Posted by: Jacqui | October 29, 2009

Analysis of 5 days of time keeping

Total Number of minutes recorded (weekend not recorded) 6430

 

Mins spent doing:

 

PC 1235 = 20 hours 35 mins (not including the weekend where I really overdosed!)

 

gym 490 = 8 hrs 10 mins

 

tv 1773 = 29 hrs 33 mins

 

creative 235 = 3 hrs 55 mins ( very poor :( )

 

house 475 = 7 hrs 55 mins (more than I thought but still not enough)

 

read 300 = 5 hrs (not bad :) )

 

In Bed 3025 = 50hrs 25 mins

 

other 1922 = 32 hrs 2 mins

 

Obviously I am spending way too much time in bed, especially as there are a few hours during the night I don’t sleep but not many as I do have assistance to sleep at the moment. however, combined I am spending as much time on the PC and watching TV, basically wasting time. I really do need to learn to manage my time better as I am not happy as I am , something must change. Having said that I have just spend the last 4 hrs on the PC, 90 mins of that writing all of this!

So in the next week I will be working on not spending as much time on the PC and the TV

Posted by: Jacqui | October 29, 2009

Wednesday 28th October 2009

6.00 Get up make coffee, take pill, go back to bed

7.45 struggle to get out of bed- seems to be no reason to get up

8.15 Finally up. feed the pets. Have Breakfast, 2 eggs, 2 slices of wholemeal toast- still feel glum this morning. Body aches from exercise. Must keep it up!

8.45 PC

10.30 time to get ready for Gym

11.00  Gym. Grand weight in day – have gained a lb but apparently my body fat has gone down 9%. I am very dubious about that but I will keep going anyway- its good for me

12.00 HEB, Home Depot and Hobby Lobby (only spend $8 in here, way to go, girl!)

2.00 Home, have lunch and watch the view

2.40 PC to pay the online bills

5.00 Off the PC, actually finally remember what I intended to do rather than what I actually did, play on FB

Off to do the chores. Load dishwasher. Clean small bathroom and ensuite bathroom.  Good Housekeeper I will never be- I hate housework – it never ends!

6.00-15 On PC  waiting for Gordon to get in. He called at 5.30 to say he was just leaving Oak Hill.

6.35 Eat Dinner

7.00 Watch TV

7.30-9 pm Read stuff for the Blanton. Might go there tomorrow if the weather behaves. If there are storms I will wait until the weekend.

9.00 Watch TV- Art in 21st Century until Gordon is ready to watch TV then we watch  Modern Family and then the comedy channel

11.00 Feed cats, go to bed and read

11.45 lights off.

12.15 Lights on as Gordon can’t sleep which means I can’t sleep. Try to read but fail, so go and watch late night TV

1.15 back to Bed.

Posted by: Jacqui | October 28, 2009

Tuesday 27th October 2009

6.00 Make coffee, take pill and go back to bed

7.30 Wake up from bad dream – crying (I was dreaming about my grandparents for some reason) Poke my head above blanket – cold- decide I can’t face the day yet.

8.30 Finally decide to get up – really have nothing to get up for. Feed the animals have breakfast and watch tv

9.00 PC  up date blogs and Facebook (of course)

11.35 Log off PC going to WW, followed by Gym. Must get dressed

12.15 -1.00pm WW, Put on weight again!

1.15 Gym  45 mins on treadmill

2.25 Lunch

2.55 PC as Alan has come in for his lunch.

4.00 log off PC

4.05-6.00 Vacuum downstairs, all carpets plus the kitchen floor. Unload/load dishwasher. Wash down counter tops. Sort out post. Clear Island. Clear junk from side tables and coffee table. Wash/rinse beer and wine bottles. Put out medications for week. Make bed. Feed pets. Put out rubbish make dinne.

6.00-6.15 on PC waiting for Gordon to get home

6.15 Gordon is home.   He zaps some wasp nests and then we have dinner

6.35 Watch TV  BBC news, MSNBC news , Mary Queen of shops and Frontline on KULR

9.00 -30 shower and then read

9.30-11.00 Watch TV – Recorded episode of  “Lie to Me” and then comedy central

11.00  Feed the cats, go to bed and read

11.30 Lights out.

Posted by: Jacqui | October 28, 2009

Monday 26th October 2009

6.00 Make coffee take pill return to bed

8.25 Finally get up – Woke up at 7.30 and decided on 30 more mins of sleep- whoops!(wet  and dark outside) Have breakfast , feed the cats and pack bag for gym, might swim

8.45 Go to Gym

9.00-9.55 Strength training

10.00 discover there is an aquatic class at 10.15, so decide to attend

11.30 get changed

11.45 HEB for few items

12.25 Home. Attempt to tamp down weed block sheets on new laid base of patio – failed- raining too heavy and too windy

12.40 Lunch and watch the “View”

1.30-4.00  On PC

4.05- 4.30 Sort out weed block sheets

4.30-50 load up dishwasher and do hand washing

4.50-5.25 Watch TV

5.25-5.40 Make Bed and put in Load of towels in washing machine. Strip upstairs beds

5.45 Make dinner

6.10 have dinne

6.25 watch TV

8.25 Go upstairs to Art/Laundry room- tidy up space and read

9.15 Watch TV

11.00 Feed cats, go to bed and read.

11.30 Lights off

Posted by: Jacqui | October 27, 2009

the Weekend

didn’t keep a record of what happened this weekend as it was not a normal weekend at all (are weekend’s ever normal?).

Basically on Saturday we continued to do the patio which has turned out to be a much more complex project that anticipated (surprise its not as easy as they say on the video!) Next weekend we will get it complete, probably without Alan help much as Gordon knew it would happen. Well, at least it got started, if we waited for Gordon it would still be in the planning stage this time next year. However, he was right, we didn’t plan it out right so its taking longer than it should.

On Saturday evening, Elisabeth came over for dinner with her friend Kelly, so we had a really nice relaxed evening with lots of sounds of activity and joy in the house. I miss that buzz, I must admit.

Alan

Sunday was fairly quiet. Gordon bottled his wine and transferred his beer from the bucket to the demi john. I went to the gym and exercised my butt off for 45 mins plus tried and failed to do a step class. Needs way too much co-0rdination for me. Sunday evening I finally finished the beaded doll I was doing of Alan.

Elisabeth, Alan and Emily.

Posted by: Jacqui | October 27, 2009

Friday 23rd October 2009

6.00am Wake up, make coffee, Take pill return to bed

7.45 Get up feed the cats, have breakfast, Watch GMA

8.15 Load Dishwasher, do hand washing, get dressed

8.50 Go to Gym for exercise in the pool!

9.05 Change of plan- saw guys who do gardening service (been trying to catch them for weeks!) to clear up flower beds and veggie plot when Gordon is away in Scotland in 2 wks time

9.30 arrive at class

11.00 dentist

12.25 Off to Lowes for more patio supplies

1.25 Home

2-4pm Help Alan with Patio.

4.00 We really didn’t know what we were doing.  Look up video on internet

4.30 more work on Patio

5.00 Off to Lowes for more supplies and make returns- didn’t need the extra edging stones

5.45 Make Dinner

6.45 Watch some TV

7.00 on PC

7.50 Watch TV  Veg out for the rest of the evening

11.50 Feed cats and go to bed

 

Posted by: Jacqui | October 27, 2009

Thursday 22 October 2009

6.30 alarm goes off

6.40 Make Coffee, Take Pill, return to bed

8.05  Get up, Feed cats/dog. Eat Breakfast, Watch GMA drink coffee

8.30 Get Dressed

8.40 Decide what to make for dinner, make shopping list

9.00 Off to gym and then HEB

(10 mins treadmill, 8 mins cross mill?  20 mins cross ramp)

11.10 Arrive home, Bring in shopping, shower, unpack shopping, make slow cook dinner. Make apple and blackberry pie.

12.10 Lunch time, watch rest of “the view” from yesterday

12.30 on PC

2.23  Log off, going to Blanton Museum of Art for Docent training

6.25  Home from Blanton

6.35 Have Dinner, thank goodness for slow cookers!

6.50 Watch TV

7.00 On PC- Gordon asleep

8.00 Log off PC  Gordon awake, make coffee, box up remains of today’s dinner and put in freezer

8.10 Watch TV drink coffee

8.45 Go upstairs to bead

9.40 Watch TV

11.05 Feed Cats, go to bed

read book

12.05 Lights off.

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