Routine and To-Do's. I'm lacking the perfect routine (perfect for me anyways) and have way too many to-do's (who doesn't). I was just getting an awesome daily routine and then baby no. 2 came along throwing that out the window. A new daily routine then had to be developed, but that is not a constant with one daughter in school and the other daughter in the baby stages of constant development, growing and learning with little independence. If that isn't enough in itself, the 3 of us girls have been sick since the weekend, which I never desire to be a constant in any of my routines. I think I can get the routine down once school starts up again. Ella is starting kindergarten. That's what I'm striving for, but I can already see some obstacles that may slow it down. Kindergarten = all day, every day with no naps. She hasn't been to school 5 days in a row yet. She's done 4, but not 5, and last year she only did 3 days a week and not in a row. Now throw in no naps. Ella loves her naps. Still. At age 5. She's a crab without one. She's always loved her naps since birth. Now getting to bed at a decent hour at night, not so much. That has been an issue since the first night we brought her home. She's a night owl (Dr. N. warned me she would be in one of my regular OB exams). I'm a night owl. Two night owls in one house doesn't work too well. I look at it as my "downtime," which is non-existent at the present time. A time I can get work done for the dr. uninterrupted (part of my routine) and tackle items on the big long list of to-do's.
Now the to-do's. Oh the list goes on and on and on. It's never ending. And it goes hand-in-hand with routine. That's why I can't either part done. They're not in sync. The to-do's range from everyday chores to larger household tasks. The biggest one I'm trying to tackle is having a garage sale to get rid of clutter and get this house organized. It's driving me crazy. I've been doing a little bit each day to prepare for it, but can't help but ask myself is it all worth all of the work and effort. We've lived in our house for almost 13 years come November 7 and have never had a garage sale of any sort. That means a LOT of stuff. I've done a lot of donating and throwing out, but it's hardly made a dent. It just can't be put off any longer. With 2 kids and all of the clothes and toys and then 2 adults with all of the clothes, household items, etc., 2300 sq. feet seems like 23 sq. feet. There's so many other to-do's I would like to get done too: get caught up on the girls' and my blogs, get caught up on scrapbook projects, especially for the girls, finish the quilt I started for Madeline a month before she was born (all it needs is the back and edging sewn on), update pics of us and family members throughout our house before all of the kids start graduating high school, tackling the flower beds around our house that have been neglected for the past 2 summers, read a huge pile of books I've been wanting to read so that they can be put in storage or donated/sold, and not to mention an entire list of things I would like to do/try on my many, many Pinterest pins. Oh, the list goes on and on and on. I could blog about it all year long and then some. It's overwhelming for me. It's constantly on my mind and I get frustrated when something hampers my efforts, like being sick. I just have to keep telling myself to do a little here and there and it will eventually get done; otherwise, I will go bonkers.
Well, here's to school starting in 3 weeks so I can get a routine down and my to-do's done. It's gonna be a busy 2nd half to 2013.
