Something I Often Think

But have to force myself to act upon.

Especially now that it is summer and I have more free time.

“How is it that I can waste so much time????”

I know how! Yes, I know how.

Doing nothing?!

I’m not reading to the children.
I’m not playing with Ben.
I’m not outside (in the 100 plus degree heat) playing with any of the other children or taking care of my garden (maybe that is understandable).
I’m not cleaning my house (which can turn into a pigsty faster than I can take a breath).
I’m not taking a shower, or doing the laundry (which can become a tower larger than myself if I’m not careful),
or painting my bathroom (which is only half done),
or packing for our upcoming trip,
or praying for my husband. (Who has a big meeting this morning, and tons of work to accomplish today, and Houston Project tonight - which went great last night, thanks for asking, and Praise God! It was a complete God thing. Yes, indeed. He was able to witness to several believers...yes, I said believers. It was awesome! God tilled the ground and prepared the soil and He is so awesome! And isn't that how God works, because the lead couple got a call that the baby they have been waiting to adopt would be ready to be picked up today. Praise God! So awesome!)
I’m not even curled up reading a good or not so good (as is the case of the current one I’m reading) book or my Bible.

I’m not doing anything worthy at all!

I’m on the computer. Doing nothing. Yes, I said it. Nothing!!

Nothing = meandering from blog, to blog, to Facebook page, to Google, to blog, to Facebook page, to Google…NOTHING! I mean at least I could be sending out encouraging emails or something. But, no…NOTHING!

I got on the computer this morning to check my mail and here I sit an hour later. And what good has it done me? Zero! Zilch! None!

And things are piling up around me (literally). The dishwasher is waiting to be unloaded and re-loaded, Bess still needs to get dressed, I need to get dressed, Ben needs to take a nap…

Arrrggghhh!

Rabbit hole, after rabbit hole, after rabbit hole… and at the end of which I am left wondering…

WHY!!! (And what time is tea?)

Okay, sorry, I’m done.

Now, I have to get busy. Flylady here I come.

I wonder if 15 minutes to clean is really a possiblity? Swishing and swiping three bathrooms takes 15 minutes all by itself.

(I often wonder what size house Flaylady has. I've decided it must be smaller than mine, and she must have a husband who doesn't live with her (or gets up at the crack of dawn), and fewer children than I do because one home blessing a week is not enough around here, and I've yet to figure out how to get everything done in 30 min. 30 min. for me = a clean that is not clean and leaves no time for the 15 min. I'm supposed to be spending on my Zone. Also, why is it that I never seem to get to the zone called "children's bedrooms"?)

The simple habits we establish can help us to never see dirt again ~ FlyLady

And now I've spent another 15 min. saying all of this.

Bye.