"Home"

I am home now and having to face LIFE again. With the start of school only two weeks away I'm having to rethink my life and how I spend my time. This summer it's been almost entirely eat, sleep, run, and swim (with the obligatory chores thrown in for good measure.) With McKenna and Lydia not available to play with I have to put my focus elsewhere. I found this quote in someone else's blog and felt motivated by it (and by the fact that Abbi is coming to vist and I want to impress her!).

"Winston Churchill said, "We shape our houses then our houses shape us." Because your home will REFLECT your personality and because it will also AFFECT your personality, it's well worth putting forth special effort to have it just as you would like. Your home is undoubtedly the most important temporal possession in your life. Unless you do something to create in it both spiritual and physical beauty, it remains nothing more than a shelter. A sunny, gracious atmosphere in your home makes you feel radiant and happy. Dull surroundings push you into a depression. Plan to do something each day to improve your home sothat your improvement will never cease and so that it can bring out the best that is in you and the others who dwell therein. Make your home a haven of peace and beauty for your family. Make it a place where friends will want to visit again. "
--The Art of Homemaking