A Week In The Life

A lot of times at night as I get ready for bed I think of things I want to discuss on my blog. I keep a notebook by my bed for this reason, to jot down the idea or great sentence I just thought of so I won't forget. bcecause I have foolishly embarked upon NaBloPoMo again, I have been jotting down more things bceause nothing is too banal for my month of posting. This afternoon, the best thing I could come up with to discuss was my new schedule, and I thought that was rather lame, so I figured I'd check my list. Many of the things on it have to wait until later in the month to really make sense and therefore would not be useable today. Some were for my other blog. One was: pumpkins! With the exclamation point. And I thought, yes that would be a great topic, and timely given the recen tholiday, except i have absolutely no clue what I wanted to write about pumpkins. I certainly don't know what could have made me excited enough to use an exclamation point. So here is the new schedule I've put myself on:
MWF
7am: wake up. unless Izzy gets up earlier (or later, wheee!), but try to trick her into staying in her room until at least 7am by telling her she can't get up until the sun does.
8-9:30am: clean something. pick a floor of my house and clean it while the kids play in the basement. Ignore crying and calls for mommy or else this will not get done. Loud crashes may be investigated. Administer snacks and movies if cooperation is not evident.
10ish-11:30ish am: Gym (possibly go to Target first). Aim for 1 hour cardio. Sitting on the recumbent bike reading a novel totally counts as cardio.
Go home, give kids lunch and put them down for naps
12-3pm: NAPTIME!! this is YOUR time. use it to shower, read magazines, read blogs, write blogs, catch up on DVRd TV, paint your fingernails, nap, paly computer games, Twitter or Facebook. DO NOT spend it on the phone with your husband during his commute home - that is wasting alone time.
after nap: play with the kids, run to the store do whatever.
5:30/6pm: dinner time, followed by baths, brushing of teeth, tv and bed
7pm - KIDS' BEDTIME!!! you are now free to eat dinner yourself, watch tv, vegetate and do whatever you want.
11pm: Go to bed. Seriously. Turn off the computer, turn off the tv and go get some sleep. No more midnights!

Tues/Thurs
get up same time - there will be no cleaning this morning because of feeding/dressing three children plus myself and the preparations fr a morning out
9am: Izzy school
9:30: 10:30am: stroller boot camp workout followed by 30 minutes in the mall play area
11:30am: pick up Izzy at school. home for lunch and naps
NAPTIME!! Still all about YOU. perhaps make sure the kitchen is not a disaster so teh husband doesn't come home to a pigsty and wonder why he married you, but spend no more than 10 minutes doing this, MAX.
Rest of the day: follow same schedule above
Additional: 7:30pm Mon and Thurs will take 1hr yoga class.

Weekends: who schedules weekends? pffft. Maybe do the laundry. Try to cram everything down in the hamper to make space so you don't have to.

So there you have it. My new and improved schedule for a new and improved me. I like routine, and I think I have established fairly well that if I don't have one for cleaning I just won't do it ever, so this is my new plan. I have so far stuck to it for a day and a half. i hope I can make it through at least this whole month, and if I do, by them it will be...routine. Ha!