Finding Peace in Chaos
Sunday, May 07, 2006If you were to walk into my house right now, this moment, this is what you'd see:
- Most of a week's worth of laundry waiting to be folded or partially folded on the couch
- Toys strewn randomly around the house
- One toilet taped shut with an "Out Of Order" sign across it. (We had to shut off the water to it because it was leaking)
- Another toilet that should be taped shut with an "Out of Order" sign across it. (Jude emptied the contents of the garbage into it--twice!--and now it is completely plugged. We will probably have to get a plumber in to fix it.)
- A half-completed scrapbook page on my desk.
- A half-completed slow-moving renovation project in my kitchen.
- Magazines, papers, and mail in random piles on coffee tables, high chairs, under hammers or paint supplies, thanks to the disorder of my kitchen.
- An office set up with my mic, mixer, and cheesy little 5-octave Yamaha keyboard for a half- (or less-than-half-) completed recording project.
- A rumpled guest bed where my husband has been sleeping for the last week so he doesn't keep me and Jabin up at night with his coughing.
- Bottles on the counter waiting to be washed, since my milk dried up this week and as of today the switch is total and complete to formula.
- Paperwork piling up on my desk from office work I have shunted until the kitchen is done.
- Sawdust on my basement floor.
- Freshly-planted geranium and pansies in planters on the patio.
- Three boys that know their mommy and daddy love them.
- A fridge full of nutritious and delicious food.
- A man and a woman that are still completely in love with each other after 6 years of marriage, five pregnancies, and three babies.
- A snapshot of lives-in-progress. Not everything is neat and tidy, but the important thing is this: it is being lived!
Some photos I took of the boys tonight:
And one I took of Noah and Jabin earlier in the week:
(Jason said this was "not a picture-taking night" of him--since we had a stay-at-home Sunday, I think he was feeling a little mussy. Next time.)
7 comments
They are so very cute. I love chubby babies. Mine is all thin and stick-like! And when my house is messy, I used the 'it's the lived-in look' line too! Happy Mother's Day
ReplyDeleteCute pictures!! Just like Jason, I'm sick too. I'm really hoping I get better soon. The last thing I need is to be sick during Historymaker (youth convention). That would be a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteChoas is a constant for about 15 years....maybe 20...we need to love it...too soon it will be over
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish I could be around you more! Your house sounds beautiful and wouldn't it be wonderful if we could make some tea and chat in the middle of it all?
ReplyDeleteLovingly,
C
Rohini--The way to a mother's heart is through complementing her children, right? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWonder how long before I don't have to use that line anymore?
Ang--Hope you get better soon, girl! When is Historymaker, anyway? Must be soon (this weekend, maybe?) if you're worried about being sick through it.
Amanda--WOW!!!!! You visited my blog!!! Jason said you must have been bored today! ;-) Sorry I couldn't get together today--we'll have to catch up later in the week!
Colleen--And with you, I wouldn't be the least bit embarrassed about it, either. It's so nice to have friends like that.
I think never. I can still see my mom visibly swell with pride everytime someone says something nice about me or my brother.
ReplyDeleteI have 3 boys also. I had a little girl a few months ago. I know the house can get messy at times but sometimes family time comes first.
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