A lazy Sunday?

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

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.

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.

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!

i am 59 and don't work due to health problems so everyday is the same, but a sunday is special as i get to talk to my dad, reading this you probably think why is that special, my dad had been out of my life since i was two, the last time i saw him i was 18 at my gran's funeral, i tried to connect with him but her did not want to know, 5 years ago i thought i would give it one more try and i found him using facebook missing persons, my half sister saw it and her brother got in touch with me and gave me a phone number, he is very set in his ways and hates anything tech so only has a very old mobile that he refuses to use for texting, we talk every sunday and i have been down a few times to england to see him, i can phone at other times but only for an emergency...lol, sunday is our time to chat for an hour ...he times it and we can catch up.

Since being widowed four years ago my Sundays have changed. I try to work on Sundays (I am timetabled to work every second Sunday and always volunteer to cover the other Sundays). I did join a meetup group and went to several Sunday activities but increased mobility problem mean I can no longer participate on long walks, go on excursions, etc. Luckily I have a pet who I need to see to otherwise I may well be tempted to spend Sunday morning in bed! Living a rural location doesn't help as any outing involves a car journey and while I have some lovely friends they are busy with their partners on Sundays. Once I get my long awaked operation I intend moving into town and intend to embrace Sundays!

literarylover always volunteers wanted, helping with reading at your local school may suit you, perhaps joining a local book club, to name but two. You’ll meet new people too.

did go out yesterday to our local Indian restaurant, a sunday, but since retirement there are more deals available both in pubs and restaurants mid week

Thank you Aveline. I hope so x

Sundays are no different than any other day now. With no OH & no family or friends living close it is just another day spent on my own. Will not go out when too cold & being a 'chilly mortal' I stay inside where it is safer even if a bit too cold for my liking! When Spring gets here I will venture out for walks again. There is no social life here in the Village & getting to Town alone in the cold is a no go for sure. Doing things on your own is no fun anyway!

well only seen this on monday but my sundays have altered over the years and now as I live alone I often choose at this time of year to stay in and do jobs like ironing or writing or whatever as I am a great radio listener and sundays enjoy desert island disc, private passions on 3 and gardeners question time on 4 plus pick of the week etc etc . Radio is great to be able to listen to whilst ironing or whatever and of course now no interruptions just when it was some wonderful Bach or someone was telling you a great idea for the garden or whatever. I used to belong to two choirs one of which met on sunday afternoon as people came from many miles around. Now due to back cant sit for a long time in rehearsal and have also moved so am sort of between choirs at present but like having sundays back and of course in the summer I shall be off looking at gardens in the Yellow Book - national garden scheme - Sometimes if my back is really a problem and cant do much at all but can drive ok I go off either up the dale or to the coast and of course can listen to the radio as I go. Always look in the local paper on friday as it gives all the news of the surrounding villages and so sometimes go to a farmers market or something on in a village hall probably in aid of a charity. I too avoid shopping on a weekend where possible as did enough of it all those years juggling college and family etc when I had no option but to go on fridays or weekends. If I arrange to go for lunch with a friend we do tend to go in the week as have less crowd and more choice.

ALYGRAN, what a lovely idea Sunday lunch club. 😊 more people like you needed in the world ..

SusieB50 , I feel exactly the same since my DH passed away. Don't know why the wknds feel so much more difficult. Did try going into the local town on a Saturday to get myself out and about but really noticed how most people my sort of age were in couples which magnified my own situation. I suppose it gets easier as time goes by.

kittylester

Sue you reminded me of the Sundays when we would traipse all 5 children to somewhere of note as they had to report their 'news' on Monday mornings at school.

It was a waste of time and effort, really, because their ‘Busy books’ at school mostly reported that they didn’t do anything at the weekend. 😂

Literarylover please don't panic. Your weekdays will soon fill up with various activities and events. It's entirely up to you. You can choose to do whatever interests you. I love the freedom of it. I have something on every weekday but it's things that I want to do rather than ones I have to.

Jax we have Meatdraws here in lots of the pubs too, we stick with our local and live the social outings. It’s a £5 for a strip of 5 though.

We still have a roast dinner on at least 3/4 Sundays, even though we've both now retired. Yesterday our son & his partner came at 11 stayed for lunch and the slice of lemon drizzle cake and a cuppa around 2.30, then left. An hour later our eldest grandson(22) arrived to watch the football with hubby. On other Sundays we go to visit my parents or watch the granddaughters playing footie. Dog walking is also on the agenda.

At this time of the year when the weather doesn't tempt us to go out, Sundays are much the same as other days, except for the fact that I never wash clothes, iron or clean (except for washing-up and the cats' litter tray on a Sunday.

Public transport is difficult on Sundays, and as we don't have a car, getting to church by bike can be fraught during the winter.

In good weather, church and apart from that the same as above.

We try to delineate between weekdays and weekends .
I have been retired going on 8 years. Husband stopped working over there years ago.
I found that if weekends were geared towards being slack, it suited us. Both of us worked regular Monday to Friday type jobs so having weekends off were ingrained.
So only laundry tends to happen on weekend if and when required

Reading these posts has terrified me. I' m 65 and due to retire from my part-time job in the summer but I'm afraid I will be very bored. I don't have many friends and my children/grandchildren are all busy. I enjoy reading but don't see it filling my days. My other half retired over a year ago and spends his time doing housework, crosswords and watching TV. It seems such a waste of an existence! I've always been busy with family and work and dread slowing down - although sometimes my arthritis does seem to want me to. I would go on working part time but everyone expects/ wants me to retire now that hubby has. I see years of Loose Women and Match of the Day stretching ahead.☹️

Sundays mean church for either DH or both of us. Both of us this time. Then coffee and the crossword. We have our main meal in the evening. This Sunday we did our accounts with tea. This is usually a Saturday morning job but I was in London all day with DD2. Nice dinner then Act 3 of Parsifal from the Met, as Sunday Night is opera night and we have a monthly subscription. But I did have a long gap in the pm to finish the book I was reading, Traitor King by Andrew Lownie, about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. So bits of Sunday were lazy.

Still working full time so Sundays are for catching up on home stuff. Washed some floors, sorted possessions, three loads of laundry, food shopping....

Me too. Glory eh?

Am bemused by the ‘glory’