The Modern but Old Style Homemakers Club

juliapenguin

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

How do you fill Sundays? I get the Sunday blues most weeks. Hate the day with a vengence and have been known to resort to housework. :D

What is it with Sundays? I'm married but I still get the Sunday blues. I think I always feel sad because I always wanted to have big multi-generation family dinners, and it just hasn't happened - my parents are gone, I only had one child, and it's just me and DH now.

Maybe I need to start a Sunday lunch club - I don't know how, but there must be other Sunday-haters in my local area who would like to get together for HM lunches (and possibly a teeny-weeny glass of wine :beer:). How could I go about finding them?

applemella

I find Friday and Saturday evenings boring as well-maybe it's the thought of everyone else is out having fun?
Try to keep myself busy and this tends to be the time when I do my craft stuff.
Sundays tend to be a day for housework or gardening and a roast dinner, however tomorrow we are off to the Renault championships at Silverstone with a picnic.Free tickets so only cost petrol as would have needed lunch anyway.

life_in_termoil

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Question. Many years ago when I was first married I had a figure in my mind that 50p per head was a good value home cooked meal. What do y'all think a current value would be?

l

Before my meal plan days my food budget was approx £400 a month (food only) for 4 (people) x 3 (meals a day) x 30 (days) = 360 meals plus snacks, so id probably say £1 per head. (doesnt look too bad when its written like that hummmm) but then I suppose when you factor in gas/electricity/petrol it will make it much higher.

Dont know what it would be now as im using the food I already have.

life_in_termoil

By that I mean........fish n chips on a Friday, Roast dinner on a Sunday?

When I was growing up we always had chippy tea (fish n chips) on a Friday and a roast on a Sunday. I used to do this but now seldom do mainly because I cant afford a chippy tea every week and sometimes I just cant be bothered to cook a roast.

life_in_termoil

juliapenguin wrote: »

Maybe I need to start a Sunday lunch club - I don't know how, but there must be other Sunday-haters in my local area who would like to get together for HM lunches (and possibly a teeny-weeny glass of wine :beer:).

Id come to that!!

mesh

morning all, I use to think that most people were out Friday and Saturday nights enjoying themselves and then discovered most were just like you and me, reading, watching telly, listening to music chatting with other 'arf, sitting out (if the weather is good at night) watching the wildlife (and the locals!!). So dont feel you may be missing out, because you arent, its just a different life besides, who can afford to go out every weekend..... I can remember the time going to the cinema (and they had double seats on the back row for couples (!!) and smoking was allowed (not that I smoked).... bag of chips on the way home and getting change from a £5.... happy days eh?

What do you all remember from the past?

lollyfin

Hi all
Juliapenguin you made me smile with your post about making things and having your apartment looking nice. I just thought ...shes getting it she really is!
Just because you are "only a homemaker"grrrr doesnt mean you arent allowed to spend a bit of money on maybe not essential to life things but things that will improve your quality of life and surroundings, I feel guilty about doing this at times but am getting quite good at justifying things to myself now haha
and finding something that you enjoy like making cards or knitting, something that gives an end result is such a great boost to you... you can even use it as motivation to get other stuff done..like Im not going to finish that card even tho i really want to until i have done the dishes or something then its like a reward for your hardwork. I do this with reading (love to read) and coming on here
you were saying you like to knit but not wear knitted things and need to make your place a bit more personal so why dont you maybe knit some cushions or throws or something, things you can take with you when you leave but you can enjoy now as well

juliapenguin

lollyfin - good idea about knitting cushions/throws, but I think I'd have to give them away - I absolutely hate having stuff on the sofas. I think this must be a reaction to my best friend's house - she has 17 loose cushions divided between the sofa, a chaise longue and two loveseats. The mere thought of it brings me out in a rash.

This is the problem, actually - I love making things, but never want to keep them myself. My small apartment is modern and I like to keep it quite minimalist.

I should probably go and have a look at the 'Knit Your Square' thread - if I remember correctly that was about knitting up squares to make into blankets for charity? If that's right I could enjoy the knitting but then declutter it straight away!

juliapenguin

I've got a question for all you homemakers:

What time do you get washed and dressed in the mornings? Being at home in the morning is still a massive novelty for me, but I'm already finding that slobbing round in my nightie until 10.30 doesn't make me feel good. It's nice not having to be washed, dressed and walking down the road to the bus stop at 7.30am, but I seem to be going to the other extreme.

alec_eiffel

juliapenguin wrote: »

I've got a question for all you homemakers:

What time do you get washed and dressed in the mornings? Being at home in the morning is still a massive novelty for me, but I'm already finding that slobbing round in my nightie until 10.30 doesn't make me feel good. It's nice not having to be washed, dressed and walking down the road to the bus stop at 7.30am, but I seem to be going to the other extreme.

I wake up at about 6 and get up at 7ish. I get dressed straight away then I'm ready to go and get to "work". it just makes things easier for me.