Life on a Sugar High

Another year has gone & for the 1st time in our marriage we weren't together for that New Years kiss at midnight.  This year marked another holiday 1st as well, no gathering or party to attend, so the kids & I stayed in & played card games (all day).  I made homemade hot chocolate in the crockpot & when it was ready the kids got their mugs, added the flavored marshmallows of their choosing...& fell asleep!!  This left me with 3 mugs of rich, creamy hot chocolate &...let me just say, I didn't want it to go to waste.  Talk about a sugar high---I was up till 4 am when Vernon called to start his work day!
   Let me tell you, in a quiet house for all those hours (the kids crashed at 9) I had lots of time to think about the coming year.  To make a resolution or not?....it will just get broken within a few months just like in years past.  I decided I will strive for PEACE....in every aspect of our lives.  Peace for the worries about Vernon traveling so often; Peace for my new journey as a housewife; Peace for my ongoing work as Girl Scout troop leader, Service Unit leader, Social Secretary & Sunday School teacher at church; Peace for our crazy schedules that sometimes get way out of hand & over-booked at times; Peace for our church as we look to grow; and Peace for our household.
   For the last, I thought of 'The Little House on the Prairie'....(not sure why, but my mind works in overdrive & never shuts down!)  Monday is for washing; Tuesday is for mending; Wednesday is for churning.....I updated this as I don't do much mending & I don't churn!  Monday is laundry; Tuesday is floors; Wednesday is errands--post office, groceries, airport trips :-); Thursday is bathrooms (yuckk); Friday is dusting & extras; Saturday is project day (yard work, crafts...); & finally Sunday is prep day for the coming week.  Wheww...just putting it all down seems exhausting!!  I may need lots of Peace for our household.....
   On to the 1st week of the new year & tomorrow we begin with school for the kids & laundry, or washing, for me.  As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "What lies behind us & what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."  I pray for Peace within me & Peace within you for this new year!