These are my priorities – these are what I try to get done every day. If you aren’t on the list… I’m terribly sorry, but I’m afraid you’re in the pile of “everything else.” I’m trying to be ok with that.
Get eggs/throw out chicken scraps
Wash/Dry/Fold/Put away laundry
Dishes
School with Anna
Any scheduled appointments/preschool
Exercise
Dinner
You’ll notice the things that are not on the list… that means they just have to happen anyway:
Hustle kids through chores
Breakfast and lunch
Diapers
Spankings
Makings up
Grocery and other errands
Showers and dressing
Nursing
Rocking to sleep
Kissing boo-boos
etc.
Things that aren’t on the list that I do every time I have a free moment:
Email friends
Check facebook
Return phone calls
Garden
Housekeeping projects
Visit friends
Etc.
I find it helps if I put my priorities up where I can see them. Then I don’t get behind on those… and then I don’t feel quite as bad when other things get left behind. Things that are getting left behind that are bothering me:
First and foremost: friendships
Returning phone calls
returning emails
Appointments that aren’t medical in nature
Filing 2012 papers
Making cheese
Reading extra books with the kids
Doing stuff (anything!) outside
ok, going to go back to priorities now… miss you!