**LOVE the laundry tips! Thanks!!! I'm definitely going to try this!**
One small thing has been bugging me so I feel I need to say something. My blog is my blog. If you choose not to read it, no feelings hurt over here. It is not a blog of ONLY my child. It is my journal. I want to look back and see exactly how I was feeling at certain times in my life. So it will always be about our WHOLE family, not just Brody and his accomplishments. Although I do LOVE to brag on sweet boy!!
Okay...feel better. Moving on.
Here's my issue. I apparently stink at time management bc it seems I can NEVER get anything done. So I would love POSITIVE comments only. (If you have something ugly to say...just keep it to yourself...its really not going to help me get anything done. Thanks!)
So here's the way a typical day in my life goes:
*5:30~wake up, get ready for work, get Brody ready for daycare
*6:30~out the door on the way to daycare and work
*7:30-4:00 at work
*4:30ish~have Brody and are on the way home
*5:00~working on dinner...usually not a problem. Put Elmo on and I have 30 mins or so to get this done.
*6:00-8:00~painting orders, and yes there is a lot of guilt about doing this while Brody is still awake. But it is paying off the medical bills and I physically can not stay up until midnight doing this. Not and go to work with 20 kids all day. It just doesn't happen. Believe me I have tried. Please understand. I am NOT complaining about having this second job. AT ALL. It has helped our family tremendously and am blessed to be doing it.
In the meantime...on my to do list: laundry, bathing Brody, cleaning up the house, and the most important: spending time with Ken and Brody.
Then once Brody goes to bed I have school work to work on until I go to bed.
Now I know what most of you are saying...what's Ken doing. Well that depends. If he's home ON TIME which is around 5:30 he's usually playing with Brody and he helps with the bath while I'm cleaning up from dinner. He watches him while I paint.
The laundry and cleaning never seems to get done! Its always piling up for me on the weekends YUCK! But everything does seem to get done on the weekends I just want to figure out a way to still enjoy my weekends without having to do all the things I couldn't get done during the week.
This is my time with Brody. The time for all the fun things. And I'm stuck at home trying to get everything done and ready for the next week. There has to be a compromise in there somewhere. And it is much easier when Ken doesn't have to work a weekend. We can get a lot more done those days. I can paint while Ken is playing with him and not wait until he's napping. Which means I can use nap time to get a lot of other things done.
I'm determined to get Brody to see Santa Claus this weekend. Its my mission! And I have many orders to paint...but it will all get done. At some point, it always done.
So I'm looking for shortcuts, ways to free up some time with Brody and Ken. Any suggestions...
And I'm NOT complaining about our situation, just looking to see if there is a way to simplify or combine things to free up some time. What are some tricks of the trade that help you manage your time better?
4 comments:
I don't know who has had the gall to make a negative comment to you, but you just put your fingers in your ears and say "NOT LISTENING!" That is easier said than done, I know. There is something about having a blog that lets people thing they are "hiding" and say things they wouldn't necessarily say to your face.
But, you are doing a great job... as a mom, a wife and a teacher. Keep following your heart and keep God first.
Well said Nicole! Keep blogging about whatever you
feel like talking about and ignore the people who hide behind the anonymous comments. My only
suggestion is to put a load of laundry in to wash every night and transfer to the dryer when you wake up, then fold it when you walk in the door after school. I've had to start doing that everyday or it piles up quickly. I still have
some to do on the weekends, but not nearly as much. Love you!!
Hey Nicole! This is Crystal Anderson and I just wanted to tell you congrats on certifying! I am proud for you! Anyways, I can't believe how much Brody has grown. As far as the time management thing, I know I have no kids so I cannot relate, but I do work full time and am taking a full load of classes. What I do to help is what the other lady said, put a load of clothes in at night when I go to bed. In the morning, put them in the dryer on the way out. When I come home I fold them before I even take my shoes off so I won't delay it until later. They are a little wrinkley but it does help to get them done. Hope this helps!
Auntie Tinker's suggestion is about dinner.
when you cook, cook for 2 or three nights.
I will buy a large pack of ground beef or turkey and make spahetti sauce and taco casserole. i just divide the meat and it cuts down your cooking time the next night. I do the same with chicken. I cook enough for two nights, and then split it for two different dishes. if you are cooking one..you can cook two at the same time. Just wrap it up and use the second portion the next night
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