Monday October 13 (or was it Sunday?) was set aside by Mrs G for bloggers to pictorially represent their day. Poor you because Monday October 13 is back.to.school day after two weeks of holiday. Bleh. I love having the kids on holidays - it means no getting up to make school lunches.
If it was Friday October 10 I could've regaled you with stories of trips to the beach and an evening at the finals of Miss Poledance Australia. But, alas, you have a stock standard Monday here. So grab your fluffy slippers, a warm cocoa and soak up my day...
Sydney Harbour at 6.45am.
I wake up to this view only to be hit with reality when I walk downstairs.
Reality Hits 7.15am.
The family consults the Magic Whiteboard so we all know what we are doing.
This is known to be successful 50% of the time.
7.15 - 8.30am:
It's back.to.school day so the morning is all about making lunches, writing out recess and lunch bags and packing for school (I was asked to write a special note on each one. PL got sick of waiting so he wrote his own special note to himself).
It's back.to.school day so the morning is all about making lunches, writing out recess and lunch bags and packing for school (I was asked to write a special note on each one. PL got sick of waiting so he wrote his own special note to himself).
Mid-Morning: Monday is wash day, shopping day, Pilates and changing linen day. I hate laundry and I hate supermarket shopping so as you can imagine it was a fun morning.
Early afternoon: Phone calls and writing/researching for a new project.
Can you see the comfy chair in the distance? Firegazer dragged it up to my office last weekend. It's fabulous for reading, knitting, thinking. I stare at it wistfully wondering if I can justify time in it today.
3pm-7pm: Is it Wine-O'Clock yet?
Pick up the kids, debrief on day, take to music class, check emails/blogs/pay bills, cook dinner, blah blah blah you know how it goes. Kids made afternoon tea without killing each other - a miracle. Clearly they were hungry. Must make them hunt down or make own afternoon tea more often.
6.45pm on Sydney Harbour.
Aaaah.
8pm Bookclub: Finally, it's wine-o'clock
We discuss Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul.
Fe's choice. Some love it, some not so. Great discussion. Need.to.get.home.to.bed.
Somtime after 11pm: Tea, chocolate. Now, to bed. Goodnight!
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21 comments:
Thank you for sharing your day! That was fun! I love the morning and evening view of Sydney Harbor. And Wine O'Clock is a great name -- it sounds like a fictional character. hee hee
Jeez, you have an amazing view! I love your daily photos.
Hey, I see Vegemite on your counter. Is it tasty?
Well now I'm tired. Those treats for bookclub look yummy. And the tea your kids made... now I'm HUNGRY and tired. Did I mention I'm also singing Manic Monday?
Yum. Afternoon tea. Are those scones? I want some!!
Beautiful views.
You had quite a nice day.
All I did was work...
Wine O'clock I love it. I think I'll have to add that to my day.
What a great pictorial of your day - I loved having a squizz, among all the other things, at your whiteboard. I'm thinking one will have to go up here soon too.
Reality set in here this morning as the diva didn't go back until today but I have had a slight reprieve in that Mr J has taken her to school this morning but I will soon head out for the darling's swimming lesson and back to tackle my own 2 x IKEA laundry bags of folding - ughhh I hate washing, folding and dusting but I can avoid them no longer!!!!!
Ah yes, very familiar with Wine O'Clock in our house ... some might say TOO familiar!
What a great idea - love the photos too...
What a busy day. Hate doing the beds thing and shopping too. Urgh.
Depends on my mood - never quite sure if it is wine o'clock or beer o'clock around here...
Oh! I love this idea. I'm sooooooo behind in my blogreading I didn't realise Mrs G was doing this. D'oh.
Great pics. I *love* PL's note to self!
Hmmmm. Scones in a high-sided tin? Shall we have a discussion about this? And plastic shopping bags?
:)
All in all sounds like a normal day. to have something work half the time is a very good thing with kids. Enjoy the rest of your week and thanks for sharing.
Where do you get your energy?!
Great idea for a post, quite fun having a little peek into your home. The scones look amazing and I think it's quite civilised that you got to have yummy food, wine and book talk!
Your magic whiteboard is much better than mine. Daily columns! I'm in awe.
Thanks everyone for your lovely comments. This really was a fun thing to do - all power to Mrs G!
Now, Fairlie, I have cooked scones twice in the last 7 days. First time on a scone tray and second time in a high-sided tin. On the scone tray the edges were all hard and yukky, in the high-sided tin the edges were perfect.
Oh, and yes, sorry about the plastic shopping bags. Zero planning meant they were left at home.
Mrs G: Vegemite is very tasty. Perhaps, 'though, a little too tasty for uninitiated palates. I love love love it.
I love these pictoral journeys through a day, its a great idea and if I wasn't desperately lazy right now I would attempt one myself! Thankfully no one wants to see photos of my pile of dishes or linen waiting to be folded!
Oh and I want to eat those scones RIGHT NOW!
Hello there - could not comment while away - but i loved the wee peek into your day ... thanks v much.
Oh and that white board just totally shouts - CORPORATE !! A left over from your work life ...
And on a happy note Fe won the tea pot - so thanks to you and Lorrie for the nomination - cheers le
It's not a bad life...
Lovely insight into another life. I love blogs!
When my (3)children were small, I used to write a little note for each of their lunch boxes. Must have been mad!
That was fabulous. Laundry can be a bitch, eh? I love the washing part...it's the folding part that kills me.
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