Today was an overall good day. The rhythm of life seems to be coming together more. The meals are a big part of it. If I can get the meals down the rest of the day seems to flow better. I have heard this plenty through Waldorf groups, but didn't really get it until now. Brian 's diet helps too. I don't have the option of going out to eat, which is actually much better for us all. If I do well providing the meals this means I have gotten out of bed early enough to get breakfast. Getting up early enough to do this helps the day flow much smoother. We are not rushing through most things. Today there came a point of time when I wasn't quite sure what to do with my time. There was plenty to do, but I didn't want to get overwhelmed and some of it just really didn't matter at that point. I made the decision that everything didn't have to be done today. Some of it could wait for tomorrow or the next day. Some of it would have had to anyway.
I started the day off with starting coffee ad fixing Alika's food and letting her out; then came shower and dressing. I was then able to fix breakfast prior to waking the kids. They ate and did their morning household work and then Case moved on to his Math on the computer. Clothes were being washed and the house was being picked up. I am considering using FLYlady and used some of the ideas I read about on her website last night. It seemed to work fairly well. It, of course, wasn't as perfect as I would truly like for it to be, but what ever is? By this time it was lunch time and I fixed up some leftover stir fry. A few more household work items and the I wasn't quite sure what to do, but somehow I kept busy. Although, at this point, I' m not really sure at what. The memory seems to have escaped me. Off to town for dinner fixing's and to the bank. Got sidetracked at Tuesday morning looking for a tablecloth to protect the table. Got home and realized dinner would not be ready for Case and Brian before they had to leave for the game. Started cooking anyway. Brian came home and was in a foul mood due to the wrecked car not being mended to his satisfaction. The dinner situation didn't help. After a while off they went to the game. Ainslee decided to fix some "soup" while I was finishing up dinner. Amelia was looking through catalogs deciding what she wanted to be for next Halloween. They sit down to eat while I clean up the "Soup" and dinner mess. Now her I am reporting about our day at the computer. Hopefully, the night will go well. I need to clean out the van for tomorrow and get the kids ready for bed Much of the house is still a bit of a mess and the clothes aren't completely done, but "after all, tomorrow is another day" and there always the next and the next and the next.
