A day in the life

It's been a long time since I did a day in the life post, so here we go!  This was a typical day for us, nothing too special on the calendar. So in case you've ever wondered, here's an example of what we do all day ;)

I'm up at 6:45 and head towards the kitchen to make tea and check in on the few blogs that I still read. 

(Sidenote: I was telling my husband how much I miss the old days of blog reading.  Most blogs now, are filled with affiliate links and lots of swipe-ups, not the personable blogs that they used to be. What happened?  Just me? My fave blog is here, in case you want to take a look.  Whitney has become a good friend of mine - I think I started reading her blog in 2012 or so.  I just love her - and her blog!) 

Anyway!  So I drink my tea and slowly wake up for about 30 minutes and then head to the kitchen to check on all my ferments.  Fermented food has become a big part of my diet in the last few years (still acclimating my family to the idea of fermented food), and I'm currently enjoying kefir, viili yogurt, and kombucha.  I hope to add fermented veggies to the list this year, I need to read up on it.  So, most days my kitchen looks a little like a lab lol.  

At 7:30 I check to see that H and H are waking up.  They both tend toward the night owl end of the spectrum, so I make sure they're up somewhat early so they can fall asleep at a decent hour. 

9:00 breakfast - we usually eat eggs and toast.  And more tea.  :)

9:15 time to start school.  We have our school room, which you'll see below, but if the kids need to type a paper they'll use the computer upstairs.  We work straight until lunchtime on school.  Two days a week Henry plays pickleball, so he'll do schoolwork until we leave at 10:50, and Havalah will keep plugging away at her work.  Today was a pickleball day, so Henry and I headed off to the rec center.  

12:30 lunchtime - normally we eat lunch at home, but on this day we went to have lunch with Jon! 

1:30 the kids are back to work, and I'm working through my to-do list, which today includes painting the kitchen and taking photos for some eBay listings. 

4:00 done with school for the day and time to run a few errands.  

5:00 home once again and begin to start dinner.  Since I don't have a kitchen, I'm a little limited in what I can make - but grilled sandwiches (from the electric frypan) are what's on the menu tonight.  

6:00  Havalah and I head out to an aqua fit class while Henry starts Algebra 2 with Jon.  When we get home it'll be Havalah's turn for Pre-calc with Jon.  

8:30 Jon is finishing up some cabinet building while I clean up (washing dishes in the laundry room is loads of fun ;)

9:00ish we sit down to watch something all together - Jon recently discovered that The Waltons are on Prime, so that's been fun...for us. The kids are not quite as thrilled, ha.  

10:00 kids head to bed to read for a bit.

11:00-11:15 we head to bed

So, that's our day in a nutshell.  About halfway through the day I forgot to keep taking take pics - I'll try and do better next time :)

kefir and container of yogurt

our neighbor gave us a bunch of lemons - getting ready to juice them for lemonade.  What a treat!

I'd love to show you a tidy school table, but this is what it looks like 95% of the time.  #reallife :) 

Our house is currently is quite a state of disarray, but sooo thankful that the kitchen project has some momentum.
Soon, y'all, soon!

working on my own school work/planning while Henry plays pickleball

pickleball courts 

and finally, lunch with Jon! :D