It only took me about an hour on Saturday to get everything prepped for Sunday.

I had each person pick out their church clothes, and thankfully none of them needed ironed. I decided what would be a quick breakfast (instant oatmeal and/or waffles), and then decided what to fix for dinner (roast with veggies in the roaster).

The house was clean, and most of the laundry done, and I did NOT make a dessert (which I would like to start doing) so that was probably why it didn't take us very long.

I got up early on Sunday morning, had my tea while I studied the Bible, then took a shower. I put all the fixin's in the roaster, started a loaf of bread in the breadmaker, started the water for oatmeal and put some waffles in the toaster. After the boys came in from taking care of their animals we sat down to eat. The morning ran really smoothly, and we actually had a bit of free time. It was nice...and very different from our norm.

For those that don't know us, we have been without a *home church* for a very long time. One of our Sunday morning issues is always "where do we go?" We end up just staying home because we can't decide. My husband had decided earlier in the week where we would attend, and when he told me I was able to plan what to wear, etc. based on that.

After church we came home to a house that smelled as if someone had been home cooking all morning. Yummmy!! I got the bread out of the breadmaker and sliced it, put on some extra veggies to boil, and within 15minutes we were sitting down to dinner.

I told my oldest (as he is the one who has kitchen clean up) to clean everything up, as I headed off to bed to take a nap. He asked me what I meant, and I again repeated what I had said. When I got up the kitchen was a wreck...he explained he felt that since everyone else *was doing nothing* that he didn't have to clean the kitchen up well. Ummm..ok, I accept the miscommunication, though I did point out to him that I was up hours before he was prepping so that we wouldn't be eating dinner at 2pm, and so I could take a nap that afternoon.

I think we will be tweaking what we do a bit, and making sure that everyone understands what is expected of them, but I see that this Saturday prep is extremely beneficial and I want it to become habit. My husband has to work next Sunday, and he has asked if I will take them to church (at the same church) while he is at work. He will also be working next Saturday, so I will be doing this all on my own and without his being here as incentive. We'll see how it goes...