#onedayhh: i'm at it again
if you've been reading my blog for a while (or follow me on instagram), you know that i've participated in #onedayhh since 2014. what is #onedayhh? it's a one day a year social media challenge where you post a picture of every hour of your day. i will fully admit to being nosy and enjoying seeing what other people are up to during their day (especially the stuff that wouldn't normally get posted). i always translate this challenge into a blog post, so i can look back over time and remember what an "average" day looked like at the time. here are my posts from the past few years:
this year there was a slight difference in the way i posted my pictures. instead of having them in my regular instagram feed (which clogs up other people's feeds with a barrage of my pictures), i used the "stories" feature on instagram, so people could view it as a live slideshow and the pictures would disappear after 24 hours. of course i saved them all to use in this blog post. so, here we go!
my day started around 6:45 am when the kids woke up and went out to the kitchen to have breakfast with thatcher. 6:45 am is a good wake up time for azalea, she often is up by 6:20 (especially if she hears thatcher in the kitchen). i hopped in the shower while they ate.
{ 7:00 am }
an hour later, we were all fed and ready for the day. the kids watched their shows until 8:45 am when we left the house for school.
{8:00 am }
we made our 5 minute walking commute up to school, azalea's starts at 8:55 am and ashford's starts at 9:00 am and they are right next to each other. it was only 37 degrees out, the coldest morning we've had this fall!
{ 8:50 am }
after i dropped off the kids, i walked up to java bean and got a chai cider (yum!) and then grabbed some groceries at QFC. i feel like i practically live at that store, but it's so close i can't avoid it. when i got home, i started my work for the day. i work anywhere between 1 and 2 hours a day right now, still doing book keeping for my employer in minneapolis. i can't believe this setup is still going strong. i'm so thankful for the (small amount) of income it provides our family, the flexibility, and the fact that my resume has remained continuous.
{ 10:15 am }
after i finished my work, i made myself a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon for lunch. and a sparkling water - my lunch time ritual. i've been listening to christmas music every morning for the last couple weeks and it just makes me so darn happy. :)
{ 11:20 am }
i spent the rest of my kid-free morning picking up our apartment, doing a load of laundry, and reading a few blogs. at 12:25, i headed up to the community center to get ashford.
{ 12:35 pm }
every day after school (as long as it's dry out), ashford and 3-4 of his buddies from school play on the playground. they have been super into climbing trees lately. thankfully they can't go too high because the branches get too small. so he can feel like he is doing something exciting without me having a heart attack. win-win. haha! it was a balmy 44 degrees by this time, but sunny!
{ 1:15 pm }
we got home, dropped his stuff off inside and he immediately asked to go back outside to play. so we bounced the ball back and forth for a bit.
{ 2:30 pm }
ashford was still gung-ho about playing outside. i convinced him to bring some lego guys outside and play with them independently while i read my book for a little bit. score! at 3:15 pm we headed to azalea's school for pick up.
{ 3:30 pm }
normally we would go to the playground at her school or back to the community center playground, but yesterday we went to the school library because i offered to help with an art contest that was happening. they didn't end up needing much help, so i offered to take my friend beth's daughter audrey back to our house to play until beth was finished there.
{ 4:50 pm }
the kids had fun playing together and they all got along! they had a snack before beth picked up audrey a little after 5:00 pm. thatcher texted me that he left work early and was on his way home - always an exciting text to get!
{5:50 pm }
he arrived home around 5:30 pm and soon was on the computer playing minecraft with the kids. i got to hide in the kitchen and prep ingredients for our dinner - home made pizza. then we all sat down and ate together.
{ 6:45 pm }
after dinner was cleaned up, i folded some laundry. it's my ritual to do a load every day. crazy or brilliant, you decide ;) ashford had a huuuuuge meltdown (like the worst one i had seen in months) about us telling the kids they were done using the computer for the night. oy. i helped get them into their pajamas and brush their teeth, read a book and then thatcher put them to sleep.
{ 8:00 pm }
my friend chrissy and i were planning to get together earlier in the week to watch the election results at a bar, but she had to cancel. so, we decided to go out thursday night instead. i picked "the dane" because it's super close to her house and she hadn't been there yet (she's recently back in seattle after living in germany for 2 years). i love the dane. it is such a cute, cozy neighborhood spot. they had a wine tasting, so we each ordered a glass of one of the featured wines (it was a red wine with a little bit of fizz to it - so unique and delicious!) and a strawberry rhubarb bar and a sea salt chocolate chip cookie. yum!
{10:00 pm }
i got home a little before 10:00 pm and it was off to bed for thatcher and me. try not to be jealous of my super attractive teeth brushing selfie ;)
hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my day. thanks for following along!
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