nap time

Today is a miserable day. Not because I am miserable, just the weather. It makes me so tired. I laid next to Andy J. at nap time and told him that I could only stay there for 5 minutes and then I had to go get things done. I woke up 45 minutes later, and now I am wondering why I didn't just stay there and go back to sleep. I can't even think of anything that is so important that it needs to be done right now. Maybe I should pay the bills, but the bills will still be there tomorrow. Maybe I should pick up the toys that are on the floor, but they will just be back on the floor in a couple of hours. The dishes are done, the dryer is running, and the rugs are vacuumed. I am going back to sleep.

Here's to my friends with stinky towels

Today I was encouraged that it is good to have little reminders that I'm not perfect. I can't do it all. I am here to glorify God, no one else. Does it matter if my towels stink sometimes or that I have a messy bedroom? Not to God, and not to those who care about me instead of what I can do. Thank you to the friends who let me know it's okay to be me. It's okay that I fail sometimes (a lot of the time). Failure is not a sink full of dirty dishes, an unmade bed, clothes on the floor, stinky towels, or needing to wipe my feet on a rug after walking through my kitchen. The only thing in this life I really need to succeed at is bringing glory to God and enjoying Him, and I can only do that by his grace. I am so glad it's not all up to me, because I really can't do it all. Sometimes I feel like I can't do any of it.

laughing my butt off

If you ever have the chance, take some time to watch and listen to a 3-year-old kid playing. Today I sat listening to my son playing in his room, talking on his cell phone and asking his little brother to keep it down because he was trying to talk to his Aunt Sharon. His impatience soon turned to anger and he began to tell his baby brother to "stop it stupid Connor" (a new word he has recently learned from one of his young friends). Though he has learned his fair share of inappropriate saying from his mother as well, I asked him to come to my room and explained that he was not allowed to use that word anymore. I then sent him back to his room to use kind words with his brother. He proceded to say "Cute connor stop saying wah, wah. I am trying to talk on the phone." Then he came back into my room peering out from his yellow plastic contruction hat, Daddy's saftey goggles, while talking on his cell phone to let me know that he was not saying stupid anymore. I could not stop laughing. I think it would be excellent if it was really possible to "laugh my butt off" because if it was, living with a 3-year-old would make me one skinny mom. Maybe it is my lack of contact with the outside world that makes this all seem so funny to me maybe it's just or my "mother's heart", but I think if most of you had the chance to watch and listen you couldn't help but laugh at the stuff kids come up with.

Just One More Thing

There is a new song I have discovered that has inspired the name of my blog. It is by Sara Groves and these are some of the lyrics:

There's always just one more thing...There's always another task...And everything is important...But everything is not...At the end of your life your relationships are all you're got...There will never be an end to The request upon your time...It's your place to stand up and tell the world...You've got to rest awhile...And love to me is when you put down that one more thing and say...I've got something better to do...And love to me is when you walk out on that one more thing and say...Nothing will come between me and you...Not even one thing

I try to hold these words close to me as I walk through my days and make decisions on how to spend my time. Every lesson is a process because I am a sinner. I wish it was as easy as hearing something, knowing it was right and true, and making the change never to return to my old ways. Oh Well, these will be the trials and joys of a woman being worked on by God. I'm just glad to know that he won't give up on me.