It's Tuesday, February 17 and I wanted to document a day in my life. This is how my day rolled.
6:00AM / my alarm goes off. wake the girls up. callie gets up really easy, but my teenage daughter, mckenzie moans & complains about having to get up so early when all of her friends get to sleep in until 7am. i fix callie a protein drink with a little peanut butter blended in. she gets her dose of medication, vitamin D, flax oil and a probiotic chewable. mckenzie always makes herself a bowl of cereal
6:24AM / i make the girls lunches. callie likes the berry jelly with her sandwich cut in half and mckenzie likes her sandwich with the mango jelly. callie usually gets a cutie & some pretzel sticks with a juice box. mckenzie loves apples. i have to cut them up for her due to braces. i'll toss in a protein bar, seaweed (she loves that stuff) & a juice box.
usually during this time i'm reminding callie to get dressed because she'll get side tracked and start playing with our guinea pig or playing in her room. it's a constant battle.
6:53AM / i drive the girls down the road to catch the bus. the mornings are getting lighter earlier, so i'm looking forward to walking the girls to the bus stop.
7:00AM / then it's back home to wash the dishes left over from last night. i try to have the dishes washed before bed but sometimes it doesn't always happen.
7:12AM / i reheated some left over coffee that was in my french press from yesterday. i know this doesn't sound to tasty but when your tired, sometimes i really don't care. i put a couple slices of bread in the toaster and spread some sunflower butter on top.
7:23AM / start a load of laundry.
7:30AM / out the door for a 5k run. i love this part of my morning. it's the perfect time for me to think about what i want to accomplish for my day.
9:09AM / showered and ready to work.
9:24AM / i have a love with my crock pot. Anytime I can prep a dinner in my crock pot is a great thing. tonight we had crock pot enchiladas. a dish my family devours. i make a huge batch so there's plenty of left overs.
11:24AM / made a reservation for our annual summer family camping trip. we love camping at jedediah smith state park.
11:48AM / i'm usually getting hungry around this time, so i usually put together a smoothie in my blender. throw a handful of spinach or kale, a banana and some frozen mangos and about 3 tablespoons of hemp seed or chia seeds. blend it up in my vitamix & enjoy!
12:22PM / yep! lots of laundry to be folded and put away. i actually enjoy this task. i find it therapeutic. call me crazy!
12:50PM / quick mexi bowl for lunch.
1:10PM / i'm never walking around our property in sandals in mid february. i'm usually knee deep in snow around this time of year and there's never daffodils about ready to bloom until mid april at 4500 feet.
1:56PM / i usually pick the girls up from school on tuesday's. tuesday's mckenzie has violin lessons at 3:30. i love to hear her play but i made a long over due appointment with my chiropractor, so mr. m picked them up and took miss mckenzie to her lesson today. i need to remind myself to do this more often. it's ok to ask for help occasionally and take a self care day.
4:02PM / after my appointment i made a quick stop at my grocery store to pick up some ingredients for a salad and also this satisfying kumbucha drink.
4:36PM / the rest of the family hasn't arrived home yet, so i'm taking this time to prep a little salad for dinner tonight.
5:01PM / family dinner night. an extra bonus of lit candles. poor mr. m. he's thinking would you just take the damn shot so i can enjoy my dinner now.
6:21PM / mckenzie is showing her sister how to properly crack an egg. we're making brownies for dessert.
it's callie's turn to crack an egg. not to bad. only a few shells i had to dig out.
6:45PM / bath time for miss callie. she's a ham for the camera.
7:05PM / she loves giving her guinea pig lots of cuddles before bed time.
7:54PM / everybody gets to enjoy a brownie before bed. i love drinking a cup of hot tea with mine.
8:04PM / i brush and floss calllie's teeth. yes! she's 9 and i still brush and floss her teeth and i'm very proud of that. i did the same thing for mckenzie until i was confident she was able to do a proper job. i remember my own father brushing my teeth at this age. proper oral hygiene was always important to him. his dad was a dentist and it was always at the top of the priority list for him. i'm so grateful for this because at the age of 45, i have never had a cavity. my girls have virgin teeth and i hope it stays this way for their lifetime. then miss callie gets lots of hugs and kisses before i tuck her in bed.
10:14PM / i'm showered and almost ready for bed.
10:28PM / one last cup of hot tea before i call it a night.
ps. all shots taken with my iPhone.
