Posted in Keeping The Home

Below are the routines that I have changed.  The ones I had before were for use when I was single but now I am now married I have changed them quite a bit.  The Daily Schedule has been taken a bit of work due to our never knowing which days he is working as he only gets schedule weekly.  I had trouble with putting this up yesterday as this was way to big so I decided to take a photo of this one instead.

The routines below I have not started yet and plan on doing so I hope from Wednesday.  Andrew is home tomorrow and we are going out in the morning. 

Below are the routines:

Daily Routine

Morning routine:

v     Make bed

v     Take  meds and vitamins

v     Check calendar

v     Thaw something for dinner if I need too

v     Exercise

v     Shower

v     Fix hair and fix bathroom whilst there

v     Make coffee with breakfast

v     Check any emails

Early afternoon routine:

v     Eat lunch (I don’t always do this)

v     Meal Prep

v     Make any phone calls I need too

v     Check emails

v     Get bread/rolls out of freezer to thaw

v     Check/calendar/planner for next day appointments – if any

v     Write in Journal

Late afternoon routine:

v     Tidy up rooms, pick up & put away things,  magazines, papers etc

v     Clear dining table (often books, papers etc are left on here during the day)

v     Set dinner table

v     Start dinner (except Saturdays when done in morning)

v     Light candles (if dark enough of course)

v     Put on some relaxing music

Before bed routine:

v     Kitchen clean it up, shine sink, lay out clean dishcloths as needed

v     Review checklist to make sure nothing is forgotten

v     Think about tomorrow

v     Write a “to do list” for next day in journal

v     Gather up items I don’t want to forget for next day & put by back door

v     Prepare & pack Andrew’s lunch box for next morning

v     Set table for breakfast for the morning

v     Decide on clothes for next day

v     Cool down time & get ready for bed:

v     Read for fun or listen to music, watch dvd/tv with hubby

v     Relax in a hot bubble bath

v     Brush teeth, clean & moisturise face, brush hair

v     Take meds

v     Reflection on Today

v     Spend time in God’s Word & pray

v     Go to bed at a reasonable time! Preferably at the same time each day (unless going out)

v     Fall asleep with a smile on my face & in my heart J

Daily Cleaning Duties
	Mornings	Afternoons
Monday	Clean Bathroom Wash Kitchen & Bathroom Floors	Ironing
Tuesday	Clean upstairs including windows Washing Day
Wednesday	Clean downstairs including windows
Thursday	Baking Clean out purse Polish shoes & boots if needed
Friday	Clean Kitchen Change bedding Washing Day

 I will be adding some flexibility here, for instance, today is a Bank Holiday so I have not done my normal "Monday chores", so this will be done next week as per normal.  If a day is missed here and there, then that particular day's chores can wait until the following week. This used to be a big deal for me as awhile ago if say I missed doing today's chores then I would do these the next day but after reading and taking on some of  Emilie Barnes "More Hours In My Day" then I have learn't to adapt. 

I don't really use Fly Lady a great deal but I love some of her ideas and I have adapted some of her routines to fit in with what I need to do & get done each day as you have seen from above.

Have a blessed evening