priorities, predicaments and problem-solving

I am loving these summer days with more freedom and more time with the kids. However, it does present a few challenges of its own. Namely, time management and trying to prioritize the important things. Of course the most important thing is living a life of faith and obedience to the Lord. But my God-given responsibilities also have to be met on some level. Day-to-day chores can have much more purpose if done with the right motive and attitude. I am trying to "look well to the ways of my household" as Proverbs 31 so poetically encourages me, especially in the area of home keeping. All this to say, I am exploring new ways to get things done. I have delightedly witnessed the big kids setting/clearing the table without my prompting them (*look of utter shock*) and decided we need to have regular chores in this department and other areas. Of course I've known this for a long time, it's just a little hard to get over that 'hump'--you know, kids love to help with anything until they are actually old enough to do so. I need to allocate more time in training them to do little tasks like this. (Calvin got a little enthusiastic setting the table with the parmesan.) This leads me to my next excuse as to why I've not been blogging/scrapping as much. While it's fun (and has value of course--all of us moms cherish memories, don't we?), it gets put on the back burner for obvious reasons. My very wise husband says, "don't waste your life documenting your life." *smile of admiration* I was feeling in a bit of a predicament earlier today when I realized half of the year was over and I had not scrapped a single page of the kids. Photography is fun, but then you have to upload, view, sort, edit, organize, and scrap them. I decided to "speed-scrap" a lesser amount. Problem solved. Now I just have to figure out the other 99.9% of my life and I'll be good.