Christmas
Pulling myself back up! After the Christmas overload I fell flat on my face.. I'm not complaining. It was a really wonderful year. We grew spiritual with our daily Advent prayers. All the other Christmas charms were enjoyed from baking cookies to watching Christmas movies and driving to see the lights. I signed up to create a Christmas program with one of the other mothers from our church. This leaving me with much thought and late nights sewing. A party here and a party there. Spending time with extending family and friends. As I'm also filled with my normal to-dos of being the primary glue for our family. Shopping on a tight budget. May I add having to shop on Christmas Eve due to pay-day. I will never do this again. I'll start shopping in July if I have to. Once again I'm not complaining. It was full and it was blessed. As my grandmother would say. I'm tired, but its a good tired.
The day after Christmas we went to Mass and came home to take down our tree. I know, I know the day after is a little early. BUT, we have a full family in a small home. Space is important to us. As always I keep our Nativity displayed until the Epiphany. Packing away the other Christmas decorations and cleaning up what's left behind has always felt spacious and fresh.
If you have been here long enough, then you know I usually blog after the fact. I'm not one to put it all out there during the dark sluggishness. I have to figure things out all on my own. I always can see the light at the end of my sluggish tunnel. It just takes a few days of prayer, self-analysis , list and written schedules to get me back on track.
As of today I'm feeling pretty great. My energy is back, I'm enjoying teaching, the house work is bettter and my schedule is moving nicely. I'm truly my happiest in the simplicity of my life. Running around, hopping from here to there and spending too much money is not for me. I'm a simple girl, who enjoys time and space for my thoughts and prayer. Next year I'll do my best to slow down. What better time of year to think and pray clearly. It is the time of Christ birth. I'm also very excited to be blogging daily again. It's been too long. So there you have my rambling thoughts. What about you? Whats your ramble?
9 comments:
I'm really concentrating on a schedule this year too. I haven't quite gotten there, but just shooting at a schedule has been helpful in getting our day rolling along. I know, especially during seasons like this with small children, I'll never have it perfectly together and up to my own expectations really, but simplicitiy as you say, crossing the basics off and having some order to our life, well that would be nice and I think I'm making progress.
WOW Catherine, that last part of your post about school and the kids needing (and you) the routine back....I could have wrote the exact same thing. Our kids were ready..too much TV, video games and computer while on our two week break. Took all week to really get our groove back. Glad things are back on track at your home. Have a blessed January! Thanks for stopping by the blogl
have mercy, my ramble is much of the same ramble as yours. having 2wks off from school left plenty of ME time. Scrap booking, reading, not schooling, not planning, re-organizing my home, sleeping in, and oh the list goes on and on. It was a blessed time of rest and having my husband home for 2 wks was a HUGE blessing. I think that was the hardest part to let go of when routine set in...
see, i've already rambled enough:)
It is fun to be back blogging! :) The holidays can be so busy and tiring for sure. Enjoying January now!
my thoughts exactly. I also had to shop on christmas eve due to pay check issues. Well, I noticed that all the markdowns going on--I am going today to get a few things for next year and put it all in a box. walmart has some things in their clearance area that could make presents next year. A lot of stuff for 5 dollars or less...and whenever i see such deals throughout the year that is what i am going to do. i am going to try to get as much as I can for 5 dollars or less throughout the year and put it away in a box.
For our kids in school, I didn't think they got enough of a break this time because of the way the holidays fell. they only got one week from christmas eve until new years It was shorter than I am used to.
mine is all about figuring out how to feed this baby and what will be best for all of us not just her and i....then on top of that figuring out how to do school with a newborn and a mom who can not get it together...blah!
I like to call these moments our seasons of life. Or compare them to a natural tide, ebbing in and out, in and out.
We started HS once again this past Monday. I agree with you that getting our family back on a schedule has been a blessing. God love you and Allen and your little ones!-David
Thank you all so much for posting~
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