Yesterday was a bit of a jam packed day, so when I finally got a chance to sit and rest I did exactly that. Once I laid in the bed there was no getting back up to blog. Sorry y'all. lol
My Mary challenge called for me to come up with a way to give life in my home. It's funny, because my church has been on a mission to give life to people daily and I have found a number of ways to do that. I even encourage my children to make it a point to give life throughout their day, but when it came to my home I was stumped. I really was dumbfounded about the entire ordeal, so I asked my family for some suggestions about ways they would like to receive life. (Which turned out to be the assignment for day 3)
It hit me this morning as I went back over Day 2 that one thing I could do for my home is to FINALLY put up the Life Verses that I went to the trouble of picking individually, finding pictures to go with them, printing them, and framing them...only to leave them on top of my computer hutch because I was now waiting for the perfect day to hang them. I'm serious, for some reason the time just wasn't right...no clue what I was actually waiting for. But I got up this morning and did exactly that and it's funny how just putting up those little frames around my house really did give it life!!!
The other part of Day 2's challenge was to clean out the fridge and freezer. Freezer ,not bad at all...fridge was relatively decent. I was able to identify almost everything that needed to be cleaned from the fridge, accept the obscure furry greeness at the bottom of the cheese drawer. I can't begin to guess and I am pretty sure I don't want to.
For Day 3 I had to be a bit more daring. I am pretty short, so a step stool was not sufficient enough to battle the tops of my fridge and cabinets. That was a seamless task. I did however have a "DUH" moment when I needed to move all the medicines from the top of the fridge to wipe it down, and then realized that I could simplify the mess by putting them all in a container. They all fit perfectly and can still be conveniently accessed at the top of the fridge for the ones that are in daily use. But the mess is not out there screaming for all to see when they enter my kitchen.
It did also give me the opportunity to observe the things that I am more diligent in, like wiping down the cabinet doors. There wasn't anything thing on them that created shock and awe. It was just normal finger prints of the little hands that are constantly attempting to hunt and gather from my kitchen.
Like I said before I inadvertently completed my Mary challenge last night, but I am glad to know what little things I can do to make sure I give life to each of my kids. My husband and I had already begun doing something on a regular basis for one another, so that helps keep life in our marriage. I created little hint boxes (I love the Dating Divas), and so now we can put in our own ideas of what we would like and the other is free to choose what to do. It's a best of both worlds idea. We don't have to get frustrated about our ideas of nice being different. Each one of us has written specifically what we want. The other person just has to execute it. The items don't always have to be things, I know for me there are some acts of service in the box. The best way to show me that you love me or care for me is to 1)give me time to myself and 2)lighten my load as a Chief Home Executive.
I'm excited to see what Day 4 is going to bring. Doing this challenge has helped me focus on my physical and spiritual house, without becoming completely overwhelmed. I try to get other things done throughout the day too, but if I don't I find no need to fret about it. I accomplished my goal for today and burning myself out trying to be "patty perfect" is what gets me to the point where my home consumes me. So I am okay with taking this thing one day at a time. :D
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