Well I known I haven't been here for the last few days...I have managed to spread myself to thin! Imagine that...have you ever done this? No I guess I am the only one.
If you all have been reading my blog for a time you should know that frequently I write about or re-hash my weekend and...that's right I am going to do that today!
Friday was busy as usual with helping out at Daddy's House and then a few errands and then home. And busy bee at home. Saturday morning we got a call from our son Samuel, he wanted to know if we were busy in the evening...I said we were considering going to church, but what did they need? No that's okay mom he said...urrrrgh! When our children call and ask if we have plans...we don't stay home all the time...we are busy sometimes...but when the children call we almost always avail ourselves to them, because that is what we choose to and want to do! I say generally because there are times when we have to say...sorry but we can't this day or that day....this very thing just happened the other day...this weekend coming up, we are going to two of our grandson's baseball game....two little boys in one family are on the same team, and then their older brother and another one of our grandson's is in a performance that evening at the Strand-Capital Performing Arts Center in York, Pennsylvania. So since we had already made plans for one set of grandchildren, we were unavailable for another set. These things occasionally happen, not to often, but occasionally. So long story to tell you that our currently youngest grandchild, came for a visit so that mommy and daddy, could go out to dinner. Boy did we have fun with this little guy, Levi is his name. What a sweet little baby. And boy is he active. We finally put a children's video on the TV and the he was still for just a couple minutes...I put on a video titled "Flo". A wonderful group of stories, by Max Lucado, a series that is part of Hermie and friends...and yes these are Bible based stories...that's the best kind to have and they really are the favorites of the children.
So that was our Saturday evening...then church on Sunday morning... wow...we have an awesome pastor...you know I spoke to you all about being spread to thin last week, and on Sunday, Pastor Wolabaugh spoke to us about finishing... and I am sure that you all are aware of one of the problems of being spread to thin is that you tend to have a lot of things that aren't finished....so I made a list...because I want to be a finisher...please don't think that I am generally not a finisher, because I usually am. But there are things that I do need to finish...sewing and knitting projects, mostly. So far I have a list of eight items I must finish...and they are actually items that I do work on, I sort of rotate what I am working on...I knit for a bit then I crochet for a bit...so they are being worked on, but I think I need to just finish one at a time....so that is what I intend to do...the item I am going to finish first I can't at this moment tell you what it is, because it is a present for a grandson who hasn't arrived just yet and his mommy hasn't seen it yet. So it's a secret.
It is amazing just having made a little list, I feel more in control of my self made confusion.
A little rabbit trail...as my children were growing and learning, I taught them that they were only allowed to have one toy out at a time...and if they wanted to play with something else, they needed to put away their first toy...this was a little tough to grasp at first. But they eventually got it! Confusion in your surrounding, breeds confusion in your mind. It is much easier to stay focused when you have direction and less clutter.
And for me just making a list has helped...then I can cross things off as I have completed them...
I have really gotten off track but it will all come together, I promise.
I have run out of time but I will be back on this topic in a bit, so go find someone to bless and consider what you may need to finish!
If you all have been reading my blog for a time you should know that frequently I write about or re-hash my weekend and...that's right I am going to do that today!
Friday was busy as usual with helping out at Daddy's House and then a few errands and then home. And busy bee at home. Saturday morning we got a call from our son Samuel, he wanted to know if we were busy in the evening...I said we were considering going to church, but what did they need? No that's okay mom he said...urrrrgh! When our children call and ask if we have plans...we don't stay home all the time...we are busy sometimes...but when the children call we almost always avail ourselves to them, because that is what we choose to and want to do! I say generally because there are times when we have to say...sorry but we can't this day or that day....this very thing just happened the other day...this weekend coming up, we are going to two of our grandson's baseball game....two little boys in one family are on the same team, and then their older brother and another one of our grandson's is in a performance that evening at the Strand-Capital Performing Arts Center in York, Pennsylvania. So since we had already made plans for one set of grandchildren, we were unavailable for another set. These things occasionally happen, not to often, but occasionally. So long story to tell you that our currently youngest grandchild, came for a visit so that mommy and daddy, could go out to dinner. Boy did we have fun with this little guy, Levi is his name. What a sweet little baby. And boy is he active. We finally put a children's video on the TV and the he was still for just a couple minutes...I put on a video titled "Flo". A wonderful group of stories, by Max Lucado, a series that is part of Hermie and friends...and yes these are Bible based stories...that's the best kind to have and they really are the favorites of the children.
So that was our Saturday evening...then church on Sunday morning... wow...we have an awesome pastor...you know I spoke to you all about being spread to thin last week, and on Sunday, Pastor Wolabaugh spoke to us about finishing... and I am sure that you all are aware of one of the problems of being spread to thin is that you tend to have a lot of things that aren't finished....so I made a list...because I want to be a finisher...please don't think that I am generally not a finisher, because I usually am. But there are things that I do need to finish...sewing and knitting projects, mostly. So far I have a list of eight items I must finish...and they are actually items that I do work on, I sort of rotate what I am working on...I knit for a bit then I crochet for a bit...so they are being worked on, but I think I need to just finish one at a time....so that is what I intend to do...the item I am going to finish first I can't at this moment tell you what it is, because it is a present for a grandson who hasn't arrived just yet and his mommy hasn't seen it yet. So it's a secret.
It is amazing just having made a little list, I feel more in control of my self made confusion.
A little rabbit trail...as my children were growing and learning, I taught them that they were only allowed to have one toy out at a time...and if they wanted to play with something else, they needed to put away their first toy...this was a little tough to grasp at first. But they eventually got it! Confusion in your surrounding, breeds confusion in your mind. It is much easier to stay focused when you have direction and less clutter.
And for me just making a list has helped...then I can cross things off as I have completed them...
I have really gotten off track but it will all come together, I promise.
I have run out of time but I will be back on this topic in a bit, so go find someone to bless and consider what you may need to finish!
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