Schedule

Here's the time breakdown in bullet form.    This covers the things that I need to get done for the duties of my state in life.  But there's a lot of flexibility --  kids can do some or all of the jobs, meals can be simpler or more complex, I can shuffle around the events in the main part of the day to suit various occasions.    I try to be pretty careful about doing the evening and morning routines carefully because if I get everything done that's listed in those time frames, I have about 70% of the key routine accomplished. 

Evening of Day Before (5 pm to 10 pm)

• Examen -- in room, right before evening starts -- reflect on what's been done and left undone.
• Start planning for next day in light of examen.
• Dinner -- prep, meal, clean-up, 
• Get kitchen ready for next day -- load dishwasher, prep coffee maker, make lunch for high schooler
• Family prayer
• Bedtime routine for kids and self -- brush teeth, stories, prayer (finish by 9 pm)
• Personal reading, listen to tape or talk to husband

Beginning of Day (5:45 to 9:30)

• Get up, morning prayer, start stretching or circuit training (I spend five minutes on this whenever I'm in the bathroom)
• Take load of laundry downstairs, start load
• Kitchen routine -- feed dog, start coffee, let dog out, get breakfast ready and lunch set for highschooler
• Coffee and devotions, spiritual reading or rosary
• Exercise for 20 minutes on bike while reading, or go for walk
• Do maintenance housework  --vacuum, clean bathrooms, or mop floor -- do focus cleaning if time permits
• Fold laundry, say mid-morning prayer, get children up and started on day.

Main Part of Day (9:30 am to 5 pm)

• Morning Time -- prayer, memory work, reading aloud, discussion of plans
• Homeschool Time -- work alternately with kids.
• Noon Hour:  focus cleaning, then lunch and midday prayer
• Make phone calls if necessary
• Homeschool Time -- quiet time for reading, finish up schoolwork by 3 if possible
• Divine Mercy Chaplet between quiet time and finishing schoolwork
• Tidy, therapy and then outside or afternoon activities
• Rest, bath or exercise just before evening starts (go back to start) -- reflect on what has been done and undone

Of course, there's a lot that's not on there.  This is mostly trying to peg things I DO get to -- like lunch : ) -- to things that slip if I don't make a place for them -- like insurance phone calls.

I'm going to think about making a schedule for the kids.