Booooored

Usual housework and chores. Been pretty fixated on getting online grocery orders and stocking up with stuff. No online orders now for 3 weeks so we'll have to manage with what we've got. Neither I nor DH plan to go out of the door (except in the garden) unless it's absolutely vital. We are not spring chickens and both have health issues so we def don't want to catch it! Plenty of books, dvds, PS4 games and Netflix. And chess. Worrying time though, for everyone.

Spending too much time looking on GN while I procrastinate what to do next, so in about five minutes one happy doggy is going out for some exercise. When I get back some time in the garden as much to do out there.

Yesterday I sewed lots of seeds. That took a good while. I have lots more seed packets but I'm pacing myself. Hopefully in a few months time I'll have veg to share with others. I'm also knitting for charity, reading, watching telly, facebooking. Husband is itching to go to the shops for essentials i.e. wine! I've been decluttering all year so I've absolutely nothing left. Luckily I got it to the charity shop before they closed.

Daily routine as usual with a little variation so not in a rut with that, in the garden pottering. thanks to the good weather.Reading, clearing and throwing out indoors.Reading GN first thing,later checking social media. Skyping or ringing people, writing endless e mails ( people will be fed up with me) started writing another book, taking it easy in doing so.I havent become bored yet, but who knows if this drags on, so ladies dont rush to do things, take your time, which is a change for most of us.

I read somewhere to be bored you need to have a full stomach and an empty mind.

My house and garden are squeaky clean, shiny and manicured. There's nobody here to see it though - doh!

Not to mention all the decorating l have to do.
First the bathroom, then the toilet, then the lounge and lastly the hall. All decided upon, paint etc ready and waiting, to be indulged in at a time that suits me.

Bored? Not a bit of it. Far too busy!!

Got plenty of books and can download if needs be. Ordered 2 1000 piece jigsaws which have arrived. Been gardening last few days as weather has been so lovely. But I think it will get harder for everyone as time goes on.

I’m doing one ‘chore’ a day - there’s no point in doing it all immediately as we’ve got a lot of days to fill.

yes, this is all very well, but what about those who can`t, physically, and mentally,,, just asking

Family history is a good one, so much can be done over the internet now. When I first started I had to visit all sorts of places all around the country. It cost a fortune and took forever.

We've finally started a project to put all our DVDs (over 500 of them, collected over the years) on to a hard drive so we can watch them from our PCs on the TV and throw out all the dust-collecting DVDs. Also culling our books.

The downside to the decluttering is that we now have bags of things to take to charities and they will probably still be here in a years time. If anything happens to us in the meantime and someone has to clear the house they'll think we were a pair of hoarders . Which we probably are, but we used to hoard on shelves, not bags.

Gardening, finishing knitting, sewing and embroidery projects. Lots of books waiting to be read. Will try and listen to opera and concert broadcasts.
And yes, a bit of cleaning, but not too much

Off on my mountain bike along the coast is wonderful in this sunshine, and lack of cars on the road, mean l can at last cross a nightmare main dual carriageway in relative safety and cycle on the Downs.
The rest of the "at home" activities involve mowing the lawn, mowing my neighbours lawn, digging my garden, digging my neighbours garden, and if it is grey and cold, l am a bookworm and l indulge myself fully. Bliss!!
Sod the housework, no one is going to see it!

Trying to get a supermarket delivery slot !!

Oh dear Cath the Wise - where is your wisdom. Lots of great exercise videos on the TV or on computer it you have one. So you can get fit. You can educate yourself again if you have a computer, if not it's worth investing in a pad, with all the money we're saving from not going out. Lots of courses you can sign up to from embroidery to writing, to learning a language. There's more to life than cleaning the house. Good luck

Entering writing competitions. Contacting people who are sad and alone and lonely. Cooking for others. Making jewellery for fund-raising.

Walking my dog, cooking (sharing with daughter and family). Baking ( sharing with elderly neighbours) knitting for charity, reading mostly in bed at night. Not much time to be bored.

I go for a daily walk & luckily the weather has just turned into a gloriously warm spell so I have been gardening.
Popped into Sainsbury's this morning for essentials & it was quite busy but shelves were stocked.
My Yoga teacher has sorted out a way to keep teaching & it is coming over live to us tomorrow- My DH has sorted it so I can watch her doing it on our TV & join in. Clever stuff but no idea how it works!
Actually quite enjoying the peace!

go for a walk .....start your family history...

Be grateful for the long walk! Here in Spain it's not allowed and the fines are pretty hefty!

I think it is important to have a structure to our days. Get up, dressed and make your bed. Stick to food times so we do not over eat and gain weight. I like to talk with Alexa - question of the day and word games. Tidy/ clean the house. Pick some flowers from the garden. Read / crafts. Home exercise.

Walking, reading, catching up on recordings that usually get deleted for lack of time, phone calls, emails, decorating, gardening, sorting photos, trying to get a slot on Waitrose deliveries. When I was a child, in response to 'What can I doooo?' my Mother's reply was 'If you are bored, it's your own fault - go away and find something to amuse yourself'. I usually did!

I have more than enough to do to keep me going for more than three months. In fact so far life has been much as normal.

Outside I have a large garden and veg patch that has been barely touched since last October because of the weather, there are 2 rooms to redecorate, the outside wall of our single storey extension to paint, the shed needs another coat of creosote substitute.

Indoors, there are a pile of needlework projects to undertake. A big run on my family history project. A heap of documents to scan in and transcribe and anlyse. I have an essay to write for a course I was doing, then there are a whole host of landscape history projects I can do from home - and have wanted to do for ages, but lacked the time.

And then their are the books piled up around the house waiting to be read.

Well, that deals with the first year!

As the weather is so good, we are going to our allotment. We drive there and only see people in the distance. It's keeping us sane!

Learn something new. Lots of ideas on the web