I sat down last night and made out my "Morning Routine".  My plan is to work on this routine for 2 weeks until it becomes 2nd nature.  Right now I am not putting in certain time frames for each activity but a rise until noon "to-do" list.

Rise - 6:00 a.m. (stretch, potty, etc.)

1. Dress for exercise
2. Quiet Time
3. Exercise (MWF - Curves / TuThSa - Walk)
4. Wipe down bathroom
5. Shower and Dress
6. Make bed, straighten room
7. Make breakfast
8. Eat with kiddos
9. Bible study, devotional, prayer with kids
10. Clean up breakfast dishes
11. Start school (we are doing 3 Rs right now)
12. Mat time with baby and help with school / e-mail.

This should take me until 12:00 p.m. when I feed and lay the baby down for a nap and make lunch.

So far so good this morning except that I got up late and missed quiet time.  I plan to do this after lunch today but need to get up on time tomorrow.  I don't really have a plan for quiet time, just reading and prayer right now. 

After 2 weeks I will begin working on my after noon schedule - 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.  I will work on that as I continue my morning schedule for another 2 weeks.  I will prayerfully start my evening schedule 6:00 p.m. - bedtime (which needs to be earlier).

I hope to be on a regular routine rise to bedtime in about 6 weeks.  After a month of sticking to that full schedule I will try to add on more specific times to ready myself for the full school day.

I pray you have a wonderful day!!!!

Tiffany

This is my first official post for A Whole New Me.  While I have another blog for my main and general posting (Grown At Home) this one is dedicated to the work I am doing on me.

Spiritually - I need to get up in the morning and have that quiet time with the Lord.  This will be through prayer & journal time as well as bible reading and scripture memorization.  I am going to be reading through Ephesians as it is something I have wanted to do for some time.

Physically - Well lets face it...I have to lose weight.  Now my goal is not to be skinny.  I simply want to be healthy and energentic.  I have one goal and that is to get under 200 lbs - I will make mini goals as I work to reach this one.  I have joined Curves and will be doing that 3x each week and doing Walk Away the Pounds on the other days.  I haven't committed to a certain eating plan as that tends to kick me in the rear.  I am cutting out the "whites" from my diet - white sugar, white flour, white rice, etc.  I will also be more aware of what I am putting in my mouth by writing it all down.

Mentally - Wow that covers a HUGE list of stuff.  Mainly I want to spend more "fun" time with my family and have a romantic life again with hubby.  I recently discovered one big reason these things never seem to happen is my lack of organization.  So I am working to complete my MOTH (Managers Of Their Homes) Schedule.  I have tried many times to complete this without much success I am sad to report.  However this time my plan is different.  I am going to take my schedule on in stages.  First I am going to work on my Morning Schedule; that time from wake to 11:59 a.m.  After that is going well I will work on adding early afternoon, late afternoon and then my evenings.  I am praying that I will have at least up to early afternoon really comfortably routine before I start school this August.

So stay tuned, I will update often on my progress.  I hope this will be a place of accoutibility for me.

Blessings.