I just found your wonderful scheduling ideas through your tweet on #savvyblogging! I’m needing to find a better system–with homeschooling 5 kids and caring for a 2-yo, I always feel behind. Thanks for giving me some food for thought!
When do you take a shower? I have been trying to get up at 5:30 so I can run, shower and have quiet time with God. I thought that was early! How do you get up at 4:30? Did you do this when your kids were very young? I have a 2 year old and a 2 month old. You are so amazing. How do you do all this?!?!
I shower when I can. Last night, I was in a bubble bath at 11PM. The day before, I grabbed a shower with the bathroom door open and the shower curtain halfway closed. One of my favorite things to do is to shower when my husband is home. I shut the door, stand under the water, and just not listen to anything beyond the walls of the bathroom. It’s wonderful. The day he leaves to go back, one of the last things I do is take a long shower. It has certainly become a luxury to me.
How did you figure out how to pay for the maid? I would love that, but they are so expensive! Thank you for the encouragement for the rest of the day though!
This month Gregg has had to add a babysitter (for the soup kitchen days) and a housekeeper to the budget. It’s silly what it’s costing for me to be able to volunteer – lol. We are happy about it, though. We prayed that God would send people our way who needed the financial assistance, and we know that we’re helping someone. It’s wonderful to be able to do it.
I haven’t had Gregg home on a normal day-to-day basis in over 2.5 years. I don’t know what our schedules will look like, what I’ll need to adjust, if I’ll still need outside help, etc. I do know that I’m looking forward to finding out!
I am suprised at how you are fanatically devoted to this diet that you read in leviticus, but yet you are so blase about breaking the commandment to honor the sabbath and do no work on it…. going to town and shopping/eating out is causing others to work, therefore causing them to sin…. a little hypocritical if you ask me… pick and choose which commands are the ones you’ll follow?
i can understand how you might feel that way. Seeing others as hypocrites is certainly a common tool that Satan uses among believers who are supposed to lift each other up, love their neighbors as they love themselves, and bless those who curse them.
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For example, I take it you do nothing on the Sabbath yet probably eat pork and shellfish? You can probably see how some “fanatics” could easily see that chosen lifestyle as picking and choosing and deem it hypocritical as well.
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Thanks for your comment.
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God Bless,
Hallee
thank you for these posts!! I love making schedules and lists but felt like I was the only person doing this (crazy, I know) because all the moms I know work and just naturally follow a schedule… I’m a stay at home mom and army wife & this was really helpful, thank you!!!
I just found your wonderful scheduling ideas through your tweet on #savvyblogging! I’m needing to find a better system–with homeschooling 5 kids and caring for a 2-yo, I always feel behind. Thanks for giving me some food for thought!
I’m so glad you found me! Welcome to the site. :)
When do you take a shower? I have been trying to get up at 5:30 so I can run, shower and have quiet time with God. I thought that was early! How do you get up at 4:30? Did you do this when your kids were very young? I have a 2 year old and a 2 month old. You are so amazing. How do you do all this?!?!
I shower when I can. Last night, I was in a bubble bath at 11PM. The day before, I grabbed a shower with the bathroom door open and the shower curtain halfway closed. One of my favorite things to do is to shower when my husband is home. I shut the door, stand under the water, and just not listen to anything beyond the walls of the bathroom. It’s wonderful. The day he leaves to go back, one of the last things I do is take a long shower. It has certainly become a luxury to me.
How did you figure out how to pay for the maid? I would love that, but they are so expensive! Thank you for the encouragement for the rest of the day though!
Wow, looks great. What are you going to do when Gregg comes home?
heh.
Admit it. A list just ran through your mind. hehe ♥ I adore you.
This month Gregg has had to add a babysitter (for the soup kitchen days) and a housekeeper to the budget. It’s silly what it’s costing for me to be able to volunteer – lol. We are happy about it, though. We prayed that God would send people our way who needed the financial assistance, and we know that we’re helping someone. It’s wonderful to be able to do it.
I haven’t had Gregg home on a normal day-to-day basis in over 2.5 years. I don’t know what our schedules will look like, what I’ll need to adjust, if I’ll still need outside help, etc. I do know that I’m looking forward to finding out!
I see another clue as to how you get so much done–it looks like you’re one of those lucky people that doesn’t require eight hours of sleep! :)
Hallee,
Do you still have your old schedule up on your site? I really liked the way your organized your cleaning throughout the week.
Thanks,
Michele
I still have this up: http://www.halleethehomemaker.com/my-schedule/weekly-chore-list/
But not the daily schedule by time.
I hope that’s what you’re looking for!
Hallee
What Christian denomination are you? We’re Baptist (Independent/fundamentalists) and it sounds like our church schedule. :)
We are First Church of God.
I’m sorry I’m not familiar with that Denomination…..but I will research it if you don’t have time to explain. I was Catholic, before I got saved..
I am suprised at how you are fanatically devoted to this diet that you read in leviticus, but yet you are so blase about breaking the commandment to honor the sabbath and do no work on it…. going to town and shopping/eating out is causing others to work, therefore causing them to sin…. a little hypocritical if you ask me… pick and choose which commands are the ones you’ll follow?
i can understand how you might feel that way. Seeing others as hypocrites is certainly a common tool that Satan uses among believers who are supposed to lift each other up, love their neighbors as they love themselves, and bless those who curse them.
.
For example, I take it you do nothing on the Sabbath yet probably eat pork and shellfish? You can probably see how some “fanatics” could easily see that chosen lifestyle as picking and choosing and deem it hypocritical as well.
.
Thanks for your comment.
.
God Bless,
Hallee
thank you for these posts!! I love making schedules and lists but felt like I was the only person doing this (crazy, I know) because all the moms I know work and just naturally follow a schedule… I’m a stay at home mom and army wife & this was really helpful, thank you!!!
what time is your sunday school, if you sleep in till you want to on sundays?
Our Sunday School begins at 10; however, I’m usually up by 6:30.
i love it