A friend of mine shared her list on her blog and I thought it was such a neat thing, and so true of what the world, our family, and God thinks….. here goes my never-ending list… that is probably longer than this list, but this is all I can think of this time in the afternoon!
- Housework never ending
- Scrubbing
- planting a garden
- Making beds
- Laundry (never-ending)
- Dishes
- Cooking
- Helping with homework
- Nurturing
- Organizing
- Training children
- Disciplining children
- Bathing little ones
- Wiping noses
- Nurse to the sicklings
- Putting on bandaids
- Preparing after school snacks
- Playing with my boys
- Reading to my boys
- Cleaning
- Picking up toys
- getting up in the night for little ones with bad dreams
- Decluttering
- Yard work
- planning fun outings
- running forgot homework or lunch up to school
- gathering stuff up for games
- up in the night for little ones with growing pains or earaches
- Grocery shopping
- making sure their comfortable and love coming home!
- Cleaning up after kitties, chickens, bird
- Managing the family calendar
- Planning birthday parties
- Preparing meals
- answering questions
- taking phone calls
- Planning Awana lessons
- Rewarding children for chores
- Making meal plans
- Checking off to-do lists
- Helping Brian
- cleaning out the playpen each day
- Making lunches each morning
- Changing batteries
- Tying shoes, zipping pants, snapping snaps
- Changing diapers
- Wiping high chairs down
- Moping floors & Vacuuming floors
- Combing hair
- Cutting hair
- Playing with action figures
- Playing the wii
- Sitting outside to supervise play
- Wiping bottoms
- playing catch
- Hauling diaper bags
- Cleaning sippy cups
- sweeping (seems never ending)
- Getting into sports & learning stuff about it
- Wiping counters and stove tops
- Cleaning toilets
- Teaching manners
- Stay-at-home-mom
- Making our home a haven
- Making memories
WHAT IS THIS……
to me: monotonous and difficult at times
to me: monotonous and difficult at times
to the world: degrading, meaningless, wasteful
to my family: priceless and loving
to my God: a calling and rewarding