So I want to be reading this . . . . . .

So i want to be reading this book!! I really need to get it finished because I'm meant to be reading . . . .

THIS!!!! (for Uni)

and THIS!! (for seminary)

and i could even spend some time laminating THESE!!! (also for seminary)










So I'm desperate to finish my book. As you can see it is called 'The Brave' by Nicholas Evans. It's really good and i have previously read 'The Horse Whisperer' and 'The Divide' also written by him. I highly recommend them both ( actually this one too ).  I want to finish it fast because i know that although i LOVE to read . . . . . This is the last book (of fiction) that i'll be reading this year!!!



It's not that i don't want to, it's just that as well as Uni and seminary I'm also spending alot of time looking after these little rascals!

And i also don't want to neglect this little cherub (especially while he is so little!) not to mention my other 4 awesome (and in need of their mother) children!!

I'm not really complaining about my busy life (after all life is about choices and the pro's, cons and balance of each). It's just that this year my sink is destined to continuously look like this. . .

And my bed to continuously look like this . . . .

AND LETS NOT EVEN MENTION MY PERMANENT WASHING PILE!!!!!

(and the varying degrees of washing in my house! - dirty, sorted, in the machine, waiting to dry, drying, waiting to be folded, folded, put away and the given up on ironing pile!)

And then what do i do with these chicken breasts for tea? or any other half defrosted lump of meat nestled on my bench, mocking me and awaiting inspiration.

And and some days i feel Jealous (jealous) yea even jealous! of all my non working mum friends out there who can go to Uni and/or the Gym or sew and cook and spend time with their kids and not plan, clean, prepare and plan!!! for work every day! and who's husbands come home at normal hours and not somewhere between 7pm and 10 pm every night!!! so that by the end of the week you feel like a single parent . . . . Whew!

But you know what ?

I am grateful to have read three novels while i had a 4 week BREAK from work

I am grateful for the opportunity to attend Uni when for many others it is just a DREAM

I am grateful for my role as a seminary teacher as i know GOD is showing me that i have more time than i know in my life and the knowledge is something i need

I am grateful for my job as it brings me the JOY and innocence only little children can give every day and I know so many people would love any job

I am grateful for my 5, well bloody fantastic, children because they are my greatest GIFT

I am grateful for my dirty dishes because it symbolises the FOOD we have had to eat

I am grateful for my un-made bed because it reminds me of the COMFORT and warmth i feel every night when the wind and rain whistle past and i think of those huddled in doorways praying for their life to change

And i am even GRATEFUL for the never ending, never changing continuous pile of washing (because it means we have ample clothing!) And i am especially grateful for my absentee HUSBAND because when i do see him (lots on weekends) i know that i am not a single parent and that many other parents struggle every day on there own.

So thank you God for the BLESSINGS in my life

They are in disguise but I really appreciate them :-)