A Laundry List of things...

This was planned to be posted yesterday but I was waiting on permission to repost a link for you. Enjoy!
I have a laundry list of things to do. Always will, if you wanna know the truth.Housework, laundry, dishes piled in the sink, outgrown clothes to weed out, beds to make, toilets/sinks to scrub...I could go on. I'm so guilty of letting it stand in the way-of a day at the park with my kids, of a quiet night to just "be" and relax...catch up with my husband after the kids are asleep. I'm even quite guilty of allowing it to become a "buffer" between my friends or even potential relationships, that haven't quite bloomed. 
I've been thinking about this a lot. Recently I have had a few friends over. My house was not in entertaining condition by any means. I told a friend just this week, half-jokingly, that my transparency about the condition my house was in was my attempt at friendship, because good friends are transparent about themselves and their flaws. But while I was joking...I realized how true that is. Not only that I can be honest that my house is far from perfect, but also that I can just look away from the mess and take time for what is really important in my life.First I was thinking I should find ways to be more efficient with my time, squeeze about 15 more things in my already busy day to maintain the perfection I desire within these walls. (I'm a  perfectionist gone wrong...)But each time I "aim high" I still fail. My house will never be clean enough. Sure, I should still stay busy each day with the usual "pick your toys up, please" ritual. I feel it is part of teaching responsibility. But honestly? I have felt more like a person in this past week than I have in quite a while. Less like a hermit...more like a friend. So another friend of mine just left my house after a morning playdate. It is naptime now for my girls, and I am working on a few projects on the computer. While reflecting on the visit with my friend, and how I didn't bother to ever finish those dirty pans in the sink...I ran across a blog posted today. It's a blogger that I don't know personally. I randomly discovered this from jumping blog-to-blog one day. Today the writer must have been stalking my thoughts.Visit her blog to read today's post. I believe God can use anything to get a point across, don't you? This was just too good not to share...

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2010/07/when-you-cant-quite-figure-out-how-to.html

Ashley