I just started this book today and decided I would blog my way through it. Let me first start by saying that homemaking is a challenge for me (I am a messy person). I think homemaking is a challenge for me because I struggle with self-discipline in every aspect of my life. I am the person that starts working out and does it for 2 weeks and quits, or starts a bible reading plan and completes 4 days of it before I'm back to sporadic reading at sporadic times. It's an awful issue that the Lord is working out in me and this issue really affects my home making. I will get my whole house organized and even make lists of certain rooms and certain tasks i'm going to do every day and well I do it for about a week and quit. Now I know I'm pregnant and sick and haven't been doing much of anything but this goes back to before pregnancy lol. So I found this book and after reading a ton of reviews on it I decided it would be something good for me to read. I am really going to try to do the book in 31 days like it says and not let my lack of self discipline overtake this as well lol so maybe keeping this blog will be good accountability for me. However I am still battling my hyperemesis and potty training a 2 yr old so I'm not going to stress if I miss a day and have to pick up the next day. My prayer is that God would change my attitude about homemaking and help me to see it as a ministry to my family and as something that brings glory to his name...
So Day 1 has two challenges a Mary challenge and a Martha challenge.
The Mary challenge was to figure out your personal reasons for wanting to make your house a haven. Why do you personally want your house to be clean? apart from obvious reasons such as health and safety issues. So I read this challenge this morning and thought on it all day. The main reason I want my house to be clean is so that it is a calm, relaxing and inviting environment for myself and my family. My family has a hectic schedule. Stephen works pretty much 6 days a week, I am 7 months pregnant with hyperemesis taking care of a very rambunctious toddler daily and a high maintenance 8 yr old every other week and attending college. So a lot of times our life is just hectic. It's very unorganized and my home making falls right in line with that. I think it's kind of a vicious cycle, my house looks chaotic and unorganized because my life is and then sometimes I feel like if my house was more organized I could eliminate some of the chaos that ensues. So my main personal motivation is to stay on top of my homemaking so that our house can be a peaceful, relaxing place in the midst of a busy schedule
The Martha challenge was to make a list of the supplies you'll need to finish all the Martha challenges in the book and considering I have every cleaning supply known to man I didn't need to do that lol.
So this book is definitely going to be a challenge for me but I am praying that God will change my attitude and teach me some discipline through it. So pray for me and my homemaking skills (or lack thereof lol).
Until tomorrow, hopefully if I don't procrastinate ;)
Diane
That sounds like a perfect book for myself as well. I completely understand where you are coming from...except maybe the hypermesis, going to college, and raising a toddler part. But I do have a 6 month old, a full time teaching job, and in laws living with me. I try my hardest to try and keep our house clean but, like you, am a horrible home maker. I tend to let it get so unorganized and then when I know it has to be done, I freak out because I don't know where to start. I always feel better when I have a nice clean house. It puts me in a better mood and makes me actually feel like I can accomplish even more. I've been better at it this summer but dread how going back to work will affect it. Maybe I can get this book and it will help me out too...let me know how you like it.
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