This fall, we decided to do things a bit differently, so we asked several of our blogger friends to share what a typical day in their life is like, including all of their best tips and tricks for staying organized and efficient. This is a two-part series, with half of us sharing today, and the rest of us sharing on September 6th, so we hope you’ll join us for both.
One quick note about the schedule: Megan of Honey We’re Home was originally going to post today, but she lives in Houston. While she and her family are safe from the flooding, she’s understandably exhausted. She’s going to join us on September 6th instead. In the meantime, please visit her blog post on “Helping Houston.”
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Let’s get started with a day in my life:
A typical school day at my house begins with coffee, and it doesn’t begin without coffee. I’m a night owl, not an early bird, and thankfully my kids don’t have to be at school until 8am (Amy’s oldest has a 6:15 bus pickup; I can’t even imagine!). I stagger out of bed around 6:45 most mornings.
This is the coffee bar I’ve set up on our kitchen cart. We aren’t messing around, are we?
My kids pack their own lunches every day, although I do pitch in if someone oversleeps or if they get home late from the gym or yoga, because they sometimes work out in the morning (#didntgetitfromme). My daughter usually meal preps on Sundays–she’s a ballet dancer and the healthiest eater in the family–and packs her lunch the night before. My son leaves his for the morning. The fewer people in our kitchen at one time, the better, because it’s quite petite.
(We love these Sistema {affiliate link} containers for packing lunch)
For those of you who are visiting from the other Operation: Organization participants, here’s the quick backstory on our family: my husband is in the Army and received orders to move to Ft. Riley, Kansas, this summer. The kids and I stayed in North Carolina so our son, a senior, can finish high school. We considered moving, of course, because we hate to be apart voluntarily when we’re so often separated involuntarily, but that would have been Connor’s third high school. To offset the costs associated with maintaining two homes and traveling back and forth, we downsized from a 4000sf house {see it here} to our current home, which is about 1600sf {see it here}. It’s quaint and quirky, and lots of fun, though!
I’m a bed-maker and if you ever see my bed unmade, you either came over while I was still sleeping, or I’m sick. My kids make theirs in the mornings, too.
{see more of the powder room here}
I usually do at least one load of laundry a day in my basement dungeon. Old houses are the best except when it comes to laundry rooms!
Since I use a laptop, I can work almost anywhere. The kitchen table is my office most of the time.
I also talk to my husband at least once a day, in the evening, and we text during the day. He tries to come home every 4-6 weeks, and so far that’s working.
The kids go to bed around 10pm and then I go to sleep around midnight; I usually read a bit and then lose consciousness within minutes. And then it’s time to do it all again!