Friday, September 10, 2010

Busy Week

Lately I have realized that my vision of what I WISH I was doing and what was actually happening are two completely different things. Here are some examples:



My vision of the wife/mother I want to be #1:







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A beautiful home-made warm breakfast made every morning.
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My reality:








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Cold cereal for all.
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My vision of the wife/mother I want to be #2:






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Perfect body and in perfect shape.
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My reality:





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My vision of the wife/mother I want to be #3:
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Perfect, thoroughly uplifting scripture study on a daily basis.
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My reality:
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My vision of the wife/mother I want to be #4
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Beaufiful home storage/home production techniques.
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But this last week I have finally begun to conquer some of these challenges. In this past week I have:

1. Made pancakes for breakfast ON A WORK DAY for the first time in our entired married life.
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2. Started jogging again. Granted, it is for less than a mile and only takes me about 8 minutes- but it is a start.
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3. Bought a book that clearly explains Isaiah and am delving into the scriptures and learning more than I have in a long time
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4. Made homemade grape juice from Concord Grapes from a grape tree in Ben's parents yard, made homemade chokecherry syrup from chokecherries in our backyard, and planted 2 apple and 1 cherry tree in our backyard (OK, in reality Ben's dad was incredibly generous and did 100% of the work in the actual planting of the trees).
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Maybe next I'll start cleaning...

7 comments:

  1. I got a good laugh out of this because I feel the exact same way! Although I would add a house that is fully unpacked, clean and decorated! Way to go on conquering your goals. I'm impressed. Maybe you will inspire me! I think Bryce would faint if I made him breakfast before work. :)

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  2. Haha! I hear ya. I did yoga ONCE and messed up my neck so bad I had to take a whole week off just to feel semi-normal again. Now I'm afraid to pick it up again. Hmm...

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  3. I love this post. It's exactly how I feel, maybe someday I'll be the "perfect" wife and mother, but until then, I think my kids and hubby are pretty lucky to have what they have regardless of my imperfections. Same goes for you too. :)

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  4. Ben sure looks a lot different in the cereal shot - just kidding. But I did do a double take when I first read actual and saw a picture that wasn't you guys. Then I caught on. See how smart I am?

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  5. Yea Christina! I pulled weeds today and I am trying to run too. Yea for us! Little by little.

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  6. I had some fun with this post! Ben was like, "who's that guy eating the cereal?" All the pictures were from the internet- Shells, I hope you didn't think I really was a potato:)

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  7. Good for you! I've accepted the chaos, and hopefully Matt is ok with it.

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