A Day In My Life...

In March, I posted an entry sharing nearly every detail of one particular day in hopes of offering my blog readers a glimpse into the life of an "at-home daughter". That post can be found by clicking here. Originally, I intended to post "A Day In My Life" entries every few weeks, but here it is the middle of June and I'm just posting the second!

Monday, June 9, 2008

6:35 a.m. Wake up/ Read Bible and devotional book

7:00 a.m. Get dressed and ready for the day (brush teeth, make bed, etc.)

*Daddy is delivering milk in Richmond, Mama and Oliver have already left for several errands and appointments, Elliott is up at the barn milking the cows, and Sullivan, Harrison, and Sheridan slept in until 8:30!!*

7:25 a.m. Head downstairs/ Straighten up main level from the weekend/ Place cereal, bowls, and spoons on table in preparation for the little boys' breakfast

7:45 a.m. Begin working on four cheesecakes ordered by The Nicholson House (the restaurant/tea parlor I bake for, previously mentioned here)

8:30 a.m. Sullivan, Harrison, and Sheridan wake up/ Dress Sheridan for the day/ Pour Sullivan and Harrison's cereal and milk/ Feed Sheridan breakfast

9:00 a.m. Oversee Sullivan and Harrison getting dressed and beginning morning chores/ Put Sheridan in learning center

9:10 a.m. Begin load of laundry/ Clean kitchen/ Wash breakfast dishes/ Sweep main level/ Sweep porch
9:30 a.m. Get milk out of fridge for 1st "farm pick-up" milk customer

9:45 a.m. Get Sullivan and Harrison started on their school work/ Get Sheridan out of learning center/ Sheridan plays contentedly...

9:50 a.m. Get milk for 2nd "farm pick-up" customer

10:00 a.m. Get back to cheesecakes

10:45 a.m. Prepare yeast/ Grind wheat for bread

11:00 a.m. Daddy arrives home from milk delivery/ Check on Sullivan and Harrison as they continue their school work/ Check laundry situation/ Help Sullivan and Harrison with this week's verse
11:15 a.m. Check on cheesecakes and rising bread

11:30 a.m. Email invoice to tractor service customer

11:40 a.m. Check tractor service email address/ Respond to clients/ Check real estate email address/ Check my email address

12:15 p.m. Prepare birthday e-card for one of our shareholders' 3 year old son/ Put bread in oven

12:20 p.m. Set up 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange online (for the sale of my investment property)

12:45 p.m. Set table for lunch

1:00 p.m. Everyone is home now and we eat lunch :)

1:15 p.m. Begin cleaning table and kitchen from lunch crowd

1:45 p.m. Start sorting through the coolers and milk jars Daddy brought home/ Clean many jars

2:30 p.m. Drop and shatter one jar/ Sweep up the shards of glass

2:45 p.m. Finish all jars!



3:00 p.m. Check email/ Update my blog :)

3:45 p.m. Check properties listed today on MLS system

4:00 p.m. Sign petition regarding the removal of our local Realtors' Association president (he's done something very immoral and against the Realtors' Code of Ethics)

4:15 p.m. Call attorney to notify him of the 1031 Exchange closing documents

4:30 p.m.- 6:45 p.m- There is a problem with typing this entry several days after the day I'm writing about because I don't actually remember what I did during these two hours!!

6:45 p.m. Pack for upcoming "Mini-Vacation"

7:00 p.m. Send a quick email

7:05 p.m. Prepare supper

7:30 p.m. Boys and Daddy return from evening milking/ Eat supper

7:45 p.m. Clean kitchen from supper

8:00 p.m. Straighten main level in preparation for leaving

8:20 p.m. Leave for NC house

1:10 a.m. Arrive and go to sleep!

I hope y'all enjoyed seeing what fills a day in my life! I wrote the following paragraph in my first "A Day In My Life" post:

I love being productive and can't imagine life any other way! Most of the daily tasks could be considered fairly menial and repetitive, but so are the tasks associated with many full-time careers. It is so much more exciting to have the opportunity to do such a variety of productive activities on your own time schedule and to be furthering your family's endeavors instead of working for a boss you hardly know.