Today was a crazy day. Owen was worse than yesterday. If Zoey wasn't feeling so much better, I might be concerned about him, but Zoey was the same way and she is fully recovered. I gave him some ibuprofen about 10:00 and he felt much better until it wore off. He fell asleep before 6:00 tonight. Hopefully he'll sleep all night and be much better tomorrow. I also really needed to clean the house. We picked it up yesterday and I knew it wasn't going to get any easier. I felt like our house was germ infested and I needed to do something about it. Zoey was able to go on her birthday sleepover with Nathan's parents. She was so excited and asked about it every 1/2 hour. She was so happy to be feeling better and that she was able to go. There were also all of the little things that come up that needed to be done. It feels great to be done and able to sit down and think about the day and what I'm grateful for.
1. I am grateful that I was able to clean my house today. I always feel so much better when my house is clean. I didn't do the bedrooms, but that can wait until we start assigning house jobs next week. Everything else is clean. No throw up on the toilets, the rugs are all washed, I even Ousted the air and opened windows once it warmed up to 55 degrees.
2. I am grateful that my remodel is to the point that I can clean the downstairs so when I clean my family room, remodel dust doesn't get tracked into the family room.
3. I am grateful to have two bathrooms, even though that means I have to clean them. I am grateful that when one bathroom is full, there is another one to use. Showers go so much easier and they are so much more relaxing.
4. I am grateful to live in the community that I live in. I love seeing a load of hay going down the road. I love that there are probably more animals in the community than there are people. I love that more snow is plowed in the winter by tractors than by snowplows. I love that people get together and serve each other. Today I'm very grateful for the small country library and the opportunities it gives my kids and me. Jo started her book club for older kids today. She is SO excited and feels so grown up.
5. I am grateful that my kids are out of school. I am grateful that Zoey had someone to play with while I cleaned the house. It made the cleaning go better and she had more fun.
Today I have a few more . . .
6. I am still grateful that I haven't gotten sick.
7. I am grateful that yesterday Jo saw that the awning had blown into the horse pasture before the horses walked over it and busted it. I'm glad it landed upside down (even though that meant it had mud and horse manure on it) because it made it so much easier to move. Nathan and his dad had a hard time moving it right side up and I was worried how to move it when I saw it in the pasture. I knew it needed to be moved because it was right in the path that the horses take to get to water. Jo and I went out into the pasture and were able to pick it up easily and put it over the fence.
Today I feel that God helped me to be more patient with my kids. Not that I was perfect in it, but it was a crazy day, and I feel like I was pretty patient as I tried to get cleaning done, take care of Owen, feed the kids, and get Zoey ready for her birthday sleepover with Yani.
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