Up around 9-ish.
Leisurely breakfast.
Deal with dog walking, feeding, etc.
DH heads to work most Sundays.
Throw in laundry – four loads
Get recycling into bins for DH to haul to the curb
Have sports on TV if DH isn’t here
Sew in between chores
Make list of things to do this week
Start planning vacation
Do my bag (or more) of the week
Today I went to a genealogy lecture (new thing for me)
Help DH with honey-do items
Talk to both sons
Only thing I do on a regular basis on Sunday is sit for a few hours at the kitchen table in the morning reading the paper and talking to my husband.
I usually wale up at 6, make coffee and read the Washington Post. Usually run on Sunday morning and attend late afternoon yoga. The evening is for relaxing, reading NY times and getting things organized for Monday.
Other than that it varies. I usually do a bit of grocery shopping, and maybe a few chores. Sometimes H and I do something together or I hang out with a friend.
I am usually up around 6ish every day. I shower, dress, make breakfast and eat it while watching the 7am national news and cruising the internet.
On Sundays we head to church around 8 am. H is a pastor. We usually get home around noon, then it is lunch and sports on tv. Sometimes a phone call to my parents. I still forget about the time zones and forget to call until it is too late for them.
Today we were at church until 4 pm because of a congregational business meeting after a potluck lunch.
I try not to do laundry on Sunday’s since I don’t work and can do it most any other day. Sometimes it just needs to be done.
We usually watch junk on tv Sunday nights and just veg out without talking much because H is not good company on Sundays at all.
Typical Sunday is to watch SNL from the night before in bed (assuming it was a new episode)
Get out of bed, eat a small breakfast and do some sort of workout
Shower and go to the grocery store.
Cook dinner (I typically only cook 3 nights a week but Sunday is always one of them. The other nights are leftovers or fend for yourself or eating out).
Face-time my son at college (we typically face-time my daughter on Saturdays)
Watch an episode of a TV series I’m currently watching (Chernobyl, Billions, Veep are some of the latest).
Some activity during the day.
Worrying about Monday morning and fighting the commute. Like Pavlov dogs it’s right on queue for me, right around the time I hear the 60 minutes stopwatch in the background.
Church (earlier summer schedule). If I don’t go I have trouble keeping straight what day it is.
Some French Open tennis.
Precious back porch time with a book since it dipped a bit cooler than high 90s. A little time withD by the community pool.
Finished cleaned out upstairs office that had collected junk so that D who is home for summer can do summer work for grad program.
Our summer schedule is slightly different. During the year I have my small group from church on Sunday evening, which I’m missing since sharing with that great group of women is the highlight of my week.
After having s lackadaisical morning yesterday, Dh and I were more on the ball today, him moreso than me. He got up at 7am, finished mixing up the huge pile of compost from the outdoor bin then spread it in the garden, watered plants, exercised the dogs. I woke up at 7:30,laid in bed watching final episode of season 1of Hinterland after falling asleep on it at least ten times.
Got up at 8:15, noticed S19’s duffel bag by washer (he just returned from senior week at beach) so decided to do his laundry for him. Watered my hanging plants then folded a load of laundry.
Dh and I then headed to garden center to buy mulch and some more plants but noticed my car was on empty so drove to Sams Club for gas. Since we were there, decided to go in and get a few things I’d been planning to get tomorrow. Thank God for Scan and Go app - no need to wait in line so in and out quickly.
Picked up mulch and plants, got home at 10:30. Got in argument with S19 about not looking for a job (he has old job available at golf course but doesn’t want to work there bc he’s sick of 5:30am start time). Sent him outside to spread mulch.
Made avocado toast for lunch.
Decided to put the air hockey table that has been cluttering the garage for several years out on the street. Within 10 mins of posting it on neighborhood FB page, it was in the back of someone’s truck and gone. Moved some things around and now able to put dh’s Jeep in garage so don’t have to worry if a pop up thunderstorm arrives and his top is open.
Kissed Dh goodbye as he left for airport for week long business trip. Jumped in shower. Mediated fight between S19 and D17 over who could use the car. Drove hour and half to S21’s soccer game with thunderstorm predicted. Watched approx 25 mins of game, all the while thunder rumbling in distance. Ref finally called game. Entire game needs to be rescheduled/replayed. Drove home, last 20 mins in downpour so heavy I could barely see. Was thankful I wouldn’t let S21 practice highway driving on his learners permit today.
Picked up pizza. Got together documents for trip to Spanish embassy tomorrow for D17’s visa for fall study abroad. S21 asked for help outlining three essays for final exam tomorrow. Huge fight breaks out because he doesn’t like my suggestions. Dh texts that his delayed flight to London is now in limbo due to closed airspace. I tell him I’m not sure which is worse, sitting on delayed flight for hours or the essay hell I’m in. He responds, “at least you have wine.” Yep, there is that.
Enjoying peace and quiet now as all are in their bedrooms.
And just this morning, while seeing people post pics from their long weekend of lax tournaments, I was thankful those days are behind me and we could relax on weekends finally. And yet…
I’m surprised so few people don’t mention church. Growing up for me the answer would be “breakfast, then church”. I’ll admit our answer now is not church on Sunday for the most part.
The other interesting question to me would be is would people’s Saturday be much difference than Sunday? Don’t want to change the thread slant but I’m curious if people see Sunday as more of a chill day.
For me, weekend time varies from week to week and time of year. But an “overall” Sunday might include:
Wake up about 7.
Shower and walk dog or run and then walk dog.
Make a big breakfast/brunch. I do this most weekend days. Love breakfast! Surf web while eating breakfast. If it’s summer eat brunch outside on the deck.
If I didn’t visit my mom 45 mins away on Saturday I often do this on Sunday. That takes at least a few hours.
A little housecleaning - laundry or vacuum. Or organize something. Or finish a project.
Garden time or a couple errands.
Make dinner.
After dinner walk the dog again and/or run/walk if I didn’t in the morning.
Prep my breakfast and lunch for work in the morning.
Get my clothes ready for the morning and wash my hair.
Maybe watch 30 minutes - 1 hour of tv or just be on the computer like now typing this message. 
Head to bed to read 10-10:30pm.
Well we are Jewish so if we go to services it’s on a Saturday. But we don’t go often. Mainly now if a friend has a kid bring bar/bat mitvahed. When the kids were that age it was a lot. My kids each went to about 100 mitzvah celebrations so that would take up their entire Saturday. Amd if we weren’t going we’d have to drive snd pick up from services then help them get ready for and drive to and pick up from the party.
Now our Saturdays are spent running errands and going out at night with friends.
@abasket until about a year ago, we went to 10:30 Mass every Sunday. I have no idea why we stopped going regularly. Honestly it sort of coincided with S19 always having practice at that time (and he went to a Catholic h.s. so annoyed me that they had practice on Sunday mornings). D17 was off at college and I think we kind of just skipped a few times then next thing I knew we weren’t going at all. It doesn’t help that for a long time I’ve been struggling with the problems with the Church itself.
To answer your question, our Saturdays are an awful lot like our Sundays. Saturday night is the most chill time we seem to get.
My Saturday is usually more errand oriented plus a trip to city farmers market (open year round). My cleaning today was an aberration :). But yes church is every Sunday although summer is a little looser.
Get up in time to listen to the puzzler on NPR (8:20 today - sometimes I miss it and we listen later)
I always have poached eggs on an English muffin and coffee
Read the local paper and the NYT - Never get anywhere near through it all. check email, CC, facebook etc.
Go to the gym
Taste some wine if the wind store next to the grocery store is doing a tasting
Buy groceries and lunch (DH always has sushi - I usually have hot food, mostly veg.)
Eat lunch and do the Sunday NYT crossword puzzle - read Rex’s blog on the puzzle
Do three loads of laundry
Either work in the garden, do some art work, or do a little architectural work
Cook dinner (swordfish on the grill today)
Watch a TV show ( a bunch are in rotation - it was Killing Eve today
Read a little CC before bed
Today was not typical for me.
Went to a Drag Brunch. It was really fun and I had 3 cocktails which came with the delicious food.
Tipsy. Went with a friend on a sailboat for a “3 hour tour”. It was hot and there was little wind.
Came home and showered again! Ready to collapse soon.
I often don’t ruminate on time as it passes, so interesting exercise.
Up at 6, Catch up on email and texting. Do yoga and stretches
Tidy house and put sheets in laundry. Quick walk to nearby market.
Make breakfast for roomie currently in dissertation revision hell.
Go to Farmers’ market for garden plants. Get distracted by a few garage sales. $5 for $150 worth of shoes makes my day.
Drive over to a distant friend’s to borrow a travel guide, catch up on travel details in both our lives.
Visit old boyfriend who lives in that neighborhood to catch up for an hour. Gazing out into the trees and watching the bird life from his porch is heaven.
Arrive home to plant the tomatoes finally, chatting with D as I work on some flower beds. Notice a phone call. The ex’s old GF wants to drop off a family heirloom from the ex for my kids as she is moving out of town. He left years ago. The table, to my surprise, was a much used drop leaf used during much of my marriage, have not seen it in decades. Carry it to the attic, and scramble to re arrange things as far bigger and heavier than expected. She sits down to share a drink and we have the best conversation ever, quite healing.
Finally work on the garden a bit more, cook dinner, get back out to garden just in time for a crisis phone call about my elderly mom, who is visiting family. Her perceived crisis anyhow, so talk them all down, help them with a plan of action. Just as the sun was setting, got two tomatoes in and watered the garden. Maybe after work and errands tomorrow can finally finish the garden? One can only hope.
What did I miss? A longed for bike ride and conversation with S.
Today? Sunday? Got up 7:30, went for a run
ate breakfast (wife made pancakes)
Did some internet research
watched golf on TV (Memorial)
(censored activity)
watched some more golf on TV
Went out to dinner
Watched NBA finals on TV
Checked in on CC, going to bed.
Today was typical for my September-early June.
Up at 8:30
Church at 10-- I teach Sunday school
home by 11:30 and start laundry
Dinner was out at out neighborhood Mexican place
Well, kid texted that corporate finance almost did her in, so she canceled dinner out. Poor thing. We let her study. I made quesadillas with chicken and bell peppers, and we are eating on the deck. We went for a walk prior to dinner and walked past our favorite casual restaurant, but decided that homemade dinner sounded better (good call).
There were two pleasant activities my Sunday night that I had not anticipated this morning. One was an Everly Brothers documentary on PBS (made me quite nostalgic) and the other was watching the International Space Station shining in the night sky right over our house.
I pretty much know what I am doing every minute on Sunday through early afternoon with a 5-10 minute margin of error.
Get out of bed around 6:30/7:00 (weekdays it’s 5:15). Start the laundry. Feed the cat. Walk the dog for an hour or so. Feed her.
Shower, shave, dress. Continue laundry. Go to supermarket, and then food co-op, sometimes to Asian supermarket as well (in which case I go there first). Take call from my sister in the car or supermarket.
Get home sometime around 10:30-11:00. Turn on Meet The Press. Unpack groceries. Bake bagels and bread whose dough has been getting ■■■■■■■■ in the the refrigerator. Slice gravlax, sweet onion, tomato, make coffee, continue laundry, while Meet The Press turns into local issues news show, then 12:00 pm news. Greet spouse returning from Ashtanga yoga and assorted errands.
We sit down to brunch around 12:15, with the New York Times. Sometime around 1:00, we decide brunch is over. I clean up, then usually finish and fold laundry, make bed.
Walk dog again. Not so long, unless my wife wants to come with us. Then it’s a couple hours of not-completely-regimented time, in which I may work, read the NYT and Philadelphia Inquirer, finish the NYT puzzles (often that happens Saturday), read, watch sports on TV, do fundraising solicitations for my synagogue.
I try to have Sunday dinner ready on the earlyish side, 6:30-7:00. It’s almost always some kind of fish, since that’s the day I am in the market. In the evening, we usually wind up watching TV and reading more of the newspapers, folding the last laundry. Sometimes our kids call. Sometimes one or both of us cooks ahead for the coming week. The dog needs to be walked again before bedtime. Then I wind up procrastinating, reading more of the paper or a book, and going to bed too late.