Dust to dust...

For those of you who have been reading my blog, thank you so much! I am so sorry that I have been so busy over the past week that I have hardly written. It seems like we have all of a sudden had a thousand games and parties plus church activities. It looks like it will be like that until the end of this week. I thought I would at least check in and write a few lines before sleep was calling my name. Anyway, I have been so busy with everything that I am struggling to keep my house sanitary. Yes, you read correctly. I do not strive for clean anymore. We are just hoping not to be condemned. I think I am going to have to get better at getting my older ones to cooperate and help. We have days where we do that, but not everyday. Part of the problem is my extreme loss of memory. I can tell one of the kids to do something and then I won't remember until everyone is in bed (if then) that I should have gone behind whoever it was to see if it is done. I have thought about wearing strings on my fingers, but I don't think I would remember what the striings were for! I suppose I will have to get in a better habit of not being so busy and following the kids around to make sure they do everything I tell them. Back to cleaning though. It has been three weeks since I have had any time to myself during the week. Last week, Ben got sick again. Unfortunately, it was the same strange virus he had two weeks ago. This has been the strangest virus. He first threw up all afternoon Sunday. Monday, he had a fever all day and Tuesday he had croup. He is much better now, but is still coughing. So with all of this sickness, my house needs a HUD home sign out front! Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit. I do reminisce of days when my whole house was completely clean. I have been using the five hours the boys are in school to clean. Usually, that doesn't even get the whole house spotless! I was telling my mom about how frustrated I was with always having such a filthy house and she made me laugh at her response. She said, "The way I see it is that we came from dust and we are going to return to dust. So, don't worry about the dust in between!" I like that. I think I need to paint that on my walls right by the front door, so that my visitors will not have to wonder or talk about me. They will know right away how I feel about cleaning! Oh well. I wish I had more time to write, but I still have some stuff to do before bed. Good night!