Have you ever sat down and evaluated where you are in you life?

I did this alittle last night. See, today I turn 35. (No, I do not celebrate this day, but I do have to acknowledge that I have to change what I write on medical forms from this day forward. :-) ) How do I feel about my life up to now, and what would I like to change in the future.

I am happy with where I am...a loving DH..two wonderful DC, and two out of three step children that like me . I have the rare and wonderful privilege to stay at home with my children and the ability to piddle in my Mary Kay business. (I do mean to do more than piddle, but for now, I am just trying to stay active and build from there.)

What I would like to see as far as changes.... strive to be a better keeper of our home, increase my personal Bible study, increase my Bible studies with the dc and to increase my activity out in service.

Now, these are ALL do-able...I just have to put forth the effort. And I am PRAYING for help in that matter.

Well, those are my deep thoughts for the day...I am not off to play a game of Dora's chutes and ladders with my little girl.

False hopes of being a writer.....

I have tried to start a post several times today. I felt I needed to write SOMETHING. LOL

I keep getting what can only be called writers block....well, it could be called other things, but hey, I can be delusional, I mean optimistic.

I used to have dreams of being a writer. I wrote short story after short story in high school. Even got a couple published….in the school paper. That doesn’t take a whole lot of talent to accomplish, but it is still nice.

Now, I have trouble thinking of things to post here on this blog. I guess I should be happy that my life is not very traumatic or dramatic.

Who knows, maybe I will start a short story….from a more mature perspective…. The delusion, I mean dream continues!:-)

January 11, 2006

The month is a third over and I haven't posted anything new! :-(

Not alot has happened recently, which is nice for a change after December. I have been trying to get back on track with keeping the housekeeping up. I kinda slacked a bit (okay a lot!) in December.

I have really had to mentally shake myself, because I have been kinda "resenting" the housework I have to do. Then I thought, Get over it Molly! You have the rare privilege to stay at home with your children. You don't have to put your kids in day care or after school programs until you can rush home after working all day in an office! (Sometimes I REALLY have to shake myself up a bit!)

I have also been thinking alot about being there for DH. What can I do to make things even easier on him? Have I mentioned before that he works a full-time AND a part-time job? He does that SO that I can stay home with the kids. He likes that I am here when they get home from school, that I am here to keep them home if they are sick. So, I am trying to go that EXTRA mile to show how much I appreciate what he does. I try to keep things tidy around the house, I also try and do as much as I am capable of around the house (maintenance-wise). I know there are things that I am just not physically able to do, but even then, I am trying to have DS16 learn to do things and have him do them. I truly want DH's evening and weekends to be free for him to do what he wants to do.

It is an ongoing process, that I hope will continue to bear good results.

Have a great day!

Molly