#onedayhh: 2021 edition

i think it's been a couple years since i've done a blog post after participating in #onedayhh on instagram. if you don't know, it's a social media challenge where you document your day hour by hour (at least one picture or video each hour). i love getting a peek into other people's lives and i love having a snapshot of what our life looks like right now to look back on, so here is what i posted for november 9th, 2021. 

7:15 am // every one in our house is up for the day. we all usually wake up somewhere between 7-7:30 during the week (and on the weekends too, honestly). thatcher is getting ready to go into work (he goes about 2 days/wk right now). we make the kids and ourselves breakfast (and coffee, of course!). ashford is a bit grumpy in the mornings, so we try not to provoke the bear ;) school doesn't start until 8:55 am.

8:20 am // i probably shower about 5 days/wk, but today was not one of those days ;) dry shampoo for the win! i tried to snap a couple pictures of the kids in the morning, but they protested. they usually have quite a bit of time to fill before school so in addition to eating breakfast, getting dressed, brushing teeth, and going potty, they play/fight and azalea likes to read. we cut out morning tv time during the week when school started. makes me feel like they can have endless screen time by the evening ;)

8:45 am // we leave the house for school. it's just a half block away, which is so nice! sometimes azalea leaves before us, but we all walked together today. it's 48 degrees out and sunny, but so windy! masks are required for the kids at school, but also for parents dropping off on the playground and parents are not allowed inside. 

9:00 am // i start my work "day" (which is basically 2ish hours of bookkeeping work spread out over many hours). today i am starting off with a 60 minute cyber security training that is required by my employer once a year. fun fun. i dusted the living room while listening to part of it.

11:55 am // i made scrambled eggs for lunch and add in smoked salmon, brie cheese, and peppers from our dinner last night. easy and delicious.

and i can't resist a piece of halloween candy for dessert. it's always sitting there taunting me.

12:30 pm // since i got my work for today (mostly) done, i decided to take a trip to target. i'm on a mission to get my christmas shopping done early this year...also we needed bread :) i took a little video in target, but i don't have any pictures. when i left the store, it was pouring. on the drive home it poured (while the sun was also out) and it was super windy. there was actually a tornado warning in a county near ours. super strange weather day! 

1:00 pm // i got an email from seattle public schools informing us that there will be no school friday (in addition to no school thursday because of veterans day) because...wait for it...too many employees took the day off and they don't have enough staff across the district to hold the school day. have you ever heard of such a thing? parents are so angry and rightfully so. i'm glad i don't need to scramble to find childcare. how did they let this happen? what a mess.

2:15 pm // when i got home, i put away my target goodies, checked my work email, and then cleaned the main floor bathroom. again, no pictures from this part of the day. i took a little video of the rain outside.

3:25 pm // i headed to school to pick up the kids. it's raining. i brought azalea's soccer bag because she was supposed to have practice right after school. but very heavy rain was forecasted for the next 2 hours, so her coach cancelled it. she decided to go to our neighbor friend simone's, so simone's brother thelonious came to our house to play with ashford. 

the trees are really losing their leaves now, but i love all the different colors happening here. 

 

5:45 pm // play dates are over and i'm getting dinner ready. i love cutting up a bunch of sausages and veggies (including potatoes, not pictured) and roasting it all in the oven. it's so easy and good! i also usually do a fried egg on top. yum! the kids play their video games during this time. thatcher got home around 6:15 and we all ate together.

 

 

6:45 pm // we rarely ever watch the news on tv, but thatcher was part of a light rail tour today that had media coverage. sure enough we could see him in the background, which was fun. 

 

 

7:45 pm // after dinner clean up...i made a mess in the kitchen again ;) a few nights a week i prep overnight oats for the next morning's breakfast. i eat them cold and they are delicious.

 

 

8:15 pm // it's time to start winding down for the night. i'm in my pajamas by 7 most nights. ha. ashford got a minecraft book from the library so we all laid on our bed together and read a chapter. usually the kids read separately, so it was kinda fun. 

9:00 pm // the kids are asleep by 9. one of us still lays with ashford every night. it is what it is and while sometimes it's a pain, i know i will miss it when he's older and doesn't need us anymore. i head downstairs to hang out with thatcher. we scroll our phones and watch a show on netflix together. then i'm in bed by 10pm to get up and do it all over again the next day. 

thanks for following along!