What I Did Yesterday.

I'm writing this post yesterday (and posting today) because I want to share how I spend my (average) day...I was told recently that I have LOTS of time because I'm a stay at home mom and my kids are in school...so lets see.

5am Get up and get dressed.

5:15 am Go for a run with Rich.

5:50 Log my miles and plan my daily food and do small load of late night snack dishes. (by hand)

6:15 am Shower and eat breakfast...yell at the dog for whining at my food...put a load of napkins and kitchen towels in the wash.

7 am Drive girls to school. (It takes about 45 minutes round trip)

7:45 am Put napkins in the dryer and start a load of towels. Have second breakfast

8:10 am Sweep and Mop (We have a lot of tile so this takes a while) Do breakfast dishes.

8:30 Fold napkins and dish towels. Start another load of towels.

8:45 Check e-mail and facebook.

9am Put first load of towels in a basket and throw second load of towels in the dryer. Leave for Bible study. (It takes about 20 minutes to get to the church)

9:30 am Bible Study

11 am Back in the car and headed to the gym to build some muscle with free weights.

NOON! Arrive home and make myself lunch. Check e-mail and Facebook...plus Daily Mile.

12:15 fold and put away all those towels.

12:20 pm Start dinner...get that all set up and ready to be thrown in the oven. Make a loaf of sourdough bread. (I use a bread machine to make the dough but bake it in the oven myself.)

12:50 Wash lunch dishes and dinner prep dishes.

1pm Make a yummy Greek yogurt snack, check email, type up this list and save it so I can add to it for the rest of the day. (Tell the dog she can have my left over carrots if she'll stop whining at my food)

1:20pm Feed the dog my carrots and wash the outside of the fridge...it's stainless and takes FOREVER.

1:40 pm Sneak a peek at a really good book.

2pm Leave to get the girls from school.

3pm Have the girls make an snack. Do those dishes and my snack dishes.

3:15 Homework help, check to see if everyone is getting their micro-nutrients for the day. Have a snack (Oatmeal for the 3rd time today...I love that stuff...and not those yucky instant things...Quaker oats from scratch...yum!) Oh, read another page or two while the girls finish their homework.

4pm turn on oven for dinner and set the table.

4:15pm put dinner in the oven and make a cup of tea. Go read a few pages.

4:45 Check over homework and make sure ALL directions were followed.

5pm Rich gets home!!! Yay family!

5:15 pm Dinner

5:45pm Dinner clean up (Rich washed the dishes) AND more homeowrk help.

6pm Check power-school and see the girls grades for the day. Talk over any low grade and make a plan to get it up again.

6:30pm Read with another cup of tea.

7Pm Yet another snack (oatmeal :o)) and more reading while Rich and the girls work-out.

7:30pm Chat with Sarah.

8pm Remind the girls to make their lunches and chat with Megan.

8:30pm GO TO BED (Watch Dick Van Dyke)

9pm blissfully asleep...remember I'll be waking at 5 to run.

This is just an average day...it doesn't include bill paying, doctor visits, orthodontist visits, dentist visits, clubs for the girls, grocery shopping, chatting with friends, volunteering, vet appointments, hair appointments, family dinners with extended family, making gifts, cleaning the house, washing the windows, meal planning, church activities, gardening, prayer, visiting with family on the phone, play hostess, and all that other stuff I do on any other average day.

I understand that as a working parent they do all of this and work too...BUT...I don't think it should be assumed that because I chose to stay home I'm in charge of (or at least given the bulk) of the volunteer work at the kids' school. I didn't chose to stay home to run myself ragged taking care of work that should be equally divided... because they had kids too! I won't do it any more. I do my fair share (and a little more because that's how I am) but you do your fair share too!