IT'S CLEAN!!!

Earlier today while talking on the phone with Lauren she offered to take Rhett to the park so I could get some things done. My first response was no since I didn't really NEED her to watch him since I had nowhere I needed to go without children. She persistently kept asking and then I started to compute in my mind the timing of this park trip. Rhett would be gone at the exact same time that Emmie lays down for a nap. Remember my last post. I just realized today all of those things I wanted to get done just happen to NOT involve children. Maybe I really did NEED her to watch him for me. Thank you Lauren for your gift today. I cannot stress enough how it was a gift straight from heaven because only God knows how much I NEEDED it.

While my children were napping/playing at the park I completed two loads of laundry including washing all of our bed linens. I vacumned the entire house with this. I dusted furniture, cleaned two bathrooms as well as Rhett room and our room. I haven't seen much of the floor in Rhetts room lately so it was getting pretty bad. MY HOUSE IS CLEAN! I'm sure I've mentioned before in this blog how much I love an orderly, clean house. With two small children I've had to accept that certain things will not be just the way I like all the time. I also have to be careful my desire to control things in this way does not take priority over my childrens need to be loved and played with. However, I also feel like psychologically I need to have days like today to get things in order so I can experience the peace I feel at this moment. My family does not need an overwhelmed wife/mother because the house is a mess.

I also had some time to read part of a really good book. I'm not going to mention it now because I think it's so good I will have to blog about it in the future. Every page makes me want to grab my journal and take notes since it's a library book and I can't actually write in the book. And then of coarse as if I haven't done enough I even have some extra time to sit here and type with a diet coke and some peanut m&m's. Life does not get much better than this. Did I mention MY HOUSE IS CLEAN!! Sorry I'm just a little giddy about that.