ever feel like you are drowning in paper...mail that comes in, reciepts, children's artwork, work etc. For me I get to add ALL the paperwork that comes along with being a leader of two Guiding units, CAS paperwork, etc...
Once upon a time I used to be SO on top of all this paper. I had all the records logged onto the computer. I used to have all my receipts stapled onto my bank statements & credit card statements....
That seems like a lifetime ago.
Now...
I have piles
and when I need the space where the piles are for something else, the piles get shoved in a box and put into my room....
And a few times a year I just go through all the piles with a paper shredder and go to town...I think I am due for one of those moments :) I think I have 3 boxes now...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
why things get lost and misplaced around here...
he loves to randomly pick up things and hide them somewhere :)
one month...
in one month I am back to work... my less than 9 months of mat leave will be all done
I look to this with mixed feelings.
I have enjoyed these past few months of being a mom
some days more than others :) (yesterday not so much)
fortunately I have been blessed...with my job I work 40 hours in three days...
I know it sounds like a lot but then I get to spend the other 4 days with my son
and actually it is more like 5 since on Fridays I don't go to work until he is already in bed for the night
and so I will be gone all of Saturday and I will be getting home just as he is waking from his afternoon nap on Sunday
childcare...my parents have voluntered to watch him. If they are feeling they need help, I will hire someone for part or all of Saturday
also
I have agreed to respite for the children's aid Mon-Fri with a child under 5 as they need. So that will be ok as there will be someone else for C to play with. We'll see how well I keep on top of things as to if it all works out
right now I am not always good at staying on top of housework...or the paperwork for my two guiding units
but I do snuggle and read stories, colour, build towers with blocks, sing songs, etc.
I look to this with mixed feelings.
I have enjoyed these past few months of being a mom
some days more than others :) (yesterday not so much)
fortunately I have been blessed...with my job I work 40 hours in three days...
I know it sounds like a lot but then I get to spend the other 4 days with my son
and actually it is more like 5 since on Fridays I don't go to work until he is already in bed for the night
and so I will be gone all of Saturday and I will be getting home just as he is waking from his afternoon nap on Sunday
childcare...my parents have voluntered to watch him. If they are feeling they need help, I will hire someone for part or all of Saturday
also
I have agreed to respite for the children's aid Mon-Fri with a child under 5 as they need. So that will be ok as there will be someone else for C to play with. We'll see how well I keep on top of things as to if it all works out
right now I am not always good at staying on top of housework...or the paperwork for my two guiding units
but I do snuggle and read stories, colour, build towers with blocks, sing songs, etc.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
hiding the word in his heart...
we are commanded to hide God's word in our hearts...
so this morning when C and I were doing our devotions over breakfast I thought that I would try with him 'Trust in God'
me 'Trust in God'
him 'yeah'
me 'trust'
him 'tus'
me 'in'
him 'in there'
me 'in'
him 'in there'
me 'in God'
him 'yeah'
me 'say in God'
him 'in od'
he finally got the whole thing which makes my heart happy
I'll keep getting him to say it throughout the day and probably the next few days...I'll probably only introduce a new verse weekly...
the adoption worker is coming today...month 5 visit!!!! yippeee!!!!
so I should probably get dressed out of my jammies...
so this morning when C and I were doing our devotions over breakfast I thought that I would try with him 'Trust in God'
me 'Trust in God'
him 'yeah'
me 'trust'
him 'tus'
me 'in'
him 'in there'
me 'in'
him 'in there'
me 'in God'
him 'yeah'
me 'say in God'
him 'in od'
he finally got the whole thing which makes my heart happy
I'll keep getting him to say it throughout the day and probably the next few days...I'll probably only introduce a new verse weekly...
the adoption worker is coming today...month 5 visit!!!! yippeee!!!!
so I should probably get dressed out of my jammies...
Friday, January 1, 2010
List of Books Read in 2009
- Elsie's Girlhood by Martha Finley
- Elsie's Holidays at Roselands by Martha Finley
- Elsie Dinsmore ~ Martha Finley
- Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
- Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury
- The Face by Angela Hunt
- Faith Like Potatoes by Angus Buchan
- Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
- She's in a Better Place by Angela Hunt
- blink by Ted Dekker
- A Time to Mend by Angela Hunt
- The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
- Above All Things by Deborah Raney
- Above the Line Take Two by Karen Kinsbury
- The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
- The Silver Compass by Holly Kennedy
- Rachel's Secret by BJ Hoff
- Second Draft of My Life
- The Duchess and the Dragon by Jamie Carie
- Above the Line Take One by Karen Kingsbury
- Wizard of Oz
- Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
- Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
- My Sister's Keeper
- Doesn't She Look Natural by Angela Hunt
- Mary Poppins by PL Travers
- This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury
- Mary Janeway
- Every Now & Then by Karen Kingsbury
- Attic Treasures
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
do you think...
he is warm enough... it feels like 20 below out and he is wearing boxers and an undershirt, a turtleneck onsie, a heavy knit top, a polar fleece hoody, fleece lined blue jeans, a scarf, bib snowpants, a winter coat, hat & mitts
Saturday, December 26, 2009
another holiday done...
The guests have all gone home, the house is mostly all put back together, and another season of Christmas is done...
It was a good Christmas this year. A simple Christmas this year. A Family filled Christmas this year.
And we are tired...all of us. C has been up early these last few mornings. Not entirely sure why. I have been putting him in his big boy bed after I toilet him in the night. I do this because I am hoping he will develop the habit of waking up and just playing with his toys quietly in his room. Rather than his old habit of waking and SCREECHING and YELLING because he wants it to be morning and to get out of his crib. He isn't trying to get out of his crib on his own at all, and it is nice to use as a space I can plunk him when he is getting a little 'crazy' and we are both needing a break from each other. Also I am not sure he is at the place where he would stay in bed if I tucked him into the big bed for his nap or at bedtime just yet.
The last two mornings when he wakes up in his bed, the first thing he does is make a few trips to my bed with his pillows and blankets and then proceed to chatter to me to get me moving. Which I would love to do...just not at 5 am when he is coming my way :) I am more than willing after 630 in the morning, less excited and motivated before that... I am redirecting him (somewhat successfully) back to his bedroom to play. Hopefully in the future my plan will work...
I was very spoiled this year getting the lense I wanted for my camera, a ceramic coated wonderful roasting pan and a Tom Tom. I feel Chase made it out good, not being TOO overwhelmed by 'stuff'. His presents were spaced out over time so I think that helped with not 'overloading' him and him being able to truly enjoy and play with what he got. Now to sit down with him to get working on his 'thank-yous' as well as going through his 'stuff' to re-evaluate what is staying, going and being packed away for a rainy day (to come out as a new toy when cabin fever starts to set in)
This afternoon Chase slept from 1130-330 and I am not sure if he would have slept longer if the smoke detector hadn't gone off right outside his bedroom. (a story for another day)
This morning Chase and I decided (me more than him) to host breakfast for the family and we made monkey bread together. He had fun rolling the dough around then putting it into the pan. It turned out very well and is much easier than making cinnamon buns
now it is 930 and I am off to bed...with a book (probably won't make it past a few pages as my eyes are already quite heavy and I keep yawning.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!
It was a good Christmas this year. A simple Christmas this year. A Family filled Christmas this year.
And we are tired...all of us. C has been up early these last few mornings. Not entirely sure why. I have been putting him in his big boy bed after I toilet him in the night. I do this because I am hoping he will develop the habit of waking up and just playing with his toys quietly in his room. Rather than his old habit of waking and SCREECHING and YELLING because he wants it to be morning and to get out of his crib. He isn't trying to get out of his crib on his own at all, and it is nice to use as a space I can plunk him when he is getting a little 'crazy' and we are both needing a break from each other. Also I am not sure he is at the place where he would stay in bed if I tucked him into the big bed for his nap or at bedtime just yet.
The last two mornings when he wakes up in his bed, the first thing he does is make a few trips to my bed with his pillows and blankets and then proceed to chatter to me to get me moving. Which I would love to do...just not at 5 am when he is coming my way :) I am more than willing after 630 in the morning, less excited and motivated before that... I am redirecting him (somewhat successfully) back to his bedroom to play. Hopefully in the future my plan will work...
I was very spoiled this year getting the lense I wanted for my camera, a ceramic coated wonderful roasting pan and a Tom Tom. I feel Chase made it out good, not being TOO overwhelmed by 'stuff'. His presents were spaced out over time so I think that helped with not 'overloading' him and him being able to truly enjoy and play with what he got. Now to sit down with him to get working on his 'thank-yous' as well as going through his 'stuff' to re-evaluate what is staying, going and being packed away for a rainy day (to come out as a new toy when cabin fever starts to set in)
This afternoon Chase slept from 1130-330 and I am not sure if he would have slept longer if the smoke detector hadn't gone off right outside his bedroom. (a story for another day)
This morning Chase and I decided (me more than him) to host breakfast for the family and we made monkey bread together. He had fun rolling the dough around then putting it into the pan. It turned out very well and is much easier than making cinnamon buns
now it is 930 and I am off to bed...with a book (probably won't make it past a few pages as my eyes are already quite heavy and I keep yawning.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!
Friday, December 25, 2009
the advantages of an alarm clock
is that when your son wakes up Christmas morning, you look at the clock and see that it is TOO early to get him hyped up over his stocking that Santa left and instead you just give him kisses and remind him it is still night time. And later on when it is a more reasonable hour, you can get him all hyped over checking out what Santa brought him in his stocking and assembling his new battery powered train that goes round and round, watch his new mighty machines DVD, etc.
UNFORTUNATELY
I do not have a clock in my bedroom, there is one in the hallway outside my room but I didn't think to look at it. So when my son toddled to by bedroom this morning with his blankey, I sent him to his bedroom to look in his stocking and he happily carried it to my bedroom, opened it up, and played with the stuff inside, ate all the chocolates.
I then went to use the bathroom and glanced at the clock when passing by....4:50....UGGG
there is NO way that I can tell him it is still night time now...he is TOTALLY wide awake and into the whole process of checking out the loot that Santa left behind. Also wanting to go show off all the loot to the rest of his family next door. His new train gets assembled as a distration, and then his DVD gets played a couple of times before Grandpa shows up to play with toys...
Next year...I need to put my cell phone beside my bed so I can check the time...
I was a good mother and had the cameras out to capture all the loot discovery...I am also looking forward to getting a nap at some point today...atleast making an early night of it...
UNFORTUNATELY
I do not have a clock in my bedroom, there is one in the hallway outside my room but I didn't think to look at it. So when my son toddled to by bedroom this morning with his blankey, I sent him to his bedroom to look in his stocking and he happily carried it to my bedroom, opened it up, and played with the stuff inside, ate all the chocolates.
I then went to use the bathroom and glanced at the clock when passing by....4:50....UGGG
there is NO way that I can tell him it is still night time now...he is TOTALLY wide awake and into the whole process of checking out the loot that Santa left behind. Also wanting to go show off all the loot to the rest of his family next door. His new train gets assembled as a distration, and then his DVD gets played a couple of times before Grandpa shows up to play with toys...
Next year...I need to put my cell phone beside my bed so I can check the time...
I was a good mother and had the cameras out to capture all the loot discovery...I am also looking forward to getting a nap at some point today...atleast making an early night of it...
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