October 21, 2009
A day in the life of Scarlet Leonard
If you have ever wondered what my day is like I am sharing with you today a synopsis of my typical day.
I am supposed to get up at 6am with my husband since he has to be out the door to get to work just after 7. Though it doesn't always work like that (Usually I will be ousted out of my cozy warm bed around 6:30. I have pack ups to make and clothes to find for myself and our 3 year old son.
The first thing I have to do in the morning is make a cup of coffee or I'm not going to get anywhere. While the kettle boils, lunches are made and my computer gets booted up. I will drink my coffee while I make sure everything on my computer gets loaded, firefox, tweetdeck, skype, msn. I will then run though my list for the day.
Typically the first port of call is another coffee and then go check the various forums I like to browse. While I am reading I'll have my notebook and pen beside me to write down what I need to get done that day.
It's then time to embark on the school run, which usually involves chasing my son to the car since he is a bit too eager about getting there. A quick gossip with the other mothers and back home for another cup of coffee (can you tell I practically live off the stuff.)
Once home I can get all the jobs done that my son likes to get in the way of. Hovering, laundry, general cleaning. Then time for lunch and another browse of the forums, check the various other sites I have a presence on and then get to some work on my shop. I have been editing a backlog of images recently and still working on them. If I don't have any photos to do or listings to put up I will settle down with my ideas journal/sketch book and start making some new pieces. (It usually works out I end up making something even though I have other things to do.)
When I go to pick my son up from school we have to come back via the sweet shop. Count out the penny sweets then have the 'little talk' about him not eating them until we get home. Once home I can start thinking about dinner and my husband getting in from work.
My evenings are spent much like the second half of my day, with a little more forum activity since those west of me are about and talkative. I'll update my blog, double check my to do list and make sure I get everything done. If he's in the mood I will put our hamster JB into his run and let him have a play when he also likes to crawl up my arm and run over my hands.
Typically though nothing ever works to plan. Ideally this happens everyday but not always. I wish for a few more hours in the day probably another 3 awake and 2 extra hours in bed. But if I had that I would just want that longer after trying the routine.
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Comments (1)


NinasCD | 10/26/2009, 09:01
Wow! What a busy day, I see why you need all that coffee now LOL! I have to start staying out of the forums more so I can get my work done, bad, bad habit for me..that and Farmville are my downfalls! When I have my 3yo granddaughter, even more so. I love your shop BTW. Thanks for sharing your day with us.