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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 22 2009 : 7:53:41 PM
I seem to do the same thing every morning and would like to hear your daily rituals......
1. 7:00 AM (or abouts) stretch..stay in bed for about 5 minutes
till I'm totally awake.
2. Pitter-patter into the kitchen and grab that cup of coffee.
Stand by the window and look out over the yard and enjoy and
appreciate all that's growing that I've planted. Give an extra
special thanks for the native things that have been growing
around our property long before I ever came along (that will
no doubt still be there once I'm somewhere else).
3. Know in my heart that I'll be able to handle whatever comes
along for that day.
4. Mentally plan ABOUT what needs to be done that day.
5. I then take a deep breath and hop into the shower, put
on that make-up and go like a water drop on a hot griddle
for the rest of the day!!!! (well, maybe not quite that fast!)
Please share YOUR ritual!
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| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 06:56:50 AM
Ooh. Up around 5:30 to 6 am. Shower. Dress. Head to kitchen to start coffee for dh. Pour myself a glass of Cherry Koolaid or Diet Coke, take my meds. Head out to chicken house -- let 'em out and feed and water 'em. Come back in, feed dogs. Hear the kettle whistling, pour hot water into coffee pot. Knock on bathroom door and tell dh (who's in the shower) coffee will be ready shortly. Sit at kitchen table with remainder of Kool - Aid. Finally open my eyes and wake up, ready to write out my 'to do' list for the day!!!!!!! Tuesdays are the glitch, since I have to go to work in town. I'm usually up by 4:45 or 5, still do the shower thing, but instead of chickens, I head to the car. I don't know HOW I'm going to be able to adjust to milking, when and if I finally get my milk cow, as I'm still half asleep when I do this routine!
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 3:55:51 PM
my mornings vary at times... right now (while DH is on the day shift) i get up at about 5 with him. i make myself some coffee on the stove from my percolator, drink it with sweetened condensed milk or cream and sugar (i can't function without my coffee!) help DH make breakfast, whatever that consists of that day. we eat and chat as he makes his lunch and gets ready. i see him out the door at about 6:30. i feed and water the dog and cat and go outside to check the chickens food and water and see if there are any eggs at that time. from then on, my day is always different.... if i have laundry, i'll start that so i can get it out on the line in the morning. or i'll weed the garden before it gets too hot. or i'll do an excercise video. or water the trees and walk the dog around the yard as i do it. or clean the house. it's always different for me and i like it that way!
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- Guy Clark
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| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Aug 30 2009 : 3:23:08 PM
I get up just as soon as my DH leaves for work @ 7:20am. I make the bed, brush my teeth, pour milk on my cereal that is already in a travel jar, start the wash then drive to gramma's to take care of her or drive to my dad's to help mom with him. Then I go pick up groceries, start for home, make supper then look in the mirror and say, Oh, dear I really need to look in the mirror at the start of my day instead of on the end of my day. Finish with supper, dishes, computer, shower and bed.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Aug 29 2009 : 2:03:59 PM
Well....I'm not a morning person at all. And I've had jobs where I had to be at work by 5(waitress) and by 7(OR nurse) and ready to work. I'm on auto-pilot until 10 but my mornings go something like this:
5:30 the alarm goes off. I hit snooze at least twice and get up about 5:50.
Let the dog out, have a cup of coffee, do laundry, usually fold. I'm back outside by 6:30 this time of year to water my pots and hanging baskets, feed and water the chickens and gather eggs. In the shower by 7. Feed the dog, make my lunch, fill or empty the dishwasher and out the door by 8 for my half hour drive to work. things go pretty smoothly unless DH is still here. He's usually up and gone anywhere between 3 and 4:30 most mornings. On the occasional morning when he's still here he goes out to take care of his cows, etc. but he's really in my way trying to get ready for work. I don't talk much and I really hate the phrase 'Good Morning.'
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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| dutchy |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 12:45:14 AM
6.30 the alarm goes, I try to hit snooze but KNOW I have to get up.
Shower and dress, cuddle Elvis and give him his breakfast.
Make myself a nice hot coffee, check email and about then it is time to get to work.
I leave at 7.30, arrive in the city at 8 AM. Walk very slowly to work, arrive at 8.30.
Have a hot chocolate (don't like their coffee) and smoke a cigarette.
At 9.00 AM I start to work
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Mar 14 2009 : 3:08:41 PM
Sandra--- Thistle Cove Farm
It's the light all right! For us, anyway LOL!
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| Thistle Cove Farm |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 12:59:05 PM
Carol, ranchetta - it's got to be the light, right? I'm sleepy when it gets dark and wide awake when it's light. If I nap during the day, I'm either exhausted or sick.
Today is back to March weather and by Thursday we're to get snow. Lord only knows what it will be by spring equinox.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 4:18:19 PM
Well...my world will be upside down by next Monday with the birth of our daughter, but up until then, it goes like this:
6:45 am, alarm goes off, I hit snooze.
6:55 am, I crawl out of bed, leave sleeping husband.
patter directly to bathroom, say good morning to the dogs who are crowded in the hallway, and immediately turn on the shower.
7:15, done with shower, lotioning and makeup (seriously!), on to breakfast and let dogs out.
7:30, get dressed, let dogs in and get myself together to drive in for the morning commute.
8:00, leave the house
8:30 start my day at the office
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 4:10:40 PM
Sandra, Thistle Cove Farm.....I always keep my drapes open, too and that's the easiest way for me to wake up. Whenever I spend the night in a motel with dark curtains I just seem to be more sleepy in the AM. Actually, I was told that there's a sort of an alarm clock where the light comes on and gradually gets lighter and lighter. Makes sense to me.
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| Mistypearl |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 2:54:43 PM
Up at five to six a.m., depending on the schedule for the day. To the kitchen for some coffee and devotional time, before cooking breakfast,then, wake the house, feed the mob,and get ready-set-go! The one thing I do every morning, no matter how rushed things may be is take a moment to give thanks for the blessings in my life. It helps me to focus on all of the positives in my life, and helps me to remember that through it all, if you are loved, you are blessed!
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| Aunt Clemys Farm Girl |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 10:44:08 AM
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| Thistle Cove Farm |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 06:28:57 AM
My morning, generally, depends on what I see outside. The drapes are kept open, unless it's bone numbing cold, so I can get up when it gets light. I check the pastures to see if all my animals are on their feet, check the behind the barn lot to see if my Two Old Gentlemen Sheep are still alive and then head to the kitchen to make coffee. If I find things aren't okay, I head outdoors to tend to whatever problems awaits me.
At Thistle Cove Farm, it's all about the animals - their health, safety, welfare and their needs take precedence over human needs.
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 05:40:00 AM
Well, I just changed mine two and a half weeks ago. I get up at 4:45, let Cody out, stoke the fire, get a cup of coffee (yep, I'm back on caffeine!) and browse the internet until 5:15. Then go to exercise class. Get back home at 6:15, shower, browse the internet til 7. Finish getting ready for work and out the door to be there by 8. That's M-F. On weekends, I have no set routine. It varies depending on what plans I've made or what's going on in town. But I still can't seem to sleep past 5 unless I managed to do something that totally wiped me out the day before.
Farmgirl Sister #35
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| 5 acre Farmgirl |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 03:56:51 AM
I don't know about he rest of you Grandmas,,,but, my mornings start sometimes around midnight...argh!..wish I could sleep...others at 4 or maybe even 3...then I go for the rest of the day, tonight,,,I woke up at 1:ooAM...that was awful, so what do I do..not drink coffee at this hour, stay awake,(on my computer, this morning..or sew)...then rest until DH gets up at 7 or so in the later morning....Then he makes us coffee, we read our Bibles, and then shower....on for the day...
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 9:35:39 PM
I have a daughter named Summer!!
I thought it was funny that Cheryl's sourdough starter has the same name as my beloved milk cow!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| chessie |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 9:35:34 PM
i am not a morning person. i will wake up anytime between 6 am 'til 8 am depending on whether i have had a bout of insomnia or not. also depends on hubby's schedule which fluctuates between working days and nights.
no matter when i get up, first thing - i make myself tea and try to grow a brain. once i am coherent(ish) i pray. i feed the bunny and dog and start A load of laundry and tend to the kitties. i fill the bird feeder and i feed my sourdough starter and then it is a bath and on to the day...
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 9:03:44 PM
Hey, Michelle!
I read your post and had to laugh about you going out to milk Summer...I have an old mare named Summer and tried to picture me doing that! My Washington State summers are ALWAYS busy gardening, taking care of the critters, etc. so I know what that's all about. I guess I should enjoy my winters here in Arizona but to tell the truth I miss all the hub-hub of the farm life.
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 8:56:04 PM
Hey, Cheryl...
Since I know you I can totally picture you in your morning ritual.........are you done knitting the hen girls some slippers yet?
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 8:23:50 PM
Teresa Sue...How funny...Yes that's how it used to be at our house but now the kids are grown and it still seems like that!
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| ranchetta |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 8:21:23 PM
KJD...Tomato/basil sandwich on toast...fresh tomatoes..fresh basil..that's it?
Sounds great...I grow fresh basil in a pot down here in Arizona....Then once I get back to Washington State it will hopefully be warm enough to grow some more!
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 4:10:20 PM
Wow! I'm am super-impressed by all my early bird farmgirls! Wish I could be like that, but the fella and I are night owls, working/reading late into the night. So, here is my lazy morning :)
Radio comes on at 8am, and am usually awake-ish by 8:30. Fella, bless him, gets up and turns on the heater for me then goes off to start the tea and feed the chicks/get the eggs. After he's done, he makes us our tea and oatmeal, he goes off to his computer, and I eat my brekkie in my warm bed and get on my laptop- catching up on email, checking if I have work that needs doing, reading forums/blogs etc. Ten-ish I either jump in the tub, or just get dressed and start in on my day which could include housework/laundry/bookkeeping/computer work. Since it's winter, and this house is cold!, I usually stay in my bedroom and work on my laptop. It's cosy :)
In the spring/summer/fall I'm usually up and about more (doing chicken chores/gardening/or going on walkabout) but in the winter I go into hibernation mode!
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 1:31:25 PM
Daily routine 7 days a week...
6:15 I wake up & get up stagger into the kitchen for a cup of coffee. Stir & feed the Sourdough starter (Mona) Check
temperature outside, look out at the chicken coop see if the girls are up.. turn on the computer,go out & feed the girls , open the studio so they can come outside while I clean out the muck & add more straw. Return to house, shower brush teeth put on makeup. Drink OJ & read until Clay gets up ususally by 7:30
Eat breakfast by 8. This starts my day.
Cheryl
Farmgirl #309
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Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
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| peggysue |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 09:53:30 AM
I open Sonic Drive In every morning... do everything from the morning deposit to breakfast, carhopping.. you name it.. and I probably do it. We open for business at 6, and I get there at 5.
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 05:00:37 AM
Have you ever noticed that when you have children, especially small children, your life is kinda like that movie, GROUNDHOGS DAY? LOL
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
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| windypines |
Posted - Feb 24 2009 : 04:16:35 AM
I am up by 5, have coffee, and head out to milk Summer. I work 3 days a week, so those mornings it is rush rush, to get all the chores done and to work by 8. The other mornings, I take it a bit slower, but still there is animals to care for, and then it is on to house work, cooking, and cheese making. Always work to do.
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