Lifestyle Homeschool has a couple of excellent posts today on routines.
Establishing Daily Routines talks about what a routine is and why it is important.
Writing a Daily Routine outlines som very practical steps and tips to writing a routine. This is something I have done in the past and it was very, very helpful. I need to go back to it again and I just love the simple steps she's given to doing it. Looks like there's more coming to this series too so keep an eye out for it.