You know, one of the things that I have been diligently working on for the past 4 years is getting up earlier. It is amazing the amount of work that you can get completed in the morning! I can get more done between the hours of 7 to noon than I can the entire rest of the day combined. I don't know why this is . . . maybe the lighting in the morning is conducive to be being productive or maybe the mood in the home just works better, I don't know, but
early to bed, early to rise works wonders for me in my life. This realization first occurred to me when Hazel was probably about 1. And I've been working hard on it since. For any of you that know me well at all, it's no big surprise that I'm a night-owl. I LOVE to stay up. I think I might even be addicted to it. :) But throughout my up times and down times, this truth has been reiterated to me time and time again.
Let me illustrate. This morning I got up at 6:45 from that time until about 9:45 I was able to complete the following:
GET READY for the DAY!!!
Clean the bedroom
Make the bed
Vacuum bedrooms and living room
Get Elsie ready for the day
Unload the dishwasher
Load the dishwasher
Clean the kitchen counters
Sweep floor
Clean the living room
Make breakfast
Make bread
Do a load of laundry
Clean the family room
Family scripture study and prayer
Put Elsie down for a nap
How fantastic is that??? What a great day.
