Sometimes it feels like all I'm getting done these days are the bare essentials necessary to sustain life; and chief among those duties, of course, is the care of Benjamin. Every day, I spend hours "just" feeding, changing, clothing, burping, bathing, and holding him. That's just how it is in these newborn days, and I don't mind that at all.
But occasionally, it's nice to experience life outside the baby bubble; and today I got the chance to do that by completing a household project. Admittedly, it was a very small project, but encouraging nonetheless as I was able to snatch a little time to transform this horribly messy bookshelf...
...into this much neater one.
What an inspiration! Tomorrow, a rare day at home, I will try to do even one small thing outside the hamster wheel to organize or clean a spot. If you can do it with a newborn, then surely I can do it with my four non-diaper children!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Davene! Not only for tackling a task, but making it a pleasurable task that involves BOOKS! I don't know how you do all you do. You are one of my heroes!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sally and Caroline! But let me hasten to tell you that, if Jeff's mom wasn't here right now helping so much, I'm sure I wouldn't have had (or made) time to do this bookshelf project. :) As it is, she is taking care of laundry, helping with dishes, and most of all, spending gobs of quality time with the older kids. Because of her help, I had time to spend doing "an extra." :) But thank you for your encouragement; I am grateful. :)
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