homeschool schedule

I've been having trouble sticking to any kind of homeschooling schedule lately. I know one of the reasons is that we do so many extra, out-of-the-home activities. But, even on other days, I've been really struggling lately. So, I thought I'd follow one day and see if I could figure out how to improve our school and get more schooling done.

I followed our schedule on Friday, and these are some of my conclusions:

• clean the kitchen at night - including putting the washed dishes away! (I often leave them out "to dry")
• get up at 6:30 & shower before Alexandra gets up (I had been doing that faithfully, and I've been slipping - I would like to change that to 6:00 after the new year)
• give Alexandra her bath/shower at night
• type up history questions at night
• check email early & quickly & then stay off the computer until school's over!
• aim for starting school at 8:30 (maybe 8:45 to start with)
• consider changing our math routine - should we take a break from our curriculum??? (this has been a big struggle lately)