Juggling Act

The kids and I are sick with a cold so I spent a good chunk of yesterday sitting down and doing as little as possible. Normally I just get on with life when I am feeling sick but it was day one of my cold and my body ached, my throat hurt, my head felt like it was going to explode and I was exhausted from being awake for many hours the night before. So I attempted to get on with the day but by about 10am, I decided "bugger it"...I spend every day bending over backwards for my little family and I reasoned that they will certainly survive with one day of crappy mothering. And they did. But, when Mat got home at last night, the kids were bouncing off the walls because they didn't expend anywhere near enough energy during the day to tire them out!

Anyway, the point of mentioning all of that relates to the "stillness" of the day. As I sat around, I noticed sooooo many things that I want to do/change/improve in our household. For starters, I am having a toy cull. I can't believe how many toys the kids have! They have so many that they just pull them off the shelves, spread them around the house to make a nice big mess and then proceed to step over them and ignore them until said toys magically find their way back to the shelf, neatly assembled and become appealing again. Agh! 

Then there is my craft room. I have hardly been in there in the last few months and that is just not goo enough. There are about ten projects I want to get stuck into to beautify the house but they always get pushed to the bottom of the list. I hate that! Being creative is something that makes me feel really great and is something I need in my every day life. So I am going to schedule my time so I can get my creative on at least twice a week for starters. Every day would be better, but I'll take it in baby steps. 

Then there is the dreaded paperwork and the office. Yuk, yuk, yuk. I hate paperwork but I need to get over that and implement a fool proof system to make the business side of our life much easier. I guess this should be my top priority...actually I know this should be (and will be) my top priority. Boring but necessary. 

Of course there are loads of other things like menu plans, sorting out the pantry, taking stock of the freezer etc etc. In hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have rested yesterday because now I have just created more work for myself!!! I think today I shall focus on playing with the kids to make up for economy class mothering yesterday and creating a prioritised list of all the things that need to be done around here. The end results will be worth it and lets face it, the juggling act never ends!