Good intentions.
I went to bed at 9:30, I really did. But I've been tossing and turning for the past 40 minutes, not at all tired. Help me! This always happens. I have the best intentions, but I just can't do it. Now I'm up, surfing the internet, while my husband and baby are both sleeping very soundly. Did I mention I'm bored?
What can I do? Seriously, I don't even have anything to say. I'm just sitting here, staring at the screen, waiting for some sites to load.
That's all I'm going to write, seeing as I've been thinking for a good 20 minutes, and have come up with absolutely nothing. Sorry!
Meme.
1. Do you write poetry? Any good?
No and no. I used to pride myself on my tiny snippets of short stories, but anything more technical just eludes me. Or maybe I just haven't really tried. That sounds better, let's go with that one.
2. Who is considered the black sheep of your family? Why?
I don't think we have one. Strange, I know. Well, not in the immediate family, anyway. My aunty is a bit of an outsider, but that's a long, long, very long story.
3. What are your thoughts on the violence in our society...learned or innate behavior?
Learned, definitely learned. My sister was telling me a story today about some kids she looks after in her childcare job. They are absolute terrors, swearing and hitting people, not listening to anything the leaders say, etc. The 8 year old boy barged my sister from the side, luckily missing her 6 month pregnant belly. Even the one year old girl is throwing tantrums and hitting other kids. Needless to say, the leaders are pleading to the big boss to get the kids kicked out. And surprise surprise, whenever they call the parents in to talk to them about their kids' behaviour, the parents yell, scream and swear at the leaders. Where did the children learn that behaviour from?
Yay, I did a meme! I'm bored.
Busy weekend.
This is our schedule for the weekend:
Friday night - Youth breakup gala dinner (dressing up all pretty-like and eating yummy food)
Saturday morning - Either Youth music team breakup breakfast at the park, or swapping our room into the spare room so we can have air-conitioning (our window air-conditioning unit doesn't fit into our current room, which has a sliding door instead of a window)
Saturday afternoon - Christmas Carols practice (I'm a singer, and my husband is the assistant stage manager)
Sunday morning - Church (early start because I'm on singers)
Sunday lunch - Hubby's work Christmas party, goes from 11am (have to go there straight from church) to 4pm
Sunday night - Christmas Carols (get there at 5pm)
Monday night - Husband has the Guy's ministry leadership breakup, although I'll be at home, so not really busy for me
Tuesday night - My old work's Christmas party, which I was surprised to be invited to (they even looked up my new address and everything)
Then everything starts to slow down again... no more Youth, no more music practice... I can imagine us getting out lots and lots of DVDs. I should probably subscribe to QuickFlix or something. The difficulty with that is, you can't decide to hire a DVD on the spur of the moment, you have to plan it at least days in advance, time for it to be available and come in the mail. So maybe we'll just hire heaps of weekly DVDs on $1 Tuesday.
We have a leak under our kitchen sink today. Water's actually spraying out, which isn't too good! So we've turned the water supply off, and are now waiting for the plumber to call and tell us he's coming in to fix it. I've been washing my hands using a jug of water all day. And I can't wash Grace's used nappies (The washing tub is filled with soaking nappies). And I can't wash the dishes, although there are only a few dishes there so that's not really an issue.
We have the Sims 2: Open For Business! It is good. Almost all of my to-do list today involves water in some way, so I haven't been able to do much while Grace is asleep, except for sleep and play Sims. I own a toy shop. Well, not me personally. Viola London, my Sim. Yay.
The others.
Man, Grace is so clever. Yesterday at dinner time, I was feeding her in her high chair. I gave her the lid of her food container to play with, and I was holding the other part. She reached out with the lid and put it on the container! I gave it back to her, and she did it another three times. What a legend!
This morning I went for another 40 minute walk... unfortunately I did it when I was already exhausted after not getting much sleep last night (entirely my fault, by the way. I think I should start going to bed at a reasonable hour, even if I'm not tired at the time). So by the time I got back, I was really, really feeling it, but stupidly, I put Grace to bed and did massive amounts of housework. And all the while, I was feeling as if I were about to faint. I made it through, and had a two-hour nap this afternoon, but man, I have learnt my lesson.
And now for Wednesday Wonders: Oh my goodness, I'd done the whole meme before realising that it hasn't been updated since April! Oh well, here's my response, seven months late!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Proverbs 3:11-12 Click on verse to read.
1. When bad things happen in your life do you think of it as discipline? I have to admit, not really. With little things I do, like if I'm rushing to get somewhere and get all red lights on the way, I think 'God's really trying to teach me a lesson in patience today!' And He may well be, but I'm sure He tries to teach me other life lessons too, that I don't necessarily pick up on.
2. Does it feel like love at the time?
I try to think of it that way, but at first my irrational brain just tells me that God's angry at me or something.
3. I'm sure that sometimes our children wonder why they get a spanking or yelled at for something, but many times they know that they are still loved. Sometimes those seemingly bad things that happen in your life are the Lord's discipline. Does it feel like love?
I've been learning alot about discipline lately, as Grace is reaching an age where she knows when she's doing something wrong. But the things I discipline her for are all things that will help her, and keep her from being hurt. Like when she tries to take her shoes off (I put them on when we go out), because if she continues to do that when she starts walking, she could stand on glass and cut her foot. I also try to teach her lessons about respect for other people's property, etc. But although it doesn't always feel like love at the time, I need to think of those things in the way I want Grace to see them, as disciplines for her own wellbeing and safety, all because I love her and want the best for her.
Okay, well here is another meme. Keeping with the whole not-doing-it-at-the-right-time thing I have going, I'm responding to
Monday Madness. Presumeably because I live in Australia and most of the internet world doesn't, the Wednesday memes aren't up yet even though it's 5pm here. And the Tuesday ones were mostly about Thanksgiving, which although I'm a fan of, we don't celebrate down here in the Great South Land. So yes, Monday Madness it is.
1. In order to protect my computer from viruses, I use Noreton Antivirus.
2. I also use Noreton for protection from spyware.
3. I don't spend nearly enough time looking after myself.
4. The first person I usually talk to in the morning is my husband.
5. It takes me about five minutes to get ready in the morning.
6. I keep all my appointments in/on my mobile phone (or in my head, which usually doesn't work very well).
7. It takes me about two hours if I'm not tired, or twenty minutes if I'm really tired, to fall asleep at night.
Notes to self.
It's okay when your to-do list isn't completely finished by the end of the day.
You're not a failure when the house is a mess.
Yours is the most important job in the world - the mothering, not the housekeeping. Remember that looking after Grace is priority number one, and anything else you do is just extra.
My mission.
I'm on a mission... I think. I want to lose weight, at least 5kg by Christmas. So, I'm going to try to do various exercises at home when Grace is asleep, go for a walk every day and not snack or eat junk food. I went for a 40 minute walk this morning! It was good. I didn't go the usual route (up a huge hill that is so very hurty), I walked a longer but easier way. So I didn't dread it as much, which is probably good when you're trying to start good habits. If you hate doing something, I don't think it's really going to catch on very easily. I still pushed myself though, and could definitely feel it. So I like that way. And there's a corner store at the end of my new route, so I can take my wallet next time and buy myself a drink or something (another incentive).
Meanwhile, how much do I love doing the washing?! We use cloth nappies for Grace, so there is a lot of washing. I tend to do one or more loads per day. I love hanging out the washing (getting outside in the fresh air), and I love folding up the clean, dry clothes (I do this while I'm watching 'the 11:00 shows', Less Than Perfect and Scrubs at the moment, but they change to different sitcoms). Anyway. I'm such a housewife. In any store like KMart, Target etc, my first stops are the baby section and the kitchen section. And with my allowance each week, I buy things for Grace. Lucky my Dad works in a women's clothing warehouse and brings over any imperfect clothes in my size (most just need a tiny bit of stitching), or I would never get any new clothes at all!
Okay, I'd better get to work.
Amazing.
You won't believe it... we have the internet! It was installed this morning. It's really weird to think that I can blog again. To tell you the truth, I only missed it a tiny bit. But yes!
Grace is almost 10 months old. She can stand and walk while holding onto furniture, and she climbs over everything. She crawls around alot, but is also very content to just play in one little section of the room.
We go to playgroup on Tuesday mornings, and she's the youngest one there (all the others are over 1 1/2). So she doesn't really play with the other kids, but just plays with one group of toys, then after a while she crawls over to another group of toys and plays there for a while... and so on and so on.
Enough of my blabbing. I'm sure I'll do more than enough of that in the weeks to come! Here is a photo of my little girl.
