Schedule Advice, Please!

Internet, I need your help. I managed to leave the house today but by the time we got out the door (5 pm), the sun was already setting, which means I missed the one day that actually had an ounce of light rays in this whole cursed, dark month. I'm still sick, too, which means I really needed that one warm, nourishing ray more than ever.

So here's my question: how can I leave the house more?

In order to inform the discussion, allow me to outline my daily routine:

8:00 - Can no longer ignore awake baby, as husband dumps her on my chest and she gleefully starts a) pulling my hair, b) pulling my glasses, c) giggling with pure joy at being alive, or d) all of the above. Play with annoyingly cute imp for a bit and then stumble downstairs and prepare breakfasts.

8:30 - Feed child and self. Decide whether coffee is worth the effort. Decide it's overrated and watch morning news.

9:00 - Clean up dishes and prepare bottles for the day while child practices laptop cord stealth maneuvers.

9:30 - Give child bottle and put down for nap #1. (By the way, when the schedule is working, it's great - lately, she never cries when I put her down for naps and today she even laughed! Weird kid).

11:00/12:00 - Baby wakes up, I ignore her for a bit (it's called "active alone time" and it's very beneficial), finally get her up, change diaper, clothes, etc. Usually she wakes up around 11 but the last couple days, it's been noon. Pending sickness, me thinks?

11:15 - Prepare food stuffs. Feed little chicken.

11:45 - Clean up. Prepare lunch for me.

12:00 - Eat lunch, while watching news/baby show/classic movie. Usually news is repeats of morning headlines but so eager for stimulation, am willing to watch sad Heath Ledger coverage for twentieth time.

12:30 - Finish lunch, clean everything up. Baby plays.

1:00 - Give baby bottle and put her down for nap #2. (See how little time there was there for extracurricular activities?!) Try to find non-housework related, mentally stimulating activity for myself that doesn't involve surfing online.

3:00 - Baby wakes up, we do the feeding thing again. If we're lucky, we're finished and cleaned up by 4 m, at which point we can leave the house. Ooops, except we have to start cooking dinner at 4:30/5 pm and on some days (i.e. today), she doesn't wake up until 4pm, which means we're ready to go by 5 pm. When the sun is setting. So today I left the house at 5pm and served chicken fingers and Super Fries for dinner (which was delicious).

But really, how do I do things? Nothing fancy, mostly just weight-loss stuff like, work out at the gym or go for long walks. At the very least, a 1 hr long walk a day would be great. We really do need groceries, too. I really can't do these things while she's napping because, for example, if I put her in the stroller at nap time, she sleeps for 15 min tops, and then is too interested in her surroundings to fall back asleep. And then we get home and the whole day descends into tired-baby chaos.

What I've been doing up until now is just choosing to disrupt the naps for the day every time I need to do something. For example, music class on Mondays, one day for grocery shopping, and now a music class on Thursdays. Plus usually one day visiting a friend, that means at least at least two or three days already have one nap disrupted/missed (which means I really should be home for the 2nd nap, to avoid total meltdown).

Soooo, my Internet friends, what do you think I should do?

1. Who cares about belly flab, limp abs or mental health? Naps come first and make everyone happy. Stay in for all naps except current outings (music classes + groceries) and go out at 4 or 5 pm whenever possible. And consider workout DVDs (*shudder*).
   
   
2. Naps aren't that important! Babies need to learn to be portable. Go out whenever you want and then put her down for naps when you can. She'll make it up over the course of the day and both of you will get used to being more flexible.
   
   
3. Try to rush through lunch (fix mine before she wakes up?) and then get out the door. When she falls asleep in stroller, just live with it and then try to give her third nap once back at home. Ignore sobbing from tired chicken, since mom needs time out, too. Note: how would this work on the two days that we have music class at 11 am??
   
   
4. Other ideas??
   

I guess what I've just realized as a result of writing this is that I really like sticking to the predictability of her schedule and don't like all the uncertainty that happens when things get disrupted (e.g. do I put her down for a 3rd nap? At what time? When should she eat? Is she crying right now because she's still tired or hungry?). Invariably, she ends up sobbing at some point, and I feel like it's my fault because I strayed from the drill.

But I'd like to hear your opinions and suggestions. What would/do you do in this situation? Please help ... I currently only fit into two pairs of pants and both of them are splattered in baby food.

p.s. Here's the photo of the day. Note that she achieved her penultimate goal: the laptop cord AND a piece of paper. If only she had the remote too, she would have had nirvana.