Waiting for the kettle to boil for our nightly pot of peppermint tea, and posting my first contribution to What I Found Wednesdays - which should really be my first Find, I suppose! - care of Angie at The Creative Mama.
As mumsy to four precocious tinies, work-at-home mom, and wife to a dedicated ministry-man, I have a lot of demands on my time and emotions. In case I didn't mention it before (heh), I'm also three days away from any relatives and/or long-time friends, so don't get much relief. We attend a great church, but as any ministry-wife knows, it takes years to build close relationships!
All that to say, I've been encouraged today. Greatly encouraged. I stumbled(?) across page after page of blogs of other moms - ministry and not, homeschooling and not, craft-y and not. I turned off the 'puter today to find I was joyful and at peace, everything around my not-perfect house seemed beautiful, mainly because of the little bodies that were running, screeching, drawing and bouncing all over it. God is good.
Here are some that I found most inspiring:
- Organizing Your Way - Simple, and extremely resourceful. And the woman is about to have her 4th baby, for cryin' out loud. I ran across Mandi via:
- Simple Nest - my favorite categories so far have been "Decluttering", "Organizing", and...*whimper*..."Decorating". Eureka! (And her site's affiliated with Simple Mom!)
- Balancing Beauty & Bedlam - homeschool mom of five (5!), speaker, and bread baker. And owner of a beautiful, inspiring site. Can't wait to read more.
- Nesting Place - the byline here is "it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful". With plans of starting a new year of homeschooling, and boxes and BOXES of pictures stored here and there, I really needed this one today. I love that The Nester posts "real" photos, too.
That's it for me! Now I'm off to finish baking the rest of the triple-batch of chocolate cookies I whipped up earlier. Recipe care of the husband of my pal Sarah over at Emerging Mummy. Although, I made them (mostly) whole-wheat, and did break down and use an electric mixer. (Sorry, Bri...*cough*)
