Being Flexible

Last night I had today all planned out, including two posts that I will be saving for next week's Kitchen Tips Tuesdays and WFMW, and finally working on the hope chest series again (I found my scribbled notes), and the thank you notes I made. I was going to finish said thank you notes, bake bread, and get lots of desk work done during nap time.

Yeah, go ahead and laugh.

Then we went out last night to harvest tomatoes, and something with teeth had been eating one of them - I am hoping it was mice, but guessing a rat. So I tossed that one in the composter and harvested everything that was not green, even if it was not red either, to ripen on the counter. I don't willingly share the garden with unwelcome visitors! However, that work did me in.

Then at 12:30 last night, we woke up to road work, and it had been going on for some time as Mr. Pear and I were both having weird dreams. So we closed up the house and turned on the air conditioning so that we could sleep, but clearly no one got enough.

So today turned into super easy light day. My only accomplishments are knitting while watching cartoons with Miss Pear (who clearly did not get enough sleep but cannot sleep in either), writing 3 thank you notes, and emailing in my stamping order it use up my hostess credit.

We are now going to all nap, hopefully for a long time, and supper will be apple pancakes.

I anticipate an afternoon of paint with water and puzzles.

This reminds me of what a friend used to tell me all the time when I would get up tight about my schedule. She would tell me that the Lord wants His people to be flexible - meaning committed to Him and what He is doing rather than our plans and schedules. And on days like today I am certainly glad He has a plan because I certainly don't! (Except maybe early to bed...)