The week ahead...

The week ahead--how interesting.  Today it is frigidly cold (I think) and tomorrow it appears that snow will be coming back (ick).  We have basketball practice tomorrow night, then three sets of home games on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  A free evening on Friday and basketball on Saturday.  Brett turns 13 on Saturday (yeah!) with a sleepover through the Martin Luther King Day on Monday.  This will be a fun week.  An ice cream cake from Culver's will need to be purchased, pizza and popcorn fully supplied along with a little soda for the special day.  Oh, and I need to check in on his fabulous gift that I scored on Ebay.

Now, what to have done for the week?  The laundry has been my thorn this weekend.  Every time I went to put in what I thought would be the last load of darks, it appeared as if someone had located that long lost pile in their room.  You know the one, the one that I've mentioned a number of times to PUT in the laundry.  I must say that laundry is about my least favorite chore.  I think I'd rather clean a toilet.  Just a personal preference.  I've also found that some folks feel more like they are accomplishing things when they complete one load a day.  I feel best when I do all the laundry at one time, it's done and put away, and we can forget about it for a week.  So, the last load is in the washer (this is significant in my odd little ocd mind). 

The dishwasher will be started as we get off to school tomorrow. 

I'm updating the chore list to make it more appropriate for teenagers :).

The coupons are clipped; they still need to be organized.

My closet is still not cleaned out.  This time of year, I take the new items I received for Christmas and birthday and make myself get rid of the same number of items. 

This week will also hold some "to-dos" for a variety of volunteer positions as well. 

So, how to organize?  My new favorite tool is a notebook.  I have it organized by "job" as in Awana, Youth SS, Mom, St. Paul's, etc.  Then within "mom" there are locations for pertinent information for each child, things that are due by the date (say the D-Now applications and amounts needed), any class information, etc.  It seems to work well. 

My prayer this week is that once again, the Lord would literally order my steps and that His will would be done in our home, in our activities, and in all of our life.

God Bless You and May God Order YOUR Steps, too,

Lisa