You and I can be organized... it takes time, one step at a time… and patience.   Organization is a process not a destination. The key to remember is that we must take steps forward…always pressing on.  It is a DECISION to press on---daily!  It may be that you feel overwhelmed by the accumulation and disarray of your home. I read somewhere--- sometime ago, it didn’t get cluttered and disorganized over night and it won’t get neat and organized overnight. All you can do is to do the next right thing for the LORD. Some days you may feel like you can’t seem to get a single thing done. I have been thinking about this a lot lately because of different interruptions in the schedule and distractions in my thinking… so I have thought:   If you can’t do something great today… do something important! You know, this may seem like a spin on the familiar ‘don’t just stand there… do something!" However, when it comes to serving the Lord, sometimes the saying must be heeded this way: "don’t just do something, stand there!"   What are the most important things that need to be done today… then, do those things.

I receive so much benefit from the different things that  Sandy shares each time in her messages.   It is from Sandy that I've been learning about new & better & different house keeping ideas & ideas for using essential oils around the home.  She shares a love for beauty all around the home and for beautiful scents!!  But mostly, I must say that I appreciate her heart for the LORD and her desire to make the home Christ honouring and Christ centered.  I think you'll appreciate her approach to life!!  You will want implement the ideas she suggests right away and you'll likely want to set up a file for these home journal pages for future reference.  You may receive her letters by subscribing to:    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeNotes/ 

You can also read her work here! Visit Sandy's Home Notes

Having a Mary Heart and a Martha Mind

Lord of all pots and pans and things, since I’ve no time to be
A saint by doing lovely things, or watching late with Thee,
Or dreaming in the dawn-light, or storming Heaven’s gates,
Make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates.

Although I must have Martha’s hands, I have a Mary mind,
And when I black the boots and shoes, Thy sandals, Lord, I find.
I think of how they trod the earth, what time I scrub the floor:
Accept this meditation, Lord, I haven’t time for more.
Warm all the kitchen with Thy love, and light it with Thy peace;
Forgive me all my worrying, and make my grumbling cease.
Thou who didst love to give men food, in room or by the sea,
Accept this service that I do -— I do it unto Thee.

—Cecily Rosemary Hallack (1898-1938)

The greatest danger of the computer or internet for women is not necessarily p-rnography ---
it's Email lists & Message boards  --Watch your TIME!

There are many ways you can learn about homemaking... sharing and receiving ideas and encouragements is through
web based or email discussion lists.  There are several such lists, on which I have been a participant. 
Oh, the initial THRILL of receiving messages from all over the world! 
But then---bondage sets in and a woman might find herself saying
over and over to the children, "Just a minute..." or, "Just a sec..." 
These minutes or seconds then become hours. I know this to my shame from personal experience. 
I do strongly caution you ---very strongly caution you---
that email lists are very addicting and can be very time & mind consuming. 
I say this in love, and would be remiss were I to not share this
'down side' of email lists.  Wonderful and fulfilling conversation and friendships can and do develop. 
Pleased be advised to use caution and
PLEASE do so under the supervision of your husband ---I'm not kidding!!
If your husband EVER comments about the time you are
spending, then close down the computer!!
Seek his suggestions and approval for your time.  Really!  Please be wise. 
Even THIS website is simply to be a tool---a tool for you to use to get the information you need
to be a godly woman, an obedient wife and loving homemaker. 
THIS website you're viewing now is to help you, not to harm you.