Yesterday was Mother's Day. We had a lesson in church about work and personal responsibility. I have been thinking a lot about that topic because there seems to be one skill that has eluded me, and that is the womanly art of housekeeping. I have now been married 10 years. Unfortunately, my house has been messy MOST of that time. I have gotten better, but the mess makers in my house have increased and so I'd say it is just about a wash.
I've given myself exactly 20 minutes to work on this post and I have two previously occupied children now climbing on me, so I hope this makes sense.
I have more than once come to the conclusion that the main thing that hinders my ability to progress in this life is my inability to keep my house in order. I am a very ambitious person. I have a lot of lofty visions and goals and many things I'd like to be, but the thing that always seems to get in my way is the mess.
I know it takes time to keep up with house work, so I'm trying to change my priorities to put this at the top. I've tried a lot of books and programs checklists, professional organizers, etc., but I haven't really been able to keep up with any of it.
OK- enough whining-
THe point of this is not to whine. The point is to say that I am turning over a new leaf. The scriptures say that "I give men weakness that they may become strong." The prophet Nephi says, "I know that the father giveth no commandment unto the children of men save he prepare a way for them to accomplish the things that he has commanded them." If God told me to move a mountain, I'm pretty sure that I could do it, but what if he told me to move that pile of laundry? Sister Beck has said that "LDS women should be the best homemakers in the world" and that our primary job is to nurture and that another name for nurturing is HOMEMAKING. My house is a house of order and not a house of confusion
Just to be clear, these pictures are what my house looks like right now. This isn't its worst state, not it's best state- maybe a little worse than average, but pretty typical. I got up at 4:30, read my scriptures, prayed, wrote in my journal, fed the baby, worked out, made bread, did some dishes, packed a lunch, fed the family breakfast and now I have 2 min. left to work on this before I shower and start working on the house. More on this, but let the journey to being a Domestic Goddess begin.
