Schedule Update #1.....

So, it's 9:30 am and we are about 1/2 an hour ahead of schedule.... and I have no clue what to do next... They said this might happen, so we'll have to see what needs to be tweaked a little. For instance, the boys didn't want to play at separate times with Mommy. They were just fine playing in their room at the same time. Little Man did his own thing while XMan and I played cars. I also already have the laundry in the dryer, so that's going to put me ahead for 4:30, when I had accounted for an hour of laundry time...

Little Man is also walking around rubbing his eyes and yawning. He is NOT going down for a nap yet, though!! I think he wore himself out with his excitement this morning. He was so gung-ho about having certain jobs to do! He got his own clothes out of his drawer, brought me a diaper, helped make his bed, and brought his dirty pj's to me for laundry! Oh, and yesterday, he told me 3 times he needed to go potty or that he had already gone and it was bothering him! Whoohooo!!!

More later!

I did it! I finally made mine!!

YEEEHAW! I finally finished my super-duper Schedule!! Now, let the chaos diminish!! We'll see how it goes this week! The Maxwells (who wrote the book I am using, "Managers of Their Homes") recommend giving it a few weeks to work out all the kinks in the new-found system. For the first week, my goal is to at least aim for 1/2 a day of being on-schedule.
I talked to XMan tonight and got him all excited about actually being able to do all the things he enjoys during the day. I explained that if Mommy could spend less time playing "Referee," we could have more fun! He was pretty stoked about it as I tucked him in. However, he did pray, "Dear God, please let the new schedule be FUN and not boring!" I found myself Amen-ing that one in my head! If I can figure out how to upload the thing, I will share it with you guys!

Um, yeah.....

Remember when I told you about the organizational book I was going to read/work on? Then I told you I couldn't even find the book since we had moved? Well, Hubby was ever-so-diligent one night in helping set up the computer area and in doing so, he found all the worksheets that go with the book! I have already finished reading it, so all I need to do now is put the actual schedule together. He was so sweet and laid the worksheets out right in front of my face, where they couldn't be missed! Wasn't that nice of him???

I spent last night, after the kids were in bed, trying to put an amount of time to all the activities I need/want to do in a day. I had so many things on my list, even after praying about and removing non-essentials, I thought, "Oh, this is going to be good. Surely I have 2 1/2 days worth of time alloted! hahaha...."

Yeah. Well, when I added all my 1/2 hours and hours up, including sleep, I had a whopping......

21.5 hours.

Basically, with what I had figured out, I should have 2.5 EXTRA HOURS A DAY!!!! Are you kidding me???? I never get all the things on my list done and I certainly don't have 2.5 extra hours to do fun stuff!!! How does this happen?!?!

When Hubby came in last night, I had him help me (realistically) look at the numbers again. He helped me re-figure some of my time frames. For instance, I thought it only took me about 1/2 an hour to get ready for bed, he just laughed. He said, "No, you take at least an hour finishing up and getting in bed!"
Oh. Well, then.

So, when we finished, we had 23.5 hours. I think I will need the buffer time that 1/2 hr. provides, ha. Next assignment, I have to account for the 24 hours a day my children spend!! Have you ever thought about what your kids do for 24 hours a day? Go track that one day and see if you have a lot of wasted time. We sure do!

More soon!