I’m Blessed

This week’s post is a necessity for me.  I’ve been stressed with my housework ganging up on me more than usual it seems.  If I want to stay on top of the laundry, I need to do 2-3 loads a day, and that includes diapers.  I’ve been doing maybe 1 because of our busy-ness.  Add to that busy time the fact that the kids have been kept up late often.  It’s not just one night, it seems everyday someone is missing a nap, or staying up late, or…

So one of my kiddos has started wetting the bed again, from pure exhaustion.  Guess what that does with my whole “behind in household chores” problem.  If you said “compounds the problem a lot” you would be right.

I need to say “no” more.  I’m not feeling blessed this weekend, but stressed.  It’s time to refocus.  It’s time to breathe, and worship.  This week, I need this post.

I am blessed with a gorgeous house.  It does require maintenance, but seriously, I love it.  It’s 111 years old and has such fun woodwork and stained glass windows and a huge stinkin’ yard that takes hours for Knut to mow twice a week…

Sorry.  Refocus.

I’m so grateful for friends who will visit me and not even blink at the toys everywhere and the dog hair collecting on the floor.  You know I love you when I’m willing to show you how I don’t have it all together.  At least that’s what I tell them.  They just walk past Mt. Pajamas on the couch like it’s no big deal and we sit and talk about our kids.  I love my friends.  Just a few years ago I felt so lonely and without friends and these days it’s quite the opposite.  We moved out to the country 5 years ago now, and I finally feel like I have friends.  That is a huge blessing.  We were beginning to wonder for awhile if something was wrong with us.

I’m so blessed that we’ve all stayed healthy all summer long.  It’s like a summer miracle.  And no, I’m not going to knock on wood when I say that because I’m scared that means we’re all going to get sick now.  I’m going to say it’s worth it to praise God for something he has done for us, and if that means that sickness will all fall on us now, it will have been worth it.  So there, silly superstitions.

We’re blessed that the crops are doing well.  That is always a blessing.  On a much, much smaller scale, my small tiny business has been doing well and I got my most recent diaper order out early.  I’m publishing one more knitting pattern than I have planned this year, and I have actually been starting to get a few emails about sponsors for the blog, something I was totally not expecting.  When you’re used to not making a paycheck, any sized paycheck is kind of fun.

(Small disclaimer: it’s not that I’m working more and cleaning less.  I’m working on Nerdy Gerdy/blog stuff after the kids are in bed a few times a week just like always.  That work is just more productive these days.  I still work the same amount as a homemaker while the kids are awake as I did before.  That work feels a bit less productive these days for various reasons.)

Ahem.  Refocus.

I’m blessed to have a rose garden.  It’s gorgeous and I can pick them whenever I want whenever someone isn’t screaming…so sometimes.

I’m blessed by reading the comments each day on this blog.  It’s about as fun as getting a letter in the mail.  I love letters.

I’m blessed by watching our chickens outside.  They’re just a hoot.  Well actually, they’re a cluck, but watching them is a hoot.

As I remain confused on why God still continues to bless us so abundantly in so many unique ways.  I will continue to rejoice that He does.  His love baffles me.  I’ve have reached out to Scripture more this last week and that has been a blessing. 

Doesn’t it always come back to that?  It is good to be thankful for stuff, and experiences, and people.  Nothing compares to God sharing Himself with us.  Can we even fathom it?

How have you been blessed this last week?  I’d love if you participated by leaving a link to your “I’m Blessed” post, or left a comment saying how you’ve been blessed.  It’s just for fun.  It’s just for Him.  Well, I guess it’s mostly for us too.  At least I know that this week, it was what I needed.