OUR HOUSE IS SOLD!!!

Our agent just dropped off the paper work and put the sold sign up.  I’m so excited!  Mike’s not so pumped as he feels we’re getting ripped off.  We were conned into buying this place and now we’re only getting $3000 for all our trouble.  I personally am fine with it though.  We’re getting a brand new house with a lot more room.  We’ll have a smaller yard and no garage, but we’ll have a full dry basement where Mike will build us a large master bedroom and his studio.  Also, Kailer will finally have a decent sized room and not an cubical sized one.  So now we just need to put our offer in on the place we want and find a rental until it’s completion.  ;lakjfaioejmlfkaoa’f'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s how excited I am.

I’m turning over a new leaf this month.  I’ve been feeling like I’ve been trying and trying to get stuff done - be it house work, losing weight, Thursday 13, Tackle It Tuesday etc and getting no where.  The lists are very helpful, but there seems to be an overwhelming amount of them.  Today I did an easy To Do list that consisted of 2 categories and only 5 tasks per category.  That’s very doable.  I think I’m also going to have a cleaning lady come in once a month until I have developed the skills and habits that I need in order to do my house cleaning the way it needs to be.  I enjoy decluttering now, but it’s the actual cleaning that I’m not so super at.  I know that realistically I am visually impared, do childcare, and have a perfectionist for a hubbywho doesn’t like cleaning one bit, and so my house will probably never be spotless, but I want to keep trying.  So as much as a cleaning lady plays on my pride as well as my humility, it’s just something that I need to do right now.

I guess there’s nothing really wonder womanish about today.  I’m enjoying my new attitude though.  I used to have Mike on this pedestal where I wanted so much to be like him because he’s smart, funny and total eye candy, but two weeks ago God made it very clear that Mike had become an idal and God was to be on that pedestal and not Mike.  Now I’m no trying to be like Mike anymore, but God instead and it’s really refreshing.  I have a lot more patience with myself and don’t beat myself up like I used to when I make mistakes.  So, I am a wonder woman because I want to be like God.

Today’s To Do List looks like this:

For the house

1. write daycare schedule
2. organize my desk
3. mop floors
4. wash out fridge
5. vacuum master bedroom

For the S.H.S.

1. design info pamphlets
2. design business cards
3. go to second hand store
4. complete all forms
5. make W.H.S. appointment

Ah, I like this a lot better then my regular lists.  Since I’ve sectioned it and limitted it to 5 tasks per section it feels smaller.  We’ll see if this works for my brain.

Well, it seems that 2 of Tia’s pups didn’t make it and a third one is sick and Laury doesn’t think that she’ll make it through the night.  It’s the little blond one that we were hoping for.  Laury said that even if the pup makes it, she probably won’t be a very healthy dog.

So I emailed Laury and asked if there was any chance of us getting a little blond female from another female’s litter.  I’m waiting for a response right now and will let you know what she says.

I’m so excited about the Steinbach Humane Society starting up.  We’re getting our board of Directors together, organizing a fund raiser and all sorts of cool stuff.  Today I went out and bought a whole bunch of material and stuff for my seamstress to make some dog/cat beds.  For now all positions are volenteer, but as soon as we get a grant to get a building, Karen our founder/CEO has plans to make the board members paid positions.  I’m looking forward to that.  Then I can quit babysitting and devote my time to saving lives.  I’m so pumped!  WoooHooo!!!  See?

Kailer let me know today that his tooth is loose.  When I explained growing up and the 2 step teeth process, he was not impressed.  He actually cried and said he wants to keep all his little teeth.  Silly boy.

Today my list is 13 things I can do to improve myself as a wife.  I realize that this mostly benefits Mike, but it blesses me to bless him, so this week is kind of a 2 for 1 deal.

1. wash dishes after each meal
2. make our bed each morning
3. keep our bedroom tidy and minimalistic
4. sweep kitchen floor daily
5. keep living room organized
6. keep bathroom clean
7. improve my cooking skills
8. get involved in his interests
9. pray for him every day
10. plan weekly dates
11. speak in his love languages
12. give massages without being begged
13. make sure he knows he is my priority

Most people say “Happy wife, happy life”, but the same is true of our husbands.  They have wants and needs that as wives only we can fulfill, and we should do so willingly and with a thankful gracious attitude.  With the introduction of the Women’s Rights move, it seems a lot of wives now take their husbands for granted - myself included.  I am trying to break that in my marriage though.  God gave Mike to me to love honor and cherish, and I will.

Remember Tia?  She was a scared little Chihuahua with a lot of social issues that we gave to Laury in trade for one of Tia’s puppies.  Well Tia had her puppies today.  There is 6 of them!  That’s a pretty big litter for a Chi.  There is 2 blond females, 2 chocolate females, 1 chocolate male and 1 white and brindle male.  Mike and I are hoping to get one of the blond females, but we’ll see.  We’ll go see them sometime soon to make our final decision.  Pretty cute hey?  Now we have 8-10 weeks to choose the perfect name for her. 

This week of my self improvment journey I’ll be focussing on my spiritual needs.  Here goes.

1. begin each day with devotions
2. go to SOZO on Monday for prater time
3. have Bible lessons with daycare kids
4. spend time in meditation
5. listen to worship music more
6. write out inspirational lyrics
7. teach Kailer Bible songs
8. find some inspirational quotes
9. download an online Bible
10. buy important church messages
11. begin journaling
12. pray with my boys each night
13. visit Organized Life By Design often

This will be a great week, I just know it.  I’m really looking forward to doing all the above things.

Well, the Steinbach Humane Society is on its way.  There’s only 2 of us right now, but we’re getting a lot done.  Karen is a talker, so she has met with some people in the City Council and sponsors in and around our city.  She’s doing a great job.  Since I have the creative gene and a marketing major, I’m coming up with fund raiser ideas and lists and forms that we need.

Right now the biggest thing we need to get started is a building.  Once we have a building, we can start bringing stuff in to set up.  We’re very excited.  We’re having our first actual meeting on Wednesday evening.  That’s where we’ll write up a grant proposal to present to the City.  If we get that, we could get a location and a building in one shot.  If not, we’ll have to get more sponsors and do a lot more fund raisers and the project will go a lot slower.  Either way though, we’ll get there.