Time management - cooking, cleaning, and exercise

veeramachaneni · Feb 3, 2015

My Updates Sunday :

Woke up had coffee got ready

Made Beds

Emptied trash and dusted in few places

Asked DH to take me Out. got summer hair cut for DD and we ate lunch Outside

went to YMCA and enrolled in Swimming

Went back home at 3pm

DH and DD slept while I was reading a Book

DH went to BW3 to watch Super Bowl

DD woke up and I fed her Bagel

After that I made dinner

DD helped me cleaning her play room which was a Complete disaster (we had other kids visited our Home on Saturday)

After that I wiped all her toys and vacuumed that place

Came down Fed DD and turned on the TV

I finished the book while DD is watching TV

DH came and I took shower went to bed.

kkrish · Feb 3, 2015

Good morning
Saturday and Sunday we had overnight guests.
Therefore I could not do my weekly planning.

Sunday evening, after the guests left, washed a batch of clothes.

Just after the half-time show transferred the washed clothes to the dryer.

Prepared dinner.

Roasted masala for brinjal curry the next day. Washed okra and spread it out on the towel to dry.

Already had chutney and idli batter for b’fast.

Before going to bed folded the dried clothes and put them away.

Monday:

On the internet:

Did a couple of bank transactions.
Posted in IL.
This took me 40 minutes. (Internet is one of my major time stealers; must find a way to reduce it)

Made the beds.

Washed the bedside water bottles, filled them with fresh water and placed them in the fridge.

Before going to the kitchen, I loaded the washing machine and started it.

Finished my day’s cooking, packed my lunch.

Quickly wiped down the countertops.

Washed the vessels I used for cooking.

On the way back to take my shower I transferred the washed clothes to the dryer.

After shower, had my breakfast and left for work.

At work, just as I was about to leave, my co-worker came by and began discussing some important matters and I was delayed by about 45 minutes.

My brain was fried.

Came home, had coffee, and set out to make rotis for dinner. Already had kurma from Saturday’s dinner.

Got a couple of phone calls.

Pressure cooked dhal for Tuesday’s meals.

By then I was too tired.

While I was watching a TV program my head was lolling with heavy sleep. So just went to bed, doing nothing else.

My plans to wash the bed linen from the guest room after dinner,exercise, iron a couple of my silk sarees…all went poof!

Have to leave!
TC

mahesaran · Feb 3, 2015

Hi KK mam, how are you.?happy to see you here back..( today only I saw your post after a long time)

hi to other...

i am not here for a long time, but now and then I will visit...

kkrish · Feb 4, 2015

Hi Mahesaran
Thank you very much.

Yes, due to many personal reasons I stepped away. I realized that I was spending a lot of time, energy, and even getting unnecessarily disturbed by many things. So took time off from the virtual world.

How are you and your family?

kkrish · Feb 4, 2015

Dear All

Time saving strategy:

Usually I come here with my morning cup of coffee and post. The intention will be to get up and go immediately after finishing the coffee.
However, what happens is even after I empty my cup I have to recall many thing an type and edit and edit and edit.
This has been taking my time.

Whatever I had to say on managing time has been said.

From now on I'll post every weekend - Sat or Sunday evening - on how I spent the week. Warning: they may be long posts.

My coffee is over! Got to go!

Take care. See you in the weekend.

kkrish · Feb 4, 2015

@meenurani
Welcome.
I don't see you why you call yourself lazy.
That is just your lifestyle and your routine.

Do not make the mistake of comparing yourself to others. Each of us is different, our family needs are different.

Take care.

veeramachaneni · Feb 6, 2015

My Updates : I did not do much on Monday and I went to swimming class on Tuesday so didnt get to do much.

Wednesday (02/04) Updates -

· Woke up had brushed , got myself ready
· Had Coffee and woke up DD
· Made the Bed
· Packed lunch
· I started making Smoothie for DH and Me every day morning and adding Gelatin to it (I read in a blog that it is good for Joints )
· I cooked Daal before leaving to work
· I packed Eggs and left to work
· Thanks to DH he is going to make DD ready pack her lunch and drop her at school
· I came back from work at 6 PM
· I made Aloo Fry and Egg Plant Pulusu.
· Had Dinner with Dh And DD
· Played puzzles with DD for 20 mins
· Loaded Dishes in the Dishwasher
· Cleaned the Sink and Kitchen
· Wiped Kitchen Counter tops and sweeped Kitchen floor
· Washed my face applied moisturizer
· Went back to bed and slept after prayers

veeramachaneni · Feb 10, 2015

Friday Updates :

I loaded one load of clothes and folded them

Cooked food.

Loaded Dish washer, Cleaned Counter tops

Saturday

I woke up had coffee and BF

Folded the dried clothes and put them away

Unloaded the dishwasher

Load small items in the dishwasher again

Clean Sink

Sweep floor.

Now House is clean and we left out

we went to a state park and we did one 3 mile hike and another .5 mile Hike with our DD

we went out ate Dinner and reached home at 9pm

slept immediately

Sunday Updates:

I woke up at 7:30 am and DH already left to play Tennis

Gave DD milk and I started making BF (Poori & Aloo Curry)

After that I made coffee and when DH is back we had our BG together.

I loaded the dishes in the dishwasher and left out to do groceries

We are back in another 2 hrs to home

We had lunch and I started cooking Food for Monday.

I Boiled the milk and made yogurt

did Dosa Batter

Cleaned all the fruits and veggies before keeping them in fridge

I made mushroom curry I already have 2 left overs.

after that we took DD to park and

when she is back we gave her bath and fed her Dinner

I cleaned my closet

Loaded one more load of clothes and folded them

turned on the dishwasher and went to bed.

kkrish · Feb 16, 2015

Friends I am sorry for not coming back as promised.

Some personal situations have cropped up and taken my attention away.
So nothing much accomplished on the home front except the routine. Had no time to write about them also.

I will be away from the virtual world for some time. Just wanted to let you know and not left wondering...

Will be back when I am able to.
Take care.

nikkimom83 · Feb 17, 2015

A big hiiii to all

Am here again after a v ery long long time .. As i had to keep away from indusladies due to my series of personal situation and my works .. yea .. i hav started my online clothing boutiques and its quite successful and keeps my day busy and not allowing me to do any other chores if my business works is tight .. In that case i really really missed u all and all ur valuable tips ..
So i thought of keeping in touch with u all again to gain some energy to manage my house chores ..
Recently we moved to our new home and still setltling here because lot of works are still going on (carpentry and few more works ) No wardrobes yet and its really difficult to organise here because of my 1 and half yrs old ds jumping and rolling over the folded clothes which kept jus in the corner of the room .. he makes the room lot more messier.. Can u all give some nice tips on how to be organise with the still constructing home ..Its applicable to the kitchen area too .. We are yet to do cupboards so all my ingrediants box are still in the counter tops only ..

And the last main thing is .. Our new home we build as open kitchen attached to the hall .. so i cant fill the sink with unwashed dish as it doesnt look nice and looks awkward .. We have utility room to wash the vessels in indian style ( sitting down and washing) which i ask my maid to wash the vessels there.. But it is practically difficult for me to go and wash there everytime .. so i again started piling up things in my sink and wash .. if am not able to wash then it gets stocked there which is visible all over .. My kitchen sink is small ..
So i jus want to know how it can be handled .. If anybody in this situation like washing vessels seperatly other than in kitchen .. then how do u manage everytime .. Whn do u wash the vessels?? .. Please guide me ..
Sorry for the long post and many more long post are yet to come till i starts managing our new home .. I really want it to look sweet and clutter free .. Please help ladies..