Tired, but getting there :)

Hmmm, the enemy or the Lord?

Why do you think that when we plan to spend the time while our husband's away having quiet chats with the kids; tea outdoors in the warm, spring mornings; getting all the laundry caught right up; finishing up the few little projects as a surprise for his return - sanding & painting a couple bedrooms doors, finishing touches on the trim here & there... why does, instead, the van break down stranding me & a friend with 5 kids under 5; the dog splices open his foot pad on a tin can lid needing an emergency trip to the vet after bleeding all over the entire house; I end up in outpatients for 3 1/2 hours Saturday afternoon leaving a diabetic 5 year old home with a 12 year old, a 9 year old, a 7 year old & a neighbour's kid; painting a few doors winds up being sanding 4 doors and painting about 5 coats on each one, plus 3 more on the front door, all the trim on the outside front windows & door frame, rearranging the living room furniture - including moving a PIANO, installing a shelf, putting up a mirror... needless to say the laundry is feeling rather neglected. Whew, what a week! The paint cans are where they belong, however, and out of my living room! Wahoo!! Last night's crock pot turned out a lovely pot roast, with gravy, and mashed potatoes & carrots. Yum! Then the kids & I raked the back yard and put all the leaves & the odd Yoplait tube wrapper (grr!) in bags - baa, baa 3 bags full - it felt good to have worked together and see such big and quick results. Then inside for a night with the Waltons and they trundled off happily to bed. It was a great day afterall. And Glenn added, plus the Boston Bruins are 'still alive'.

This week we will concentrate on the laundry, first of all, and continue to make the meals the priority - I can handle anything if I know the crock pot's humming or at least the plan is firmly in place for supper. Julie, our 7 year old, wistfully spoke of her love of pancakes this morning, so I was happy to grant her desire - blueberry ones, as well as pear. I think it's a spaghetti day tomorrow - 12 y.o. Jessie's favourite. Then just one more day to wait for Darren's return. I hope he is pleased with our work - manual labour is fun, just not normally my style ;)

Many might think the enemy has slug darts my way to try and break me, at a time my husband can't bail me out - I prefer to see it as the Lord showing me I can do more than I think I can! And that leaning on HIM is the key! There's really a lesson from the Lord in everything, if we only just look :)