Marty has an immense desire to gain his independence. He knows that there is a lot he doesn't know. I would say that is progress. Now, to teach him what he doesn't know :)
Yesterday I was making a boxed brownie mix. I asked him if he wanted to come help. At first he said no, then he said he wanted to come try on his own. He carefully read every step. If he missed a step, I would ask him to go back and re-read it. In the end, we have brownies!
Marty also read my blog post here and was concerned with all the things that I had on my to do list. He wanted to help me cross some of them off the list. Over the past week we have made some awesome progress. Here's the update:
- take Marty to the doctor - different day, different appointments
- get bids to pour a circle driveway
- landscape the front of house
- find/make a welcome post for the front door - In progress, I bought all the stuff
clean out freezer in garageorganize garageget toilet paper out of atticclean out my closetclean my bathroom- install new fan in my bathroom
clean out closet in perspective roomcall my sister (I totally missed her birthday)organize kitchen cabinets- finish Christ picture in dining room - I need less rain so I can finish painting the frame
- stain back deck
- buy patio furniture - window shopped for it, can't find a set I like yet
- finish my cross-stitch - like this will every happen, I've been working on it for 2 years.
vacuum rug in family roomkey in all my seasonal strategies at work- call Todd to find carpet remnant for stairs
- buy hammock chairs for lower deck
- paint game room
- organize craft closet
- finish block letters
- get bids to finish Jessica's bathroom
- grocery shop - does this every come off the list? I will grocery shop, just to come home and have the girls say, "mom, we are out of _________" for me to respond "why didn't you put it on the list" There's always something to buy
- replace all batteries in smoke detectors
wait, buy batteries for smoke detectors- plan sharing time for the rest of March - planned 1 of the 2 remaining Sundays.
- have a GNO - went to relief society last night which just about counted.
- finish my book from my mentor - haven't even picked it up - FAIL!
- sleep - this is on my eternal to do list. I do sleep every night, but always feel like I could use an additional 8-9 hours each night :(
See, Making GREAT progress on my list. Now I wish I could say that this list was comprehensive. This was just what was on my mind last week. I have mentally added several more things to the list, but will not really add them as I would be entirely too overwhelmed. I did have a dear friend tell me last night she has a plan to help me knock out a few more on this list. I nearly cried. I didn't add this list to the blog as a cry for help, really more for me to prioritize and understand what I'm trying to work through. It was very humbling to know that I have friends that want to help with these.
I had another friend send me a package as a reminder that I am never alone. I know I’ve said it before, but I am really grateful for the AWESOME friends and sisters in Christ that I am surrounded by. It has helped strengthen my testimony in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of our baptism covenants is to ease one another’s burdens. I have experienced this first hand and will be eternally grateful.
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