Sunday, April 22, 2012

What I do

It occurs to me that I might should write out what my current weekly routine is like.  Then, I might could figure out what want my current weekly routine to look like.  I'll also, hopefully if I get around to it, try to flesh out who I want to be to myself, neighbors, etc.  This should help work out some thoughts.

I'll begin with What I do.

Let's Start with Sunday:
6:30am- boys come and wake me up
get ready for church
8:30am- almost every other week, there's a meeting at church
9:30-12:30am- Church...sometimes meetings till 1 or 2pm
lunch
nap
Greg goes to jazz orchestra rehearsal and I play with boys
Dinner
Play with boys
boys to bed
veg out/screen time

Monday-Friday
6:30am- boys wake us up
7:15am- go walking around neighborhood
get dressed, eat breakfast
8:30am- leave the house (Greg stays with boys on Mondays, I stay with the boys on Thursdays.  On Fridays, we are both home)
9:00am- Church office work (We are together in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
2:00pm- return home for chores, catching up with Greg, Hyaets administrative work, work in garden, rest for a minute
4:20pm- Neighborhood kids show up for afterschool hang out (this amount of kids may vary between 2-10).  We provide an afterschool snack, supervision, help with home work, entertainment, and conversation.  Work in garden, play outside if nice. Dinner prep
5:30pm- Dinner:  Either the Tuck house or the Parkway house provides and prepares the meal.  We switch off.  Usually, our house provides the meal on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and half the meal on Thursdays.  On Wednesdays, more kids come over and we provide Dinner and Devos.  We have a couple of volunteers that help us so that we can split the kids between age groups.  We do games and then a "lesson" and prayer time.  Kids leave on Wednesday between 7:00-7:30pm.  Neighbors eat with us on M, T, and W.  On Thursdays, neighbors do not eat with us.  We often bring food to Thursday night meals, potluck style.  We commit to eating dinner with our Community.  On occasion, we have to miss dinner due to other obligations.
6:15pm- Community prayers, if we aren't too hectic and we remember.  Thursday prayers for sure
Kids usually leave the house no later than 6:45pm on M and T.
Evening Stroll around the neighborhood or visit to the rec center, entertain children, work in garden
8pm- boys in bed
yoga, chores, screen time, book time
10:30-11:30pm- Bed

Variations:  First and Third Fridays of the month are reserved for Community Meals.  We coordinate with churches and provide food for 30+ people.  We try our best to introduce ourselves to everyone at the meal and keep all the children safe and entertained.
If CMS is out of school, M-F, we provide lunch and an activity to neighborhood children (avg 15 during school year.  Grows in number to more than 30 in the summer)
Saturdays: farmer's market, yard work, errands, interact with neighbors, church related activities, and more.
Add to this: weekend retreats with neighbors or church folks, Sunday evening meetings with church folks.  Greg might play a gig sometimes in the evenings. 

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