Learn to pace. Learn to be still. Learn to stop being busy.

Plan your day, plan your breaks, don't over do it. Take care of yourself. Find your priority and threshold with looking after yourself and your chronic fatigue. Manage your bucket of energy.

I just don't know how!

Take today...

 

7.30am- garagefit. A few more exercises than usual, even a bit of weights.

Breakfast in the sun with garagefit gang.

Decide to take advantage of beautiful day and having nothing planned. Nothing planned... What am I going to do with myself!?

Bunnings.

Sand my side-of-the-road-find coffee table. (Despite protests of my arm and shoulder).
 

Primer coat one.

Read book.

Do load of towels.

Primer coat two.

Hang out load of towels.

Read book.

Browse online.

Chrome paint layer one.

Read book and a cup of tea.

Rearrange sun room. Move firewood.

Sweep out fireplace.

Chrome paint layer two.

Decide it's time for shower and a rest, so iron table napkins.

Shower.

Stop for a little bit and read on my bed.

Super glue a couple of things that need some TLC.

Have lunch. (Yes, it is only lunch time).

Chrome paint layer three.

Read book.

Rearrange TV room.

Light fireplace.

Finish book. Place heat pack on hand to try counter act how much it has been overused today.

Bring in table to finish drying.

Clean up project mess.

Clothes off the line.

Delve into psalms.

Psalm 46:10 NIV

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Yes, that is the psalm I was reading.

Write questions on psalm 46 for ladies coffee morning this week.

Shop online.

Take pain killers for hand and shoulder, wonder why I didn't stop long enough to think of this earlier.

Read new book.

Style new table in TV room.

Take photos.
 

Eat dinner. (ie reheat dinner, as making it is seeming a bit out of the question tonight.)

Watch some TV.

Write blog post. Insert photos from the day.
 

"Be still, and know that I am God"

 

 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I am learning to be joyful. I am learning to be having the ongoing chats with my Lord and saviour. 

But at the moment, most of all, I am learning to be thankful in all and everything. 

The challenge is, though, what can I be thankful for in the hours or days of pain, nausea and fatigue. I can be thankful for being sustained, I can be thankful for those that are upholding me in prayer, I can be thankful for the support and understanding of those around me, I can be thankful for all the people I have in my life who are a blessing to me.

And that leads me to being thankful for my mum. My mum, my best friend, a true servant, who is filled with compassion, who goes above and beyond to serve and love those around her, and she does this tirelessly and without complaint. You can see it in her dedication to her students and her school. It can be seen in her love for her family and desire to help us in whatever practical way she can. I am thankful that mum introduced me to Jesus as a child. I am thankful that she took us all to Sunday school throughout our childhood. I am thankful that she would drive me back and forth to Youth group on a Friday night. Mum modelled to us what it meant to be a dedicated teacher. And even though we saw the amount of work she put in teaching, for little recognition or pay, there was something there that caught us, sparked our interest in teaching, and so now she has three grown children who are all teachers. That speaks volumes about a person. 

There is so much I am thankful about having my mum in my life. From the afternoon coffees after long days or weeks at work. To the chats on the phone. To the practical help I need now. Mum is not afraid to get in there and get things done. (As seen by my latest house moving adventures!). 

So, this post (though slightly delayed) about layer cakes comes at a time when we were celebrating mum and her 60 years. A special birthday and a special person, deserved a special cake. 

So thankfully my gracious family were happy with gift cards.
However, I did want to make them look a bit pretty...

Thank you Pinterest for some wrapping ideas!!!

 

Thank you for your patience with me, as I have gone from one illness to another this past year, and one modification in a WOD to now not being able to participate at all. Thank you for cheering me on, supporting me, letting me hang with you, and for continuing to be interested in how I am going. You are all top people!

Love you all... This one is the recipe from our Paleo Christmas dinner the other week.