Doodle Acres

Happy Lent!!! I said that to my husband on Wednesday and he said it was an oxymoron.  I don’t know about that.  I think that there is happiness in turning more fully to God.  One of the things I love about being Catholic (I converted 10 years ago this Easter) is that the Church takes these special times/seasons to reflect, refocus, and draw closer to our Lord Jesus Christ.

So that being said, I need to pull away from my blog for these special weeks in order to draw closer to my Saviour.  Please feel free to contact me (just click on the “contact me” under my picture) if you’d like to “talk” or share your Lenten journey with me.  May the Lord bless you and I look forward to reconnecting with you after Easter.

Love,

Heather

P.S. For those of you who have been wondering, our sewing business (Lilies of Hope) has been thriving locally.  We hope to have our online store up in March.  This is all dependent on my husband having time to work on our site.  Your prayers would be appreciated!!!

Today Peter(3) requested that I put a video on for him.  I told him it was fine and to ask his brother to put it in for him.  He walked into the other room and bellowed, “Lenny, put in Lumpy” (his name for “The Heffalump Movie”).  I told Peter that he needed to ask nicely with a “please”.  So this time he began sweetly asking Lenny to put in the video.  I thought that I had succeeded in softening my little tryant’s attitude until at the end of his sweet plea he added, “NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!”

In my continuing journey through How Did I Get So Busy?: The 28-day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule, and Reconnect with What Matters Most , I was asked to write down my 5 most important priorities.  These priorities are meant to guide me as I evaluate my activities as well as the items I put on my “To Do List”.  Here is my list in no particular order:

• Educating my children
• Spiritual growth of my family and I
• Clean yet friendly home for my family
• Strong marriage
• Living a financially responsible life

Please pray for me as I attempt to align my life with my priorities!!! 

Today we had our second family cleaning Saturday.  Things really went very smoothly but I got a bit short-tempered towards the end.  No one was moving fast enough for me - I’m sure you know the feeling.  Well that’s when it happened - Lily(7) accidently knocked into Peter(3) and guess where he landed… in the bucket of dirty mop water.  He just sat there stunned.  When he finally stood up, he had the most incredulous look on his face, as if to say, “How did this happen to me???”   Well that was definitely the laugh that I needed to lighten up a tense moment…

My oldest daughter (15), took the dog breed quiz that I took recently.  Her results were pretty accurate:

Hope, you’re a German Shepherd!

No bones, about it, you’re a loyal, hard-working German Shepherd. Dedicated and always low-maintenance, people flock to you — they know they can count on you to get any job done, and done well. That focus and attention to detail spans from your personal to your professional life, too. Although you can be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the projects you tackle, you still manage to keep cool and laid-back in social situations. You get a kick out of the little things and thrive when you’re constantly busy and on-the-go. Easygoing and unpretentious, you don’t need constant pampering and reassurance. A genuine, carefree pup, you’re a true-blue friend, employee, and partner. Woof!

“Less is better. Little things done daily are better than grand plans. Give your children lots of tiny moments. When they approach the computer turn your chair around and look them in the eye and if you find more in their eyes than on the screen get up and take them on a nature walk or read a book to them.”

This is a quote from a post on Dominion Family - in fact this is the last post that will be written by this blogger who is signing off.  Her post is thought-provoking and timely.  I would encourage you to read it, especially if your internet/blogging  habit can get the best of you (as it does to me sometimes).