I still get questions and comments in regards to what I do all day, so I decided that I would pick a day and keep tabs of everything I do that day. I've been working on this post for a few days, as it is hard to write a lot at one time. I picked today to post as it was a year ago that I stopped being a working mom and became a stay at home mom. I was told I would be bored as a month or so as “a house can only be so clean and I would run out of things to do”.
I picked Monday which is a “typical” day for me. My daughter and I have a routine every day, however our routine does vary some day by day. For example, some days we are home all day and some days we are at activities in town.
Mondays are the day that I bake bread ( I really like home baked bread and I know and can pronounce everything that goes in it). I also tend to do the weekly cleaning on Mondays also. That way I can work on projects during my “free time” during the rest of the week My projects right now consist of organizing projects as a family acquires a lot of stuff and it has to go somewhere. I do laundry, including bedding, on Mondays and I do laundry again on Thursdays.
So here's a look at my day. I did write down what I did, but did not write how much time it took to do each task. Some took only a few minutes, some took more than that.
Got up and dressed
Made husband's lunch and we had breakfast together
Daughter wakes up/husband leaves for work
Daughter's breakfast and clean up after breakfast
Get daughter dressed
Write up menu and Grocery list
Sort laundry/stain treat laundry/start first load of laundry
Strip beds/remake daughter's bed
Go grocery shopping with daughter (15 minute drive to grocery store and a 15 minute drive back)
Put groceries away
diaper change
make snack/have snack/clean up after snack
put 2nd load of laundry in machine/1st load in dryer
Daughter watches sesame street while I get started making bread and getting it to rise
Clean up bread mess
diaper change/wash out cloth diaper
play time with daughter
3rd load of laundry in machine (2nd load in dryer)
check e-mail
read daughter a story
coloring time with daughter
4th load of laundry
make lunch/have lunch/clean up after lunch
punch down dough for bread/set it out to rise again
Diaper change
start washing dishes (I was not able to wash on Sunday, so I had two days worth)
comfort an angry child
go back to washing dishes/have daughter hanging on me/abandon washing dishes
cuddle time with daughter
daughter takes a nap
fold laundry (cannot do this when child is awake)
start 5th load of laundry
bake bread
put clothes away that are folded
make my bed
computer time
straighten up two cupboards that have gotten messed up
clean bathroom
sweep/mop kitchen and entryway floors
fold last load of laundry
Daughter wakes up
Diaper change
put daughter's clothes away
play time with daughter inside as it was too wet to play outside
make snack/have snack/clean up after snack
dance time with daughter/computer check time
make dinner
husband home/have dinner/clean up after dinner
daughter plays with husband while I wash dishes and sweep kitchen floor
help daughter pick up her toys in the living room
daughter's bath time
get daughter dressed/ready for bed
read story to daughter and snuggle time with mommy and daddy
daughter in bed
read a little
get myself ready for bed/bed time
