A lazy Sunday?

Saturday is my down day, Sunday is preparing for the week ahead and I have an ironing pile nearly as tall as I am

Sadly, Sundays still seem to be heavily weighted towards family and couples. On one’s own and a distance from the family, they can be the loneliest day of the week as lunch/coffees etc with women friends tend not to happen if they still have their DH.
. I sometimes take myself to a matinee at a small “grown up” cinema which feels fine on your own, and if I were in a city I might go to a gallery, but Sunday transport can be unreliable - those dreaded words “Bus Replacement”.
When Paw was alive housebound Sundays weren’t much better, but quiet companionship was still fine.
With grandchildren no longer babies/toddlers, they all have weekend activities - sporting for the older ones- so coming to Granny for Sunday lunch is a rare occurrence.
No, it’s often a case of “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” and glad when it’s Monday again!

Pre retirement, Sunday was always a switch of day or Sunday lunch with family. Since retirement we appear to have many more switch off days when it suits and weekends just roll into another day of the week.

Still in my head though, is shopping at the weekend is a no no as it will be far too busy. My thinking for years which hasn’t changed whether or not it is a fact today.

Maw 💐

I seem to have hit the church-going jackpot where Sundays are concerned! My Grandpa was a Minister, so the day was built around the various services. My DH is a Cathedral Chorister so Sundays are pretty full on, (though I do get to sit in some wonderful old buildings).
No shopping, no laundry!
Occasionally I accompany young DGC to a football match or to dog school.
to those who find Sundays hard.

Well as MrOops has gone out I’ve done my Monday cleaning and changing of beds today and the laundry is in the machine.

Goodness knows what this will do to my week, I’ll be all over the place by Wednesday and won’t know what day of the week it is!

We don’t go shopping at the weekend either as it always used to be so much busier.

So sorry you feel this way Maw sending virtual flowers 💐

No shopping at the weekend here either., Sunday is usually quiet as often MrJ is off to work on Monday.
It’s the day we meet up occasionally for lunch with my children and our grandchildren, more for bbq’s in the summer.
Meat draw in our local pub at about 5, gardening when possible, phone calls to friends/family and crossword from yesterday,
Today is grandsons birthday, so they’ll visit later.

Jaxjacky, you often mention a meat draw - do you mind telling me what it is.

We really should get going faster on a Sunday. But I've been poorly, you know!!

My Sundays are often as Maw describes. Last summer I would sometimes bump into people out walking alone on Sunday to just fill in some time. So after reading the idea somewhere I set up a Sunday Lunch Club for people alone. We meet once a month in the village pub for a roast dinner, some chat and company. Today there will be 9 of us. It ticked the boxes of a ‘proper dinner’, something I can’t be bothered with just for me, some company and a few hours of the long day not spent alone.
I’m off out shortly for my roast beef!

kittylester you can buy one, or more, strips of 5 raffle tickets, £1 a strip. There are about 8 prizes from a local farm shop, joints, whole chickens, sausages, venison, it varies week to week. The first ticket is drawn, if you win, you choose your prize, then draw the next winner, (all are picked out of an ice bucket). Good fun, proceeds buy next weeks meat, any surplus goes to the Christmas meat draw.

Full of cold so no hike today, our favourite Sundays are packing up a picnic and hiking in the Yorkshire Wolds or Dales.

I’m in my “ comfies” a fire will be lit after our lunch of homemade bread and soup and later I am cooking a Turkey crown.

This evening we will watch Happy Valley.

Just come home from Brunch at the lovely little Bistro at the other end of our road.

I am now settled in a chair with my iPad, kindle and freshly made latte. Nothing to do until dinner prepping around 5pm (Roast Chicken, roast pots, cauliflower cheese and green veggies).

We tend to do all shopping for the weekend on a Saturday, I avoid housework on a Sunday. When the children were at home it was organised chaos football matches, karate, air cadets, mucking out stables and horse shows. Along with checking all had finished or unfinished homework, school uniforms ready etc.

In the summer there is usually a family BBQ on a Sunday at one of the ACs or ours.

I miss the noise of bygone family Sundays but I must admit I enjoy the peace and laziness now.

Maw 🌸🌸🌸.

Sundays my family are busy with shopping, housework or catching up with friends grown up GC have their own plans too so it’s usually me myself alone. Its a walk a nice dinner and a book or tv. Pretty quiet.

Alygran - what a brilliant idea. It makes sense to do something when you are aware of a “gap in the market”.
I wasn’t complaining or sounding sad, but thank you for the various - just facts.
I think -I know- I felt it more in the early days and I could stir my stumps if I put my mind to it but I’ve got out of the habit, possibly (even more) lazy and Rosie and I often settle for a Sunday nap!

“Maw” I too find Sundays a bit lonely since DH died . Not that we did much but at least I was doing nothing with someone. So I often do a clearing project , paperwork or a drawer with Radio 4, playing. Sometimes I wish I had a religious belief but I don’t . Since Covid lock down and my hip replacement, it’s ridiculous but I seem to have lost confidence going into central London alone to galleries or places of interest. Writing this I have made a decision to make myself to go next Sunday to the portrait gallery just for a short visit and maybe there will be a concert in St Martins in the Field nearby…
“Maw”💐for you .

We usually walk down to our local for the pub quiz. Tonight we are going to a party I can't remember the last time we went to one. Actually it's a celebration for a baby who was christened today. We weren't invited to the christening as we're not close friends but have been invited tonight.

for all those who find Sundays difficult.

Since retirement Sundays aren't much different to other days of the week.

I love not getting the dreaded "Sunday feeling" now there's no work tomorrow

When I’m in my home in Torquay, I usually attend church, which has been a lifelong practice since childhood. It helps to give some shape to the day and I need the spiritual refreshment.

For the weeks I’m in France, where DH lives, I might watch a service online. Like many others, my church began offering this during the pandemic and continues to do so.

Other than that, I might lunch with a widowed friend or attend a rehearsal at the AmDram theatre where I’m a member. Or just relax indoors, rejoicing in being free from preparing for a week’s teaching!!

Sundays are always lazy for us. We leave everything outdoors for those who work, so meals out, days out etc are always left by us to mid-week now.

Sundays have certainly got quieter over the years. We used to have all the family over for Sunday dinner but now that the grandchildren are ploughing their own furrow at university etc and daughter making the most of her free Sundays after so many years of looking after the children, we usually have it entirely to ourselves. I actually don’t mind as I’m a person happy in my own company, although I appreciate one can have too much of a good thing!

I still keep some markers for Sunday. First food, including toasted cheese on bread butter for breakfast. Something my DF would make for me at weekends. Then something special at lunch. Today it is a pheasant casserole with red cabbage cooked in sloe gin, parmentier potatoes, followed by a mincemeat slice with ice cream, and a tea meal in the evenings, tea crumpets and cake, in the garden in summer, in front of the fire today

Usually in the afternoon I do some sewing or needlework.

I spent many weekends (and weeks) alone when DH was working, before and after his (and my) retiremen, so I have long practic. I have always tried to keep it special , like a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.

Interesting reading this. I’m still working and not really in the best of health but needs must. Sundays are my catch up days and my family are always busy but that’s fine because hubby and myself love time together. Praying this will be for a long time after retirement.🤞

Loved your thread Monica.

We don't plan, so days of week don't matter to me.

Church is the only Sunday constant for us. Apart from Church we walk the dogs, cook, visit those who come round.

Washing, grocery shop - random, as needed. I do banking, bills, and husband's work money is properly accomplished Mondays.