Time management - cooking, cleaning, and exercise

Hi everyone,

Its been sometime since my last post... am tied up with overload of work in officer and travel time.

@Sound, how is your dad now? hope he is recovering well. Take care of yourself also. sometimes feeling drained is not really due to physical issue, maybe it could be related to stress. try to relax with some good music and not do anything at all at that time, be it even 10-15 minutes. this helps. also try doing something like drawing or craft work or anything that you consider fun, it need not be productive work at all, just splashing some color on a paper is an excellent destressor. take care dear.

@doors, how have you been darling? my simple suggestion to not arguing with DH in front of kids is not arguing with DH at all meaning don't argue on anything, just discuss things out without getting emotional (angry) about the subject. if you feel that the topic has a potential to escalate, hold his hands and tell him that you both could discuss the topic after the child has gone to sleep/school. this will also give you and him time to reorgonize your thoughts and emotions. hope this helps. take care.

@KK, hope your toe is healing well.

@Jeni, have a safe delivery dear. You are in my prayers.

@ Manju, hope your DH is better now. I really marvel at how you manage so well. great going.

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My update

Over the week end, I completely cleared out the kitchen, sprayed baygonspray for cockroaches, left it to air overnight, and in the morning, wiped all the cabinet and surface area with wet tissues, put new newspapers for all shelves and reorganized the kitchen. It took about 3 hours (1 hr previous night, 2 hrs next day to organize).

I got a lot done that day, discarded a lot of plastic bottles and plates etc, i had been collecting glass bottles which were washed and dried earlier, so transfered the contents from plastic bottles to glass. My slow and steady attempt to get rid of plastic from kitchen

Dusted, swept & mopped, washed sofa covers and put them back on, organized kiddos study tables, wardrobes, and changed all bed covers and pillowcases. I did 4 loads of washing machine and 1 load by hand.

Went for a carnival run (5km), did it in 44 minutes.

Bought veggies for a week and stocked up.

Went shopping with kids to buy school shoes... ended up buying school shoes and sandals for my DH.

Mon:
5:30 - 8.00 - up, coffee, breakfast (kuzhipaniyaram) and lunch (rice, brocoli subzi, sambar, rasam), got kiddos ready for school.

8-8.45 - little bit of tidying, got ready and left for office.
7.45 - 8.30 - got home, had dinner with family.
8.30-9.30 - went downstairs with kids to let them practice their shoes with wheels. they had so much fun.
9.30 - 10.00 got back, helped kids brush and get into bed.
10-11 - went for a 4.5 km walk.
11.30 - hit the sack