2-19pm
It’s been 3 months since I walked out of the CCFm studio after my last show on air. How strange that was. I tried to mentally and emotionally prepare myself. Naturally there was a ‘honeymoon’ period – a time of complete relaxation and appreciation of the sleep that I could enjoy. After a while, it was a strange sensation…..it was as if 21 years had been completely wiped out of my life. It was as if CCFm never happened. It was a bit surreal.
I settled into sorting out the house and got involved in two Bible study groups a week. AND, I got back onto Odesk (www.odesk.com) to try and find some online work. A lovely little job FELL into my lap…I really see it as from the Lord….I was online, the director of the company was online – we connected and the rest is history. I work a couple of hours a day. 🙂
After these last few month, I have become (I think) a bit more of an efficient housewife. M Mike agrees, things are a lot more orderly. Now that a full three months have passed, I’m in a routine and have got quite a lot achieved. Actually, Wednesdays are my busiest day.
My day looks like this: my alarm goes off at 4-50am. I get up and make tea for Mike and hot lemon water for me. Mike gets up and dresses. When I used to leave the house before him, the last thing I did before going was lean over him, hugging him and praying for him. Now, the roles are revearsed. He leans over me, hugs me and prays for me. Then he goes. I then put a short devotion on the Helga’s Daily Blog Facebook page and then have my time of prayer. Then I make coffee and do my Bible reading.
This week, it’s at this point that things changed slightly. Yesterday morning and this morning, I got up and put Mike’s overalls on and have been varnishing the balcony. This is off our bedroom and the wood needs to be treated. The vine is beginning to bud and it will soon completely take over, so before it does, it’s getting a good oiling. It really is only Mike & I that can do this part of the balcony because I don’t want workers stomping through my bedroom to get to it. The downstairs wood, someone else can do! It’s quite satisfying slopping oil onto very dry wood. This is what it looks like before….
And this after I’ve just sloshed some on…
The wood certainly slurps up the oil! I have about an hour left to do and then the balustrade will be complete. I still want to do the doors, but they are not dependant on the vine growth, talking of which, it’s going to be interesting to see how fast the vine grow, based on just over a day’s growth…this was yesterday morning…
And this was this afternoon…
Crazy growth!
Back to my routine: Monday and Thursday, first thing, I go to Melanie and she puts three of us through our gym paces. Tuesday morning, I have the one Bible study and Friday morning the second. Wednesday morning, I’ve got a meeting at CTV in Observatory as I am helping them with their upcoming Telethon. Then sometime Wednesday I skype with my boss in London with whom I am working through Odesk. In between there is shopping, ongoing sorting of the house and the garden and of course, this daily blog which may take anything from 30 minutes to hours and hours!
So after three months, I find my days full and happy and I find myself holding my own in actually making some money. Mike keeps reminding me that I mustn’t work for the money. He only wants me to work if I am happy. But he did once say all ‘Odesk’ money could be ‘travel’ money, so that’s a big incentive for me to do my best on Odesk!
I think if I had to set goals, they would be to get the house and garden completely sorted out. After 10 years of living in a haze of fatigue, not too much maintenance got done and now it’s time to project manage get it all spruced up.
Bottom line…. I am content. Today, I got to write up most of the blog at the Food Barn Deli…
I’m grateful!
The Bible says, “Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” That’s so interesting – that’s His will for us is to give thanks in all circumstances, good, bad, happy, sad ! It comes from 1 Thessaloniasn 5:18.
Find the good in the bad to make happy the sad.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Gratitude Pic…the sun is out and with it time to bring out the toes and get them zooted up with some sunshine pink!
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