July 16

Ahh, truly a day for me. Scrapbooking all day with a friend! Minimal list today!

1. Get ready
2. Get girls ready
3. Daily AM
4. Daily task, yesterday's task
5. Pick up photos
6. Fax pool filter receipt
7. Scrapbook
8. Daily PM

Lost Day July 15

How much of a list can get done when you're stuck in bed sick? Zip, zero, zilch.
I feel like I've lost a whole day. At least the girls didn't destroy the house. Bless their hearts, they were angels yesterday. If mommy doesn't feel good, it just takes one good puke for them to really believe it.

July 14

Details, details, details. Today, I think I'll attempt to stream line the list.

1. Sara get ready
2. Girls ready
3. AM routine
4. Grocery list
5. Shop for groceries
6. Daily task
7. Catch up on any leftovers
8. Work on office
9. PM routine

Oh, gosh, this looks so general, I don't know if I can resist addition upon addition. We'll see if I cheat and slack off on the details.

Menu Planning

This is always my favorite list to make. We've really been trying to curb our dining out habits and when I thoroughly menu plan, it's so much more successful. Although I put dates with specific dishes, I'm very flexible in rearranging, I just need a general idea of how many dishes I need to plan for from pay period to pay period.

July 14 Tacos, beans
July 15 Steaks, baked potatoes, corn
July 16 Pork Chops, side dish, vegetable
July 17 Chicken, side dish, vegetable
July 18 Out with friends
July 19 Ribs, fried green tomatoes, baked beans
July 20 Out of town
July 21 Out of town
July 22 Out of town
July 23 Bean and cheese burritos
July 24 Chicken parmagiam, spaghetti
July 25 Hot dogs, baked beans, pasta salad
July 26 Slow cooked ham, green beans, new potatoes and white beans
July 27 Chili over spaghetti
July 28 BLT's, vegetable, chips
July 29 Grilled cheese and tomato soup
July 30 Spaghetti and meatballs
July 31 Leftovers

This is how it should all work

DAILY: AM: *Start load of wash (the day before's clothes, the pjs we just took off and kitchen towels, bath towels on Mon, Wed and Fri, bath mats on Thurs, bed linens on Sun)
* Check house for dirty dishes, set dishwasher to run while we're gone
* Make Paige's bed
* Make our bed
* Wipe up bathroom counter

PM: * Dry and put laundry away
* Unload dishwasher
* Make dinner
* Feed and water dog
* Everyone picks up before bed

Monday: Dust and Vacuum
Tuesday: Deep clean bedrooms, Girls have bath
Wednesday: Deep clean bathroom, vacuum
Thursday: Deep clean kitchen, Girls have bath
Friday: Vacuum
Saturday: Run errands
Sunday: Change bed linens, Girls baths, lay out clothes for the entire week.

I am supermom

So, I managed to get enough of the list done to be satisfactory, and we ended the night with an exciting game of hide-and-seek! Thank God for prescription cough medicine, so I'm definately feeling much better!

Sometimes it is so hard to keep up with everything while keeping the needs of my girls first and foremost. I am ashamed to admit that it is all to easy to get consumed with keeping things neat and tidy, that I sacrifice quality time with my daughters. It is such a difficult balance to keep everyone happy. My husband doesn't understand that even though I'm home all day, I don't spend the whole time following behind my little tornadoes with a vacuum and cleaning rag, so sometimes the house isn't perfect at the end of the day. My little angels aren't always so angelic, they are what you'd term strong-willed, or precocious if you will. More time is spent squelching tantrums and fights than on housekeeping activities.

All that being said, I do contribute to his desire for a tidy home, with my own compulsion for cleanliness. I have a hard time relaxing if the house is a wreck and I can't sleep if the list has been neglected. It's time to reexamine the cleaning routine that has, in the past, worked so well for me.

I guess I'll put it on the list for tomorrow.

AAKK

I think there's something wrong with me. Number one, I'm coming down with a summer cold, so that sucks. Number two, I've completely abandoned the list and I feel like the world is completely out of control. So now, I'm forcing my kids to play together in an effort to catch up on my catch up day. How crazy is that? Not that having your kids spend time together is a bad thing, but I know they'd rather me or Mike be up playing with them. I am just having a really hard time being supermom today.

Catch up July 13

Yesterday was totally unproductive as far as housekeeping goes. I did have a nice outing with my family, so the catch up day will be all worth it.

1. Shower x
2. Hair x
3. Makeup x
4. Dressed x
5. Breakfast x
6. Girls dressed x
7. Girls hair x
8. Laundry dry x
9. Laundry away x
10. Laundry wash x
11. Laundry dry x
12. Laundry away
13. Boil eggs for lunch x
14. Make tuna salad x
15. Make beds x
16. Pick up living room x
17. Vacuum downstairs x
18. Kitchen counters x
19. Girls to aquatic center x
20. Load dishwasher x
21. Run dishwasher x
22. Unload dishwasher x
23. Meal plan dinner x
24. Prep dinner x
25. Dinner x
26. Dishes x
27. Clean kitchen x
28. Girls bath ->
29. Girls pajamas x
30. Girls teeth x
31. Wash face x
32. Clean fan ->
33. Mike install fan ->
34. Repair walls ->

Personal Day: July 11

Sometimes, you just have to take care of yourself. Today is one of those days for me. I need a break and so, in the interest of preserving my sanity, I'm taking it. The list will be prett self-indulgent today.

1. Shower x
2. Hair x
3. Makeup x
4. Dressed x
5. Dry swim suit x
6. Girls dressed x
7. Girls' hair x
8. Girls to daycare x
9. Cash in winning tickets x
10. Tan at salon x
11. Scratch tickets x
12. Laundry wash (can't ignore the daily things, though)
13. Laundry dry
14. Laundry away
15. Make beds
16. Vacuum downstairs
17. Dust living room
18. Work on office
19. Pick girls up
20. Dinner
21. Paige to Ryan and Kara's for sleepover
22. Dishes
23. Clean kitchen
24. Load dishwasher
25. Run dishwasher
26. Unload dishwasher
27. Mike time ;)
28. Emma pajamas
29. Emma teeth brushed

July 10

1. Shower x


2. Hair x


3. Makeup x


4. Dressed x


5. Breakfast x


6. Girls' bath x


7. Girls dressed x


8. Girls' hair x


9. Walmart List (yes again, we really should own stock) x


10. Walmart x


11. Oil Change x


12. Bathroom- mirror x


13. Bathroom- vanity x


14. Bathroom- toilet x


15. Bathroom- sweep x


16. Bathroom- mop x


17. Bathroom- potty x


18. Laundry- wash x


19. Laundry- dry x


20. Laundry- away x


21. Load dishwasher x


22. Run dishwasher x


23. Unload dishwasher x


24. Lunch x


25. Make beds x


26. Pick up downstairs x


27. Pick up girls' room x


28. Thaw steaks x


29. Dinner x


30. Dessert x


31. Dishes x


32. Clean kitchen x


33. Pajamas x


34. Wash face x


35. Girls' teeth x

July 9

1. Shower x
2. Hair x
3. Makeup x
4. Dressed x
5. Girls dressed x
6. Breakfas x
7. Girls' hair x
8. Laundry- wash x
9. Laundry- dry x
10. Laundry- away x
11. Make beds x
12. Load dishwasher x
13. Run dishwasher x
14. Unload dishwasher x
15. Staples list x
16. Walmart list x
17. Staples x
18. Walmart x
19. Pick up Girls' room x
20. Vacuum Girls' room x
21. Upload book to ipod x
22. Synch ipod x
23. Lunch x
24. Bathroom- mirror ->
25. Bathroom- vanity ->
26. Bathroom- potty ->
27. Bathroom- sweep ->
28. Bathroom- mop ->
29. Bathroom- tub ->
30. Dinner x
31. Dessert x
32. Load dishwasher x
33. Clean kitchen x
34. Girls' bath ->
35. Wash face x
36. Pajamas x
37. Brush Girls' teeth x

IF TIME PERMITS

1. Finish scraping popcorn finish from ceiling in office ->
2. Clean walls in office x
3. Clean chair x
4. Clean mirror x
5. Begin repairing walls ->

x= accomplished

->= forward to next day

This woman's work

I am diligent about my lists. No, I don't think I have a compulsion issue, but if I don't make one daily, I would pitter away the day, accomplishing nothing. That being said, I wonder if I'm unrealistic in my daily endeavors. I can fill pages and pages with lists, so who knows, someone out there in cyberworld might find this amusing if I post my daily to dos online. Besides, I always need new addictions!