Monday, August 30, 2010

What a Stay-at-Home Wife Does All Day

In case you didn't know already, I am super-excited to be a stay-at-home wife for the next few months, till baby comes along and I become a stay-at-home mama+wife. I think some people are wondering what I will do with all my time. Well, last week I kept a list. If you're really interested, here you go. It was a busier than usual week, since I was still working on so many settling in to a new city things.

Monday
Walk dogs
Weight training and stretching
Bible study
Laundry
Read pregnancy books (yay, I'm in the second trimester now!)
Clean floors
Make insurance appointment
Bank
File receipts
Catch up on personal emails
Change automatic deposit at the bank
Look up car tag and driver’s license info
Dog rescue work for an hour or two
Hang pictures
Thank neighbors for housewarming gift, invite for dinner
Order address stamps
Organize computer documents
Organize dog vet records
Vet appointment at 1:20
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Wash dog leashes and collars
Make dinner
Spray for wasps (okay, hubs did this)
Trim Huck’s nails (and hubs helped with this)
Watch The Closer at 8

Tuesday
Walk dogs
Weight training and stretching
Bible study
Brush dogs
Clean floors AGAIN because there was a layer of grime on them
Found a weekend dogsitter
Wash and cut up carrots and broccoli
More dog rescue work
2 hour nap
Invite friends over for dinner
Get car tag and driver’s license, register to vote
Have dog records faxed to new vet
Set an alarm code for dogsitter to use
Type up instructions for dogsitter

Wednesday
Walk dogs
Weight training and stretching
Bible study
Dust
Clean floors YET AGAIN
Dog rescue work
Make returns at Walmart
Shop for office and laundry curtains
Take the Gent his belt at work (he works out in the morning before work, and forgot to pack one)
Balance checkbooks OY
Pay bills OY OY
Catch up budget sheet OY OY OY
Clean out filing cabinet
Pedicure
Find a hotel room for a trip later this fall
Ironing
Hang curtains (hubs did most of the work)
Make dinner
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Interview daytime dogsitter for football season

Thursday
Walk dogs
Weight training and stretching
Bible study
Clean kitchen and bathrooms
Dog rescue work
Insurance appointment at 2pm
Look into long-term disability insurance
WalMart to return the curtain rod that didn't work and buy a new one
Hem curtains
Hang kitchen curtains (aka watch the Gent hang curtains)
Make dinner
Make appointment with appliance repair service
Make appointment with electrician
Remind landlord grass needs to be mowed
Catch up on magazines :)

Friday
Walk dogs
Weight training and stretching
Bible study
Electrician comes at 8:15
Brush dogs
Clean floors AGAIN and now they are finally clean - bye bye grime!
Laundry
Ironing
Dog rescue work
Mail Mom’s birthday card and gift
Prep for the Gent's parents to come for the weekend
Bake bread
Make dinner
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1 comment:

  1. Great job! Don't you love marking things off of your list? Now is this the week for your staycation?

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