Enjoying a "lived in" home

I am purposing to enjoy a 'lived in' home. I have cleaned less this week and spent more time reading aloud, doing puzzles, sewing, contemplating truth, listening and talking with my children, playing card games, helping a friend, praying.  As a result it is now Friday and I have yet to finish my regular cleaning or my laundry. It has been a VERY effective week. 

Tea and Streams in the Desert means:

a few moments of  inner quietness

Laundry baskets full of clean clothing  means: 

we are well clothed with the ease of cleaning them.

Keeping Isaac 'with me' means:

Being apart of his play and folding clothes is an interruption to the a yellow dump truck.

Piles of folded laundry means:

We have plenty.

Choosing to keep media time down means:

Lydia reaching for a homemade toy.

My husband gone for 7 days means:

Togetherness is a gift 

 and so are these wonderful items he brought back with him. :)

Look at these absolutely wonderful handmade Malaysian coasters.

 I love the gifts my husband buys for me...I absolutely love how well he knows me. I am deeply loved by him and I find great joy in being confident of that.

The questions I am asking myself this week:

What are the things I value? Am I living them out in my every day mundane chores and life? Are my children learning the values I (we` my husband and I) so deeply cherish in the little and big things? Am I obsessed with accomplishment or focused on purposeful living? 

"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. " Rom. 12:2

In my west corner, 

Becky