I am still not "still"!

Right now I am technologically sad. A few weeks ago my IPOD spontaneously emptied itself and now Itunes doesn't recognize my IPOD anymore. The IPOD seems to be in perfect working condition?  That was a sad day and I don't know what to do to make it better. 

Yesterday Josiah, my smart and logical, but lacking common sense, 5 year old, took my cell phone into the bath tub with him to press numbers. 

I have come to depend on those things. I text with my sister, mom, Mel, Kim and others often. It is quick way to communicate. I am thankful for it. My IPOD became my friend. I had all my music on it. I had podcasts from CBC, Nancy Leigh DeMoss and others. I listened to sermons on it as I cleaned. It was more than a convenience and a pleasure. It was a tool that ministered to me as I went through my day. 

I am realizing without these, things are quieter and I don't like it.

I came across this post (below) from last April and have realized I have not made any headway in the area of having more quiet time. My life doesn't have to be filled with noise. It has enough noise with 5 kids in the house all day!  Actually just as an aside, I also used my IPOD to get away from the noise of my kids. Picture this: Me sitting in the chair in the middle of the day with my IPOD really loud listening to a (just one) song with my eyes closed. When the kids came close I just put my hand up. It was an oasis in the middle of the crazy. (O:

I have tried to rationalize that it is just part of my personality that I love music and I love to listen to things, but  I am sure that there can be too much a good thing. At times I think it drowns out the sound of my kids literally. Also I am busy listening to what someone on the radio, my phone or my IPOD is saying and I ignore my kids. My example above of just listening to one song is OK. But I still think I take it too far sometimes. It is time to put some practical guidelines in. 

But just for the record. I really want to figure out how to fix my IPOD and I am hoping my phone will dry out in the rice! (O:

This was a good reminder for me. Maybe it will be for someone else as well!
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Be Still

****Power is on now!***** (o:


So I am sitting here in the semi dark on Thursday morning without power, typing on the laptop, in a word processing program. Ken is gone to school and only Grace and I are up. I have done all I can do. I have showered, the house is tidy and my bed is made up. The loads of wash I should be folding are still wet. The kids I should be feeding breakfast are still sleeping. I am going to let them sleep a little longer today because they had a late summer night last night. So it is quiet.

My first thought when I woke up was to turn on the radio and listen to the news. Then I realized that of course – no power. So I took off the back of the radio to see what kind of batteries I needed to make it happen. I need 6 C batteries. I found 3 in Grace's toy and 1 in the drawer. I am 2 short. So I texted my mom, across the street to see if she has 2. In the middle of all this I thought to myself, “Wowee serious?” Nothing bad is going to happen if I don't listen to the news, even though I like to know what is going on.. I can do without checking email and facebook. No one is depending on me to get back to them. What happened to “being still?”

I am never still. I listen to the news in the morning while I am getting the house in order and making breakfast. During break time, I often listen to the 1290 to see what Andy Oudman is talking about. I like to listen to Charles Addler in the afternoon as I work in the house. Then, in the evening after 6 I listen to CBC talk as I am doing wash, sweeping floors and make Ken's lunch. In between there I check email and facebook to see if I have any messages. I do some blogging or check blogs. I am a music girl as well. I need music, I love praising God with my music. I like it nice and loud. I am thinking the neighbours might know some of my songs! (o: So really, its not the content that I thinking about. It is the quantity that isn't right.

I have realized that I am technology and noise dependant. Sitting in a quiet a house drives me crazy. Really, it makes me squirrelly! I should be loving the time this morning to think, pray and read. I am not saying I need to be quiet all the time, but I am thinking that I need to set aside some more self imposed “still time”.

My mom just texted and told me she has 2 batteries. She is going to bring them over when she leaves to go out. Hmmm, now I am wondering if I should put them in the radio.

Are you taking time to be still?