making slow changes for the better
• Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - New Hope
Well I did it, I read the book of John. And then I read it and read it and then read it again. I am thankful to those that recomended that I read it to start. I have a new outlook on my life it seems, and I am going to try to do things different in my life from this day forward. One thing that has become of interest to me is dressing in a modest way. I have never been comfortable showing much skin to begin with, and I am going to work towards trying to dress in skirts from now on. Problem being that I only own like two. Well it is a start right? I will check out the goodwill when I have the time to root through the racks. They just usually do not have a good supply of plus sized clothes, which unfortunatley I need.
I didn't mention before that I am having problems in my marriage, but I think that I am ready to share, maybe I can get help from some of you ladies out there. If seems my husband is not happy in our marriage. Or should I say he is not happy with his life, and thinks it is me. I have not been the wife that I know that I should have been, but I have been faithful, and I have been a good mother to my children. Money is very tight in our house right now, and now he believes that maybe I should try and find a job to help out with the finances. One problem is that I have 4 children, two of which are in school fulltime, but two are home all day. Daycare these days is way to much to afford, plus I do not want that for my kids, I want them home with mom. So now he suggests that I work at night when he is home, another problem, because there is 4 of them, and I think it might be to much for him to handle by himself. Plus I like to be here when my little ones go to sleep. Now I am stuck on what to do, I do watch one little girl two days of the week, and get paid $50 a week for that. That helps with spending money, but there never seems to be enough money. I am now looking on ways to cut down our bills, like refinancing and cutting other costs. All of this, and I am also dealing with the fact that he is unhappy and is thinking about divorce. This is one of the reasons that I have turned to the bible for answers, I find comfort in it, and hope that things will turn around for the better real soon. I have to go for now, and get some things done around here. Sorry I am going from subject to subject, but my mind is a mess, and is on overload as of late. Talk to you all real soon, and have a beautiful day!
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• Sunday, September 10, 2006 - Peaceful Sunday
Good Morning everyone, it is a beautiful Sunday morning here in little old Delaware, temp is suppose to be in the low 80's. I am up this morning with a hopefully feeling in my heart. My goal lately is to be a better wife and mother. After giving the baby a bottle and the 3 year old a cup of juice, I was off to make homemade coffee cake for us for breakfast. Hubby and two older boys are still asleep. I just love it when they wake up with the scent of something baking in the oven and come down in a good mood. I have been reading alot on Stephanie and Candys' blogs about serving my husband. I am not a religous person, but long to be. I was not raised by any means in a religous family, but have always been drawn to religion. Mostly I ingnored my calling, but now I am ready to give in to it. Problem that I have is that I am clueless and do not know where to start. I started reading the bible two nights ago, so I guess that is a start, but I find some things hard to understand. If anyone has any suggestions on where I should start, please let me know. I am open to suggestions. I need peace in my life, and a point to it all. I have know since I was little that my calling was to be a wife and mother. There was a time when I wanted 10 children, right now I am settling for the 4. My husband does not share my desire for more children, so I am on my own with that one. Any way for now I am self learning and trying to read and understand the bible.
Today I am suppose to go with my sister and her boys bowling for her sons 16th Birthday. Should be fun. I just need to get moving so I will be ready in time. My nephews are a HUGE part of my life, I just adore them and love spending time with them.
I am going for now, I will probably write more later, but now I need to get my cake out of the oven and get my butt moving to enjoy this awesome day.
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• Saturday, September 9, 2006 - Here it is!!!
Well here it is my first actual blog entry. Hi my name is Colleen, and I am a SAHM of 4 beautiful children. Colin who is 10, Connor who is 6, Lillian who is 3 and little Hannah who was 10 months on the 7th. They are my life, and my inspiration to become a better person in this crazy world.
My interest in simple living started about 2 or 3 years ago, with my father in law loaning me his collection of Mother Earth News magazines. I was drawn to them in a way that I can not explain.
Right now we live in the suburbs in a 3 bedroom colonial home with neighbors all around. At times I like the suburban life style, but also long for a more quiet life. It is oh so annoying when everyone knows your every move. My husband and I desire to own a piece of property with just a few acres, so we can have some animals, and a nice garden. Right now we have probably 1/4 acres with a small garden in the back.
I will be blogging about the small changes I make as the days pass to get back to a more simple life, and a more natural way of living. Changes I have made so far are:
1. We just started recycling
2. Switched to whole wheat breads
3. Only by second hand clothes
4. Am trying to use only whole wheat flour in cooking
5. Switched to powdered milk for cooking.
6. Growing a garden with fruits and vegetables
7. Cooking from scratch
8. Cutting down on electricity use ( Turn off Tv or lights if noone is in room, bad habit!)
9. Cutting down on water use ( bath the kids every other day unless needed)
10. Making less trips in cars to save on gas.
11. Bought a clothes line, and waiting for husband to hang it so I can hang out clothes to dry instead of always using the dryer.
12. Trying to get ourselves and the kids to wear things a few times before putting in dirty clothes ( I just know I have been washing things that really did not need it.)
13. Cutting coupons, and only buying things when on sale.
I am sure there are many more little things that I have been doing, but these things come to mind right now. You will find I will talk about my children alot and what we do to disapline them, and anything else that comes to mind for that day.
I am by no means a writter as you can tell, but I thought it would be fun to blog and share things that I learn along the way of simplifing and slowly working on getting out of the suburbs. I hope you enjoy.
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