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Do you have your own routine?

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  • lostinrates
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    I have a routine imposed on me by lifestyle. I have to feed and tend to animals at fair times, for example. This is further complicated by sun rise/set times...so, different times through out the year.

    For example, this morning I did not let the chickens out until eight, my dogs had eaten by then and weren't taken down to the field for a quick run until after that.


    In the summer, we will let chickens out, go for a longer walk, then come back and the dogs will help me feed everyone else and do chores before eating their breakfast.
  • Goldiegirl
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    I tend to have routines. I do the same things on a set day each week. I would like to be more spontaneous, bit it always ends up in the same routine.

    Although, I went up to London today, and had a completely different sort of day to my normal Tuesday. I've had a great day, so maybe my lesson today is to get out of the routine of day to day life.
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  • Danni-R
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    I like to get home and have 5 mins to myself, have a pee. take off trousers and pants first obviously and put on joggers. Hang trousers on the radiator ready for tomorrow so they are warm. Then Sofa.

    I like to see my parents on a sunday and laundry on a thursday.

    When my gf at the time stayed at mine sunday til tuesday it threw me right out. I came home and she was there. Couldnt have my five mins as she wanted to talk about my day and hers.

    Saturdays I like to walk to the high street and get a coffee and thats it.

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  • System
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    I thrive by routine... always have done. :)
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  • Joons
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  • tara747
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    Dunroamin wrote: »
    My parents had such a set routine (tea at breakfast, coffee mid morning, tea after work, coffee mid evening) that when I asked for a cup of tea instead of coffee one day, my dad thought I was pregnant!


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    This_Year wrote: »
    I have a weekday routine and a weekend routine.

    Weekday: up, shower, dress, make mine & DD's lunches, make breakfast, off to work.

    Weekend: up, leisurely breakfast, then coffee on sofa with my OH and we discuss the weekend, have more coffee, read the post and discuss that, discuss the neighbours, realise it's then gone lunchtime and ponder where the morning went :rotfl:


    My weekend routine is more: wake up, [STRIKE]leisurely breakfast, then coffee on sofa with my OH and we discuss the weekend, have more coffee, read the post and discuss that, discuss the neighbours,[/STRIKE] realise it's then gone lunchtime and ponder where the morning went

    :rotfl:
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  • marisco_2
    marisco_2 Posts: 4,261 Forumite
    My inlaws are like that. Breakfast. elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, evening nibbles, dinner.

    Wow if I had that many meals I would go pop. Are they awake at dawn and up till late into the night? I cant imagine fitting that much food and drink into a standard day _pale_
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  • This_Year
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    tara747 wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:




    My weekend routine is more: wake up, [STRIKE]leisurely breakfast, then coffee on sofa with my OH and we discuss the weekend, have more coffee, read the post and discuss that, discuss the neighbours,[/STRIKE] realise it's then gone lunchtime and ponder where the morning went

    :rotfl:

    Brilliant! I think I prefer yours! :rotfl:
  • tara747
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    This_Year wrote: »
    Brilliant! I think I prefer yours! :rotfl:

    Thanks! I laughed my head off at yours: 'discuss the neighbours'! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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  • This_Year
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    tara747 wrote: »
    Thanks! I laughed my head off at yours: 'discuss the neighbours'! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Well they've been doing up the house since before xmas and haven't actually moved in but have been there every day so we don't actually know an awful lot about them. Enquiring minds need to know! ;)

    What we don't know, we'll guess. :rotfl:

    (on a serious note it's all light-hearted stuff and "doesn't get mentioned outside these four walls" type of thing)
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