White Noise

So for some reason at this time, my blog seems to be turning into learning how to wait patiently for what you desire and learning how to be blessed by what you currently have; and to be grateful too, especially when it comes to our small house and our desire to have a larger one some day sooner rather than later, but as other things have taken shape this week like poor, poor Elvis (aka Mazda) having to be taken for an unexpected trip to the car doctors and not knowing if our shake, rattle and roller is going to be able to recover this time or not, which may force us to dig into our purses a little bit for newer transportation, is showing us that God has a different plan for us still. 

I do know that compared to other countries, our house would be a mansion, including the current chaos that our kitchen renovation has caused and the inconveniences it has caused me.  What seems horrid to me, like not having a working dishwasher or a working kitchen sink and a mess everywhere in a small house, would seem like nothing to others as they would be at least blessed to have plumbing and the capability of using various other faucets with in the home to accomplish a given task.  As I periodically discussed with other women from my church this weekend while at a scrap booking event, often times the woes of our lives here in this country are that of "first-world" problems and in retrospect they may not even be real problems at all to other people around the globe.  Anyways... going off on a big opening tangent aren't I? 

Let's get to the real root of why I am writing today.  Like I had just previously mentioned, my current theme of this blog at this time has morphed into learning to be blessed with what you have and to deal with what has been provided you; and right now, that is currently our house, the little shoe, and perhaps poor ol' Elvis.  Anyways, so I thought as we learn how to make things work for our growing family while taking care of our various financial obligations, I'd pass things on to my readers.  So today's topic is a brief idea of something that we do.

All three of our bedrooms are on the top floor, with one small linen closet and a bathroom that includes a small laundry closet.  It is a small hallway that also includes an open stairwell feature, which looks great but carries various noises more easily.  So with having our bedrooms on such close proximity to each other and the designed features that are associated, one could hear other noises a bit more easier than in other houses; therefore, what we have done is add white noise to nap times and bedtimes.  Each room has at least one fan.  I have two fans in my room currently, but that is because I am pregnant and I get hot easily.  The girls have two fans in their room only because Skye needed one for her top bunk because she got hot, and so we got her a clip on one for her top bunk.

Anyways, we turn on those fans and we sleep well!  I have had children cry out in the middle of the night and even turn on lights while their roommate is sleeping and they sleep right through the noise and ruckus!  We have had kids wet the bed and get sick and have been forced to change sheets with out another kid waking up.  Little Man's room is right beside the girls' room and he likes to sleep with his door wide open because he just can't miss a thing and has to feel a part of the family all of the time even as he sleeps.  We have nights when he has screamed and pitched quite a fit for various reasons and the girls have never been bothered by him.

So with the help of white noise, like fans, we get a good sleep.  It helps the noises of a small house like when Scot and I laugh or watch a movie after the kids go to sleep.  We don't have to whisper in fear that the noise will carry upstairs and wake up the kids.  Just a suggestion for anyone who may need it, especially if you are in a small house.