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A Day In The Life Of - Sarah

FollowingHim2

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The ladies section has gotten too quiet, so I thought I'd give this a go. I'm going to add to it over the day and let you all know how things are going.

It's currently 8.15am. The children are all finishing breakfast and I'm sitting in the lounge and drinking my cup of tea. We have a big day planned, Fridays always are as people go out and we prepare for Sabbath.
Matthew (8) is making himself scrambled eggs for breakfast. It's the only way he likes eggs and we get eggs free from Samuel's father, so he needs to eat them. He only likes them because he adds grated cheese to them I'm sure, lol. He's trying to do it on his own this morning, but coming in to ask questions. I'm trying to not hover, but to let him go for it. I mean, he can't really stuff it up, as long as he doesn't burn himself then he's fine.
I am a mother who hovers. But I also try very hard not to hover. And I make things difficult for myself because I hover and because I stress about not hovering. Lol. I think that understanding where we have faults is the first step to overcoming them, right?

Now I'm going to get the kids dressed and ready for the day, and start them on school. Ruth (7) is heading out with Samuel so I need to get her ready to go out, and we need to organise some school work she can do on her own during his meeting.
Oh and Peter is letting me know he's done eating breakfast. That kid will not be lost in the chaos of this house, he has volume ha ha!
 
Well he didn't burn himself, and he made pretty good eggs, though without butter. They didn't stick as much as I thought they would, so maybe they're OK cooked without butter, I might have to try it. He might have just taught me something!

So I'm sitting down again, with a cup of tea, again, lol. I wonder how often this will happen today?

Today is going really well, better than most days, and a lot of it I'm going to put down to me actually having a good night sleep last night. It's been a while. I didn't have to pee during the night, or let the dog out to pee, I wasn't cold, and Peter slept through until I woke him at 7.15 instead of waking between 6.15 - 6.30 like he has the last wee while. That extra 45 mins was magic sleep :D. Praise YHWH for extra sleep!
Of course, because I'm me, I did go to the toilet first thing this morning and spend the whole time praying that Peter wasn't dead until I walked into his room and he started crying. It was a good sound :).

James (10) has gone out with Gramps (Samuel's grandfather). He is helping him on the farm for the day to help support someone for a badge he's going for with St Johns Youth. Plus, Gramps could use the help and hopefully he'll realise that the kids can actually be helpful and will want him to do it again. He picked James up in his new tractor and everyone got to go for a wee ride in it and were super excited.

Samuel has a meeting in the city with a business adviser, and he's taken Ruth with him because she has gymnastics this afternoon and he's not sure he'll be back in time to take her, so instead he can go straight there. After the meeting he's probably going to do some shopping, so he may come home with a few new things for the house, or maybe not. Drawers, shelves, and a new gun cabinet are the main things, which will mean some organising etc probably, or maybe we'll leave it until Sunday.

Caleb (5) is just finishing up his computer school work. He wants to go to church, and I thought with him going on about it this morning that he was wanting to learn about YHWH, but nope, he wants to go so he can take weapons and attack the other boys, lol! Every time at church some other boys take along their toy guns and they all play outside running around when church is done. This time my boys have made spears, swords, and shields to take along to fight them with. So, you know, just like a normal church service...

I've got Noah (3) on the other computer having his game time, Miriam (2) watching him, Peter playing on the floor (thought he'll need a feed soon), and Matthew has finished his school work at the table so is helping Caleb with his computer work as required. I'm going to go and attempt to fix the curtain rail that the kids wrecked in the girl's room this morning, then feed Peter and work on dishes.
 
Got the dishes done and food started for the next few days. Sent Matthew down to shut the road gate because the was a cow trying to come up our driveway. I have no idea who it belongs to because it looked like a Jersey and I don't know anyone with Jerseys around here, so I can't ring anybody right now. Hopefully it finds it's way back home on it's own.

The most amazing thing happened. I have Peter and Miriam in bed, and I thought I'd eat lunch and read the bible (honestly, it's so rare I read it because I get interrupted so much it's barely worth it), and I only got interrupted twice! It's a miracle I tell you!

Fridays are such busy days because I try to do as much as I can so I don't have to do much on Sabbath. I get all the washing done, and have the coal range going so the water will be hot. If I get it boiling then it will last 2 days easily so that's helpful. Today I'm making a pumpkin soup for tomorrow night's tea as well. I don't always do that, but I have the time today. Do you eat pumpkin soup in the USA? I found it odd in Ireland, no one eats pumpkins! They're only for Halloween apparently. Pumpkin soup is a classic winter staple here, I missed it so much when we were away! And the kids will eat tonnes of it which gets plenty of veges into them, plus it's pretty cheap. Even cheaper today since I'll cook it over the fire and won't be using the gas.

This time right now is usually my down time, but I'm going to send the kids outside (much to their disgust) and get more kitchen work done. Some days I think I spend about 90% of my time in the kitchen lol.
 
FollowingHim2 said:
Of course, because I'm me, I did go to the toilet first thing this morning and spend the whole time praying that Peter wasn't dead until I walked into his room and he started crying. It was a good sound :).
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Isn’t that the truth. No mom truly can enjoy her extra sleep because if a child sleeps in or sleeps all night long, he must not be breathing, so you spend all that extra time you COULD HAVE enjoyed SLEEPING worrying what could be the cause of the extra sleep haha.

In relating to plural, how much time do I waste worrying about what could be and spoil the blissful time of just me and hubs. Yep a whole heck of a lot.
 
5pm. I've managed to tidy and vacuum the house as well as cook tea. The children played wonderfully outside in the sandpit, it's been a while since they've done that and I was super impressed. Maybe it helps that there was only 4 of them out there?

There was a moment this afternoon when all 5 children needed me for something, and Samuel was texting me wanting info as well. It was chaos. I grumped and growled and my head went fuzzy and I got super overwhelmed. When all was done I then went to heat up my now cold cup of tea and put it in the fridge instead, lol. How do you all handle those moments? I don't do well, and some days the whole day is like that. I just about go into panic mode.

Speaking of cups of tea I'm currently sitting down with my 4th of the day, also reheated lol. There are 4 children in the lounge watching a DVD (one with a bloody lip, such is the life of boys), and Peter is in his highchair next to me eating his tea. Tea is in the oven right now which is a part of the coal range so I have to keep on eye on it to make sure it doesn't either go cold or burn. We're having pies, proper pies with beef mince in them, none of this fruit nonsense ha ha. I also have potatoes in there, and I should probably do some greens.

Samuel and Ruth should be home in about an hour, and I have no idea when James will turn up. Ruth is always so funny after gymnastics, you'd think she'd be tired but it seems to give her more energy and she's bouncing off the walls.
 
5 children in bed, all tea dishes done, washing put away, house tidy, dog fed, and groceries put away. I'm sitting in front of a nice warm fire watching Samuel, James, and Matthew put together a bookshelf that he bought today for the lounge. Samuel really surprises me sometimes. I thought he was going to go to a second hand shop and see if they had something that would fit, and it could have been anything knowing him, as long as it was the right measurements, neon pink would not have put him off if it was cheap lol. But he bought a wooden one that was brand new from a different shop. I absolutely love it and it goes so well with the colours we have in the lounge.

Samuel, Ruth, James, and Gramps all arrived just as I had dished out tea and Gramps ended up staying for tea. I always feel so much better having a surprise person for tea or a surprise visitor when the house is clean and fairly tidy (it's never really that tidy, I have 7 children lol).

Depending on what time the boys go to bed (it's currently 8.50pm), Samuel and I might watch something online, or we may just head to bed for the night. I have to get up at 7am to feed Peter, but normally Samuel has a sleep in on a Saturday morning. I'm so tired right now, I may just head to bed early!

So that was my day. It was a pretty good one. It was actually fairly easy only having 5 children, and only 2 to do school with. I'm still glad that tomorrow is Sabbath and I can finally rest, well, as much as a mother can rest.

The best part of my day is the new shelves, and also being able to read the bible without too much of a bother.

The worst part was the girl's curtain breaking. I couldn't fix it, Samuel had to do it when he got home and replace a part on it. The reason it broke is because it's super old and not good quality, but also because Ruth's curtain is too long and it doesn't go down behind her bed properly. This means that it was sitting on her bed, Noah jumped on it, and the whole thing came crashing down. I've been meaning to fix this curtain but I haven't because I haven't had the time (or made the time), and I am terrible at sewing. Truly terrible, trust me. I think I'll have to make it a priority and just do my best. I feel really guilty that I hadn't sorted it, because the part that broke we only have one more of and they don't make them any more.
 
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WifeOfHisYouth said:
Isn’t that the truth. No mom truly can enjoy her extra sleep because if a child sleeps in or sleeps all night long, he must not be breathing, so you spend all that extra time you COULD HAVE enjoyed SLEEPING worrying what could be the cause of the extra sleep haha.

In relating to plural, how much time do I waste worrying about what could be and spoil the blissful time of just me and hubs. Yep a whole heck of a lot.
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Or when baby is really little, and you wake up with giant painful boobs and are desperate for your child to wake up to feed, but you also kinda want to stay in bed lol.

I agree with enjoying things how they are right now. It's so easy to forget this. Sometimes I wonder if I'm too close to Samuel, and if that will be a problem when another woman comes along. I tell him everything, and I talk to him often. He hears all the rants about my day, lol, and I'm always telling him how I'm feeling. It's good to communicate for sure, and I don't want to change any of that right now just in case someone comes along, you know? But one day I imagine that it's going to be quite a kick in the guts for me to not have all his free time.
 
Sounds like an overall good day. Busy, but good busy. There always seems to be something to do at my place and with only 4 kiddos I bet 7 keep you hopping. Thank you for sharing your day. :)

@Well loved wife do you by chance have a good borscht recipe? I have only had it once but it was made so well. The lady was Russian who lived in France and came to the US to have her baby. I went to visit her with her midwife who is my friend. She was so sweet and I was shocked at how delicious this red cold soup was.
 
I was given the recipe from a wonderful Russian lady. It’s amazing hot. I’ll try to post the recipe early next week. I know AllRecipes.com has a decent recipe.
 
FollowingHim2 said:
Sometimes I wonder if I'm too close to Samuel, and if that will be a problem when another woman comes along. I tell him everything, and I talk to him often. He hears all the rants about my day, lol, and I'm always telling him how I'm feeling. It's good to communicate for sure, and I don't want to change any of that right now just in case someone comes along, you know?
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I feel like this many times as well. I am completely aware and accepting that there may be a second wife someday, but for right now things work well the way they are and he is my best friend and the one I tell everything to. I don't have much for 'girl friends'.

Thanks for sharing your day though! It was fun to read :D
 
windblown said:
I just started "school" with my guys and am going to have a time of it getting into a routine! And what in the world do you do with the littles when it's time to instruct the older ones??
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Our routine is that we always start straight after breakfast, and we try to get it all done in the morning, that's about it, lol. Oh and computer school work only happens after all their school work has been done at the table, so that way it's a reward.

With the little ones, Peter will happily play on the floor or in the exersaucer, he also has a nap for 30-45 mins in the morning. Noah and Miriam like to do drawing or puzzles at the table so they're doing 'school' lol, or I get them playing outside. Miriam is too young to go on the computer, but Noah has computer time every day so sometimes if it's wet or they're just being a pain then I let him have his computer time first, and Miriam will watch him, it keeps them both out of trouble. They also both like it when the other children are reading books out loud and they'll sit and look at the books at the same time.
And some days are just complete chaos and there's nothing I can do, lol.
 
Sarah, you only have three less children than my grandma whom had ten. I don't know how you gals with that many children homeschool, because at least my grandma got a break once all the kids where in school. Do you homeschool moms ever get a break? If this would have been my life with that many children and homeschooling, I would have been on board with a sisterwife after three kids. LOL
 
FollowingHim2 said:
And some days are just complete chaos and there's nothing I can do, lol.
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I love when moms can admit this!! We have nine days until school starts here and I can not wait! (I do not homeschool). I love met kids very much but I get so much more done when they are not here sometimes, and this has been a trying summer with so many changes and new things going on.
 
lutherangirl said:
Do you homeschool moms ever get a break?
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No. Well, maybe some do, but none I know. And there's the little ones too, you can never really have a break from them.
lutherangirl said:
If this would have been my life with that many children and homeschooling, I would have been on board with a sisterwife after three kids. LOL
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Lol, that was my thought after 3 kids as well! We've expanded so much now that we've sort of run out of room to put anyone now, unless she wants to bunk with the kids ha ha!
 
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