How to Be On Time to Church

We arrived at church today during the prelude music. I don't remember the last time that happened. Wait, yes I do. It was when the choir was singing and we had to be there to practice. That was in December, so it's been a while. Bryan is sick today so I was flying solo for the morning and at church, which makes our timely arrival even more amazing.

Do want to know the secrets to our success?

• Have your clothes set out the night before. (We did this by hanging the boys church clothes back up as soon as they got home last week. Yes, they wore the exact same thing two Sundays in a row, without washing them.)
• Accept the help of your fall-over-sick spouse in getting your children dressed.
• Don't stress over the fact that your son's hair is sticking up all over the place. This will save you precious moments that would have been spent trying to get him to stand in one place long enough to comb it.
  
• Take a shower late in the day on Saturday, put on mascara, and don't get too dirty. Next, ignore that voice of good hygiene that says you should wash off your make-up at the end of the day. The next morning, and this is key, don't shower. Put on lots of deodorant and pray that you don't stink. And bonus, you're still wearing mascara from the night before!

Hmm, I probably shouldn't fess up to that whole lack of grooming thing. But spending little to no time on myself really did speed-up the whole operation.