skirting

for the past 6 months i have only worn skirts.

i do not own shorts, jeans or pants.

years ago (like maybe 5!) God made it clear to me that He wanted me to wear skirts.

since i did not want to be that homeschoolin' mom in skirts

or maybe because i am vain,

i only added a few summer skirts.

but God never quit whispering to me.

those few new skirts were not what he wanted from me.

this past summer i read a book.

crazy love

do not read this book unless you want your life to be turned upside down.

it showed me the BIG picture.

i didn't even finish the book.  the first few chapters were enough.

so yeah, after that read, i got rid of all my shorts, jeans and pants.

i was completely confused about what to wear.

not to mention there wasn't a budget for a new wardrobe.

to say it was hard for me is an understatement.

i cried.  real tears over clothes.

i cried when i gave away my perfect purple skinny jeans and other stacks of clothes.

i quickly learned how vain i am.

and then i cried more because i am that vain.

after i figured some things out...

like longer skirts are better for a momma,

where to buy skirts(!),

what fabrics to wear when,

and how to stay warm in the winter-

i discovered that i absolutely adore wearing skirts.

i am more comfortable,

i've been much warmer this winter,

and i've learned about modesty.

just a homeschoolin' momma in a denim skirt(!) with her boys

i have not found one activity that i can not do in a skirt,

which has totally surprised me.

i can also tell that by doing something that seems so small-

changing my wardrobe for God,

that He is also changing me.

connor got a watch for Christmas

while playing in shave cream on tuesday, connor told me it was

10:57am

and

22 hours and just about 14 minutes since we were at church.

now who keeps their stopwatch running for that long?

another new year!

a single photo from new year's eve:

11:44 pm

 

look who stayed awake and who did not.

yes, bo christian (the 2 year old!) was awake until midnight.

connor hasn't made it until midnight yet.

husband was asleep by 10:30.

we were nice to him since he had worked all day.

 

all the boys and i were in our beds by 12:11am as husband was walking out the door to go to a fire.

such is the life of a fireman and a non-partying family.

 

 

i usually do not make new year resolutions.

but, this year i am.

 

this year we are going to eat more paleo-ish.

i cook and buy the food, so i get to decide.

less sweets and more real food for us.

 

the husband and i are going to try to pray the liturgy of the hours.

i know we will not pray all of them, but we are going to try for some.

i want the liturgy of the hours app.

{insert drum roll}

which means this low-tech woman has finally requested an i-phone.

i am going to trade in my vintage flip phone.

(this might be the year i start texting too, but probably not.)

 

tomorrow we start schooling again.

it will be nice to get back in our groove and start these resolutions.

 

Happy Epiphany of the Lord!