the schedule- hearth keeper 'over haul'

I sat down last week and came up with the best "schedule" I could considering I *hate* scheduling.

We started today and it is going far better than I could have dreamed! So far we are running an hour ahead and I have not napped which is HUGE since I got very little sleep last night.

Schedule 

5 am 

wake up for Hubby and I.
get breakfast going, make Hubby's lunch
make our bed

start laundry
 

5:30-6 am 

family up, eat, Bible time
 

6 am 

Hubby off to work

clean up breakfast, 15 min pick up of living room

children do "bedroom" chores, shower, dress

 final tidy of bathrooms

 

8 am- 12 pm 

school time for all 3 children. 

Mom's reading time or exercise and Bible 30 minutes

 lunch

1 pm

lunch clean up

quiet reading time/ read  aloud

free time

3 pm

quick tidy of house

prepare for **evening activities**

wait for Hubby to arrive

free time

5-6 pm dinner

leave for **evening activities**

8-9 pm

20 min of Bible time

prepare children for bed

couple time

**evening activities**

Karate- Tuesday

AWANA- Wednesday

Men's Fraternity- Thrusday

This is a Tuesday through Friday schedule. Mondays we go to fine art classes so we miss "school, lunch, quiet time" at the house. We are trying to figure out a way to add some sort of school back in on Monday. That is the only draw back we have found to full time computer schooling since the laptop died.  Maybe a trip to the library for some special reading material for those days and a report is in order. Maybe learning a handiwork skill. Whatever we do there are 6+ hours of time that needs filled for 2 of the 3 children waiting on classes.

The best comment today was  my oldest  daughter telling me "the house runs so much smoother doing it this way".  She is right. It has been a better day with less fighting, stress, mess, and me yelling. :)