Eight Is Enough!

If your first thought is of a TV show, then you're showing a little bit of your age!

Over the last couple weeks Annette has been called to substitute teach in the Union School District on eight consecutive days. Some are full days, some half days. Some as the teacher, some as an aide. After hauling herself into school for eight consecutive days I think she was finally ready for a break. Of course, those work days immediately make me think of the extra money we'll have as a result, but it also reminds me of just how much she does around our home. When she works, our house is crazy. Chaos reigns and it just reminds me how fortunate we are that she doesn't work outside our home on a regular basis. Sometimes when she tells people that she doesn't work people will ask, "So what do you do all day?" I suppose it might be easy to take offense, but what's the point? Here are a few things she does for our family I thought of over the last few days while she went on her eight day marathon:

1) Prepares breakfast, lunch, and dinner
2) Washes clothes for five, dries them, folds them, irons and puts them away
3) Keeps our house clean
4) Runs a Girl Scout Troop
5) Consistently looks for old items to sell and turns aging household clutter into cash
6) Calls to bark about errors in insurance premiums, bank fees, medical claims, and so on
7) Serves as the homework taskmaster, making sure it's all completed
8) Shops for all the family needs, and does so economically to save us money
9) Hauls kids to or from school, swim practice, band events, Junior Achievement, etc.
10) Puts up with me griping about where my lunch is, where my white shirt is, and why the kids rooms are so messy!

I am not easy to live with. Just to survive me is task enough!

As always, the Bible is perfectly correct as it states "He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord." Proverbs 18:22. I definitely have found a good wife and favor from the Lord!