{Our Time on Lake Michigan} ~ Planning, routines and reality

Photo from walk with Mr. Husband on a calm

beautiful day...

Photo taken on walk when the winds were 

high and Mr. Husband and I braved them

to see the lake's waves....

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Many of you know that

Mr. Husband and I are planners.

We also know that plans change

quickly and that things are often out of our control.

But still, we believe in planning and are 

wired that way.

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One of the things I am working on

is a schedule that will at once help me build a routine

and at the same time not be constricting,

which is a balance that is still being worked on.

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Here's what this part of the meeting came up with...

Monday: rest 

(ironically this day often includes laundry and other tasks

but the focus is rest as the weekends are esp. draining for me;
I often do a lot of blogging this day).

Tuesday: day out 

(errands outside the home, visits, outside volunteering etc.)

Wednesday: paperwork afternoon

Mr. Husband at home, afternoon for me dedicated to family

paperwork tasks. This is called 'love in action' ;)

Thursday: time outside the home

visits with church family and friends, errands, etc.

Friday: church work

Sunday School and Church Bookstore tasks

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Saturday and Sunday are spent doing things
as a family, around the house, going to vespers or vigil
Saturday night and Sunday liturgy and Sunday school,
with 1+ hour drive both way.
If we are lucky, we get a nap Sunday late afternoon...
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I am in week one of trying to do the new schedule.
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The week and schedule are pretty much off-kilter already,
with the car not starting yesterday equaling grocery shopping not done,
going to the mechanic the next day and still needing
shopping...
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I think the only thing I can do about this schedule
is say that these are goals of when I wish things could happen
and that reality and life often means a total shift
in schedule...