Since no one has replied to this message yet, I will help you out.
I'm in the same boat except I work a regular day shift as a software developer. Generally every day by the time I get home I have at most 4 hours to cook, eat, do dishes, get a little entertainment, and then work on my own projects.
I try to combine as much as possible. When cooking and eating I get my entertainment by listening to some comedy or music, then watch an episode of whatever it is i'm currently watching since eating usually takes me about 30 minutes. Same thing when doing dishes.
Now that that's all done I have around 2 to 3 hours left for the night. I try to get some work done on my projects, although after doing software dev all day at my job I have to really push myself to actually start working on it, but I know that it won't get done on its own and I won't reach my goals unless I work on it.
On the weekends I combine all the house cleaning and laundry into the same 2 hour time slot. After that I'm left to do whatever I want with my time.
If you want, I've written some articles over at my website/blog on organization. You can check them out if you want;
Being Organized ,
Steps to declutter your work area , and
Uncluttering your mind . Let me know if they help, would love to get some feedback.
Take care.