Housework...

I normally follow a schedule of housework chores...grocery shopping..laundry etc.

it used to look like this:

Monday:laundry, change bedding

Tuesday: dust vacuum

Wednesday: iron, clean bathrooms

Thursday: grocery day and plan weekly menu

Friday: mop

Saturday and Sunday-have fun

Being 31weeks pregnant with 2 girls age 3 and 22 months...

That schedule flew out the window a LONG time ago.

Sometimes my daily accomplishment is getting a shower for myself.

I do 3 things consistently every single day:

feed the girls (and myself and Philip) healthy meals

bathe girls

load and run the dishwasher every night

laundry is ongoing instead of one day a week(Which drives me nuts!)

I havent seen my iron in about 3 months

I do sweep the kitchen 2-3 times a day

but vacuum the house??? ummmm lets NOT go there

Sometimes I think it would be nice to have a clean and tidy house all the time.

If that were true..my life would be so boring.

I LOVE the messes that are made and that I get to clean them up.  

I LOVE that my home is "lived in" and its comfortable.

I LOVE that every single room has traces of my kids...even if it is a rubber duck swimming in the toilet.

I LOVE that the kitchen is USED and I GET to make yummy meals for them.

I LOVE that when I get my girls up from naps...they have all the stuffed animals lined up for story time and my oldest is asleep on the floor from reading.

Sometimes at the end of the day I look at my living room and see a random shoe on the couch

and leftover blocks that didnt make it to the bin.

I notice a little crayon mark on the tile and a dried grape underneath the kitchen table.

I just pick it up and wipe the messes.

I go into my girls room everynight at least 5 times just to look at them.

Oh boy they are precious little angels.

I LOVE housework.

I GET to "redo" everything many times a week.

I have the HONOR of caring for my children each day.

I receive JOY when the pile of broken crayons lays on top of a heart drawn by my 3 year old.

I wouldnt want to do anything more.

There will be a day when I have a clean and tidy house.

I dont even want to think about it.

I like my housework.

its not just housework to be done.

Its life that is lived.

Blessings that are received.

Dear Housework...I welcome you to stay as long as you like.