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.

I have a problem making and keeping a routines. This is a rough draft routine, but I hope to refine it and add things.

Get up ------------ done
Get dressed -------------done
Make coffee -------------done
Iron Kev's clothes -----------done
Make breakfast for boys -----------done
Get boys dressed -------------done
Clean up breakfast stuff ----------done
Empty dishwasher --------------done
Start a load of laundry --------------done
Switch laundry -----------------done
Fold and put away --------------done
Make lunch ---------------done
Eat lunch ----------------done
Boys down for nap ----------------done
Clean up lunch stuff -----------------done
Clean up play room -- skipped...whoops
Do weekly cleaning chores ------------done
Boys up from nap ----------------done
Snack time -----------------done
Start dinner ------------------done
Eat dinner -------------------done
Clean up kitchen ------------------done
Sweep tile -----------------done
Jammy time -----------------done
Story time ---------done
Brush teeth ---------------done
Vitamins ----------------done
Boys down to bed ----------------done

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.

Hi Song!! I'm trying to get used to the typing routine stuff. I know it will help me in the long run. Your lists are so organized!! I will be here tomorrow as well, and then my DH and I are off to the Dominican Republic for our long overdue honeymoon! So I will not be around next week. I just didn't want you to think I was deserting you so soon.

A.M.
Get up X
Make coffee X
Iron Kev's clothes X
Make Breakfast X
clean up breakfast stuff
Get boys dressed X
Shower X
Get dressed X
empty dishwasher
start laundry
put away clean laundry
Lunch X
clean up lunch
boys down for nap X
get all suitcases packed for vacation
boys up
snack

P.M.
make dinner (chk brocc braid)
clean up dinner stuff
tumbling class
dishes
clear counters
wipe counters
wipe stove
wipe table
shine sink
polish appliances
sweep tile
pick up toys
feed pets
scoop litterbox
take out garbage
clean laundry room
boys down for bed
set coffee maker DO NOT SKIP!!!
iron an outfit for Kev DO NOT SKIP!!!
Set out morning clothes

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.