There are a few things that are pretty consistent on weekends:
- a date night
- church on Sunday mornings
- youth group for Zoe on Sunday evening
But other than that, we don’t have a lot of things regularly scheduled, so weekends vary a lot.
Some of the “varying part” options:
Once a month, I have book club.
Sometimes the girls have a friends here to sleep over.
Extended family events happen here and there.
We usually spend some time doing household chores
(me: laundry. Mr. FG: bathroom cleaning.)
Mr. FG and I try to update our budget together each week, but usually we only manage every other week!
Sometimes we work on household projects together (yard work, for example).
If the girls need to do some errands that I haven’t gotten to, Mr. FG will take them out (he likes running errands way better than I do!)
Mr. FG goes on morning hikes with a friend some Saturdays.
In good weather, he and I like to go biking.
And I could list more variables if I sat here longer. From my perspective, I basically try to keep a flexible attitude about the weekend days so that I can stay open to what’s important on any given weekend.
And that means my weekdays have a much more consistent pattern to them than the weekends.
How do you spend your weekends?
(As I wrote this post, I was thinking that this is a pretty good get-to-know you question. How a person spends their weekends tells you a lot about them. So, I’d love to hear your answer!)
We do basically nothing. It’s really good down time.
Saturday — I try to spend my own day away from the computer, and we usually clean some things, and there are always outdoor jobs or playing to be done. If there’s no deadline (like someone expected to visit), then I’m not really even pushy about that stuff. There’s one family event once a month for me and our girls, but otherwise, we rarely plan any outings or extend any invitations for Saturday.
Sunday is anchored by church followed often by a trip to our (local, wonderful, for-sale-so-someone-please-buy-and-run-it) grocery store and often an afternoon activity for one or more of us. I’m not sure why things are scheduled on Sunday afternoons; perhaps other families have such packed lives that Sunday is the only remaining option?
If we need to do a family get-together, we usually schedule it for Sundays, but that’s because we tend not to have other commitments then.
Maybe that’s why things like bridal showers or family get togethers or birthday parties get scheduled for Sunday afternoons?
Almost always different! It’s just me here, so don’t have to coordinate multiple people anymore. I have “faith community” meetings mid-day on both Saturdays and Sundays. Those are the most important to me. I like to sleep late and/or nap if I can. I do some housework, yard work, errand, and paperwork. Sometimes I have to take a turn and put in a shift at work. I get to go on a short trip or to a social event sometimes (baby and wedding showers sure are different than they used to be- such expen$ive, elaborate production$!)
Basically, I just try to do good, rest, and have some fun.
Sundays are consistent for us… Early service at church and naps in the afternoon. Every other week our life group meets from 5-7 in the evening.
Now that my husband’s done coaching volleyball, Saturdays are often when he gets house projects done. He’s currently remodeling our bathroom. The kids (6, 3, and 1) like to help at times – sometimes a little too much and it’s my job to distract them with something else. 🙂 There’s almost always at least one Lowe’s trip on a Saturday and at least one kid will go along. I try to get grocery shopping and things like that done during the week so we can have more time at home on Saturdays.
Our weekends are three days, thanks to the fantastic four-day school week here. My husband often has to work in his home office on Fridays, though. We never have any regular things scheduled Friday and Saturday. They tend to be just kids play, adults work (inside or outside depending on chores to be done and weather). The kids always get to ride the horse. Sunday is up early, cereal before 8 a.m. church (ouch), stop at the tiny store in the village after for milk/cream/eggs, home to make and eat waffles, and then more chores outside or in.
That does sound like a great school week!
Our weekends consist of me working usually 12 hours both days, my husband hanging with our kids, and sometimes our middle son has a friend over.
We are in a season of life that doesn’t allow much family time/outings/friends.