Routines to Avoid Frustration

I am writing this entry to "update" my "Making Wifely Duties a Routine Habit" entry.  We are in our new house, and routine habits are nice.  My favorite that helps me to be disciplined and sets a good pace for the rest of the day is to get up early.  Six o'clock is the time that helps me most in rising early.  I've started a weekly chore list in the last few weeks.  I do a chore a day.  One, for example, for one day, is cleaning the bathroom.  As far as the weekly menu, I have not done that for a while.  It seems to be a bit tedious and unnecessary anymore.  A habit I tried just last night that I think will work well to eliminate stress is to eat my meals a step ahead of my husband and children, or at least half of the meal at dinner time when my husband is home from work.  It might work for you, if you are like me in the area of being a slow eater.  I like to finish eating about the same time as my husband to relax with him.  It is hard, though, when I've got to feed the babies and myself.  Being a slow eater slows everything down and is frustrating.  So last night, I gave the try a go and it worked really well.  No one wasn't okay with me having eaten half my meal before my husband even arrived from work.  While the others were eating after my husband came home, I was concentrating on spoon-feeding one of the babies, and enjoying eating the rest of the meal.  And though my husband still finished a little sooner than I finished, it didn't frustrate me so much.