What My Day Looks Like
August 12th, 2009
Sometimes my brain just doesn’t want to cooperate. It is on these brain funk days that I post something completely random. Today is one of those days.
Therefore
if any of you have an inkling of curiosity about what my sunup to sundown looks like, today is your *lucky* day.
My (ideal and striving towards) day:
5am – Wake, Get dressed, make my man’s lunch, prepare for day mentally, spend time in the Word, drink large mug of glorious coffee
7am – Kiddos up, they listen to bible on CD and color/write while I make yummy breakfast, we eat and then I read bible story, sing a hymn/Christian song, pray
7:30am – Clean up kitchen, put load of laundry in, train kiddos in chores (make bed, pick-up toys/books in bedroom, wipe down table, unload/load dishwasher) while listening to classical music or praise
8am - Reading time, free play, video, craft, homeschooling (very simple), cleaning, errands, play dates, teachable moments, giggles, hugs, boo boo kisses, and “mom, look what I did/can do!” exaltations
11:15am – Pick-up toys/books, make lunch
11:30am – Lunch, clean-up after, reading
12pm - Naps (Thank you Jesus that you made little’s need naps!)
12-2pm – Me – Clean, blog, banking (bleck)
2-4pm – Snack, free play, craft, prepare for dinner,teachable moments, giggles, hugs, boo boo kisses, and “mom, look what I did/can do!” exaltations
4:30pm – Dinner (yes, we’re weird and eat early)
5pm - Family time/play, baths, family worship (my man reads out of a devotion for little, we read the scripture, talk about it briefly, and pray)
6:30 – Bedtime for son and baby, three year old spends time with daddy
7:30pm – three year old to bed, blog, hang with the hubs
10pm – Beautiful sleep
What does your schedule/routine look like?
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How in the world do you get your kids through an entire meal on 30 min??? I’m pretty sure we’re lucky if it takes us 45, maybe because they are older and eat/ talk more? Thanks for sharing!
Oh, how I wish!
My day looks a lot like yours! I guess because we both have preschoolers….
4:30 am wake-up
5-6 Read Bible, study
6-7 Shower, dressed, start laundry (kids usually wake-up sometime in here)
7-8 breakfast
8-9 Kids watch Sesame Street while I check e-mail and declutter
9-9:30 Declutter and freshen house (morning chores)
9:30-11:30 Homeschool, Bible, read, play games, some free play, snacks, etc.
11:30 Fix lunch, eat lunch, clean up
1:00 Quiet Time (my time to blog, check e-mail, play games with older children)
3:00 Free time, park, crafts, etc.
5:00 Kids have room time while I start dinner
6:00 Dinner
7-8 Bedtime Routine, in bed no later than 8
8-10 Free time for husband and I
10 My Bedtime!
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You know what’s SO funny about this?! I am currently working on a post titled “Less Than Ideal Days (and What to do With Them)! No joke! Because this week I have realized that I have more “less than ideal days” than I do ideal, and I tend to become really discouraged as a result.
Come back tomorrow and check it out! :)
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My day is very different from yours since I don’t have children and I am not yet married (soon though)!
6:00am – Wake up, turn on laptop and check email, blogs, news
6:30am – Pray & make coffee
7:00am – Shower, breakfast and finish reading blogs.
7:45am – Get dressed for the office.
8:30am – Arrive at work, make more coffee and start working.
1:00pm – Lunch break, go for walk or spend time with Mom (we work at the same place)
5:30pm – End of work day, today is Country Club after work get together with co-workers. Get razzed because I don’t drink the cocktails they are. That’s ok :)
7:00 pm – Home dinner, spend time with fiance talking, catching up on our day, reading, blogging or some TV.
9:00 pm – Do my “homework” for my job (continuing ed).
10:00pm – Pray, read and go to sleep (hopefully)
Your day is much more exciting!
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Your kids go to bed at 6:30 and 7:30!!! Wow. I guess I vaguely remember those days. Who am I kidding. My kids never went to bed at 6:30. They used to go to bed at 8:00. This summer we’ve been especially slack about bedtimes and no one has been in bed before 9. (Even the almost 3 year old.) But her naptime isn’t until 2 and she doesn’t usually fall asleep until closer to 4.
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We’ve been working on a more structured schedule the past few weeks. I’ll be starting homeschooling our preschooler 2-3 days a week starting next week so I know that I want to have a better schedule set. Getting to bed earlier and getting up earlier have been my struggle lately. I love my early morning quite times and really need to get back to them! Now that our youngest is sleeping through the night I’ll have a chance to get back to rising early!
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I’ve been blogging about time management too. We all have such busy days don’t we?
Have a great day.
Jackie
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Hi Sarah- Love your site! Great post! I love to read schedules! Organizing is my passion! Anyhow, I’m on summer break right now so not much of schedule. I also have a 2 1/2 month old, so again – no schedule!!
But in 3 weeks DH,DS#1 and I go back to work/school. SCHEDULES!! Here’s a possible schedule…
4:30am – feed DS#2 (baby), back to sleep
5:30am – alarm off- get up- shower
5:45am- get breakfasts ready, eat,put on a wash
6:00am- cuddle a bit w/ kids, feed DS#1, pack up backpack & diaperbag (for babysitter)
6:30am – Get ready for work (makeup, blow out hair, get dressed)Get DS#2 (the baby) ready for sitter
7:00am – Kiss DH & DS#2 – goodbye, put wash in dryer
7:15am – get DS#1 dressed, mom arrives to get DS#1 on bus
7:30am – get my lunch together; (DH makes all lunches)
7:45am – Leave for work;
8:00am – Prep for school to start
8:30am-3pm Teach 25 wonderful 4th graders!
3:00pm – Pick up DS#2 from sitter, drive home
3:30pm – get home to DS#1 (sitter gets him off bus), spend time w/kids
4:30pm – start dinner, mop floors, fold wash, Hw w/DS#1
5:30pm – Eat dinner, clean up
6:00pm – bathtime, tv, playtime
7:00pm- Bedtime for kids, spend time w/ DH
8:00pm- Prep plans for school, watch TV, go online,clean up around the house,
10:00pm – feed DS#2, bedtime
Uh, I’m exhausted just typing it!! Wish summer could last forever!!!
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Your day looks good and full. I hope you have a great one!!!
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I’m single, but I’m training myself to keep a schedule, budget, coupon book, etc. for when and if I get married. (Side note: please pray for me. My unwed sister is having another baby and I may be adopting him or her…another reason to learn to schedule everything.) This is what my day USUALLY looks like:
7 AM – Wake-Up Time. Make a cup of coffee.
Morning Prayer, Lectio Divina (a Catholic form of Bible Study and meditation that goes back centuries, love it!)
Get ready for work.
Sweep bathroom (long hair), empty dishwasher, make bed.
10 AM – Work
Lunchtime – Eat quickly and spend most of my time reading at B&N down the street.
7 PM – Home
Eat dinner, get ready for bed, clean up kitchen and living room, evening prayers, rosary, RELAX!
One day I hope to fill that schedule with a hubby and children!
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Wow, my daily schedule is different every day – the same week to week though. So, since it’s Wednesday, I’ll use today ..
5:30 Alarm goes off.
6:00 I get up ~ start coffee, quick shower, read Bible, check Twitter (just being honest!)
6:40 Wake up DD & we do our devos – separately but in the same room
7:00 Breakfast for DD & get her ready for school
7:30 Leave for school ~ quick chat w/ my BFF as I drive back home
8:00 Blogging, laundry, news, COFFEE
9:30 Housework
10:30 Study & prepare for Bible studies I am currently teaching
12:30 Lunch – DH usually comes home to eat w/me
1:00 Leave for Care Net to teach Bible study there
2:30 Finished with Bible study & picking up DD at school
3:00 Home with DD ~ Homework, snack, “chillaxing”
4:00 Start supper then a little more study time before teaching tonight
5:15 Supper for DD and get ready for church
6:00 Teach Bible study at church
7:30 Praise team practice
8:00 HOME … eat supper with DH, get DD to bed, etc.
9:00 Kitchen is cleaned, evening coffee is enjoyed, and we are settled in for the night.
10:30 BED
That’s my Wednesday. :-)
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Schedules for Fall…
4:45 up at at them alone time with God
5:15 Start load, unload dishwaster, plug in coffee, heat up breakfast for Dh
5:30 Ghostwriting and Writing time for She’s So There
7:00 wake up high school son, and college boy for breakfast
7:00 switch over wash and take time for breakfast with boys
7:20 Kiss the boys off to school with lunches made
7:30-9:30 back to work at my business at home
9:00 daughter wakes and prepares for day
9:30-11:45 homeschool time with daughter (13)
11:45 lunch
12:30 rest until 1 (read, nap, or hang out with her
1:00 daughter does indepedent work/writing/programs/art, mom works again, phone call catch up, reads emails
2:30 work/school day is done, make cookies or snacks for college and high school boy with daughter for 3:00 arrival
3:00-3:30 stop everything and listen to sons days and hang out with them and their friends if they show up
3:30-4:30 tv time with the teens or throw a ball, or swim…
4:30 put in dinner, make salad, etc answer random calls,
5:30 dinner with everyone at the table, prayer time/fun!
6:30 back at my desk while Dad has a half hour watching something with them…they all like taped Stargates….
7:00 Family time/ballgames/movie nights/church night
8:30 slow down time for all teens, to their rooms by 9 (8:30 is laundry time for someone each night too, they start, I fold/hang before I go to bed, they pick up in mornings)
9:00 to your room, phones off, texting off for all teens
9:30 lights out for all.
9:30 to 11 Mom gets back up to work if a project is looming
One of the BEST things I did this last year was relegate ALL travel during the day to one weekday a week. No more days mushed up by multiple runs to somewhere. Friday is our day here and all errands, workshops, extras have to go there..or we don’t. Homeschool group activities are limited to only Thursday afternoons during the fall (12-4) and often only 2 times a month. We simply need more time with them at home, so we’re saying “no” alot to things that interrupt family time…friends may join us, but ours are at home.
Hmmm…coupla interesting items here!
7:30AM “Clean up”…
11:15AM “Clean up”…
11:30AM “Clean up”…
12-2PM “Clean”…
Is this the same Daughter I raised?
Is this the same house I visit?
Are you an imposter that has moved into my BEAUTIFUL Daughters’ body?
Does Jesse know you are now a “clean freak”?
I’m SOOOOOOOO confused! LOL
Love ya Babe!
I love your schedule. I’m still working on working our routine into a consistent time schedule, and am getting close… just in time for a new school year and completely new schedule!!! Since I work in special education, my schedule varies depending on whether it’s school year or break/vacation. I am listening to the “…24 Hours” CD you recommended. I am CONFIDENT it will help me resist panic & frustration with afternoons/evenings during the school year.
My kids go to bed a 7:00 too! I love it, since it gives me time to finish things up at night.
BUT OH MY GOSH, SARAH MAE! HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF BED BEFORE 6am? I’M STRUGGLING TO GET UP BY 7, despite the suspicion that my days would be much more calm and happy if I got up earlier.
We are still on summer vacation here in TX (for another 2 weeks) so my days are not so structered! Yours sounds so busy (compared to mine) but full of fun too.
Have a beautiful blessed day.
:)
Hugs Denise
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(In theory, perfect day)
5:30-Up, work out, quiet time
7-shower, start laundry, etc
8-breakfast, make hubby’s lunch
8:30-clean up from breakfast/check e-mail
9-errands or fun outings/play group
10:30-chores for the day
11:30-play time at home
12:30-lunch
1-nap for baby/room time for preschooler, mommy blogs/makes phone calls, etc
2-craft/game time with preschooler
3-music/reading time all together
4-free play in playroom and mommy folds laundry
5-start dinner
6-eat dinner
6:30-kids’ time with Daddy, I clean up and prepare for tomorrow.
7:30-kids are in bed and hubby and I spend time together
Haha. Looking at this I think I should be able to actually get everything done. How come it never works out like that?! :)
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I’m a working Mamma…and our kids are (almost) 21 and 18…so my schedule is a little different.
~5:30 am up and at em’-get ready for work…breakfast/coffee, and spend time in the word and prayer
~7:30 am leave the house for my 1 hr commute to work
~8:30 am – 5:00 pm work
~ 5:00 pm leave work for my 1 hr commute home
~ 6:00 pm make/eat supper with the family (unless we have other activities
~ 7:00 pm prepare lunches for the next day/lay out clothes for the next day…maybe do a load of two of laundry, run the vacuum around…dust…etc….etc…
~ 9:30 pm head to the shower….do some reading/blogging/fox news watching…
~11:30 pm lights out
That’s (roughly) my day! :-)
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I would love to know what a REAL day looks like and how close it comes to the idea. If I put my ideal day and my real day on paper, no one would ever know they came from the same mama. But I keep moving there.
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God is so good! My husband just asked me to work at a schedule again, and give it two weeks, and see how it helps!
I *WANT* to do it, and know that in and of myself, I have willy nilly spontaneous tendencies. Thank you, Lord, for Sarah Mae, and her being led by Your Spirit. And, thank you for helping me in this area, through this post. Thank all of you that have given me a glimpse into your day, ideas, AND HOPE!!!!!
Hugs,
Melissa
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Ok, not meaning to change my mind, but I decided that the post I’m working on that talks about “Ideal Days”, yea, I’m going to submit that to another website rather than post it on my blog. BUT, here is a link to my schedule once we start school back up again. :)
http://docs.google.com/View?id=d9q6vsx_1f2kth5fs
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All of these schedules are like a dream come true for me! My husband and I have just been talking about coming up with a schedule for our lives. I have 4 children (ages 5, 3, 2, and 5 months) and I’ve decided we MUST have some kind of order to the day! All of these daily schedule will be wonderful to go over and see what others do. Thanks for the post!
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We have had an “unbusy” summer. Which I am starting to think is just a good way of saying “lazy”! Our school year routine is more structured and since we are starting school on the 24th, I better get working on our new schedule. Thanks for the reminder!
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I’m a college student, so my schedule varies from day to day. Generally, I get up around seven and go to my bedroom at 9:15 and then read until 9:45. Having a set time for going to bed and waking up definitely helps me, though. Those times are like bookends to my day!
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Oh I wish I had a schedule of sorts! The only thing I feel is scheduled in my life are my work hours–they are fairly consistent. My husband and I recently got married, and at the moment he is working overnight shifts while I work early mornings into early afternoons (He gets out of work when I go into work– eek!). Right now our schedule changes daily, and it’s difficult to schedule anything because our bodies and minds are on different schedules. I’m praying that the Lord provides a job for my husband where we are able to see each other more and is more consistent with its scheduling. It is such a blessing that you are able to train up your children through homeschooling and worship daily as a family. It looks like you have a great schedule to work with!
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4:30 sounds like a heavenly dinner time to me! Some days I quite fancy your three-year-old’s bedtime, too.
Today, my day was intended to start at 5:30AM, but for some reason the alarm clock chose 4:50 and I was up and showered before I realized it was still awfully dark outside!
OH How I loved looking at your day and others as well. I am getting ready to start our formal days of homeschooling and I have been all about making my schedule And so now lets see how each moment works out. Goal one is working on keeping my heart right with God, gentle and joyful. I know that your fabulous ideas on memorizing God’s word will add peace to the day and even give gentleness to my heart so we can have wonderful moments in my Goal oriented schedule.
Smiles, Angelia
My day is crazy from start to finish
6:55 alarm
7:15 jump out of bed, dress hurriedly, take my vitamins, throw on some makeup, and run out the door to morning prayer meeting
8:00 arrive at morning prayer meeting and greet the believers (then we sing for a while, pray, hug and leave)
8:45 get home and make brunch
9:30 brunch clean-up followed by music practice for the kiddos as well as “morning chores”. I usually do laundry and other misc clean-up at this time.
11:00 free time
12:00 lunch followed by a bit of clean-up
1-4 free time/nap time. I usually check email, blog, read, language study, and do more laundry.
5:00 supper and another clean-up
6:00 family time
8:00 bedtime for the kiddos
8-? personal devotions, time with my Love, read, fall asleep
This schedule will change drastically when we start up homeschool in mid-September.
Also, this schedule does not reflect a typical day of canning or gardening. Those days are especially crazy!
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I have just recently happened upon your blog through Simplemom and I love it! This schedule post is very timely as it is a goal I am working on right now. It is very helpful to see other mom’s schedules as I often feel like I don’t know where to begin – so I don’t begin at all… This helps incredibly! I was wondering what Bible CD’s you have your kids listen to? I love that idea rather than having the tv on in the background! Thanks for sharing your life with us!
Sarah Mae – I am so impressed with your schedule and I am laughing at what your Dad said!! Everybody’s schedules seem great. I do think they work better when kiddos are younger. Now, if I try to do a specific schedule – things happen daily to throw it off (school calls and needs something, hubby wants an errand run, friend has emergency, etc.) I seem to work better with just assigning myself tasks for the day. I should assign times for meals at least to keep things on track.
One of the things that is hard for me is that we eat late since we want to eat together – 7pm at the earliest after hubby gets home from work. And then my son doesn’t usually go to bed until 10pm. Am trying to think of some new ways this school year to change it a bit.
Thanks for sharing!
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Love your schedule. Guess I need to stop complaining about getting up early since every other mom in your comment section is up early too! I just started reading your blog and am blessed by it. What is the CD your kids listen to the Bible on?
Tricia – they listen to the New Living Translation bible on CD. I don’t particularly like that version of the bible, but I bought it when I was in college! :)