Back to Habit of the Month - Morning Routine Without The Computer!

After being away from my Do No Disturb Tuesday for a long time I am finding myself gravitating back toward spending hours and hours day upon day at my computer and neglecting all else - hubby, kids, home, friends, exercise.  After an incomplete but very heated discussion with my hubby, and a cooling off time (still cooling off as he's fighting yet another fire) and a "tell it like it is" / "let's make a plan" conversation with Christi from Polka Spot Farm, I now have a plan.  I'm getting back to making better habits, replacing the icky ones that have taken over my life.


First thing we are working on is a MORNING ROUTINE that does not (at least for me) include the computer in any way, shape or form, until after we have started school.  (Very often I need to print from the computer during our school time.)  So here is my new and improved Morning Routine:

read from New Day, New You devotional

make bed

get dressed

go to the bathroom

wipe things down

hair, teeth, face

get the kids up

make coffee and breakfast

eat and take vitamins

check the calendars

start the day's to do list

start supper

check the laundry

do a quick tidy / kids do chores

start school work

I do best when I start early in the day and I haven't been doing so again.  I think that I'm going to try to get up at 0730 each morning irregardless of how the night went.  I can always take a nap later, if my morning goes well, which it usually does if I'm up before the kids.  Also, I reinstated the rule of "NO ONE gets out of bed until MOMMY comes to get you!"  I will plan to get the kids up by 0800 and start school by 0930.


Striving to learn and live God's purposes,