How Was Your Sunday?

How are your Sunday mornings?
Here is a sample of ours today:
Everyone wants and feels entitled to their 'own' lazy morning.  So breakfast is one right after the other which leaves a pile of dishes in the sink.  I try and get dinner in before we leave.  Then there are six of us who need to shower in the hour or two before church.  And everyone has their own timeline, so sometimes--even though we have a HUGE water heater--we run out of hot water, or it goes to lukewarm, and no one feels they should get the lukewarm one.  Some try to sneak in--and not so subtly--a football game or video game.  And sometimes the top 20 videos countdown dvrd from the day before.  I want church music on.  Then I try and get the kitchen cleaned up because nothing is worse to me than coming home from our meetings and being greeted by a mess. And then we also have electrical issues.  When our house was built they did something that results in not being able to blow dry your hair or have curling irons or curlers on in multiple bathrooms.  They've told us it has to do with some kind of protection of outlets.  But it is SO annoying when you have multiple females trying to get ready to go to something at the same time.  It trips the switch at the breaker and you hear yelling from 3 different bathrooms all at the same time and then someone has to go to the garage and flip it back and then we break out extension cords and decide who can use the bathroom or who has to move into their bedrooms to finish.  Haha!

This scenario results in making me late.  I don't like it, but it ticks Duff off even more. There aren't too many things that push his buttons, but any of us being late for church is a BIG one. I've decided that this will be one of my New Year's resolutions.  Not to be late to church.  Hopefully it will help that we have the 1-4pm block in 2012 (hahaha) . 

But I'm also thinking of making a shower time chart and chore chart for Sunday mornings.  It was much easier when the kids were little children.  It seems harder because we are all adults and a teenager now and everyone has their own timeline interpretation. 

And then Duff and I both have early morning meetings.  Him pretty much every week and me once a month or so.

That issue aside:  the rain is heading our way and you could feel it coming.  Every thing about the weather changed from dry santa ana conditions to wet, cloudy, heavy air and damp cold.  The kind where it's hard to get warm.  We had a roast beef in the oven and I put some rolls together quickly.  The boxes of Lion House rolls and a Kitchen Aid mixer are so nice for that.  Add your yeast and liquids and you are good to go.  It practically does it all by itself.  Then we went to tithing settlement, came home and ate.

Oh and I taught Primary today.  The darlingist Sunbeams/CTR4's.  I heard all about Christmas trees and lights and wanting snacks and babies and cars from grandparents and what they had for breakfast and who had to go potty and Jesus and hands and ears and mouths and eyes.  Our lesson was on how we can use those when we come to church.  Fold them in our lap, listen, speak reverently, read scriptures, observe the priesthood and so on.  Before we know it those little ones will be youth. (Only two were left when I took the picture.) And a really good sharing time.  Jamie sat in a chair on the children's level, turned out the lights and taught them about the ten virgins and having oil in your lamp using a camping lantern.  The children were spell bound and it was very effective.