Stay at home...wife?

The Lord has blessed me this year and allowed me to try something different. Teaching was an experience I needed and it definitely has room in my heart.....in the future! It started last year when Jeromy and I took Financial Peace University (FPU) at church. Great class to take! Especially when first married. That's where we met Kim and Chad. We didn't really get to know each other that well during the class but we thought they were very nice.

When New Years rolled around and it was time to make those resolutions, I often make one to be healthier. Not lose weight. But just get into better habits. I am actually proud to say that I stuck to that this year! Kim was going to a boot camp at church and I thought maybe I'd try it especially since there was someone I knew, kinda. I started boot camp at the Met on January 5, 2011. To this day still can't believe I did it for 5 months! That was amazing group of women ready to be there for you when you need accountability! But getting up at 4:30 on MWF and then working at school all day made for a sleepy Tristan. I felt so accomplished every time I went. I would HATE waking up that early but knew I'd be feeling so good by 6am. Anyways.....Kim and I got to be better friends and walking buddies. One morning I asked her if she had employees at her resale store...Retail Therapy. She said yes and I told her that I might be interested in working a summer job. Summer job turned into JOB. I'm loving it and am so blessed by the friendship I have with Kim. We are constantly laughing and making jokes with each other. And her daughter Megan is such a cutie and a cuddle bug. It's such a blessing to be able to listen to KSBJ all day long and have such variety at the store. There are times when I get to be social with customers and then there are times when I get to worship God through song by myself with no one around. I LOVE IT!

So I'm sort of feeling like a stay at home wife even though I do work 3-4 days a week, the hours are totally different than teaching. I don't go to work until 10 so I have the entire morning to get so much done. I've fallen into a nice schedule in the mornings. I wake up at 7 almost every day (when I stopped teaching I thought, Oh it will be so nice to sleep in every day! But I'm not drained all the time so I actually feel rested getting up at 7, its nice!) I actually get to have as much time in the morning for bible study and prayer and reading! It's great! I've been doing a great study by Kelly Minter this summer called No Other Gods (NOGS). I've also been reading lots of books which I have never been a big reader but can't seem to get enough reading lately. One of my favorites was Heaven is for Real, great book. So I read and eat breakfast and some days go to the gym. I'm at the YMCA now and going to lots of classes. I am more motivated by classes with other people keeping me accountable like boot camp. I love step and zumba! I've been mostly going to step lately in the mornings if I have to work. But now that school is about to start again, I need something more to do. I am going to start a new cleaning schedule. Ok ...let's rephrase, I'm going to START a cleaning schedule, not a new one, lol. I stole this from a friend's blog. She found a Home Organization Plan online, it's actually for moms but hey, I can do it too!

Here's the Home Organization Plan. There are daily duties (things that can be done everyday quickly), weekly duties (vacuuming, laundry, etc.), monthly chores(things that only need to be done once or twice a month), and then a decluttering project each month. If you click on the link to each month, it will show you everything all on one page. There is NO reason why my house can't stay clean now. I started it this morning. Wednesday's chores are laundry, cleaning windows, and wiping down door knobs and light switches. Today's monthly task is to clean out your car which I did last week so I can already check that off the list! I've already done some laundry too. But now I have to get ready for work....

I will be blogging a lot more now!