Routines.

 Hello everyone how are you all?

I was sat listening to music the other night in my living room and i thought to myself how much my routine has changed over the years, with one thing and another. Never in a million years did i ever think that having music on in the evenings would relax me it was always the telly. Nowadays our TV is on in the late afternoon and really just back ground noise at times with neither of us really watching it at all and then asking each other what's going on but that only happens at the weekend when hubby is home, most evenings i am alone as the girls are off doing their own thing. 

My evenings used to be totally full on, get the baby down or toddler to bed than hit the speed button. Lunch boxes ready, bottles made up, ironing done and a quick tidy up then bath and bed.

Now i have no lunch boxes to get ready or bottles, just wash the teapots and relax. I do have a small routine that i do. After my bath i go outside and water the plants, hanging baskets and Cucumbers, i wash down the path and doorstep as Jack Dog seems to like peeing on the step these days. I then have time to read and have a cuppa, the girls go off to bed or should i say upstairs and watch films on Netflix together. If our son is home late i will make him something to eat and he goes off for a bath so i am alone again. Just before i go to bed i make sure every where is locked up and blinds are closed. I fill up the water filter and hot water dispenser ready for the morning, i also set the table for breakfast and reset the living room. I make sure that there are no pots on the drainer, nothing worse than coming down in the mornings and there is a sink full of pots or on the drainer i hate it. I wipe down the kitchen tops and just make sure everywhere is tidy. I cannot stand to get up to a mess, i want calm and time to wake up properly without crap all over distracting me. 

I find this little routine quite calming and it gives me something to potter around with whilst hubby is at work and i am getting ready for bed. Its probably a bit boring but i like it and as hubby is at work til the small hours i have to find ways to amuse myself. I do watch a film or two now and then but mostly i read and plan my days for the next few days and also make metal notes of things i need to do and my ever running shopping list. 

So what do you all have a routine for, do you do a small reset at night for the next day to make life run smoother.

Take care all

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