, as teaching four children to follow the same schedule is tricky, and I will probably need to make adjustments as I find what works and what doesn't.

Today is my first day of getting up early, and is going to be my day to get caught up on areas of the house that have been rather neglected since Ruth was born. We have a pretty busy weekend ahead, so I guess Monday will be my first day attempting to cram everything into one short day. I am strangely excited about this, but we'll see how long that lasts. ;)