How to Build a Family Schedule That Works

I have never been a highly scheduled person. I dabbled with the baby feeding schedules, but for some reason I could never get the babies to understand my plan. “No, no, no, little one. You see, right here on the 9:00 hour, the schedule clearly states that you are to be asleep.   WHY YOU NO SLEEP?????” I get it. All schedules must have wiggle room. Life doesn’t go as planned. Ever. Well, sometimes, maybe? I married into a family […]

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What a truly realistic schedule would look like

I mentioned before that I’m using this book to build a new family schedule.   My first one was ridiculously over-zealous: I’ve scratched some of that mess out and shortened it and replaced as much as possible with “Sit on the porch and watch Daniel ride his trike.” However, a TRULY REALISTIC schedule would look more like this: 6:00 Begin hitting snooze button…. 6:30 Get out of bed. Take quick walk. 6:45 Argue with Alan over which is quicker: Keurig […]

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Time Deprived

  Tonight the main thing my brain is stuck on is this:  Why can’t there be more hours in the day? I want to do it all. Every single thing. I want to wake up early and stay up late. I want to read my Bible before the day hits me in the face. I want to homeschool, have a neat and tidy house, and maintain a blog successfully–all at once. I want to stop and smell the roses. What […]

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