Not Just a Mom: A Day in the Life Weekend Edition

 I typically love day in the life posts and I was excited when we came up with the idea of sharing a day in the life on a weekend for our Not Just a Mom link up this month... however, I had no idea that the day I would be sharing would be so boring! LOL.  Sorry, but most of our weekends are pretty low-key.

I hope you'll join us! It's always the 2nd Monday of the month. 

Saturday March 4th:

4:30-- The alarm goes off so my husband can get to work.  I often fall back to sleep but this day I'm wide awake so I pull out my Kindle and settle in to read. As I read I hear Ian and my husband hustling around getting ready for work. They work 1/2 days every Saturday. 

6:30-- nearly 2 hours goes by before I feel the need to get out of bed. I wake up to a wintery mix of snow, ice, and rain and decide to cancel my plans to run errands.  I get dressed.

7:00-- I eat breakfast while reading some more and then pull out our monthly menu and my weekly grocery list to make sure I have everything marked on the list that I need to pick up for dinner--- my boys and husband are responsible for making sure they have what they need for their own breakfasts and lunches on the list. 

Crustless quiche with 2 slices 647 bread and Brummel and Brown yogurt spread-- 3 points. 

7:30-- I head upstairs, make the bed, sit down to finish reading blog posts from Friday and work on typing up a few blog posts for the week. I typically like to work a week ahead but use my Saturday mornings to make sure all 5 upcoming posts for the week are finished and ready to publish at 5 am each day. 

9:30-- I spend 10 minutes debating about making cards or working on scrapbook pages-- for some reason I keep putting off starting my scrapbook pages for Universal but know I just need to dive in and get started.  I made two cards and then cleaned up.

10:45-- I noticed it was snowing much harder and headed downstairs to put away the dishes. 

11:00-- I sat back down at my crafting desk and began working on scrapbooking pages.  I managed to get 10 pages mostly laid out.  They all still need titles and embellishments but I picked out the main colors and adhered the photos. 

1:00-- I cleaned up my scrapbooking table and had some lunch--- by this time I had only had one glimpse of Evan.  I decided to check in with each of the boys real quick.  My husband had called to say he was working late-- he needed to work on some parts and plans for repairing our solar panel stand so we can get them back up and get them operational.  

1:30-- I settled in to finish reading my book and put my kindle down around 3.  It was a good book but much more depressing than I had counted on; thankfully it had a happy ending but left me feeling melancholy just the same. 

3:15-- 3:45-- I walked up to get the mail since the rain and snow had mostly stopped. 

3:45-5:00-- I worked on making titles and embellishments for a few scrapbooking pages and get 3 fully completed. 

4:15 (took a quick break)-- Washed the potatoes for dinner and got them in the oven.  I pulled out the broccoli and steak and prepared them for cooking too. 

5:00-- Started cooking the rest of dinner and set the table. Then I sat in the living room reading.

5:30-- We ate dinner & watched some more of The Nanny.

ribeye steaks with mushrooms, baked potatoes and broccoli with salad

6:30-- We cleaned up the kitchen, emptied the dishwasher for the second time and refilled it before starting it for the last time today. Then I took a quick shower.

7:00-- I settled in to watch Daisy Jones and the Six-- despite not loving the book I just can't resist watching.

Sometime around 8 my husband came in and we watched The Rookie then went to bed sometime around 9. 

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