2008.05.20

Warning: This post is about real life. Do not expect "picture perfect" images.
When I thought about taking pictures this afternoon I was already struggling with fatigue. I wanted to take some pictures and post but I was just so tired and unmotivated. The thought of going out into the yard to take even one flower image did not even seem doable. You see, not only was I so tired I also had many things left yet to do. It was only about 4.

So...I thought it would be interesting to recount my day for you...more for me to see how well I had spent my time. To understand what I had accomplished and what I had left undone.

You will all have to bear with me, I know the pictures are not lining up with my story but I cannot figure out how to arrange them how I want and it has been 6 hours since I felt "too tired to even snap a picture".
Yesterday, as I had posted, I took my Grandma to have eye surgery and then needed to stay at her house overnight. I did that and woke several times during the early morning from vivid dreams. When it was time to rise I got up and ran through my morning routine as best I could so that we could be at her eye doctor follow up appointment at 8am. We made it. The appointment went well and I tried to read some of my book on hospitality while waiting but I am easily distracted in waiting rooms.
After that we went to see my wonderful aunt at work and we were able to visit with her for a bit. About this time I started receiving phone calls. RSVPs for Josh's party on Sat. and family trying to coordinate schedules and such (never ending for us). We then met mom at KOHL's so that I could take him shopping for party supplies later. Found the frame I needed at KOHL's and ran my worn out Grandma back to her house. We did a little pre-planning and then Josh and I went back to town in Grandma's car to shop for the food and supplies for this party looming in our future.
We did great!!! I was so pleased. We were able to knock out the whole list other then the fruits and veggies today. We went to GFS where I got what I knew was a better deal and wrote down prices for what I was unsure of. Then we went to Meijer and picked up more food and compared prices some more. I was determined to get the best deal so I was armed with ads, notebook, pen, and calculator. Topped off Grandma's gas tank for 3.879 a gallon (best price around) and ran back to GFS to get those items that really were a better deal there...don't worry I didn't spend all the savings on gas, the stores are very near each other. :)
Got back to Grandma's just in time for lunch and Who Wants to be a Millionaire...no tv at home but I enjoy watching Millionaire at Grandma's. Then Josh and I went to visit a friend who is in a nursing home...didn't see him but left a note. Dropped in to check on something at a darling little gift shop (an enjoy life moment) and went back to Grandma's to meet up with mom.
While I waited for her I used Grandma's new weed whacker to clean up her yard a bit.

After we stuffed mom's car with all of our grocery stored finds we all headed off to pick up Brandi. (Yes, that is her on the porch in the above image) Got home to find the room I had left clean quickly became rather messy! Yikes! Suzanne was loving my nice clean bed so much that she forgot i was coming home. :) (She did clean it up as soon as she got home!) Got to see the prints I ordered from mpix. Yay, they were absolutely beautiful. Caught up on all my email...not much important news there...checked all of my regular blogs and generally wasted some time on the computer while I started to upload senior pictures of Josh to the mpix site. That is when I realized I needed to pull out my camera.

I wanted to somehow represent my day so I decided to take some pictures of different bags and packaging involved in what I had been doing. My bags from coming home (clothes, computer, camera, and books...pictured somewhere above), the mpix packaging, grocery bags, etc. Only when I got to the kitchen I found out that Josh had not put the food away! Everything but the frozen food was still on the floor and counter. So I went to work putting that away...as much as possible seeing how it is all for the party on Saturday.

Then I managed to rebound for my 15 (broken up) minutes. Read the book of Galatians. Everyone who knows me knows that I love ice water so the pic below is me taking a water break. Also got a load of laundry in. I was on my way to the clothes line when mom called to see if I could whip up some dinner. Sure! I was praying and praising God in order to move past my fatigue. In the midst of this we got our new shipment of note cards in. (Tomorrow I will post about that) Started supper and enjoyed getting the table ready while I thought about my role as a woman, daughter, and sister. I wanted my family to be encouraged and feel loved when they came in from working so hard.

Had supper well under control when I made it back to my wet clothes. Grabbed the basket and stepped out the door just in time to feel raindrops. Set the basket of wet clothes back in the house and ran to the line to get the dry clothes. Wet clothes in dryer and dry clothes folded. Swung by my room pick it up some more. Ah, everyone is finally home so we can enjoy my long completed meal. One a beautiful table...at least it made me happy!! :)

Throughout the meal there were some business items and such to discuss and then I had to return another phone call. Financial work. Josh and Suzanne both needed some senior portraits ordered (hope they get here in time!) so we did that. Then I had to upload today's pictures and I have spent far too much time writing this post...not to mention I have probably bored you to sleep. Now I need to take a shower and get some sleep before I get sick.

Writing this all out is very informative for me. The Lord has been convicting me about several areas of my life. Time, discipline, attitude, love for others...this essay has helped me to see how I did and what the results were and more. I hope this made some sense to you...I am learning so much through my everyday posts.

~very worn out blogger