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A lazy Sunday?

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Aveline Sun 22-Jan-23 10:27:43

Sunday's come round again. Since I've retired every day, potentially, has felt like a weekend day. We try to make the weekends feel different from weekdays by being busier during the week but I'm not sure if we've succeeded.
Today it's a big food shop in the morning then lunch out to be followed by vegetating in front of the TV.
Are others busier or less so at weekends?

HillyN Mon 23-Jan-23 18:02:49

Sundays tend to be quite busy for me. I go to church in the morning, taking my turn on a rota to teach the younger Sunday School class and dealing with any financial stuff (I'm treasurer). If I'm not with the children I will stay to have a chat with friends over coffee and to help clear up.
In the afternoon I plan my week, putting meetings, school-runs etc in my diary and writing a 'to-do' list, while having my weekly online 'chat' with my sister. Then we have a roast tea with a glass of wine and watch TV- there are usually some good programmes on a Sunday evening. Before I retired I always used to be ironing clothes on Sunday evenings so I take great pleasure in NOT doing that now!

M0nica Mon 23-Jan-23 19:11:49

Literarylover How busy, or boring, you retirement is depends entirely on you.

If you do not have many local friends join local organisations. Voluntary work is not limited to working in charity shops. Ginger your DH up, suggest days out to him. You may need to do all the organising, but he will soon get used to it.

JPB123 Mon 23-Jan-23 20:20:54

I get up,have a cup of tea ,in bed,then bath,have breakfast,put The Archers on the radio for the omnibus edition,then listen to Dessert Island Discs. After a light lunch I walk over to the pub to meet up with friends to do crosswords and quizzes out of the weekend newspapers.In the evening I have my roast dinner.

Tamayra Mon 23-Jan-23 23:58:08

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Kartush Tue 24-Jan-23 00:38:37

Sundays husband cooks breakfast of fried eggs zucchini and toast, then we do our washing then just chill. This Sunday it was so warm (for a change) that we ended up swimming in the pool twice. We just pick for lunch and dinner so there is no cooking. He did go out and do a few emergency jobs (hes a handyman for hire) but that was unusual