Routines!

Today wasn't a typical weekday (teacher workday for the older boy), plus I'm sick with a nasty cold ... so I'm going to trim the irrelevant and the impossible from today's routines. Look for the full version tomorrow, I hope!

Monday weekly tasks:

Monday:
Declutter e-mail inboxes
Library book round-up

A.M. (weekdays) Routine

DONE My breakfast
Take vitamins

Start laundry (by 6 a.m.)
Unload dishwasher
Clean up breakfast
15 minutes worship

DONE E-mail and msg. boards
DONE Check calendar
DONE What's for dinner? (leftovers!)

Laundry in dryer

DONE Dress to shoes
DONE Hair & face
DONE Eyes, teeth

DONE Michael breakfast
DONE Michael teeth
DONE Michael dressed
DONE Michael vitamins
DONE Michael to school (drove)

My Evening Routine

Start right after dinner! NO COMPUTER!!!

Clean up kitchen -- shiny sink!
Run dishwasher
Prep coffee maker
Prep bread machine?

Check calendar, doors locked, lights out downstairs
Upstairs w/ clean laundry
Start Michael's shower
Fold & put away laundry
Sort one load of dirty laundry
Lay out workout clothes and regular clothes

Michael jammies, teeth, story
Clean & soak contacts
Teeth & mouthguard
Alarm set?
In bed, lights out by 9 p.m.

Jen, welcome! Sorry I started this thread and then vanished. That cold really knocked me on my butt for a few days. I'm still coughing but feel almost normal now, so I'm jumping back in.

Here's what is on my plate this morning:

A.M. (weekdays) Routine

DONE Up at 5:15
DONE Downstairs w/ laundry
DONE Patrick's breakfast
DONE My breakfast
DONE Take vitamins

DONE (LATE) Start laundry (by 6 a.m.) (.... also rebooted a load already in the washer)
DONE Unload dishwasher (.... also loaded and ran DW first)

DONE E-mail and msg. boards
DONE Check calendar
DONE Get Michael up (by 7 a.m.)

DONE Michael: breakfast
DONE teeth
DONE dressed
DONE vitamins

DONE Quick shower
DONE Dress to shoes
DONE Hair & face
DONE Eyes, teeth

DONE Michael to school (....drove)

KINDA DONE Clean up breakfast
15 minutes worship
DONE List today's errands, appts, tasks
DONE What's for dinner?
DONE Walk dog
Stretch
DONE Laundry in dryer

This, of course, was just my morning stuff, but I didn't get it all done in the morning. It looks a whole lot neater on a computer screen than it actually works out in real life most days. I probably need to break this up into smaller chunks and work on them one week at a time.

I don't really have a clear plan for weekends (that may be part of my problem -- no consistency -- but here's the general outline of what I want to do this morning:

DONE Up at 7 a.m.
DONE Quick shower
DONE Dress to shoes
DONE Hair, face, eyes, teeth

DONE My breakfast
DONE Take vitamins

DONE Start laundry
DONE Load & run dishwasher
DONE Clean up breakfast

DONE E-mail and msg. boards
DONE Check calendar
DONE List today's errands, appts, tasks
DONE What's for dinner? (bean soup)

DONE Michael: breakfast
DONE teeth
DONE dressed
DONE vitamins

DONE Leave for Meeting by 9:50

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Perhaps optimistically, I will post my evening routine today as well. The first item is ALWAYS the hardest to accomplish, LOL:

DONE (at least I started working first!) Start right after dinner! NO COMPUTER!!!

DONE Clean up kitchen -- shiny sink!
DONE Run dishwasher
NOT NEEDED (have most of a loaf still) Prep bread machine?

DONE Check calendar, doors locked, lights out downstairs
Upstairs w/ clean laundry
DONE Start Michael's shower
Fold & put away laundry
Sort one load of dirty laundry
Lay out clothes

DONE Michael jammies, teeth, story
Clean & soak contacts
Teeth & mouthguard
Alarm set?
NOT EVEN CLOSE In bed, lights out by 9:30 p.m.