What do you do in the evening?

[vanillaskies]

Just that really - once the DC are in bed, what do you get up to?

Well I'm currently sat with my feet up, dog on my lap, cup of tea and munching chocolate enrobed oreos... all brought to me by my wonderful hubby so that the dog doesnt have to get up...

living life in the slow lane... bliss...

Sit on my arse watching TV for about 90 mins (8.30-10.00) then go to bed myself! Rock and roll. I dread the day they stay up later than I do.

I'm already trying to persuade DD to go to bed earlier so I can! Current lying in bed watching TV on the iPad. DD is playing Minecraft and we'll both have lights out in about 45mins!!

In fairness I'm feeling quite grotty today, but even so I'm very much a lark, not an owl.

Dinner. Netflix. Dishes. Bed.

Normally DH and I sit around and watch TV but he's working away tonight so i'm sorting out a few admin things on my computer in between putting washing loads on.

Work, housework, gym, TV, sex, bath, MN, talk to friends online. Fall down an internet rabbit hole. All in no particular order

I schedule in my nervous breakdown. Unfortunately the window of opportunity isn’t until 10pm these days.

Varies. Catch up on work. Do online ‘life admin’. Cook stuff for following days. Read. Have a bath. Watch something. I only have about two hours between saying goodnight to oldest DC and going to bed myself, so it gets frittered away very easily!

Dinner, discuss what to watch on tv with DH ... usually end up with a compromise that neither of us enjoy , bath, read ... separate beds ...
Some evenings I am out at a committee meeting (the excitement), Book Group, WI, meal out with girlfriends .... Summer is better when I go out for a walk in the evening.

Netflix with wine candles (tea midweek)

(dh goes for a run)
Bit of housework sometimes

Or youtube videos / instagram

Write up my notes from the day for my fosterlings, watch crap on TV and just generally unwind from the day.

Work catch up or evening meetings. If not, TV, read, crochet, MN, chat to friends online or family by phone, online shopping and life administration, short dog walk, bath, get sorted for next day, go to choir practice, or book club.

Watch TV, edit photos, knit, embroidery or play on the ps4 with dh. Either that or fall asleep on the settee!

I’ve just worked 74hrs this week and haven’t had a day off since the 9th October , so as of late I’d be working on an evening.

However tonight I’ve taken the evening off (Im so tired, that I finished at 2.30pm today) and I’m sat on the sofa drinking wine, book in hand, while Mnetting.

Ive had a nana nap for an hour and dh made tea (homemade chicken kiev and mac and cheese) and he’s waiting on me hand and foot

However if not working, I’m normally catching up with friends and family, being a mum and wife, household chores and likely reading a book. (I’m not a fan of tv, unless is a good Turkish series)

My kids are teens but my eldest (18) lives on his own so it's me and the 16 year old. After having dinner watching a series (currently Party of Five) she's off to bed about 8-8.30 and I watch stuff like Walking Dead or foreign drama series with some wine.

Laundry, pots, watch TV.

I'm so boring and have no hobbies.

Watching TV talking to dh about my day. Have a couple of drinks. Sort out dd's bag and books for school.
Meet up with friends for dinner.
Have a bath.

Collapse on sofa, drink tea and knit while DH channel surfs.
On the weekend I swap tea for gin.
Rock and FUCKING roll.

I literally get in bed soon as the toddler goes to bed. Netflix in bed! Asleep for 9.30.

I just primed the staircase

We’re in fixer-upper (more like fall-downer) hell so most evenings go: bedtime, oven food, grit teeth and paint/caulk/sand/swear at something.

Sometimes I drink wine and set my Rightmove budget parameters to “no maximum” and go hog wild, but that’s no fun in slow season.

Make dinner
Do house work
Bath the baby and do her bedtime
Have a quick bath
Lie in bed next to baby on my phone like I'm doing right now.
Sometimes get up to do a few things, sometimes fall asleep.

The older kids are 8 and 13 so they basically do their own thing. Sometimes the youngest lies with me, sometime he sits in with his dad, but the baby has me up at 5 every mornings, and still wrestles about during the night, so by 9 I'm knackered.

Teens go to bed after us so evening starts after dinner - mainly we do more work (run our own business) answering emails etc, but we also watch TV and chat. Always put a wash on and the dishwasher before bed and have a quick kitchen tidy.

Depends on the evening. Sunday to Thursday, work unfortunately. Friday and Saturday, TV, read, chat with friends, go out, house stuff, sleep.

Collect my DS from childcare, play time, tea, tv, bath, bed. (For him) then a bath or some jobs then meet Dh on the sofa around 8 for some down time till bed (10/11 on weekdays)

Go up to bed really early, I have ME/CFS & chronic pain so I am comfier tucked up. I read, watch Netflix/TV, listen to music, crochet & relax, ds is in & out as he is usually upstairs doing similar & playing on Xbox.