7:15 a.m. Get up, fix coffee, let the dogs outside, straighten out the couch and put blankets away
7:30a.m. Go pee, get dressed, sit at table drinking coffee and have a smoke or two or three
8:00a.m. Check on mom (most likely sleeping), work outside rain or shine, checking on mom every 15 minutes.
10:00a.m. Come back in the house, clean up/change clothes, check on mom (most likely sleeping), try to get mom up, take her breakfast, take out dinner, drink some more coffee and smoke some more, check e-mail.
11:00a.m. Vacuum and dust living and dining room.
12:00p.m. Try to get mom up, take her lunch, have more coffee, start the laundry (at least three tubs), dump her commode and clean it, clean the bathrooms.
2:00p.m. Make another pot of coffee, clean up kitchen, put away/fold laundry, try to get mom up, let the dogs out, go pee again.
3:00p.m. Wipe down woodwork, vacuum and dust rest of house (except mom�s room), mop all floors.
5:00p.m. Start dinner, try to get mom up (she usually does at this point), help her change her clothes/wash up, get her to living room, take her bedding/pj�s to laundry, make more coffee, finish fixing dinner, feed the dogs.
6:00p.m. Get mom�s plate ready, eat dinner, read the paper, clear the table, get mom back to her chair, wash the dishes, do last load of laundry, vacuum and dust mom�s room, make her bed, get her meds together
8:00p.m. Get mom to toilet and settled in for her shows, check e-mail again/answer some, check on web site, fold the laundry.
9:00p.m. Sit with mom watching t.v., sneak online for a few, get mom her snack and warm her coffee again
11:00p.m. Give mom her meds., cross fingers that she will go to bed soon, help her to toilet, let the dogs in, watch the news.
11:30a.m. Let mom watch Letterman, update site, check e-mail/answer more and wait for mom to get ready for bed.
2:00 a.m. Mom is usually in bed by now, I get my blankets crawl up on the couch and go to sleep so I can start all over tomorrow.
A Typical Days Schedule