The day started so well . . . "well" meaning the children were happily watching "I Dream of Jeannie," while I did things I wanted/needed to do. That was the high point. I had great aspirations of getting caught up on school work, finishing some more Christmas presents, doing some more laundry, etc.
Weeeeell, it didn't happen. None of it, not the laundry, not the catching up, not the presents, nada nada nada . . . we did some schoolwork, I sorted some of the babies clothes, didn't touch the projects, didn't do much of anything.
I suppose I can be glad that my children are fed, healthy, happy and relatively well adjusted. My house is, as the quote states, "clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy." I decided to post these photos because it seems when looking at most blogs, the person's life, when only looked at through the eyes of those viewing the blog photos, is idyllic. You know, no messes, no bad days (despite the statements otherwise), no fights, perfection in a picture. Well, my life is truly a real life, full of fights, tantrums, messes, laziness, lateness, and procrastination (to name a FEW of many imperfections).
Yes, in case you were wondering, those are breakfast dishes still on the counter. And guess what! They have been happily nibble upon all through the day. I will try to remedy the disaster area shown in these photos after the children go to bed. They are going to bed an hour early tonight. It has been one of those days. I guess the worst part of it all is that I know the reason it was one of those days. . . . me. As of late, I have been pathetically unfaithful in my reading and studying of Scripture, and prayer has been virtually forgotten. I have to go now because my youngest daughter has a poopie diaper and my oldest daughter just informed me that my middle daughter has all but overflowed the toilet with too much toilet paper. Pray for me. . . . pray for them. Now they are lying and fighting . . . sigh
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