Wow its been a year!!

..since I last posted *Blows away the cobwebs* lol

Well since then I have been through a relatively difficult pregnancy (for me) pain wise,  and welcomed number 4 bundle into our family 3 months ago. So we are complete with 3 pink bundles and 1 blue :D So housework and being an absolutely doting wife got put on the back burner much to dear hubbys distress, but he survived.

Now I have been given a boost and renewed strength in my passion to do that 'little bit more' as he realized he really does miss us when the children and I went away for 5 days to a get together that he couldn't get time off work for :) So I hope to gain more insight to what I can do from the Titus 2 Tuesday ladies and the various others I find to follow along with. I hope you can all help me to grow as I share my experiances with a growing young family and my struggles to connect to a husband that I only had to myself for 3 months of marriage before the first bundle of pink came along 5 1/2 years ago.

Bless you all <3

A new Start

Well after a months break on here, due to a few 'headaches' with Blogger its self and a lot of thought into what I wanted the blog to be and if it was really what I wanted, I am back :)

My dearest wish is to be seen as a strong woman standing 1 step behind her man, as a loving supporter and a willing helper. Just how much work and thought that takes I never realised. But I have started afresh again and after a very busy day in the home today I think I am finally settling on my vision.

While it may take a little more work to acheive this.....

....They do say that practise makes perfect.

So tonight as I have made my dear hubbys' lunch ready for tomorrow, I will quickly do a tidy up and off to bed for me :)

Happy Housekeeping :)

Housework Clues

I thought I would share the very start of my journey to a better home and family. At home I was never 'taught' how to run a home, routines, how to clean. Mum just did it and it was done when we arrived home from school each day. So as we left home I was left floundering, stumbling along with the ridicule from people who would rather point fingers than help and teach the right way. And then in December last year my life changed. I already had 3 little darlings to care for and dear husband was at the the end of his patience with the house. So in my heartwrenching search for something that would shed some light on this housekeeping confusion I was led to FlyLady.net Now this site and the lovely ladies here have, I have to say changed my life. And if you would like to meet some of them in real-time, here is where I go to get inspiration FlyLady Chat Now this isnt just any 'excuse for a chat' chat room. As you read on the website, Marla/FlyLady gives you all the tools to a tidy house emphasising baby steps, or doing small things everyday until they become routine and then putting together a Morning and Before Bed Routine to be done every day and cleaning your house in 'zones' every month. The chat room is for us ladies who need a little extra motivation. We go at TOTH -Top Of The Hour, and BOTH- Bottom Of The Hour and clean/work for 15 or 20 minutes using the tips we've learnt as a guide and then return to celebrate each others achievement for the rest of the halfhour. It is all about getting it done without burning out! Friday is Date Night, Saturday-Family Fun Day and Sunday-Renewal, so its not all about cleaning but also looking after yourself. Actually the 'FLY' part stands for 'Finally Loving Yourself'

So feel free to join us and flutter your way free from a cluttered, stressful home :) And if you do, let me know what you think, I know you'll love it!

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31 Days of Love - Day 7

I have been following the 31 Days of Love at Time-Warp Wife this month and was thinking today of how Ive been nurturing my husband. Now we all know its hard when the kids are screaming and the dinners close to burning and theres paperwork to fill out. Then your dear husband walks in the door, home from work and says 'Hi honey, whats for tea?'

I have a long way to go until I achieve a wholly harmonious household at that point but what I do try to do is although we don't go out on dates (our last 1 was our anniversary September last year) after I put the darling children to bed I get out the moisturiser, sit on the end of the bed and massage his feet which are always sore from pressing the accelerator ect. in a truck all day. We talk until he goes to sleep and I don't move until I know hes settled. And I don't start my clean up or bedtime routine until they are all asleep.

I know he loves me and I think there are many ways that I could be showing him how much I appreciate all that he does for us. Im nowhere near perfect but forever striving to be the best 'submissive' helpmate that I can be, guided by Gods hand.

A New Life

No not a baby but a new life, a new marriage for me and my husband and a happier life for our children. That is what I hope to achieve and with looking around the blogasphere I know there is plenty of inspiration :) Through my craft blog (at http://crossstitchcrazymum.blogspot.com/) I have found a lot of wonderful women and families trying to make the best of their life and I know I must try as well. I will be making this my diary of becoming a more 'submissive' wife and loving helpmate, and seeing what I can do to teach my children and what we can do as a whole to eat healthier, fresher and just to be happier in myself. I am striving to better myself and share my struggles and rejoicings with those who understand :) Now if Blogger will behave I will be able continue to show these 2 sides of me as a constant, changing wife and lady.