Monday Meanderings & MPM

Hello, all! Last week was weird – I’m eagerly embracing the new week ahead, that’s for sure!

Last week began with a family gathering and good visiting. But in the back of my mind, I was pre-occupied with a nagging question, one that I had been pondering for more than three weeks – I thought that perhaps we might be expecting our 4th child. But with only one faint positive result more than a week prior to that, and 3 negative ones since then, I was hesitant to embrace that possibility. And when I began having strong, low back pains and abdominal cramps over the weekend, I decided to call the doctor first thing Tuesday morning – which I did. By that point, other things began going on (read into that ladies) and a blood test first thing Wednesday morning came back negative. It had been a week and a half since the faint positive. We’ll never know whether I really was or wasn’t pregnant or if the whole thing was just a crazy fluke. (I certainly felt like I was.) Either is a possibility. Now, don’t worry about me, because I’m fine really. I had already accepted both possibilities. I was and am resting in the goodness of God no matter what comes my way. Still, Tuesday and Wednesday were a little bit of a blur. So were the two weeks before that, for that matter. Between the brain fog and the fatigue I was experiencing, my house was starting to suffer a little. So by the end of last week when I started feeling better, I rolled up my sleeves and got back to work. Evidenced by my lack of blogging last week, I’ve been preoccupied one way or another.

There is still more to do, though. A little more laundry to catch up on, some remaining hand dishes. Each of the bedrooms need a good picking up and refreshing. And pretty much everything that can be swept or mopped or wiped down needs it. Yup. That’s pretty much the state of my house right now.

We did finally test Princess last Friday as well, which I’ll report on later this week, as well as some other things and the promised graphing results. It’s my intent to work all day today and then sit down after the kids go to bed and dish out a week’s worth of posts. So if you’ll be patient and bear with me.. all your questions will be answered soon. Well, all the questions to which I have answers, anyhow.

So without further ado, here’s the rest of Monday Meanderings:

1.) Bible Study:

Morning devotions with my women’s devotional bible – reading straight through.

Memorize our church’s memory verse for this week:

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the great and first commandment.

Matthew 22:37-38 (ESV)

2.) “MUST Do” List:

• Stick to my daily schedule (as God allows) for morning devotions, taking care of the home and home-schooling.
• Thursday, ballet pictures. Friday, ballet rehearsal. Saturday, ballet recital.
• Iron Big Daddy’s clothes for each day, as a labor of love.

3.) Taking Care of My Home:

Daily Chores and then focus on these areas for weekly chores.

• Monday – Kitchen; Wash towels, tablecloths, etc.
• Tuesday – Dining Room; The girls wash and put away their own laundry.
• Wednesday – Living Room; Wash Momma’s laundry. Little Prince helps wash and put away his laundry.
• Thursday – Master Bedroom; Wash all bed sheets, put them back on the beds.
• Friday – Kids’ Rooms; Wash Big Daddy’s laundry & Whites
• Saturday – Bathrooms; Clean Up Yard/Car

4.) Training My Children:

• Light load this week! That’s all I have to say about that!

5.) Menu Plan Monday

One more time, I’m going to plan dinners only. We’ll have a lot of sandwiches for lunch, etc.

• Monday – Cheese Enchiladas
• Tuesday – Fettucine Alfredo
• Wednesday – Meatloaf
• Thursday – Pizza Pasta
• Friday – Rice, Beans, Cornbread
  
• Saturday – Spaghetti
• Sunday – Breakfast for Dinner

Monday Meanderings is hosted by Tiany and Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura. Thanks ladies!