my daily to-do list

Wake up, stretch, yawn and remind yourself that you choose to be happy.

SMILE.

Shower, brush teeth, get dressed, throw on a little makeup.

SMILE.

Make your babies breakfast and shower them with hugs and kisses.

SMILE.

Don’t forget to eat breakfast, too! And while you’re at it, fill up your water bottle and take your vitamins.

SMILE.

Depending on the day, do what needs done – school drop-off, run errands, work, dishes, laundry.

SMILE.

School pick-up (if it’s a school day), after-school snack time, homework and dinner.

SMILE.

Dinner clean-up, baths, bedtime complete with silly stories, hugs and kisses.

SMILE.

Work, if you still have things that need to be taken care of. If not, relax, watch TV, read a book…do something for you.

SMILE.

Lights out at 10:00 PM.

SMILE. YOU ARE BLESSED.

my schedule

Remember a few posts back when I was griping about how I couldn't get anything done and needed to find a way to schedule the necessary stuff without compromising my "me time", etc.? Well guess what? I has me a schedule! Woot!

Last night, after a really nice, relaxing Mother's Day (big thank you to my husband for giving me the best gift of all - sleep!) I sat down and figured out my daily schedule. It's somewhat flexbile but should still allow me to get what needs done most days. And right now that's better than what I was getting done - nothing. This has taken quite a weight off of my shoulders.

Next item to tackle that I'm struggling with? Meal planning.

schedule, what?

I am having a real problem putting myself on a schedule. I am running around in circles and quite frankly feel like a dog chasing its tail. Nice visual, huh?

Here's what must get done every day:

• Feed and bathe my children.
• Pick up and drop off my oldest at school.
• Take a shower. (Although this has been optional lately.)
• Dinner. (Ugh. Why is this so hard?)
• Exercise. Not only for my physical and mental health but for my 1/2 marathon in June.
• Work. I work for 2 AVON District Managers from home and have stuff I must get done for them on a daily basis.

Stuff that is only getting done when it absolutely must:

• Laundry.
• Picking up around the house. Don't even get me started on actually cleaning.
• Me eating breakfast. I know.
• Couple time with my husband. It's been practically non-existent. Not good.

So what do I do? The stuff that must get done isn't always getting done (although no worries my children ARE being taken care of) and it's stressing me out. I've had a migraine almost every day for the last week and a half. It starts as a tension headache and spreads from there. I've seen my chiropractor who has confirmed what's going on but I don't know how to fix it. When I get a migraine I cannot function. At all. This puts me even further behind and makes me stress out even more. See the cycle? I need to put myself on a schedule and stick to it before I lose my mind. Any suggestions on how to start would be greatly appreciated. Because at this point I'm so totally overwhelmed that the only thing I find myself doing is staring at my crazy long to-do list and, well, doing nothing.