“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week”
Last night was close the windows chilly. Today is also chilly and it’s overcast. Inside the house feels cooler than outside. I’m even wearing a sweatshirt. A little sun would help the day immeasurably.
As Sunday was the day of the week which never had much going on, we developed a Sunday frame of mind. For us, Sunday meant dressing for church, walking to mass, coming home and changing then hanging around until the family dinner, the highlight of the day. After dinner, the afternoon was pretty much spent so we could never wander. We’d watch TV or play a few games. It was an early to bed night with school the next day. Sunday was boring.
Even though all the stores are now open and Sunday is much the same as the rest of the week, I still have that same Sunday frame of mind. I don’t do much on Sundays. I go out to breakfast then spend a leisurely morning reading the papers. I call my sister. In the afternoons, I watch TV, sometimes a game, sometimes a movie. Every now and then I even make a big dinner, usually a roast chicken. When I worked, I went to bed early. It was a school night.
It’s strange what we carry with us all our lives. I always changed out of my school clothes when I got home from work, even when I was an administrator. I swear I could hear my mother telling me to put on my play clothes. I’ve always thought of Saturday as the fun day and Sunday as the somber day. Until I went into the Peace Corps, we still had Sunday family dinners, and when I lived on my own, my mother always cooked a special Sunday meal when I visited, usually a roast. I don’t shop and I still stay close to home on Sundays. It just feels right somehow.
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October 3, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I can´t remember sundays being different to other days when I grew up. Occasional we went to my grandparents for dinner, but usually we stayed at home. If we ever had dessert we had it on a sunday though. Normally we only had that on the big holidays otherwise.
It´has been windy all day here and that will continue for a couple of more days. The sun shined on and of so it was fairly warm anyway.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
October 3, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Christer,
We often went to my grandparents’ house too. Many of my cousins were usually there. My grandmother always had spaghetti on the stove to feed us all.
It was cold all day.
October 3, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Kat, For us it was Sunday lunch, usually a roast and beef with Yorkshire Pudding was preferred. In the early years the radio dictated the time..Billy Cottons Band Show, the Navy Lark, Jimmy Clitheroe and the much loved Round the Horne starring Ramblin Syd Rumbo.
As the years drifted by, Sunday afternoons changed from the radio to the thrill of the Big Match and the skillsmof Brian Moore. Highlights from one game and a couple from “up north”
Those days are long gone, I drilled a couple of hot dogs and am slumped on the sofa watching my Lions, checking my fantasy team (nothing to do with Hayley Mills) and reading.
October 3, 2010 at 9:15 pm
My Dear Hedley,
Roast beef was our dinner once a month or so. It is still my favorite with mashed potatoes and peas. When I was leaving for Ghana, it was the last Sunday dinner we had together.
We were the TV generation. I remember when the Sunday Matinee started on TV. The first movie was Lassie Come Home.
I’m with you on those days being long gone.
October 3, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Sundays were always family days with dinner set for 12 or more and a huge roast of some kind was either on the spit or in the oven. The buckets of snacks carried most people throughout the afternoon of different ballgames or later on watching football games on TV which became a real tiff for the ladies in the family. They couldn’t get us guys to help with anything. But that’s where I learned to be a die hard Redskins fan. And we beat Philly today with their 11 year quarterback Donovan McNabb. YAY to that!
October 3, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Z&Me,
My father was a Giants fan in those pre-Patriots days. He’d watch football, run to the table, eat quickly and then run back to the game. The rest of us would sit together and chat.
October 4, 2010 at 6:15 am
When I still worked there was hardly a limit to the time I’d spend on it. But in weekends I strived not to touch the PC. Now I’m free from work for already 7 years, but I still don’t touch the PC in weekends.
The advantage is that I have extra Coffee on Monday.
October 4, 2010 at 9:37 am
Bert,
I’d probably have withdrawal!
Most days I check my e-mail, spend an hour and a half on Coffee then use my laptop at night while I watch TV. More than that and I get bored.
You get the fun songs on Monday!