To Do vs. Did

To Do:

- up early, med, shower, dressed
- grocery store

- thrift store

- put groceries away

- M, R and F arrive

- call to schedule appointment
- crafts
- lunch
- naptime

- dishes
- paperwork for non-profit
- update paperwork for other non-profit
- plan meeting for yet another non-profit

- lesson plans for homeschool co-op class
- watch documentary with olders
- nappers up

- snacktime: make snack with littles
- craft of some sort

- prep veggies for dinner

- outside time with kids

- whip up cookies for tomorrow night
- M, F, R home
- taco night

Did:

- up later than expected, throw clothes on

- M arrives

- run out door, realize I forgot med, go back into house to take med

- back down driveway, realize I forgot grocery list, call family to bring it out

- grocery store

- thrift store

- F and R arrive while I'm out, but Jim has me covered

- home, put groceries away

- get interrupted by children

- read books

- supervise lunch

- realize I have yet to eat 

- make coffee

- get interrupted before I can make food

- help with homeschool co-op assignment

- remember to put kids down for nap

- eat handful of cashews

- banish non-napping kids from first floor of house

- go to the bathroom, locking door as to not be disturbed

- remind kids five times in two minutes that I'm unavailable when I'm in the bathroom and to wait until I'm out

- re-banish kids

- start to make myself some food

- answer phone

- when done with phone call, realize I didn't call to make appointment

- call to make appointment, leave message as staff is out of office for lunch

- remember that I was in the middle of making food

- upon entering kitchen, see groceries that still need to be put away

- finish putting away groceries

- remind children they are banished until I've eaten food and, oh! I made coffee

- make coffee into iced coffee

- finish making food

- settle in to eat food and drink coffee

- R wakes up

- make R bottle, R goes back to sleep

- remember documentary big kids need to watch

- set up documentary for kids in dining room

- assign seats, since everyone wants to sit in the same chair

- eat cold food and room temperature "iced coffee"

- littles wake up from nap

- instead of nutritious snack we were going to make together, feed littles popsicles so I can finish my food and coffee

- clean up from popsicles

- set littles up with craft

- answer phone

- clean up craft stuff

- send kids outside

- realize how late it is

- prep veggies for dinner

- kids who don't belong to me picked up

- taco night - but hand wash plates first

- clean up from dinner

- send kids to bed

- look at today's to-do list and sigh

- make to-do list for tomorrow

- cut and paste all items not done today to to-do list for tomorrow

- look at today's to do list and smile