Cheat sheet calendar

These are the things that are scheduled on my calendar each week.

This post is partially inspired by Brooke's undertaking. But mostly I am posting this for Greg's sake. Heaven help that man every time he sweetly asks on a THURSDAY how swimming lessons were (because swimming lessons are on TUESDAY and shouldn't he know that?!?).

I completely, totally expect Greg to know everything on my calendar--WITHOUT my having to tell him. Isn't it his job to read my mind?!

Well, to give the man a little bit of a head start with the whole telepathy thing, here is a rough outline of a typical week for us. (I'm starting on Tuesday because that's when it feels like our week starts.)

Tuesday

• Both kids to school (with lunches) at 8:45
• Pilates at 9:20
• Grocery shopping (here)
• Pick up Mary at 1:00 and put her down for a nap
• Pick up David at 2:00 (Kudos to my mom for always adjusting her schedule to be home while Mary naps so I can go pick up David.)
• Quiet time
• Swimming lessons for David at 4:40
• Make dinner
• Once a month I see my therapist, usually Tuesday evening (Any progress I have been able to make this year because I am living with my parents is offset by the issues that arise from...living with my parents. Why can't life be simple???)

Wednesday

• David to school (with lunch and show-and-tell) at 8:45
• Monthly Family Home Evening packet group OR monthly visit to the temple OR monthly trip to Costco OR attempting to clean with a 2-yr.-old destruct-o-bot as my shadow
• Pick up David at 2:00
• Nap day--EVERY BODY takes a LONG nap AT THE SAME TIME (The highlight of my week!)
• Make dinner
• Kickboxing 7-8 and David goes with me (Who needs yoga? There's no stress reliever like a few good round-house kicks!)
• Late bedtime (Darn that glorious naptime.)

Thursday

• David and Mary to school at 8:45
• Laundry day
• "Free time" for visiting teaching or the book group I still haven't been to or blogging or cleaning or shopping or procrastinating
• Pick up Mary at 1:00 and put her down for a nap
• Pick up David at 2:00
• Quiet time
• Make dinner
• Zumba 6-7 (David goes with me)

Friday

• Playgroup at 10:00
• Quiet time
• Some Fridays we go to Grammy's house for a sleepover

Saturday

• Some Saturday mornings we are at Grammy's house
• For Saturdays we are not, there is Zumba at 10:30 (David goes with me)
• Yard work with Grandpa Mike
• Out to dinner with my family (usually pizza), and this often includes Tia and Tio

Sunday

• Skype with Daddy
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast at 10:30
• Early nap for Mary
• Church from 1:30-4:30 (Ugh.)
• Dinner with my family (and sometimes Tio and Tia come over to play)

Monday

• Laundry day (again...)
• De-cluttering day
• Meet Grammy somewhere fun in the morning OR visit Grammy's house after naps for dinner and Family Home Evening
• (I am thinking about adding gymnastics and karate to our Monday agenda. A little of that WinKids "magic.")

As for all of the unscheduled, unaccounted-for time?

Fill in any of the following:

--Target

--Blogging

--Making messes

--Playing computer

--The New York Times

--Grazing

--Procrastinating

--Cleaning up

--Throwing the ball around with Grandma Evie

--Hide-n-seek with Grandpa Mike

--Toys

--Toys

--Toys

--Coloring, painting, cutting, and pasting

--Play-doh

--Mandatory backyard time

--More procrastinating

--Hulu (Oh, how I could not live without you.)

--Cleaning up

--Drowning in a sea of papers from school

--Nick Jr.

--Nick Jr.

--Nick Jr.

--Making messes

--Blurb book projects

--Reading

--Puzzles

--Sleeping

--32 oz. fountain drinks

--Email

--Real mail

--The good old Roku box

--More messes

--Wrestling, hitting, laughing, and threatened time-outs

--Have I mentioned Nick Jr.?

--Oh, and PBS Kids too!

And I guess sometimes we bathe.

So, Greg, honey, there you go. Now you know what you're missing.

And don't forget it!