Basic Weekly Plans

[blessedw2]

the week of January 27th.

Monday be up at 4:45 am and head over to hospital for surgery on d aunt. d brother and her d son will drive her to the hospital (be there at 6 am for check in). and I will meet them there. d brother said I didn't need to stay all day. it's a 7 hour surgery and that he and her son will stay.

Tuesday through the next couple weeks - drive daily to the hospital and then rehab place.
one hour drive there, one hour stay there and one hour come back.

Wednesday: take dh to his dr. appointment -1/2 hour away,

Thursday: have construction company come over to get an estimate of what will happen - sign contract.

Friday: stop by library and return book and do bills there and checking account.

saturday:

Sunday:

break home blessing over the week
I need to hire the cleaning company so that I can start painting etc.
laundry is all caught up
gym has to be daily especially while I am caring for d aunt.

[blessedw2]

Project: stripping wall paper in dd youngers room.
I am finally able to get back to this project.

stripped one area. find better scrapper

goal: strip gingham paper on bottom 1/2 hour a day
strip all the kitten border on top 1/2 hour a day
wash the walls after wall paper is off.
wash doors
wash wood work on bottom and chair rail.
remove furniture out of room
paint or have someone paint
spackle nail holes
pull rug off of floor
paint white until I can figure out a color - ceiling first.
order wood floor
repaint desk of dd's
paint doll house and put in basement


tuesday: put away
check for donations.

library bills, checking account, charge accounts
order dd youngers ticket for easter
gym 11 am
order shower doors for contractor
order class mirror for bathroom for contractor

Thursday: tar jay monthly refill? maybe next week after I see if I can get the $10 card for 3 soaps - right now its $5 for 2 soaps
errands
aunt

Friday: aunt
mini 2 -4 hours
put away

Saturday: vet dog
donations of dd older desk - she will help
dd older will put things in basement closet for me.

[blessedw2]

I am trying to get back to my basic weekly plan and figure out how to add other rooms, the outside as it warms, learning. blocking out a certain time doesn't work but doing 1 hour of this and 1 hour of that (things that must be done) seems to work better. I find it shocking on how much time certain things take up.

1 hour animal care... it is actually 1 hour right now in the am. includes feeding, picking up after animals for winter, kitten pads, change water, etc.
1 hour - gym (going there and back and then the work)
1 hour outdoors while weather is over 36 degrees. any garden work
morning routine
noon feed animals
dinner/evening routine (I dislike this routine bc I am tired)
aunt somewhere during week - normally a 4 hour + - driving there an hour, driving back an hour, and then visit
I want to get weight watchers in there somewhere 1 - 1/2 hour - going there and back and meeting.

Normally:

Thursday is normally errand day but I have to do bills. I will go to tar jay - I don't like going to tar jay or shopping

Friday car and purse day - this week - if warm enough - get car washed and vacuumed. visit aunt

Saturday: anti procrastination day and fix it day

Sunday: me day - crafts - learning - planning day

Monday 2 - 4 hours housework, white laundry, sheets,

Tuesday: donation day, declutter day

Wednesday: normally bill day

[lucylee]

Good for you, blessed! I really admire the way you are so caring for your aunt.
You always seem to get a lot accomplished, too. Are you saying you can't just block out certain hours, like 1-2 pm -- cleaning, 2-3 pm -- gardening?
I know what you mean! I can't even block out normal DAYS for anything specific. Some people would say we allow ds/ddil to take advantage of us by being "on call" anytime, but I guess these dgrands ARE our #1 priority at this stage in life, and they are our #1 joy. SOMETIMES, they are just a l m o s t more than we can handle but for the great majority of the time, we are happy to have them whenever ds/ddil need some extra hands.

So my "IDEAL" BWP is still what it has always been, but it just has to be flexible. OTOH, I need to learn to DO more when the dgrands are here, and let them "help" me with the plan, rather than letting them interrupt the plan. Mainly though, I need to make MYSELF work the plan, LOL!!!

Monday -- laundry, errands
Tuesday -- WHB
Wednesday -- Zone
Thursday -- Catch-up, prep for weekend
Friday -- Family/Free
Saturday -- Family/Free
Sunday -- Worship, groceries, trash/misc

[blessedw2]

that's a great BWP d lucy

i understand about having others help instead of doing it all urself when ur gr kids are there! i think we were taught that that it was our job - having kids help is a wonderful gift!

you are such a lovely person!!!a joy

[blessedw2]

today:
I can't do specific blocks of time set at a certain time (such 2;00 to 3:00). it doesn't work for me bc I get stuck or overwhelmed. I am trying to set my timer for one hour and focus on certain things. For now, it has been working lol until I get bored with it.

1 hour morning routine
1 hour animal care including changing up bedding, bath for kitten and dog, poop pick up etc. no poop pick up. oh well
1 hour garden work even though it is cold and rainy
1 hour movement -gym in total
1 hour paperwork

1 hour wallpaper removal
put away
first floor sweep and rinse
work on grow light thing and indoor plants

read or puzzle.

what happened. lol

[blessedw2]

March 12:
starting at 9:12
before this. spoke to care people and d brother
fed animals
had coffee

now 1 hour of routines.
leave at 10:30

[blessedw2]

from 8 - 1:27 I have been on the phone, typing a bunch of stuff and getting things off my back so that others can do the care taking.
yay

time for me to do my work

[blessedw2]

home again, home again, jiggity jig.

time to work

one load in dryer
one load in washer
now to do papers.
dinner is pulled

[blessedw2]

goal basic weekly plan

Friday : floors, put away, family room
Saturday: work on wallpaper in dining room.
Sunday: free day - maybe bills
Monday: laundry room, kitchen
Tuesday: bathrooms
Wednesday: bills, paperwork, dust and glass
Thursday: floors


in between: garden work on nice days