What I've Been Doing

So, I decided to make this Spring Cleaning Week - mainly because I couldn't face doing one more stinking lesson. :-) Also, there were certain clutter-y and/or disorganized elements of my home that were driving me bonkers. So, we are working on them, although not making as much progress as my hopeful mind had envisioned.

Tuesday I had to take David to get new glasses since his were broken. Since he already had replacement lenses ordered, we just had to get new frames. They didn't cost too much and they appear to be more durable than the terribly fragile ones he was using. (Remember they broke the FIRST DAY he had them, back when they were new.)

We also did SOME cleaning that day, but not too much. David was supposed to have practice, but it apparently was not being held since there was no one at the field. I personally witnessed the absence of a team on the field, so I know it was so. lol After I went to work, Bob had them finish some cleaning (I made lists) and then they watched Bee Movie. Also Emily had her first soccer practice of the season. (INDOORS) I think all that was Tuesday.

Today, I was more productive. I wrote out more lists today - more focused on organizing than cleaning. We sorted things, rearranged things and tried to get rid of things. (Very hard. I am married to a packrat/saver sort of guy!) The kids worked hard. We then had lunch in front of the TV and watched Enchanted. (That's a very sweet movie, by the way, and I need to review it. Hopefully this weekend.) Then I was off to work. I have a couple unfinished projects from today that I wanted to do tonight, but it just isn't going to happen. :-)

I am debating whether or not to tackle the kids rooms tomorrow, but I think that's more than I want to take on the day before co-op. So probably tomorrow it will be some deep cleaning, some game playing, and some shopping for me before work. Not groceries, but some STUFF we need. Such as a scale, since ours died a couple weeks ago, some pillows, etc...

One of these Saturdays before soccer, I need to rent a carpet shampooer (unless someone close by has one we can borrow?) and do the carpets. They have not been done in a long time. Have they ever been done? Hmmmm.... I don't think so! Yikes! OK, so that's a priority.

I also think we are getting some gravel for the driveway, which right now is a sea of mud as it is every spring and fall. Yucky. We've lived here 14 years and endured this every year and this is the end. Gravel. Yes.

One of my sisters is moving - from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee. She got a promotion at work. I am excited for her because she loves a challenge and she is getting a great promotion and relocation package. But I am sad for our family, since this is the farthest away anyone in my immediate family will have ever lived - except for when my brother was in the Marines. Right now *I* am the farthest away. Congratulations, Debbie!

Lots of interesting discussion at work tonight - about sin, whether or not God punishes people, premarital sex, what repentance means, etc. One person asked me, "Is it a kind of repentance when you know something you are doing is wrong?" Um, no. That's not repentance. That's guilt. lol Repentance is turning away from your sin and going in the opposite direction.

This job is really the first time in my life that I have had deep conversations with non-Christians or fallen-away Christians about spiritual matters, other than in a specifically Christian setting (like church). Is that terribly sad?

I still have that yearbook page to do. Guess that's added to tomorrow's list, since I MUST turn it on Friday at co-op.

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