The world is my oyster.
I'm on no bodys time clock but my own.
Master of my own schedule.
For example this is what my day looks like tomorrow:
6:10am Make Phil's lunch
6:20am Drive Phil to work
6:45 am Make an attempt at Bible study
8:45am Wake up from attempt at Bible study
8:45-10am Have breakfast, make coffee and sit down to Bible study...seriously this time
10:30 am Begin the day which will inevitably consist of cleaning the kitchen, the dishes, and then there's the floor; begging to be swept and moped. (Before I do though, I have to buy a broom.) The waiting list for the washing machine is getting shorter but there seems to be an endless line of stragglers; bath towels, pants and teeshirts, dress shirts, undermentionables, one by one filling up the laundry basket. (Who am i kidding we haven't replaced the one we gave away yet, so these things pile up in the corners of rooms and bathrooms.) Various and sundry chores to do online. Including getting this blog in running order. Playing my guitar which i have tragically neglected out of exhaustion since...oh since I decided I wanted to play in the 1st place. Make chicken salad for dinner. (Oh! the chicken, the roasted chicken that was supposed to be our dinner tonight that took 1 1/2 hours to bake instead of 30min like the recipe said. My poor starving husband. He got a smoothie instead of roasted chicken and vegetables. Im certain June Cleaver would never approve; not to mention I'm supposed to be a professional.) ...If I get all this done before 5pm, I may make it out to the pool for some R&R.
If not, the dry cleaning needs to be picked up, and Phil will need to be picked up around 6.
Wait...how does this happen. Somehow I managed to keep us fed, and safe from drowning in dirty laundry while working full time the past 4 years. Now that I actually have time to keep the floors clean and pick up my guitar, I can only seem to get to one or the other. It's almost as if I NEED less time in order to get things accomplished. Time management is officially not my forte. An entire day with no time constraints, I just don't know what to do with.
I'd like to know how she does it. I want to be like her.
The Wife of Noble Character
Proverbs 31
10 [b]A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
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