REMINDER!!! 'BALABUSTA LOG CHALLENGE' IS TODAY!!!

Mama Bear

Mon, Oct 23 2006, 9:44 am

I cn't believe I forgot to post it last night - Today is the day to keep a log of all your acitivies so we can post it and compare notes tomorrow. The day is still early enough to quickly write down whatever you havent yet since waking up. If you will forget today, you can do it tomorrow and I guess we'll 'compare notes' on Wednedsay.

happy log keeping!!!

BeershevaBubby

Mon, Oct 23 2006, 10:15 am

JOOC, what is the purpose of this?

shopaholic

Mon, Oct 23 2006, 10:30 am

so we post at the end of the day? Ok. Looking forward to it!

Mama Bear

Mon, Oct 23 2006, 9:53 pm

kmelion, to learn from other people's time management skills, nosh some housekeeping tips, and just plain old vouyerism Very Happy

I'm ctually pretty upset/embarrassed with my chart - I was a very bad mother tody. I didnt spend much time iwth my son and spent more time with the computer. I might keep a bette rlog tmorrow.

Whoever kept a log, can post it tomorrow morning. if you missed the whole thing, you can do th elog tomorrow.

queen

Tue, Oct 24 2006, 1:28 pm

am I the first person logging in???
I didn't write down what I did, but just working from memory:

took a 1 hour excercise walk in the morning with baby
worked 5 hours (baby at sitter during this time)
decluttered an area that had gotten piled recently with tons of stuff. (a substantial job)
played with baby
made supper
gave baby bath/got her ready for bed
went to a shiur
made the guest room beds

gbmb

Wed, Oct 25 2006, 10:33 pm

Here's my day:

Got the kids off to school.
Spent nice part of the day in Paramus (great mall!) and really accomplished.
Went to teach for 1 1/2 hours.
Came home and made supper.
Did homework with kids.
Husband did bedtime.(yippee!)
Cleaned up dining room and kitchen
It has been a good day B'H.

Sofia2

Wed, Oct 25 2006, 10:40 pm

-got up pretty late today
-quickly got the kids ready, got dressed, made sandwiches, breakfast
-dropped off kids, went to work
-after work-7 hrs. later, went to make inspection for car(w/the kids at the sitter)
-car failed inspection
-picked up kids
-made franks for supper
-put kids to bed

Sad

didnt spend too much time w/the children today...
IY"H tomorrow...will be a better day

momof6

Wed, Oct 25 2006, 11:21 pm

Got the Preschoolers out the door
Went out to coffee w/ an adopted bubby and my baby
Baby @ Babysitter went to work 4 hrs
Picked up Preschoolers
Served Preschoolers snack
Put on a video
Made dinner one Preschooler "helped"
1 phone call
Mass arrival
Served dinner
Home work and nursing
Left dh w/ bedtime and went to meeting
All sleeping quiet time for Imamother
Clean up
Make lunches
G-night

Sparkle

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 1:25 am

woke up and got kids ready for school/daycare
brought DS to school
taught for 2 hours
went to the gym
worked on home based business for a couple hours
picked up baby and went to Costco
baked desserts for Shabbos and played with baby
DS came home - spent 1 hour of playing time with him
dinnertime for kids
PJs and bedtime
made dinner to go and went to parenting class
came home - on imamother
now that DH came home will go spend time with him.

...a very full day. I wish everyday was as productive!

klotzkashe

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 6:34 am

Got up with the kids and fed breakfast etc.
Tidied up lounge/dining room
Put on load of laundry
Cleaned the kitchen (went to 7 brochos last night didn't tidy up dinner!!!)
Paid bills online / Phone calls
Made dinner
Walked over to friends house to drop off dinner (she just had a baby)
Fed kids dinner
Put kids to bed
Going out now (8.30pm) to do some computer work at someone's house
Clean kitchen (from dinner) - this is in the future but it will be done before I...
GO TO BED!!! bez'h!

koolmother

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 6:47 am

got up, got toddler ready for school (husband puts on bus)
fed baby breakfast
ate breakfast with dh
ran some errandsb (baby stayed home with babysitter/cleaning lady)
drs appointment
went to dh work to have lunch with him
played with baby
ds came home
went to lie down (baby sitter played with kids
made dinner
played with kids
fed dinner to kids
dh came home 5 30 ate supper with him
bathe kids
kids went to sleep at 7
cleaned up kitchen and dining room/ living room
set up for dh gathering
took a shower watched a movie in mean time dh finished
went to sleep
good night

micki

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 9:05 am

ok- here goes my tuesday.
7 wake up get all the kids up. everyone dressed and eating by 7:30. out the door by 8 everyone into the car to drive to school.
back home I eat breakfast while logged on to imamother.

I threw in a load of laundry then cleared the kitchen from breakfast.
9:15 into the car again with the 2 younger ones pick up a carpool and take them to school by 9:30. with only the baby I went to her well visit.
dropped in to sams club, filled up gas and went to GAP hoping to get a coat for the 18 month old but I missed the sale. got the coat anyway cause in case it goes down in 14 days... plus I opened an account and got 20% off.
drove back to town (about 10 min ) and went to the day school library where I volunteer once a week.
got home a bit before 12 and put the baby to sleep.
while my lunch was warming up folded the load and transfered the wash.
ate and crashed on the couch for an hour.
1:30 went to do carpool again, picked up the kids and came home.
I started supper- made fried fish- (beer batter dipped) with rice and a salad.
Hubby came home and took the 2 younger kids to a fruit warehouse, I frantically finished the fish and rushed out the door for another Dr. appt.
was there till 3:45, and made it home a min. before hubby came home with the whole bunch he picked up on his way home from the fruit store.

after listening to the kids days -imamother again for me and then the boys help set the table while the girls do homework.
hubby and I eat first- I was starving and the kids were not ready yet- plus we stole a few min of quiet while everyone else was quiet too. playing watching video etc...

we give the kids to eat- and I think I fell asleep on the chair leaning against the wall. after they all were done.
I throw in another load and quickly fold it- hubby brings up the basket cause hte kids pj's are in there
I clean the kitchen while he starts baths, I join him and I dress them as he sends them out.
the girls do themselves.

kids are playing in their room till 7 and we go down. (and back up to do the bedtime stuff)

imamother again, and then sorry if this offends anyone but I crash with a video. I can't get up (except to get some ice cream) and by 10 its done then I go on imamother again and crawl into bed.
and to lala land I go...

shopaholic

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 9:51 am

I missed it so I'll post my Thursday:

- got up, got myself dressed
- made lunch/snacks
- got 2 little ones dressed after giving them breakfast
- went to work & drove around for 15 minutes looking for parking!
- left work 4 hours later
- went to the florist for my mother
- picked ds up from playgroup
- took the flowers to my mom's house
- helped fold napkins there for sheva brochos
- went to buy milk, juice & margaring
- went home to make 1 more brownie for the 7 brochos
- picked dd up from school
- did laundry
- did homework with DS when he came home
- made suppers
- took brownies over to mom's house
- stopped on the way to buy lechaim cups, toivel a spatula & buy a baby gift
- went home to get changed
- went to 7 brochos, ate sooo much
- went home, showered & went to bed!

TzenaRena

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 10:38 am

You must mean Wednesday? Confused

gryp

Thu, Oct 26 2006, 10:48 am

I said I would post but changed my mind although I did keep a log for Mon, Tues, and Wed. I was surprised to see that I do more than I thought!

happymom

Sun, Oct 29 2006, 9:24 pm

I didnt post on thursday but I remember what I did:

Woke uo when my daughter woke up
gave her breakfast
cleaned up the house
put a load in the washing machine
played playdough with my daughter
got bundled up and went to the store to buy some things
came home put my daughter to sleep for her nap
davened and said tehillim
cleaned up and folded the laundry
when my baby woke up we ate lunch together
met with a friend and we went to the brooklyn childrens museaum
my dd made a project and heard a story, and played with the water table
came home and made dinner
gave my daughter a bath
ate dinner
put dd to sleep

thats basically what I do every day..... just the places I go are different.

amother

Sun, Nov 05 2006, 4:43 am

Reading through some of the logs - I noticed that all except one - Go HappyMom! Did not include davening and tehillem in their daily routine.

Do most of you moms leave this out?
I'll just point out that it's a halacha that women are obligated to say at least shmonei esrei.

To make your day more fulfilling, successful
Do make your home more successful in the balabusta way you would like
To create a healthy growthful atmosphere for yourself, husband and children

You must find that moment - more important than logging on to Imamother to communicate with the Aibeshter!

and Yes - I'm writing this comment after I already said
Brochos, hayom yom, tanya, davened the entire shachris
I already feel that I had a successful day!

gryp

Sun, Nov 05 2006, 10:15 am

amother, you must be a new poster on here.

Mama Bear

Sun, Nov 05 2006, 2:56 pm

sorry amother, not all of us have the time to daven, and you cant really daven when your little one is up and around and needs you. youre a mother first, and mothers are NOT MECHUYEV to daven.

shopaholic

Mon, Nov 06 2006, 11:52 am

Thank you mIndy!