Sundays - living in small town

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Hi everyone: I live in a small town around 4000 people and was not born here and my husband is gone a lot helping our son farm. I am alone too much even though I have friends but they have family here or do other things which I don't know much about. Any suggestions on what to do on Sundays and maybe Saturdays too? I have hobbies but sometimes you don't feel like knitting or whatever. Any ideas? Thank you.
 

Things that I do when I'm alone or bored:

1) Organize photo albums
2) Organize videos or DVDs
3) Water plants
4) Call someone on phone - family or friend
5) Clean house
6) Organize drawers or clutter
7) Sweep/Mop
8) Write in a journal
9) Bake a cake or cookies - house smells nice
10) Put on some music to listen to - maybe dance to
11) Watch a movie
12) Read a book
13) Do Crossword puzzle(s)
14) Play Scrabble online
15) Surf on the web - go on forums like this one :)
16) Knit or do a sewing project
17) Go outside and walk around the block
18) Go to a park and walk
19) Ask a friend or family over for coffee
20) Sign up for a course and learn something new

Hope this helps!
 
Pepper said:
Why don't you sometimes hitch a ride with your husband & hang out with your son's family, doesn't your son have a wife and/or kids?
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That is a good idea but my daughter-in-law is new - think 4 years married to my son and I like her but I think she is introverted and a very busy mom with 3 kids - I guess I need an invitation - I'm not one to say here I come and visit for a while - I think that would be wrong. I wonder why she doesn't but she is a full time worker and has a lot to do and weekends are her only time to do what she likes - maybe when the oldest one who is a senior in high school is gone. Maybe life will be simpler.
 
Maybe.................hmmm. Go. Once. Don't wait for an invitation, but do let her know in advance. GO! This is your family. GO! This is the real problem, you don't feel welcome in your son's home. GO! I can't say it enough.
 
palides2021 said:
Things that I do when I'm alone or bored:

1) Organize photo albums
2) Organize videos or DVDs
3) Water plants
4) Call someone on phone - family or friend
5) Clean house
6) Organize drawers or clutter
7) Sweep/Mop
8) Write in a journal
9) Bake a cake or cookies - house smells nice
10) Put on some music to listen to - maybe dance to
11) Watch a movie
12) Read a book
13) Do Crossword puzzle(s)
14) Play Scrabble online
15) Surf on the web - go on forums like this one :)
16) Knit or do a sewing project
17) Go outside and walk around the block
18) Go to a park and walk
19) Ask a friend or family over for coffee
20) Sign up for a course and learn something new

Hope this helps!
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Ok, now I’m tired from reading the list and can’t do anything 😉
 
Jules said:
No, I asked first so you all have to come to my house and get this nightmare project over.
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On the bright side, I found a picture of me with holding my 2 year old son. One of the few pictures of me that was ever taken. The picture is 53 years old years old, wow, I have aged. I framed it and gave it to him yesterday.

He said I looked mad. Well, I replied that was right before I left your father. 😂😂😂. But he loved the picture.
 
kssf said:
Hi everyone: I live in a small town around 4000 people and was not born here and my husband is gone a lot helping our son farm. I am alone too much even though I have friends but they have family here or do other things which I don't know much about. Any suggestions on what to do on Sundays and maybe Saturdays too? I have hobbies but sometimes you don't feel like knitting or whatever. Any ideas? Thank you.
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The weekends were boring and depressing for me for so many years. What I found that helps me the most is to watch some funny shows on TV. I watch the old TV shows like The Jeffersons, Cheers, etc. I get to laughing so much and it is good therapy for me.
 
About the old pictures. Um. This has been on my to-do list. For years. Organize. Label. In summer, I tell myself it's a winter project. In winter, it's always tomorrow or next week or not right now :D
 
kssf said:
That is a good idea but my daughter-in-law is new - think 4 years married to my son and I like her but I think she is introverted and a very busy mom with 3 kids - I guess I need an invitation - I'm not one to say here I come and visit for a while - I think that would be wrong. I wonder why she doesn't but she is a full time worker and has a lot to do and weekends are her only time to do what she likes - maybe when the oldest one who is a senior in high school is gone. Maybe life will be simpler.
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Maybe you could offer to help her with the kids or something else she has to do. Being an introvert she might need you to make of the offer first. It would be a good way to get to know her better. Develop a relationship with her. It might be fun.
 
kssf said:
I live in a small town around 4000 people and was not born here
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I understand the feeling, I also live in a small town, smaller than 4,000 that I am not from. Add to that this is rural Utah where ~99% are Mormon and I am not. My neighbors are good people, and I like Mormons, but I just ain't one of them.

A lot of others have made good suggestions, the only one I have to add is to post more here. The forum isn't really the same as a face to face friend, but it can be interesting and there are lots of good people here.

One thing I do occasionally on warm afternoons is to sit in the backyard and have a whiskey and a cigar, helps keep the neighbors away, LOL!
 
Alligatorob said:
I understand the feeling, I also live in a small town, smaller than 4,000 that I am not from. Add to that this is rural Utah where ~99% are Mormon and I am not. My neighbors are good people, and I like Mormons, but I just ain't one of them.

A lot of others have made good suggestions, the only one I have to add is to post more here. The forum isn't really the same as a face to face friend, but it can be interesting and there are lots of good people here.

One thing I do occasionally on warm afternoons is to sit in the backyard and have a whiskey and a cigar, helps keep the neighbors away, LOL!
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Well, it’s the whiskey that keeps them away for sure. LDS-mormons, though, are just as sanctimonious, as anyone else. 😂
 
Just as an added extra, if you decide to walk more, take a camera or phone with a camera, with you and either enjoy your pics by uploading to them your computer or. if you have an artistic bent use them in a travel blog, for your own enjoyment or share with family and friends.. or even publish them to the web..

You can also make Calendars and Christmas cards online using your pictures if that's what got you interested.. ..

I never go anywhere without my Phone/camera.. even shopping..I take pics at every given opportunity..

Just a suggestion...
 
Thank you - I posted in another forum about covid 19 - one of these days I will get used to how this forum works - anyway thank you for all your good suggestions.
 
Went to the gym this morning, I was the only one there. Found Sunday mornings are good times for the gym, all my neighbors are in church, I think.
Aneeda72 said:
Well, it’s the whiskey that keeps them away for sure. LDS-mormons, though, are just as sanctimonious, as anyone else.
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About 25 years ago, in another time I lived in Utah we decided to do an open house after moving in and invited the neighbors. All Mormon. Soon discovered a small group hidden back in the trees, smoking and drinking beer. Proved you right I guess.

You know the joke: Never take just one Mormon fishing with you, he'll drink all the beer! Told to me about every 5 years by a Mormon friend and fishing buddy.
 

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