Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
I find today’s verse to be very comforting. Sometimes we feel alone even when we are in a crowd but we don’t need to. We must always remember that we are never truly alone.
So, today started out a little iffy with my new morning routine but I persevered and came out on the other side with clothes on and a made bed. So…win!
I am also looking at my abysmal housekeeping skills and look back at my childhood and how I was raised. My mother was a great housekeeper but her house was only 950 square feet with one bathroom! She was the sort that would clean house, down to the bleach, on a daily basis and if she got angry about something she could do it in record time! That isn’t my method for dealing with anger — I eat my way through it —but her way was clearly better.
So, I have run through all the possible techniques to keep the house tidy and clean from “clean it when you see it”, Flylady, a daily/weekly regime — none of it really works for me. So, I am thinking of assigning daily chores — like vacuuming the carpet daily, morning routine daily, doing a load of laundry a day to hopefully eventually catch up and then assigning one room a month or a week or something to clean thoroughly. We have two bedrooms that aren’t used unless somebody is sleeping over which happens — rarely if ever anymore. So I don’t need to clean them on the daily/weekly/. I will work it out — I think the thing to focus on is clutter and that is a big focus.
So, anyway, I digress. The morning routine went well and that makes me happy.
Do you use a planner?
I used to use one a lot, then I didn’t, now I struggle. I have a small one for my purse and I try to use Google calendar on my phone but I fail miserably at that one and that is probably the one I should be using. But while at Michaels the other day I noticed that they were having a sale on their Happy Planners and I couldn’t resist.
So, today I am going to work in my planner. I think it might be helpful to keep my mind straight with the housecleaning. Maybe not.
We are having Christmas with my son and his family this evening. My daughter in laws family will be there as well as while we don’t exchange serious gifts we do tend to gift consumables. So, this year I decided to make Christmas Crack. My sister in law makes it and my mother in law loved it. She used to share it with us — a little bit — so I thought I would give it a go. It is an easy recipe, doesn’t take long but I have never made candy before so I was a bit nervous
This was the finished product going into the refrigerator
The next step was to chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours and then break into pieces and store in an airtight container. Well, that got into my bedtime so it is still chilling and hasn’t been broken into pieces. I will be doing that in a little bit— I hope I CAN break it up. However, if I can’t break it up that probably means it is inedible so all my effort will have been wasted. I will report back when I am done.
Today in weather we are expecting some rain and storms, but more east of us which hopefully means we won’t getting too much of the boomy booms and the spinny spins — thunder and tornadoes — both of which I am decidedly not fond of. I guess some rain would be ok but we do have plans for this evening so I don’t need much of that either. We had a cold snap a couple of weeks ago but since then our winter has been reminiscent of those in San Antonio — warm and humid — and I have liked it a lot. It won’t stay this way but I am enjoying it while it is.
So, off to drink my
And then head into the laundry room with a load. By then Bean should be here and no telling what mischief we will get into — breaking up that Christmas Crack!
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