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How do you spend your evenings?

qvc chick — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:18:25 GMT

I work a 9-5 job, come home, and walk and feed my dogs. And then I am busy running errands and stuff. I don't get home again until 8-9pm.

I don't know why I am like that. Do most people come home from work and stay in? Sometimes I wonder what people do all day in their homes. It seems I'm not a homebody anymore.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

raven-blackbird — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:23:27 GMT

I quite working when I fall asleep........come home, design some more, fix dinner, clean up, run errands, do laundry, work on more designs..........follow up on work in progress, get everything set for the next day........go to sleep.......yep, that about covers it........other then that's about my weekends too LOL..............................raven

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

NoelSeven — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:30:39 GMT

Family dinner and table discussion, catching up on each other's day. Joint cleaning up and feeding the girls (kitties). Then mostly reading or watching a favorite TV show and planning the next day, including meals. Last night I caught up on paperwork.

There's a lot more hustle and bustle around holidays and birthdays, we go way out decorating, baking and planning activities. For us, there's a holiday every month except September, which is a good thing since we do Halloween big time and are creating for weeks.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:30:41 GMT

With my husband and a good book, movie, or television program. Retirement is wonderful!

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

brewhaha — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:36:12 GMT

On the internet.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

raven-blackbird — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:37:12 GMT

On 8/14/2014 deepwaterdotter said:
With my husband and a good book, movie, or television program. Retirement is wonderful!

I didn't like it much..........so I went back...............................raven

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

151949 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:40:49 GMT

A lot depends on the weather and the season. We are retired now and DH doesn't drive after dark so if we go anywhere I have to drive.Generally after I clean up from dinner, we watch the evening national news then we go for our walk. When we come home from our walk we take our showers and settle in for TV or reading a book or sewing or if it is the weekend often there are activities here at the campground we may check out or just go visit with some other campers. During the week there are only a few folks here.

At home evenings are similar except the walks are longer and prettier because we can go to the beach and walk miles on the boardwalk, watching the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico never gets old.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

Peaches McPhee — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:41:58 GMT

I work 9-5 too. Except for the rare occasion, I run errands on the way home from work. When I get home I like to stay home. I save most errands for the weekend.

In the evenings, I either waste time on the internet or TV, sometimes I work on hobbies, or sometimes I work on a little part-time job I have (only about 10 hours a month). Sometimes I might even exercise.

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MOONRISER — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:45:36 GMT

Love to BBQ almost every evening, then sit on the deck watching the little critters and birds. My Yorkie waits for the squirrels to show up so he can pretend to catch them. Watch the sunset, then a little tv and finally it's beddy bye time. Slow and easy does it for me.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:50:10 GMT

I leave for work at 7:40 and I get home from work around 7:30. I have a stressful job and I'm tired when I get home. Running errands after work is not on my agenda. I fix dinner or I call and have dinner delivered. I give the cat fresh water and food. I shower and change into my comfy house clothes. I eat, play on my tablet, watch a little tv, chat with hubby, lay out my outfit and my jewelry for the next day and around 10pm, I go to bed. Friday is the exception. We usually go to the Friday evening church service, we eat dinner in town and we get home around 10pm. No work the next day, so I stay up till midnight.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

AngusandBuddhasMom — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:51:27 GMT

Lot depends on if I am working from home then I can set my own time.. or if I am in the city. If thats the case then I get home around 6:30 or 7. Feed my little furry man we go outside rain or shine. Summer I water my flowers and weed. Then we come in I brush him give him his water and either catch up on TV show or read. I leave for the city by 6am so rarely a late night for me. I seem to spend way too much time on the trains !

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

maddiecat — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:20:52 GMT

During the week I get home from work around 6:30 (later if I run a couple of errands on the way home). A neighbor and I usually work out 3-4 times a week starting at 7:00. So, during the first half hour I'm home, I look at the mail, feed my cat and change clothes.

We finish with our workout around 8:15-8:30. I eat something light for dinner and finish reading the paper. I sometimes take care of a few household chores, but nothing too time-consuming. I try to take a shower around 9:15 and then my Sweetie calls anywhere from 9:30-9:45 and we chat for half an hour.

After that, I might watch a little news, do my nails, watch "The Bold & the Beautiful", or read. I try to have the lights out by 11:00. The evenings go by so fast!

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

lulu2 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:23:45 GMT

It depends whether or not my husband is home.

deepwaterdotter, I could not agree with you more. Retirement is the best!

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

Marienkaefer2 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:29:31 GMT

I work part time, and some of it from.home. I never run out of things to do at home. Gardening, cleaning, decorating, cooking, etc. I like having the flexibility to go grocery shopping on a Tuesday morning, or going for a walk in the middle of the afternoon. I Evenings after dinner, I usually tend my flowers. In winter, I watch tv or a movie. I read or talk to friends or family. Evenings always seem to fly by.

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hckynut — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:33:14 GMT

Depends on the season/day of the week and unknown factors of which there at times are many for me.

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FrostyBabe — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:14:03 GMT

It really depends on where I am.

Up north, I usually have something going on 4-5 nights a week.

At the beach, there's some sort of cocktail gathering at sunset every night. I usually attend about half the time and elect to enjoy the beauty of watching the sun sink in to the Gulf from the solitude of my balcony on other evenings. It's a lot more relaxed and laid back and I'm not as involved in the community as I am up north, but I still get out 3-4 nights a week.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

MickD — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:18:13 GMT

Under the table....just kidding....with hubby and son.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

feline groovy — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:44:23 GMT

Since you seem to be running errands and "stuff" every weekday night, OP, do you think you do because it leaves Saturday and Sunday completely open and more relaxing?

I bet your dogbabies dislike when their beloved mom comes home, they think you'll be staying in with them, and then you pop back out again.

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

seattlegirl98026 — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 03:59:34 GMT

We work, maybe run an errand after, get home and walk/feed/play with the dog, have dinner and clean up, watch a bit of tv or a movie, then off to sleep! Not the most exciting life, but we are happy

Re: How do you spend your evenings?

tansy — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 04:07:54 GMT

It all depends. Sometimes we have dinner out and maybe catch some live music. Most nights I am reading, surfing the internet and watching tv--a bit too much multitasking. My husband plays sudoku on the laptop and watches tv. The dog whines at me to go to bed around 9. We are a wild and crazy couple.