Today wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The weather was cold and dreary to start off and I didn't get much sleep due to the weather last night. But once I finally got up and got moving, I did pretty well. I'm going to have to work on getting up and getting motivated earlier so I can get more done in a day (or maybe have more "ME" time).
Food
Blueberry Bagel, 8 oz milk (8pts)
Hot dog w/mustard, diet dr. pepper (6 pts)
Spaghetti w/ meatsauce, bread (14 pts)
1 c Grapes (1 pt)
Exercise
Well the weather here was not really good for walking outdoors, so I thought I was going to get out of walking today. However, my good friend suggested walking at the mall. We walked 2 laps around the mall, dodging every teenager in Baytown while pushing my girls in the double stroller. Let's just say "Obstacle Course".
Devotional
I was able to do my devotional for last night and the one for today before posting tonight, so I'm writing about both.
Yesterday: "I Love Smelly Shoes"--Thankfulness. I have worked so hard with Stephanie teaching her to say thank you to others, but sometimes I forget how much I have to be thankful for that never gets recognized. Lysa says in this chapter that she often becomes distracted by her blessings and forgets to thank God for each of them. "Do I see the loving husband I've been blessed with, or do I just grumble about his faults?" How often do I do that???? "Do I see the home I am blessed with, or do I just grumble about the constant chores to keep it clean?" Lord, please forgive me! The best part of this was when she says to "pull back the veil and peek behind the messes, chores and faults of others" and "see the treasure of what these things represent. I'm a wife! I'm a mom! I have the privilege to fulfills these eternally significant roles for some pretty amazing people.....my family!" I pray that I can be truly thankful for each of the blessings in my life, and pray for all the smelly shoes I come in contact with, trip over, pick up throughout the day and the blessings they represent to me.
Today: Super Mom vs. Slacker Mom. Two things really stuck out to me today: "a hat should fully express who I am, not just what role I am playing at the time" and "Children cannot believe in themselves if the most important people in their lives don't believe in them." This devotional really got me to thinking about my role as Mom. Do I want to be the overbearing Mom who has their child doing things for their "experiences" (or maybe mine), or the Mom who doesn't put them in anything so we can just stay home. I pray that I will be able to find the happy medium. I feel right now I'm a little too close to the Super Mom side of things. I try so hard to do all the right things, that I miss out on all the joys of the girls
2 comments:
Way to go girl! You can totally do this! I have known you for a looong (ok that just made us both sound old) time and I know when you're determined you will do it! But don't think that means I am not going to be bugging you about it just the same! Just like those pencils you gave me say "You can if you think you can!"
Way to get started! On the balance of mommyhood - one thing I've found that really helps me is a designated "stay-home day." For us it's usually either Monday or Friday and we designate that a day to not leave the house. The kids usually spend the day in the jammies (gasp!), and we just hang at home. We do some productive things around here like every other day but it gives us time to just be at home and play. I'll be checking on you and praying for you. Glad to be taking the journey together!
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