magic to-do list fairy: wanted ... ♥

i've been trying to get to this little blog of mine :)

i have so many things i want to make...

and share with you guys

but y'all ...

(in a Paula Deen voice)

('cause i'm not southern, even in the least bit)

it's summer, and my girls are still little

i want to enjoy them

and i had so many things i wanted to do with them this summer

and July is coming to an end, meaning summer's half over :(

so this is when i start to panic

when i start to pray that God would just, for the next month, give me 32 hours in a day

so between trying to get everything ready to open shop

and regular everyday wife/mama/garage sale summer life

i find myself with only (can you believe) 24 hours in my day (shocking i know)

(not many of which i'm spending sleeping)

i've always been ambitious, always been a go-getter

i get that from my dad...

what i also get from my dad is my serious lack of time management

i mean SERIOUS, as in not there, non-existent

my to-do list yesterday was ridiculous

i think it had 16 things on it

which i knew i couldn't possibly accomplish in one normal human day

but i wrote it down anyway 

the problem is when i get to the end of the day

(and i can maybe cross one or two things off the list)

i beat myself up ... like i'm mentally participating as a contestant on Wipeout 

i knew i was setting myself up for failure when i wrote the list in the morning but i did it anyway, hoping, just hoping that somehow the magic to-do list fairy would come and make that to-do list, not only all crossed off, but then scrap-booked, doodled and matted on some burlap and lace in a pretty frame right near my kitchen sink

on display for me and all to see

no ... 

just me and my faulty time management to-do list problem

just me being human, wife, mommy, friend, sister...and over acheiver

so here i am down on myself 

then the Voice

like a million waterfalls

says I Am Enough

be still and know

tears streaming down my face 

is when my Sweet Savior quietly scoops me up into everlasting arms

and since it's hour 23 and a half and i still have 14 things left on my list

 i surrender

but why do i wait until i get to this point of exasperation?

why don't i just give up the rights to my list first thing in the morning?

that's what God wants from me ... i know it

it's just so hard to let go of control

so that's what i'm trying to work on right now ... that's where i'm at

so thanks y'all (Paula voice) for the listening ear :)

came across this last night on Pinterest

i've read most of Lysa's books, and i'm sure this one won't disappoint

if you have a minute check it out ... she cracks me up

that's totally me in the picture

 i mean really 

who doesn't want to just put their head in an over sized purse 

and scream at the top of their lungs every once and a while??

(i don't officially know if she's screaming at the top of her lungs, but that's what i think she should be doing with her head in an over sized purse ... and this is my blog ... m'kay?)

:):)

i'm working on a few projects that i think you'll like

and a grand opening date & giveaway for Sugar 'n Spice

... so come back soon!

(pretty please with a cherry on top?)