Life on the Road

This is a terrific idea!  Many thanks to Crystal over at Biblical Womanhood for this encouragement.

I’m sorry I missed the first day - I already have some catching up to do!  I really relate to Crystal’s explanation:

I hope some of you will join me in this challenge, but more importantly, I know that I need the challenge. Things have been a little out of order here the last few months with travels, sickness, and my husband starting his own law firm… and our home has reflected this. So I’m hopeful that the next two weeks I can focus on getting things back into order here so that our home can become more of a haven of refreshment to my family and all those who would enter its doors.

Not that my husband started his own law firm…  But we did just move across country, pull all our stuff out of storage, he started a new job, and I’m getting more and more pregnant-looking and -feeling all the time!

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So, here’s my plan for Making My Home a Haven Today:

1. Refresh Your Spirit

Since it’s uncomfortably hot and humid here already, I’m going to pass on the cup of tea.  I think I’ll go for a nice, tall glass of cold water with my Bible reading.  I’m not in the process of reading through anything in particular, so today I’ll pick a spot to start my mornings with for the next little while.

2. Planning

I’m going to do yesterday’s assignment and solidify a morning routine.  I have a tendency to stay in my p.j.’s until necessity forces me to get dressed.  I can cook and clean and take care of the kiddos just fine in p.j.’s, and it’s more comfy, right?  I have really been letting the heat control me, and I need to break out of that habit.  I think I will be more energetic and motivated if I shower and dress first thing, although I may not follow the FlyLady ideal of putting shoes on - the heat still controls some things! 

3. Do Something

Luckily for me, yesterday’s “entryway” and today’s “living room” are really the same, as our tiny house dumps you right into the middle of things.  I intend to get out the Christmas music to play while I’m doing this…  We’ve all felt a little “holiday spirit” challenged around here because of the weather, and I want to start actively combating that.

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There’s my commitment for today.  Now I’d better get off the computer and get to it! 

Care to join me?