What (If Anything) Makes Your Sunday Special?

[choux]

I love to cook a large roast dinner and we always eat at 1.30 p.m.

Crosswords in the afternoon and occasionally finding something worth reading in the Sunday papers. Regular 'phone calls to family/friends. A little gardening when weather allows. Hopefully a favourite programme in the evening to unwind.

[ummmm]

I'm not feeling too great so I've spent the day in bed watching tv.

[choux]

Wish you better soonest, ummmm. Hope you got something on the set to interest you.

[murraymints]

Sunshine...cut lawn...and cuddles !

[237SJ]

Not working would be good

[ummmm]

We've got netflix so it's not too bad

[choux]

Just for you then ;)

[Cloverjo]

This is my last Sunday before I go back to work, so I've spent it drinking a couple of G&Ts, reading the papers and had a lovely walk on the beach.

[choux]

237, sorry. I can recommend retirement

Ummmm - netflix, eh?
We had glazed gammon ;)

[murraymints]

Awwwww Ta choux xx

[Samuraisan]

Now we have retired, it's not much different from other days of the week, just no aguagym. It has always been, and probably always will be, a housework day for me. Old habits die hard. Still do a Saturday shop.

[237SJ]

I can't think of anything worse than retirement. I only get one Sunday off per month so the perfect Sunday is cooking a roast chicken, eating second helpings and then collapsing on the settee for the rest of the afternoon.

[choux]

Hats off to you Cloverjo. Anyone who can drink and read the paper whilst walking on the beach deserves time off work.

[Samuraisan]

Does take a bit of getting used to 237. One of the best things is not having to get up early and rushing to the office . I really enjoy turning over and switching on a podcast or two.

[choux]

Samuraisan, I find that Sundays and Thursdays are the 2 days that stand out in the week. (The rubbish is put out on Thursdays.)

[andy-hughes]

237SJ - // I can't think of anything worse than retirement. //

Really? I think it's fabulous.

People always trot out the cliché, I bet you wondered how you found the time to go to work ... but I thought that even when I was at work!

I have six grandchildren, a great grand-child, three wonderful daughters, and my wonderful wife to spend time with. I have endless books to read, TV and films to watch, articles to write, bands and festivals go see, music to listen to, holidays to go on, I am a DJ, and working on being a cruise speaker, so I really do need all this time, and more, to fit everything in.

[Tilly2]

Since I retired, my Sunday is very much like yours, Choux, except that we eat a lot later and I take Tilly for a walk. What does make it special now is that I don't have that dreaded 'work tomorrow' feeling which used to begin around 4.00pm when I was working.

[choux]

I tend to wake at the same time but it is luxurious to have a slower start to the day. I seem to wear out my dressing gown and slippers faster since retirement ;)

[237SJ]

AH - I'm sure retirement is wonderful. My sister loves her retirement and is so busy that I don't know how she got the time to work. I work in aviation and like the maritime industry, it's a lifestyle and it's in the blood. I probably only have 5 or 6 years to go and I`ll be gutted when I give it up.

[choux]

If we are lucky, retirement is just another phase of our lives. I like to embrace this time of life, not knowing for how long it will continue. Carpe diem.

One of your happier posts, a-h, good for you.

Tilly, that feeling is something to savour.

[andy-hughes]

choux - // One of your happier posts, a-h, good for you. //

I am seriously happy ninety-nine per-cent of the time, sorry if I don't appear that way.