Making Life A Little Easier

I fill my days of being a stay-at-home mom with taking caring and playing with the kids, homework, getting a workout in, cleaning, and cooking. At times, I have found myself wondering where the day went and realizing I have yet to sit down and relax. I have come to terms that not everything on my "to do list" is all that important so I have managed my time so that I do have that extra time in the day to myself. (Well maybe not myself but to relax....with a baby on my lap and a 4 year old asking for  a snack.) Either way, knowing that managing my time has really become a blessing.

One trick that I have discovered is making to do lists for each day. This way I am not redoing or overdoing something. I make my list from Monday through Friday. **The weekends should be time to enjoy relaxing and going on adventures with the family.** For each day, I list what room in the house to clean. This way, during the week, I am cleaning a room or area of the house and it is done for the week! Usually I won't have to deal with it until the next week. This method also goes hand-in-hand with my list for weekly dinners. Already today, I have cleaned all three bathrooms, I know what I am making for dinner, have made my weekly baby food, and I am about to get my workout in.

To do lists may seem cheesy to some people but I have found them to be a great tool to regulate my time in the day. It feels good to check things off of my list and know that things are getting done.