So I have decided to give myself until the end of the year to get into a new routine with family and farm work and housework all on my plate.  I have been trying since we moved here in May with little success and I am hoping that having to write about my successes and failures will give me some better accountability.  So, anyone out there reading this, I am reporting to you. 🙂

So this is what I am aiming for:

5:30 to 7:00 – Get up and take care of myself.  This includes spending time God in prayer and in His Word and actually eating breakfast. 🙂  (I know I am not the only mom out there who gets so busy feeding everyone else that I forget to feed myself.)

I am hoping to maybe get a load of laundry washing in there too.

7:00 to 8:00 – Feed my family and the dog.  Read a devotion with the kids.  Clean up from breakfast.

8:00 to 12:00 – Morning activities.  This includes feeding all the critters, church on Sundays, BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) on Wednesdays, farm work, playing with and loving on the animals, etc.

12:00 to 1:00 – Lunch and read the kids their Bible story

1:00 to 3:00 – Either housework or spending quality time with the kids

3:00 to 3:30 – Rest and eat a snack

3:30 to 5:30 – Fix dinner and do the afternoon farm chores

5:30 to 6:30 – Family dinner

6:30 to 8:00 – Get the kids bathed (if they haven’t had one already after playing in the mud) and put into bed

8:00 to 9:00 – Evening clean up and straightening

9:00 to 10:00 – Get ready for bed, read for a bit, and got to bed.

All of this is general and fluid.  I am hoping to use the basic time frames as guidelines to help me.  The major goals are 1.) Get up in time to spend time with God; 2.) Get the kids to bed by or before 8; and 3.) Go to bed at a reasonable time.

So here we go.  I have 118 days left.