What are you doing to keep occupied.

[Bigjigsaw]

As my name suggests I'm doing a big jigsaw(doing my head in). Getting the photos into an album after all these years.
Tidying the garden. Sorting out cupboards. I was baking but can't get flour.
Going for a walk every other day. Shopping on a Tuesday.
Face timeing our children and grandchildren.
What are you doing to keep busy. Are you getting bored.

DH made a garden assault course for us and DD today, it was great fun!
I made a list of things to do with toddlers and wrote out a timetable for lockdown so we don't feel lost or bored.

Working.

Working, it's much more tricky so absolutely knackered and less time than usual 😭

I’m also doing jigsaws, doing a tricky Lord of the rings one at the moment. Before this all happened I had a load to send to the charity shop. At this rate I’ll have time to do them all again before they go.

Also gardening, my gardens never had so much attention 😁

Weeded the garden at the weekend, started re-organising the paperwork cupboard, sorted through a lot of the baby things we no longer need, been doing a daily walk with the dogs across the fields for our exercise, bit of reading in the evenings. I'm quite enjoying it (so far)

Working while looking after a 6 year old, a 4 year old and a 1 year old, with a key worker husband!

Working
Baking
Cooking
House work
Trying to keep the teenagers motivated and not arguing
However, I am panic stricken and terrified really. I just want to hide in my bedroom, in bed, asleep where I feel safe. I need to shake this.
Boris being so seriously ill has made me 10 x worse.

Yoga on ytube
Also strength exercises on ytube

Listening to podcasts.

An online university course about dementia. It’s free. There are lots on offer, just google moocs

Also gardening, spring cleaning and reading

Working. Sorting the garden (somewhat) - veg seeds planted but flowerbeds stills sorry state. Cooking for family.

I have plans to bake and craft when I get some time off. And I’ve just been asked to organise a “lockdown craft fair”
At work when we return as lots of people are crafting (in aid of charity).

Just up the street, the teen DDs got hold of the DF the morning after the night before (before sanity returned) and got him to agree to them dying his hair blue - it’s quite fetching!!

All the jigsaws are sold out near me.

I have been cross stitching. Have about 10 projects on the go and the time flys by when stitching.

I'm keeping really busy - takes my mind off things. Spent a lot of time doing jobs in the garden that I haven't had time for - building raised beds, cleaning and restaining decking, planting seeds. Also am getting to my allotment for an hour a day as exercise and getting all the beds ready for planting. All this along with work, hanging out with kids and keeping the house tidy is filling all my days up which is good really as I think too much otherwise and start to feel down.

Working, walking, baking, reading and painting. It's actually quite relaxing as the dcs are pretty self sufficient and mainly appear for meals.

Working like crazy
Looking after my five year old
Cleaning because my cleaner can't come
Walking/running/yoga when I can fit it in to keep me sane.

Gardening and painting fences/sheds

Working remotely
Caring for mum
Walking
Cooking/cleaning
Gardening

I've started kibitzing again and intermittently trying to learn how to crochet.
I'm pregnant and suffering with HG so anything that means I can lay down but also stop when I need to helps. I'm also on my second series binge on Netflix!

Working thankfully from today from home. Also this some other poster posted last week chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home

Knitting.... 😂

Same as Random above, working seems more faffy and knackering. Am sleeping very badly too. I really enjoyed the weekend though gardening and sewing.

Does everyone think it's easier for a lady to be locked down. My Dh has started to struggle, we usually have lots of places to go for his hobby (I go to support and chat to the other partners) he's not one for watching TV. After gardening, decorating there isn't much he loves doing.
I'm was teaching him how to make cakes and a chilli.

No I don’t think it’s easier for a ‘lady’. DH is doing his normal full time job. I am trying to do my freelance work while also homeschooling a 6 and 4 year old, looking after a 1 year old and keeping the household running. Why would it be easier for me than him?

Not bored yet! We’ve been

Lying in
Keeping the house tidy, keeping on top of washing
Cooking
Reading books
Gardening
Going on the treadmill or walks
Talking to friends on phone or in WhatsApp groupchats
Forwarding memes which takes a LOT of time 😂

In fact, I’m not sure your post is entirely serious. In general it is women who are going to be bearing the brunt of the lockdown... they are more likely to be in low paid jobs which are at risk during the pandemic, more likely to have to pick up the additional childcare responsibilities... or are you just talking from the perspective of a retired couple?

No I don’t think it’s easier for a ‘lady’. DH is doing his normal full time job. I am trying to do my freelance work while also homeschooling a 6 and 4 year old, looking after a 1 year old and keeping the household running. Why would it be easier for me than him?

^this. I'm similar and have never been busier in my life.

If you have a huge gift of time right now, are you volunteering with your local mutual aid group? People are needed to collect shopping and prescriptions, or if you have a Dbs, to make phone calls to.vulnerable and isolated residents. Are you contacting the lonely and isolated people you know yourself? Could you find ways to help out with your grandchildren over facetime, if your.choldren are still working, whether that means listening to reading practice or playing an online game together?
Can you make things to sell once lockdown is over, either for yourself, to raise money for charity or as lovely gifts?
Or just learn something new, there are loads of free online courses.
I'd give up a lot.for just 2 days of isolated calm right now, so do find these posts quite challenging to see.

Occupied? I've nrver bloody stopped. 2 autistic teens and dh wfh.

When no one is threatening to kill each other, I'm working on knitting a fairly fine guage sweater, though. Should keep me out of trouble for at least 5 weeks. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/corrugated-box