The house is so quiet and so peaceful. The dogs are asleep, the farmer is in the field, and the chores are all finished.
The house smells of fresh fruits and Springtime and there is not a single trace of mud in the doorway. It won't be like this for long, but it's so nice to see it while it lasts.
I have realized something lately. I'm a much better housekeeper when I'm not in a depressive state. When our first baby passed away, I fell into a deep depression. I neglected our home, my chores, and every daily task that needed to be done in order for our home to run well. When the second baby passed away, I neglected my daily stuff again. He passed away in early January and after six months, I was finding Christmas gifts that had been forgotten. That's when I realized just how depressed and distracted I had actually been. My house began to fall further into a hole of nothing getting done and my
When I was placed on bed rest during this pregnancy, my home once again, fell apart. This time at an alarming rate. My only focus was getting out of the first trimester and trying to ring the trashcan when I puked. Kevin was doing the best he could while working and still trying to make me stick to the bedrest because Lord knows I wanted to get up and cook and clean so badly.
After a good long cry over how devastated I was to look at my home, my husband, my mom, my grandmother, and my best friend all came and helped get my life and home back in order. (SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR ALL THE HELP AND NO JUDGMENT!!) It's been so easy to keep up with the housework and chores since they helped get things back on track.
The farmer and I went through all our "extra clutter" and ended up taking off THREE truckloads of stuff we no longer needed, stuff that had collected in the corners, things I had hung onto since HIGH SCHOOL. Yes, high school. Clothes I kept telling myself I'd fit in someday, things I never wore like scarves and winter boots. It was all cleared out of our house and it's amazing how different our home feels with almost all of the clutter gone.
Anyway, now it's time to get back to working on projects around the house. They won't do themselves you know.
-Lady of the Farm.
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