Lazy Doz Ranch

a monday on lazy doz ranch

i have not been on for a while since my computer only gets dial up internet service which is so slow i could scream.  I am at the library today.

i wanted to post a typical day because I have always found it helpful to see other's schedules and incorporate new ideas into mine.  I love the book Managers of the Home by Terry Maxwell..  My 6 kids know what they have to do and when they have to do it and it helps so much to keep the chaos in check....yes there is still chaos but not as bad as it could be.

7am  Hubbie & i get up.  I make his breakfast, coffee & lunch.  Throw in a load of laundry.

730  I check emails, balance my checkbook everyday...while i am waiting for the SLOW service, i clean the cat box, pick up the masterbath & bedroom, put clothes away.

820  i go out to feed all the animals and milk my goats.

840  Chore time for everyone:  17yo: sweeps kitchen, cleans microwave, refrige door & dishwasher; 13yo hangs laundry, checks all the bee hives to see if they need food, and gets the paper at the end of the driveway; 12yo washes all the window sills; 9yo picks up all the sleeping bags, pillows, toys left in our pop-up camper from the weekend; 7yo empties dishwasher; I iron my hubby's uniform.

900 i make breakfast for everyone : egg sandwiches and hot chocolate.  i eat standing up and clean the entire kitchen. 

930  I need to make more Bee Juice for my bees.  the have feeders on each hive of sugar water and my son says we are out.

1000  SCHOOL TIME;  all kids need to have their rooms picked up, their teeth brushed, dressed before 10.   I am behind schedule with each weekly syllabus ( each child gets a list of what to do for each day of the week)  which i usually create on Fridays.  Last friday my 17yo had a ROTC ball to attend at 5pm so we were busy with that.

1138 i get a phone call and sell my 2 bucks :)   i still am schooling the kids though.

1220 i make lunch which consists of left overs from the weekend.  clean out the refridge!

1245 i make a gocery list and feed store list

115 i am off with my 13yo to the bank, feed store and groceries.  all other kids are left at home to play.

310 i get home.   all the kids unpack the car and put the groceries away while i take down the laundry and answer another phone call.  I order some buffalo meat from a friend's o-op.

330 snack time - left over birthday cake & ice cream from last week.

345 kids all go to a nieghbor's pool for 1 hour.   AHHHH

400 treadmill and yoga

5pm start dinner:  homemade tortillas; rice & beans, a rice salad for tomorrow's lunch, a tomato & corn salad for dinner, sweet tea and celery sticks.  my 12yo loves to help.

620  out to feed & milk the goats.

700 dad is home and we all eat dinner together.

730 hubbie & i  go to our bed to discuss day ( alone time)

800 I get another break!!  I take a hot bath and get to read uninterrupted.

900 hubbie & i put kids to bed (older kids ay read until 1030)

920 I read and journal

1000 tv time - I love CSI & the 1st part of the news

1115 bed

i typed this very quickly since i have only 30 min online....hope the spelling is okay.

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07:50, 2006-Jun-20 .. Posted by HSBFrontPorch

Hey There! Just stopping by to say Hello! I'm interested in learning about bees and hope that you'll be posting more soon!

I totally understand your frustrations about dial up - hang in there! Seriously - how long have you been keeping bees?

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