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My hat's off to y'all. I'm lucky to get 45 minutes.

My day yesterday:

6:00 Wake up.
7:03 Out the door with my daughters to the bus stop.
7:12 Leave bus stop for work.
7:50 Arrive at work.
5:15 Leave work.
6:00 Arrive home, start eating dinner.
6:20 Take older daughter to her lesson.
7:10 Arrive home, start practice.
7:35 Younger daughter comes in the piano room, starts banging on the electronic keyboard. (This does wonders for teaching me to concentrate)
7:45 Older daughter comes in, kicks me off the piano. I take the younger one upstairs to get her ready for bed.
8:10 She's in bed, take dog for walk.
8:30 Return from walk, take older daughter up to bed.
8:40 Begin collecting trash and recyclables.
9:00 Finish with trash, check in on internet message boards.
9:15 Check Christmas gift inventory to see if it fills stockings.
9:40 Enter credit card receipts in Quicken and reconcile credit card statements.
10:05 Take dog out one last time.
10:15 Turn off Christmas lights, head to bed.

They're not always this busy, Tuesday I got in 50 uninterrupted minutes.

On a good day when the wife and kids are not demanding, I manage 90 minutes. On other days maybe only 15-30 minutes. I try to get on the piano daily no matter how short the time. I'm still trying to cement my bass clef reading and the daily exercise helps.

I make sure I get in an hour of practice everyday so I don't blow it in my weekly lesson. I may forgo doing some other stuff, but I have to get that much in for sure. I love it when I can get in two hours a day. Then I feel more confident in front of the teacher.

FormerFF: Your day sounds as busy as mine! If I get everything I need to get done in one day, I'm not in bed until 11:30 pm. I don't get much sleep during the week. Today I have the day off - thankfully - so I'm off to practice the piano now.