In my prayer this morning I asked that I be allowed to hear some SGBDs. Within moments of the "amen," I was impressed to ask a less-active sister in our ward to join the playgroup we have every Wednesday morning. This was a prompting I got a few times several months ago and I talked myself out of it, but not today! An old prompting was given again and so I called her. I had to leave a message, but it was very detailed...time, place, my number, etc. I hope to hear from her, or better yet, see her on Wednesday.
Another old SGBD that I got several months ago was, "deep clean/declutter your house." I was pregnant with my fifth and very tired and while I appreciated this suggestion, it just didn't go anywhere. I should have followed through with it while I only had four small children to contend with, nevertheless, the prompting came again...this time via a book Nickie mentioned in one of her posts on As a Mother Thinketh.... Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston. This was a few weeks ago and I just knew I had to get that book. I cruised over to Thriftbooks.com and got it for less than five dollars and free shipping (woohoo!). It came and I have been so inspired. My house had gotten so uncomfortable for me. There wasn't a single surface that didn't have piles of misplaced stuff. I was miserable...there wasn't one room in the house I felt I could breathe in. It is really hard for me to hear the spirit or feel at peace when all I see is work that needs to be done (and feels impossible to tackle).
Now after two days of intensive decluttering, my living room is my favorite place again and my kitchen is a joy to be in. I still have to do a few more cupboards and the junk drawer, but my spirits have been significantly lifted. I have a reasonable schedule to work on the rest of my house and I have explained to my children (the three oldest) why we are doing this. They quickly came on board when I explained that they could sell their toys at a garage sale.
So, again...thanks to Nickie! Her blogging is changing my life, and the lives of my children.
Oh my! I think you have the wrong girl Dezra. I don't recognize that book at all. But we could probably use it at our home, except I hate those kinds of books. Are you sure you found it at my blog???
ReplyDeleteI thought I did. Maybe it was on a blog that was linked from yours. I seem to remember finding it right about the time I had found Say Go Be Do on your blog. So you get credit in my mind. Either way, I am really glad I found it.
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