By the way
Oct 28, 2009 - 12:58:53 CDT
Jennie Whitmer
The “uncluttered” state of my house is still progressing. It is a slow, but sure endeavor. I think for this to work, it must be structured like a successful weight-loss program; steadily making “forever” decisions, and avoiding the easy way out of pushing the tough ones to “later” or “next time.” Some things that I decided to banish:
*all fitted sheets, too skimpy to fit my mattresses (getting rid of the matching flat sheets was a little harder)
*all iron skillets and cookware that was painful to pick up
*all magazines (new ones come around on a regular basis)
*all books that do not have a good reason for staying
Some things I will keep:
*all sizes of pillows and all slips (I love pillows)
*lots of good rags (cotton T’s and cloth diapers)
*anything my mother and dad used
*all the pictures I treasure
*all those seeds I’m going to plant someday (maybe next spring?)
Do you know what I hate so bad about losing my temper, which I tend to do on occasion? To say that I “un-loose” it would be a more appropriate term. I hate losing my temper because as soon as the smoke clears and the feathers settle, I know that not only has by behavior disappointed Jesus, but that there are those who may judge Him, my very Master, by my own disgraceful behavior. That is a heavy feeling; and one that I always hope never to experience again. I know I wouldn’t any more chance of entering heaven than a snowball on a tin roof would have of surviving July, if it was not for the loving, forgiving grace of God.
I just finished reading a book, “Forty Years In a Missouri Classroom,” by a retired teacher. Her name is Grace Bacon Ferrier, and to begin her story she chose these words by Thomas Huxley:
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.”
Isn’t that the truth? And, by the way, this book made the cut and is now on the shelf with the rest of my “keepers.”
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The “uncluttered” state of my house is still progressing. It is a slow, but sure endeavor. I think for this to work, it must be structured like a successful weight-loss program; steadily making “forever” decisions, and avoiding the easy way out of pushing the tough ones to “later” or “next time.” Some things that I decided to banish:
*all fitted sheets, too skimpy to fit my mattresses (getting rid of the matching flat sheets was a little harder)
*all iron skillets and cookware that was painful to pick up
*all magazines (new ones come around on a regular basis)
*all books that do not have a good reason for staying
Some things I will keep:
*all sizes of pillows and all slips (I love pillows)
*lots of good rags (cotton T’s and cloth diapers)
*anything my mother and dad used
*all the pictures I treasure
*all those seeds I’m going to plant someday (maybe next spring?)
Do you know what I hate so bad about losing my temper, which I tend to do on occasion? To say that I “un-loose” it would be a more appropriate term. I hate losing my temper because as soon as the smoke clears and the feathers settle, I know that not only has by behavior disappointed Jesus, but that there are those who may judge Him, my very Master, by my own disgraceful behavior. That is a heavy feeling; and one that I always hope never to experience again. I know I wouldn’t any more chance of entering heaven than a snowball on a tin roof would have of surviving July, if it was not for the loving, forgiving grace of God.
I just finished reading a book, “Forty Years In a Missouri Classroom,” by a retired teacher. Her name is Grace Bacon Ferrier, and to begin her story she chose these words by Thomas Huxley:
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.”
Isn’t that the truth? And, by the way, this book made the cut and is now on the shelf with the rest of my “keepers.”