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ROARING ROUTINE!

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4:36am: Discover that no one is breaking into the house , you’re child has just set the house alarm off or the christmas card has fallen off its sticky stuff and set it off AGAIN.

4:36.5am: Question sanity TRY AND SLEEP.

4:37am: Consider getting that workout out of the way early since you are already up

4:37.5am: Reconsider

5:30am: Wake up again when someone belonging to you is actually breaking in (to your bed that is)

5:45AM: SHOWER!!

6:00am: MAKE COFFEE LOTS OF COFFEE

6:30am: Find that you have watched the entire episode of

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horrid henry or mr bean instead of sleeping more!

6:45am make up ……….Apply lipstick maybe even some bb cream and blush if we get the time.

7:01am: Feed apparently STARVING children a healthy breakfast and get yourself tidy

7:12am: Clear untouched plates and feed second carb-based breakfast

7:20am: dry hair whilst trying to make the little ones hair look less like a birds nest

7:30am: Opt for carb-based breakfast yourself, while making mental plans for a salad for lunch and pre-slow cooked porridge you will make for the

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morning.

8:00am: Crap!! It’s 8 already?!?! make sure you look alive and no toilet tissue is stuck to your shoe

8:10am: Yell at kids to get ready for school

8:20am: tell kids to brush teeth

8:30am: Repeat

8:40am: Repeat with threats

8:41 – 9:20am: School run and leg it

9:30am: More coffee

10:00am: do that housework

10:01am: Think about all the things you should be doing instead of playing on your phone because you got distracted

10:02am: Stress about all the things not getting done around the house

10:03am: Wonder

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about that career you gave up to do all these things around the house….and play with child or do that mountain of work you need shipping out asap, a mummy entrepreneur won’t make herself without hard graft.

10:04am:Worry about what career you will have after the life of young minions, oh wait you are already making one shut up.

10:05am: Question all your life’s choices .

10:06am: Look at happy child and be happy about life choices.

10:07am: Be sad that child is growing up so fast and school is making you redundant.

10:08am: Consider

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having another baby, but then you definitely won’t get that skinny figure back , shit.

10:09am: Resolve to get a dog instead dogs are good , we like dogs.

10:10am: Begin researching dogs on iPhone french bulldog yes? or maybe a boxer it’s a little more manly for the fellas.

10:11am: Have iPhone die because you can’t stop searching pooches

10:12am – 12:25pm: Survive, paint and make lunch.

12:30pm: Eat lunch of toast crusts left behind by kids – remember forgotten salad plans, workout plans, fuck! start again.

12.00: gym time if

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you have time

12:31pm: washing time

1:31pm: more washing and that giant pile of ironing.

1:42pm: Fall asleep on pen, droll on “to do” list.

2:10pm: Head to grocery store for dinner supplies or sneak the gym in (wishful thinking) maybe i can do both, yes we can do both .

3:00pm: Empty bags to find you bought only wine and 7 different types of now eaten snacks used to bribe children to get through the supermarket.

3:15pm: Pick up kids and start the mental countdown until bedtime – 5 hours to go!

4:30pm: While kids play, consider

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running a marathon maybe join the marines or MI6, and/or writing a manifesto that will end the Syrian refugee crisis.

4:32pm: Find child with sudocrem everywhere eyeballs included.

6:05pm: fight over the vroom vroom solved! Now time to consider a plan to gain support for impeachment of the U.S. President and an artwork that tells ”me too” men really where to stick it.

6:07pm: Crap dinner! Make dinner, feed dinner,maybe make 4 dinners pour wine – you earned it! cuppa tea time.

6:35pm: Make mental list of all the things you need to do the

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second your spouse gets home. Be proud of how productive you will be 🙂

6:40pm: Spouse home, start dishes, start homework, forget about productivity list.

8:00pm: Crap! It’s 8 already?!? bed time needs to happen.

8:01pm – 8:35pm: Fight to get kids ready and into bed

8:40pm: Revisit productivity list

8:41pm: Decide to spend last few hours of the day founding a charity that leads to world peace.

8:42pm: Decide to watch tv instead , because quantico is amazing -hooked on box set binge, sky what have you done to me.

9:13pm: shit

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still got paintings to paint off to the studio we go!

9.30pm: starts artwork

12:15pm still painting, i need to sleep.

12:30 No you can not sleep in your clothes get ready for bed women, remove face of makeup , undo mum bun don’t forget the pjs and go brush those teeth

12.45 do some research on world domination , maybe read that book.

1:00pm poke snoring husband , roll snoring husband over, try and sleep.

REPEAT

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- 18 Jan 18

4:36am: Discover that no one is breaking into the house , you’re child has just set the house alarm off or the christmas card has fallen off its sticky stuff and set it off AGAIN.

4:36.5am: Question sanity TRY AND SLEEP.

4:37am: Consider getting that workout out of the way early since you are already up

4:37.5am: Reconsider

5:30am: Wake up again when someone belonging to you is actually breaking in (to your bed that is)

5:45AM: SHOWER!!

6:00am: MAKE COFFEE LOTS OF COFFEE

6:30am: Find that you have watched the entire episode of horrid henry or mr bean instead of sleeping more!

6:45am make up ……….Apply lipstick maybe even some bb cream and blush if we get the time.

7:01am: Feed apparently STARVING children a healthy breakfast and get yourself tidy

7:12am: Clear untouched plates and feed second carb-based breakfast

7:20am: dry hair whilst trying to make the little ones hair look less like a birds nest

7:30am: Opt for carb-based breakfast yourself, while making mental plans for a salad for lunch and pre-slow cooked porridge you will make for the morning.

8:00am: Crap!! It’s 8 already?!?! make sure you look alive and no toilet tissue is stuck to your shoe

8:10am: Yell at kids to get ready for school

8:20am: tell kids to brush teeth

8:30am: Repeat

8:40am: Repeat with threats

8:41 – 9:20am: School run and leg it

9:30am: More coffee

10:00am: do that housework

10:01am: Think about all the things you should be doing instead of playing on your phone because you got distracted

10:02am: Stress about all the things not getting done around the house

10:03am: Wonder about that career you gave up to do all these things around the house….and play with child or do that mountain of work you need shipping out asap, a mummy entrepreneur won’t make herself without hard graft.

10:04am:Worry about what career you will have after the life of young minions, oh wait you are already making one shut up.

10:05am: Question all your life’s choices .

10:06am: Look at happy child and be happy about life choices.

10:07am: Be sad that child is growing up so fast and school is making you redundant.

10:08am: Consider having another baby, but then you definitely won’t get that skinny figure back , shit.

10:09am: Resolve to get a dog instead dogs are good , we like dogs.

10:10am: Begin researching dogs on iPhone french bulldog yes? or maybe a boxer it’s a little more manly for the fellas.

10:11am: Have iPhone die because you can’t stop searching pooches

10:12am – 12:25pm: Survive, paint and make lunch.

12:30pm: Eat lunch of toast crusts left behind by kids – remember forgotten salad plans, workout plans, fuck! start again.

12.00: gym time if you have time

12:31pm: washing time

1:31pm: more washing and that giant pile of ironing.

1:42pm: Fall asleep on pen, droll on “to do” list.

2:10pm: Head to grocery store for dinner supplies or sneak the gym in (wishful thinking) maybe i can do both, yes we can do both .

3:00pm: Empty bags to find you bought only wine and 7 different types of now eaten snacks used to bribe children to get through the supermarket.

3:15pm: Pick up kids and start the mental countdown until bedtime – 5 hours to go!

4:30pm: While kids play, consider running a marathon maybe join the marines or MI6, and/or writing a manifesto that will end the Syrian refugee crisis.

4:32pm: Find child with sudocrem everywhere eyeballs included.

6:05pm: fight over the vroom vroom solved! Now time to consider a plan to gain support for impeachment of the U.S. President and an artwork that tells “me too” men really where to stick it.

6:07pm: Crap dinner! Make dinner, feed dinner,maybe make 4 dinners pour wine – you earned it! cuppa tea time.

6:35pm: Make mental list of all the things you need to do the second your spouse gets home. Be proud of how productive you will be 🙂

6:40pm: Spouse home, start dishes, start homework, forget about productivity list.

8:00pm: Crap! It’s 8 already?!? bed time needs to happen.

8:01pm – 8:35pm: Fight to get kids ready and into bed

8:40pm: Revisit productivity list

8:41pm: Decide to spend last few hours of the day founding a charity that leads to world peace.

8:42pm: Decide to watch tv instead , because quantico is amazing -hooked on box set binge, sky what have you done to me.

9:13pm: shit still got paintings to paint off to the studio we go!

9.30pm: starts artwork

12:15pm still painting, i need to sleep.

12:30 No you can not sleep in your clothes get ready for bed women, remove face of makeup , undo mum bun don’t forget the pjs and go brush those teeth

12.45 do some research on world domination , maybe read that book.

1:00pm poke snoring husband , roll snoring husband over, try and sleep.

REPEAT

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