Fly On The Wall-A Wednesday

This is for my own interest and journal keeping, but, for those of you that are curious about what goes on at other people's houses (I know I am!) you can be a fly on the wall for a day.  Welcome to the Finlay house. :)

Do you ever wonder what you did all day?  I've been thinking I want to record a typical day for me.  Last week at our Relief Society conference, our stake president taught a class.  It was a follow up on a class from 9 years ago.  He surveyed women in the stake about how they spend their days and compared the results from 9 years ago and now.  As the women in the stake have collectively gotten older, they are spending less time with kid duties and running around, and more time reading, exercising and with church.

I know there is no day that is exactly like the rest, but my idea is to record about once each month on different days of the week so I get a sampling of how my time was spent through different stages of life.

I set the alarm on my phone to go off every hour.  I wrote down what I was doing at that exact moment.   It will miss a lot of the in-between time, but it will capture a piece of my day.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

6AM-still in bed sleeping.
Went to bed too late the night before and turned off alarm on purpose to not have to wake up any earlier than I had to.

7AM-running.
Even though it was a beautiful day and James was home, I still chose to run on the tredmill.  It is faster that getting ready to run outside, and I wanted to read while I ran.  Checked e-mails, responded to texts,  and read Daughters in My Kingdom, all while running intervals.

8AM-eating breakfast with the kids.
Usually Wednesdays we have waffles, but because I ran late and James had to leave early we had parfaits instead.  James has already left for work.

9AM-getting laundry off the line outside.
Kids are starting to fold and put away their own laundry while I fold and hang the rest.
between 8 and 9 I have showered and gotten ready and gotten the kids ready for the day.  I also cleaned up breakfast and discovered I had somehow (from distraction of kids finishing) forgotten to finish mine.

10AM-cuddling Ethan outside, who has fallen off the step and hurt his foot.
Gavin and Elise have been dropped off and the 4 kids are all playing outside about to come in for snack time.

11AM-working on craft project with kids.
then spent a significant amount of time helping the kids pick up all the little 'googly' eyes that have fallen on the floor.

12PM-getting lunch prepped for the 4 kids. 
kids are currently playing upstairs in the kids room.
kids ate spaghetti, green beans, pears and plums.  I had left over corn chowder.

1PM-talking with Megan Warnick, who is picking up her kids for the day.
we are outside.  kids are playing on scooters and bikes.

2PM-working on a blog post.
kids have been read to and are laying down for naps. both have fallen asleep today.

3PM-at Brielle's Dance class.
had to pull kids up from their naps to get to dance on time.
Ethan and I are watching Brielle dance as we have an apple for a snack.

4PM-driving.
headed to gas station.  running errands.  post office, credit union, and church.

5PM-writing note for YW getting honor bees tonight.
Brielle is also writing notes with me.  Ethan is in his room, making messes.

6PM-cleaning up dinner.
kids are having a dance party in the other room.  James is not yet home.
Nothing exciting for dinner, as the fridge needed to be cleared out. Choice of hot dogs or left overs.  Left over options included Jalapeno Chicken, Corn Chowder, Chicken Cordon Bleu, or pasta.

7PM-arriving at Stake Center for medallion night.
James raced in the door just in time for me to leave, so I was able to go without the kids tonight. Have a YW with me that I picked up on the way.

8PM-at Medallion Night.
listening to Stake YW president talk about inner beauty

9PM-saying good night to kids that should have been asleep long ago.
Just walked in the door.  Kids are in bed, but not asleep


10PM-working on plans for next month preschool themes.
putting books on hold at the library

11PM-in bed.
time to go to sleep and start it all again tomorrow.  Good Night!