Lazy Sundays???

Perhaps you should set the mornings for work time, and after 1 or so it's rest and relax time. Just an idea.

nothing wrong with spending time together to relax and regroup and let the kids use their imagination to occupy themselves, or to just gasp! sit and be. of course there is stuff we need and want to do, you just need to find your balance. no reason for every second of every day to be scheduled. reconnect with yourself and each other sometimes.

well, for me there are basic things that need to be done everyday, Feeding the family, cleaning up the dishes, sweeping the floor, and laundry- yup pretty much a load a day. so those are just our normal routine, they really don't take all that long. If your kids are old enough they can help with little chores like that, in fact you are doign them a great diservice by not teachign them assuming they are old enough,

Now if you are talking about cleaning out a whole 2 car garage or something. I guess i would make a plan, enlist the whole family if possible to help, and plan a BIG reward after.

Since it's football season my DH bum is glued to the sofa so the kids and i are doing things together without him, We packed away summer clothes, did the sunday crossword, when for a bike ride, and played dominos.

We love our lazy Sundays and do not wish to be motivated!

The only thing we do on Sundays is the laundry...hubby and I both, together. We do everyone's sheets/blankets and hubby's work clothes and that is it! That is all the "work" we do!

We sleep in late (8:30am), make a big family breakfast, have munchies type foods for lunch (salami and cheese, bread and olive oil, some olives and some apples) do the laundry (we don't care if it takes all day) watch football, build a fire in the fireplace (now that it is getting colder-love winter in WA), have dinner, the kids get baths/showers then go to bed at 8pm and hubby and I have our "Date Night" on Sunday evenings, which includes a cozy fire and watching whatever HBO series is on at the time...So Sad TrueBlood is over but Boardwalk Empire is good so far!

We have been doing this same routine for years...we've been through The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, Entourage, TrueBlood...etc, etc...

We Love Lazy Sundays!!

I'm not sure if this is the proper "motivation" that you are seeking, but I am a big believer in the Lazy Sunday - not every Sunday, but sometimes. I do not need to be busy every second of every day. Everybody needs the chance to unwind and relax. If you get a reasonable amount of work done on Saturday, why not take it easy on Sunday?

I just do what I feel like doing. I just let the day unfold and what gets done sometimes just depends on my energy level. If something absolutely needs to get done, I get it done, but if there are things that can wait, well...maybe they get done, maybe not. I don't beat myself up if I don't get all things done that are on my mental list. If there is a football game on that my husband wants to see, he'll get yard work, etc. out of the way in the morning, then kick back with the game. Or we just spend the morning with the Sunday paper. Sometimes we'll decide to go somewhere fun with our daughter or go to visit my grandmother for a few hours. Sometimes I am too tired to do much of anything, so I'll take a nap. I figure that's my body telling me that I need a break, so I listen. And sometimes I just have to tell my hubby straight out - XYZ needs to get done and that's that.

T.,
Make a list. Perhaps one Sunday is yard work from 9 - 12. Then tv-game time for the afternoon. The next Sunday look for something entertaining (movies, lunch at the beach/park, festival/fair). I think the most important part is to talk about it. Plan it out but be flexible and patient.

I don't watch sports and hubby likes to occasionally. If chores, like laundry, need doing, I'll wash and dry and put the basket in front of hubby to fold. The kids then put their own stuff away. That way I don't feel like I spent the whole day working and everyone has relaxed and helped out at the same time.

Good luck.
~K.

In a perfect world where I could be in charge of our schedules, I would make Saturday morning cleaning time. Everyone would do their chores/projects, and then we would spend the rest of the day doing fun stuff. Sunday morning we would go to church and then come home and relax in the afternoon. That evening I'd do meal planning and laundry and prep work for the next week so I wouldn't be so wiped out by the next weekend. :) That would also mean that every night during the week, the house would get picked up so the cleaning would be fast and easy on the weekend. Sigh.... For me, knowing it's all done and I can move on to other things is my motivation.