What I Do All Day

Once a year or so I try to keep a list of what I do for a week. Answers the question of "what do I do all day?!"

Monday
6am wake up
Cardio at gym
Put away clean dishes
Bible study, prayer, and coffee
Blog post
Get some paperwork ready to mail
Cut a few flowers and refresh arrangements
Drink one more cup of (decaf) coffee before munchkins get up at 7:30
Nurse Nora
Get self and kids dressed, rooms straightened
Make and eat breakfast and have Bible time with the kids
Clean up kitchen
Schedule kids’ check-ups
Hang picture in Jacob’s room
Refill laundry pre-treater
Help kids brush teeth
School
To library for storytime and pick up books on hold
Annie’s ballet class
Play at park with other three kiddos during ballet
Make and eat lunch
Put away library books, sort mail, quick straighten up for house
Nurse Nora and put down for nap
Run to Aldi, car wash, and Publix while Honey babysits
Take Zeke to vet
Clean out purse and sort piles that accumulated on desk since morning
Complete paperwork for upcoming doctor appointments for kids
Feed dogs
Start prepping dinner
Kids up, get out art supplies and turn on music
Call the Gent
Feed dogs
Play “cookout” with kiddos
Phone call with the vet
Finish making dinner
Supervise playroom clean-up
Family dinner, joined by Honey
Straighten house upstairs and down
Nurse Nora, help the Gent get munchkins to bed
Make cup of tea and drink it before it gets cold
Sort March photos
Update Annie’s photo album
Book dogsitter
Watch baseball with the Gent and glance through school curriculum while he catches up on work
Three loads of laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away over the course of the day
10pm-ish to bed

Tuesday
6am wake up
Lower body weight training at home
Bible study
Make plans for 100th day of school
Coffee and prayer
Look over list/plan for the day
Put away clean dishes
Nurse Nora, get kids up and all get dressed
Make and eat and clean up breakfast and Bible time with kids
Help kids brush teeth
Bible Study Fellowship
Bank
Post office
Phone call with vet
Leave message for piano repairman
Make and eat and clean up lunch
Start bread
Sort mail
Nurse Nora
Read with kids and get settled for rest/nap time
Dust
Phone call with piano repairman
Call social worker
Roll out bread, let rise, and bake
Read and have an apple with peanut butter
Deep clean Annie’s room
Feed dogs
School with kids
Free play
Nature walk
1 load of laundry
Make dinner
Clean up kitchen
Help the Gent with kids’ bedtime
Relax
10pm sleep

Wednesday
4:45am dogs all over the neighborhood have a bark fest
5:15am I go back to sleep till 6:15
Upper body weights at home
Bible reading, read BSF notes, coffee, prayer
Sign up for library storytime
7:35am Jacob wakes up
Since girls are sleeping in:
Reserve library books for school next week
Blog post
Vacuum downstairs and mop kitchen
8:15am girls wake up
Get everyone dressed, beds made, straighten upstairs
Breakfast and kids' Bible time
Help kids brush teeth
Start school
Go to Sam’s Club and have new tires installed, do a little grocery shopping
Home for lunch and special 100th day of school treat
Finish deep cleaning Annie’s room
Read to kids, nurse Nora, all munchkins down for naps
Iron whatever has accumulated since last Wednesday
Prep dinner
Read and have a snack before kids get up
Do some preliminary planning for next school year
Feed dogs
Finish school with kids and celebrate 100th day of school!
Free play!
Cook and eat dinner
Rest and read and enjoy a bowl of ice cream
4 loads laundry completed
10:30ish bed

Thursday
5am wake up, head to gym for 30 minutes of cardio and 1 hour Pilates class (burning off ice cream)
Prayer
Put away dishes
Bible study and coffee
Water plants and freshen up cut flower arrangements
Call vet again
7:30am Nurse Nora, everyone gets dressed and straightens room
Breakfast
Clean up kitchen
Help kids brush teeth
Quick weekly clean of kitchen and bathrooms
Ballet field trip with Annie and Jacob
Make, eat, and clean up lunch
Sort mail
Set up playdate with friend for next week
Confirm weekend plans with dogsitter
Nurse Nora, read with all kids, naptime
Read my book and rest for a bit
Sort paperwork on desk: file, take action, or shred accordingly
Weekly budget update
Feed dogs
Set up auto pay because mortgage servicer has changed
Write check for dogsitter
Clean out email inbox
Kids up
Pack for older two girls to have a sleepover with grandparents Friday
Play outside
Leave instructions for kids for Honey, grab a snack, and pack dinner for the Gent
CPR and first aid training with the Gent, kids stay with Honey
Nurse Nora and to bed about 10:30

Friday
6am wake up, lay in bed till 6:30
Coffee and Bible study
Blog post about Compassion!
Order flower seeds for summer cutting garden
7:30am kids up, nurse Nora, start getting dressed
Breakfast
Finish getting everyone dressed, brush teeth
Transfer car seats to Honey and Poppa’s car
See older girls off for sleepover with grandparents
Wash breakfast dishes
Pack for weekend trip
Vet’s office to pick up prescription
Hobby Lobby to drop off Nora’s one year photos for framing
Lunch with the Gent, Jacob, and Nora
Children’s museum with Jacob and Nora
Read books, nurse Nora, tuck kids in for naps
Use some about-to-expire coupons to Joseph A Bank and Old Navy for online shopping
Sort mail
Put away dishes
Spend 30 minutes tracking down a package UPS claims they delivered
Brush dogs
Feed dogs
Kids up from naps
Bake cookies with Jacob and Nora
Play outside
Dinner out
Kiddos to bed
Enjoy a glass of wine with the Gent
Yay it’s Friday!
Bed around 10pm
2 loads of laundry