A Week in the Life - Day Three

Terrific Tuesdays!

My weekday schedule is pretty much the same all week-the only difference (& it's a big one!) is whether or not I have Jax with me.

7:00-8:00 - Get everyone up and ready to go
8:00-9:00 - Jax & I head out the door to Shreveport.  On the way I listen to my fave radio morning show & Jax sleeps & eats breakfast.
9:00-1:00 - Work.  I use this term loosely for Tuesdays & Thursdays.  When I get to work I put Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on for Jax to enjoy so that I can frantically do any work that HAS to be done that morning.  I try to sneak in a short quiet time at this point.  I save all my car errands (any work I can get done by drive-thru:  banks, post office...) for Tues. Thurs. so that I can keep Jax moving and not bored!  We ride around Shreveport getting this work done.  Sometimes we make a stop for lunch, or at the bookstore.  This Tuesday Jax had a coupon from his birthday for a free Burger King Kid's Meal & it expired after this day, so we had to use it.  Lucky for Jax, the toy was an awesome Transformer!
1:00-4:00 - This time usually involves me trying my best to get Jax to take a nap (he's stopped!).  We sometimes go get a sno-cone during the last half of the day (about once a week) & enjoy it outside.  Thankfully, I can transfer the office phone to my cell phone so that we're not strapped down to the office.
4:00-5:00 - We head to Vivian. Jax usually falls asleep at this time while I listen to a book on CD and have some quiet time.
5:00-6:00 - On this particular day, I ran around like a crazy person!  I needed to cook supper & take a quick bath before meeting my friend at 6:15 for a photography class.  I started the water,  jumped in the bath, cooked spagetti, painted my toenails, ran to Walmart for a notebook & drink & rushed off to meet my friend.
6:00-9:00 - I'm taking a photography class this Summer with a bunch of friends.  It usually starts at 7:00, but I missed the first 2 classes, so I went early to try to catch up.  The class was lots of fun...there's a TON for me to learn though eek!  During my photography class, Dustie & Jax went over to a friends' house to hang out & eat supper (yes, after I frantically cooked for them) & Jax got to go fishing.
9:00 - the Dunns were home and relaxing & getting ready for bed!

What a grand day!

A Week in the Life - Day Two

Here are the exciting events that make up our Monday:

7:00 - Wake up and get ready
8:00-9:00 - Drive to Shreveport.  During this time I listen to my favorite morning show while Jax sleeps/eats breakfast on-the-go.
9:00 - Drop Jax off at Mammaw's & go to work.  When I get to work, I check for any messages, then I do my Bible reading / Quiet Time stuff.  (I know, I have a great job!)
9:00-1:00 - Try to get as many things done for work as I can before I pick up Jax.
1:00 - Get Jax from Mammaw's (so that she can go do her visitation ministry)
1:00-4:00 - Try to work while also trying to keep Jax entertained.
4:00-5:00 - Drive to Vivian.  During this time I listen to a book on CD, worship music, & maybe have a little quiet time if Jax is asleep.  (Jax usually sleeps on the way home on Mondays b/c he fights his nap all day.)
5:00-6:30 - Jax may keep sleeping, while I get home, check the mail, pick up the house some, sometimes give Jax a bath & get ready to go to dinner at some friends' house.  (We have a standing family dinner time with them every Monday.  So fun & such a blessing on a working Mommy!)
6:30-9:30? - We go to our friends' house for dinner.  Time spent here varies, but it's usually all night.
9:30 - Get ready for & go to bed.

I am not one to hate Mondays.  After such busy Sundays, Mondays are usually very welcome!  Pretty great days indeed!

A Week in the Life - Day One

Some of my favorite bloggers are doing posts this week of what goes on everyday for the whole week. This may seem boring to some, but I would love to have a typical day recorded so that I can go back in the future and remember what life was like.

This is our typical Sunday:

7:30 - I wake up first to try to hurry and get ready before Jax wakes up.
8-8:30 - Wake Dustie & Jax up to get ready for church. While Dustie is getting ready, I get Jax dressed and feed him breakfast. That said, it's hard to know whether Jax will want breakfast. Some days he's really into it, some days he will have nothing of it. On this Sunday, we had some Mickey Mouse pancakes left from Saturday brunch.
9:00 - We go to church, drop Jax off at his Sunday School class, I go to mine, while D makes his rounds & prep for his sermon.
10:15-11:30/12 :) - Worship (music & sermon)
12:00 - We go to lunch. (Typically, we eat together as a family. We'll eat with friends or pick something up on the way home or go to a restaurant.) But this particular Sunday, I had a church wedding shower I was a hostess for, so I sent D & J to eat lunch at a friend's house (SO THANKFUL!) & I ran to Walmart to get an item for the shower I forgot, then back up to the church to prep & decorate.
2:00-4:00 - The guys nap. I host the shower.
4:30 - D back up to the church for meetings/sermon prep for the night service. I just stayed at the church b/c I have choir practice at this time.
6:00 - Worship. This particular Sunday, was the night for the Mission report from the people that went on our church-wide mission trip. (Awesome...)
7:00 - We usually go over to friend's houses, or D sometimes has more meetings, or we just go home if we're tired. During the Summer, our Youth go to a different church member's house each Sunday night for a fellowship time, so we went out to hang out with them.
9:00 - We were home & ready to get cleaned up, relax and go to bed!