Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Morning Routines/Afternoon Routines

So I guess since some days I'm at home, some I'm at the office, and some I'm driving preschool carpool and am out and about, I'll have a sort of "menu" approach to routine planning. 

First things first, all mornings:
  1. Get up and wake kids 1 and 2.  Oversee their getting ready for and off to school.
  2. Get kid 3 up, ready, and off to school (no matter who is actually driving him).
  3. Get myself dressed including shoes.  No arguments.  (Flylady thing.)
  4. Brush teeth. 
  5. Take meds.
  6. Eat breakfast.  Must be quick and nutritious.  Think: bowl of cereal, not toaster pastry or McDs.
Items to do if at home:
  1. Pop a load of laundry into the washer. 
  2. Empty the dishwasher and dish drainer.  (Or run the dw if hasn't run the night prior.)
  3. Put all dishes in the sink or dishwasher. 
  4. Pick up all scattered laundry and put it in a hamper.
  5. Sweep floor.
  6. Quickly put anything which belongs in a different room in a box or hamper.
  7. Throw away any obvious trash.
  8. Do a quick swish & swipe of the main bathroom.
Items to do if at the office:
  1. Check all phone messages and return calls.
  2. Check all email and return some.
  3. Open any mail waiting for me and act on anything I can do in 2 min or less.
  4. Start projects and actions.
Items to do if out and about town:
  • Consult list of errands and run them. 
    • Bank? 
    • P.O.? 
    • Library?
    • Grocery? 
    • Pharmacy? 
    • Target/Walmart?
Larger items around home:
  1. Pick one Weekly Home Blessing task (Flylady) and do it.  (I do these one at a time rather than all on one day at one time.  Mostly because I work.)
    1. Change sheets.
    2. Take out trash.
    3. Vacuum rugs.
    4. Mop.
    5. Dust.
    6. Clean glass/mirrors.
    7. Throw out outdated magazines.
  2. Paper Pile -- pick one:
    1. Throw away 27 papers.
    2. Spend 15 minutes sorting through per Stephanie Winston's TRAF:
      1. Toss
      2. Refer
      3. Act
      4. File
  3. Exercise.
  4. Pick one
    1. Zone decluttering (Flylady) -- look up current zone on Fly site, and declutter in it for 15 minutes
    2. Do one room my way (see older Cleaning posts)
  5. FACE -- this it the $ stuff, based on Flylady but my way of doing it
    1. Updating budget book with current transactions.
    2. Paying due bills.
  6. Dinner -- 
    1. What is for dinner?!  Start anything you can right now (thaw, marinate, crock pot).
    2. Plan what time to start cooking and make an appt w/ myself.
  7. Holidays -- work the lists

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