I cannot believe that so much time has already passed for 2011. My life has been anything but simple these last few months and I do not see things slowing down for a while. The reason? I have gone back to work fulltime. My main boss is a wonderful Christian man which makes the transition from homemaker to fulltime employee easier, but not without several bumps in the road. I am having to relearn how to schedule home time around work time. It has been twenty years since that has been the case. Of course, it is just a season and I know seasons change all the time.
I have been reading, but not as much as I would like. I have completed 12 books so far and I am working on books 13 and 14 right now. I usually have a couple going at a time. My list so far is:
1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1/5/2010)
2. The Door to December by Dean Koontz (1/11/11)
3. Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard (1/13/11)
4. Getting Things Done by David Allen (2/1/11)
5. Waking Lazarus by T. L. Hines (2/4/11)
6. America's Cheapest Family by Steve Economides (2/9/11)
7. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (3/2/11)
8. 29 Gifts-How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker (3/7/11)
9. This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti (3/17/11)
10. The Book of Lies by Brad Metzler (4/3/11)
11. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (4/17/11)
12. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (4/26/11)
I should have read 18 books so far, but life does seem to be going so fast right now. I really need to slow myself back down and remember the simple things. I need to find the simplicity while working.
I will say with me going back to work has helped my son in learning some domestic skills. He is learning the duties of laundry, vacuuming, washing dishes (no we do not have a dishwasher), dusting, and yard work beyond the mowing and edging of the lawns. He has been working odd jobs to earn money. He has been doing temp work for both a manufacturing plant and a fertilizer plant. Thank goodness the fertilizer plant is not in the manure business, just liquid fertilizer and soil products.
There are times when I would love to be at home again. I miss the day to day life of taking care of my family, but the money that I am now able to put towards our emergency fund and soon our debt will help I hope in the long run. I am also able to help out a friend because before I started working for him, he and his wife were good friends. And still are I should add.
Life does seem to be rushing by and not so simple, but I am learning how to simplify. I am going through each part of the house and trying to clean out the excess. The big thing we have been working on is the garage. Before it gets too hot here, we have been trying to get the garage in order and are almost able to actually put to cars into our garage for the first time since we moved into this house 16 years ago. Wow that will be a red letter day. I might actually have to put a picture up of two cars in the two car garage.
I have been reading, but not as much as I would like. I have completed 12 books so far and I am working on books 13 and 14 right now. I usually have a couple going at a time. My list so far is:
1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1/5/2010)
2. The Door to December by Dean Koontz (1/11/11)
3. Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard (1/13/11)
4. Getting Things Done by David Allen (2/1/11)
5. Waking Lazarus by T. L. Hines (2/4/11)
6. America's Cheapest Family by Steve Economides (2/9/11)
7. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (3/2/11)
8. 29 Gifts-How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker (3/7/11)
9. This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti (3/17/11)
10. The Book of Lies by Brad Metzler (4/3/11)
11. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (4/17/11)
12. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (4/26/11)
I should have read 18 books so far, but life does seem to be going so fast right now. I really need to slow myself back down and remember the simple things. I need to find the simplicity while working.
I will say with me going back to work has helped my son in learning some domestic skills. He is learning the duties of laundry, vacuuming, washing dishes (no we do not have a dishwasher), dusting, and yard work beyond the mowing and edging of the lawns. He has been working odd jobs to earn money. He has been doing temp work for both a manufacturing plant and a fertilizer plant. Thank goodness the fertilizer plant is not in the manure business, just liquid fertilizer and soil products.
There are times when I would love to be at home again. I miss the day to day life of taking care of my family, but the money that I am now able to put towards our emergency fund and soon our debt will help I hope in the long run. I am also able to help out a friend because before I started working for him, he and his wife were good friends. And still are I should add.
Life does seem to be rushing by and not so simple, but I am learning how to simplify. I am going through each part of the house and trying to clean out the excess. The big thing we have been working on is the garage. Before it gets too hot here, we have been trying to get the garage in order and are almost able to actually put to cars into our garage for the first time since we moved into this house 16 years ago. Wow that will be a red letter day. I might actually have to put a picture up of two cars in the two car garage.
