Anyway, during those awful weeks and through today I had a few blessings happen. I would like to list those here:
- My friend Mary made me an entire meal, taking that off my plate one night.
- My friend Kristen, gave me a Subway gift card which bought another night's dinner.
- I had another friend offer several times, but poor Christa has dealt with the Winter-sickness from hell since, well, forever and has been consumed with her own house and getting her 6 healthy. She has politely stayed away, haha.
- My mom came over one night and stocked my pantry with lunch foods and snacks as well as filled the freezer with easy dinners. Amazing. She also has helped clean countless Tuesdays while she was here and made chicken noodle soup one night, per my request.
- Jim's mom & sister, Madelyn, provided us with a dinner and cleaned June's room top to bottom one Sunday.
- Jim himself has been putting in earnest effort to help when he can with routine tasks as well.
- Then today a big blessing happened, which was so perfectly timed. I have been in a funk this week, mainly because what wasn't bothering me about the house and kids suddenly was now that I have rejoined the land of the living and am not glued to my couch. I have been annoyed at the kids for behavior and annoyed at the house for, well, being so forgotten over the last 7 weeks and the guilt and frustration has been brewing and starting ti boil over.
I didn't clean at all last night so this morning I was met with a untidy, dirty, sticky house. I decided I was ready to tackle it and I posted on facebook about cleaning:
Lattes make the world a better place. They just do. Thank you Java Joint.
Now to tackle cleaning the house with these 2 rambunctious little people under foot. Thankfully, the third is napping so it's less daunting of a task than it could be. Wish me luck, it's gross in here.
Also, if someone would come wash, dry, fold and put away about 7 loads of laundry that I'm currently behind on, that would be wonderful. Baby number five has COMPLETELY knocked me off my housekeeping game.
Now to tackle cleaning the house with these 2 rambunctious little people under foot. Thankfully, the third is napping so it's less daunting of a task than it could be. Wish me luck, it's gross in here.
Also, if someone would come wash, dry, fold and put away about 7 loads of laundry that I'm currently behind on, that would be wonderful. Baby number five has COMPLETELY knocked me off my housekeeping game.
Then I went on my way. I had the house, upstairs and down, de-cluttered when I heard someone entering my door. "Odd," I thought, "I'm not expecting anyone. They will be embarrassed, when they realize they have the wrong home." In walks my friend Rachel and 2 of her kidlets. She was armed with cleaning supplies. She had an hour and was there to help. At first I told her I was almost done my cleaning. I fell into normal "Susie doesn't need help" mode. Then she asked if I did the dishes. Um, nope. "Is your bathroom scrubbed?" Uh, nah. And I hadn't vacuumed. Basically, I lied.
I wasn't almost done. She walked over and started the dishes. She vacuumed. She wiped down my kitchen. If you ever followed Fly Lady, you could say she blessed my house. And we talked. We caught up. The kids played. It was wonderful and I was able to clear the steps and put things away, including 2 baskets of forgotten laundry during our non-chat times. By the time she left my house was clean and I felt completely caught up. That is huge!
I even have my laundry going and should be done that by tonight. It feels so good and I am humbled by the people I am surrounded by. Wonderful friends, wonderful family. Having both seriously makes everything easier. Both have different roles. Both fit into different areas of my life. All are appreciated. Friends and family far and near are important to me and play a vital role in my life, but I'm feeling particularly blessed by my closest ones right now. <3 nbsp="" p="">
It feels good.
I am also feeling blessed to be in my 2nd trimester, WOO HOO.
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