What are weekends for?

I grew up on a small farm, there was always something that needed to be done. I dug holes for fence posts with a piece of equipment that used 'man power', I cut trees with an ax, putting up hay every summer and of course feeding it through the winters...always something going on...yet I found time to read, instead of a shower, 20 minutes in a bathtub, a soak, read a few pages and a quick wash helped me finish War and Peace... I spent over 20 years of my life driving a semi truck over the road, I was either filling with fuel, eating, driving, doing paper work, loading, unloading, or sleeping...and I still found time to read, half an hour before sleep, while I ate my dinner or breakfast, phone calls to friends and family while I searched for my next load or while waiting my turn to load or unload. I spent 30 days at a time away from home and family, then took four days to spend with family, friends and to finish projects in my 100 year old house, then back to work. The four days were family time, time to clean the house, catch up on laundry, cook the home made meals I so looked forward to, and move my kitchen yet again, until it was where I originally wanted it. The family participated in the home remodeling projects, we had fun, so much fun my children today can't seem to live in a house without changing it in some way, making improvements. Things I've learned. If there is something you really want to do, you CAN find the time. Family is just happy to be with you, it doesn't matter what you all are doing. Meals can be the best time to keep in touch, it seems it's the one time a day where everyone is together, if not, make it so. Sometimes it just takes some adjusting, rearranging of the times you do things, or multi-tasking a pleasurable activity with a work activity.

My weekend starts and ends on a Sunday hahahaha! Every Saturday I have to go to school from 9am to 6pm. So my real rest day is every Sundays.

For me it is the bonding of everything in the family because don't have work lode.

I remembered that as a kid I had several friends and we played together a lot of fun games, like TV games, climbing mountains, going to a video game bar. Now we got jobs and there aren't many creation centers for us to have fun. On weekends, we have two days off, may go out and see around the city.

Hello mate, For me, weekends are all for me to sit back and relax and have a lazy day for myself! But then, I will even go back and search for those old books which I once read and cherish those moments again. Then, listen to those old songs which was once my favorite track! Weekends are the only days that I have a little time for myself! I just love those weekends which is a heaven in my room for a day scenario! :) Cheers! :) Good day!

Where i work very hard on weekdays and do not get much time to rest with my friends and family. I love just chilling out on weekends and doing the odd jobs and activities that i have not got time for on weekdays. I try to do as little as possible on weekends but i always like relaxing and coming on mylot to do a bit of posting. I also work a little bit on getting referrals like putting up posters or sticking my labels in places. It keeps me busy and i know that i will be rewarded some day. :)

Ha ha,weekend for me,also do not have this concept.These two years,I'm a freelance.My business is my going to do every day.Can say,every day I can have a rest.

To me the weekends is an attempt to relax. Granted a lot of weekends, there just seems to be some leftover work that I need to do. So that intention is really often misplaced when you think about it. By the time I get everything in a row, all of those little chores done, the weekend is just pretty much all over and the cycle really continued. And it was really the same when I was young, because my teachers had this bad habit of assigning homework for over the weekend. Despite the fact that half of the students rarely got it done. Yet they seem surprised that half of the class never got homework done. They never really did to the point that the weekend is supposed to for relaxation. Yet when you think about it, that does rarely seem to be the case to begin with.

a good time to put our mind in other things and just turn off the work button, to do things we love and wake up late :D

I remember when I was a child, I help in the chores afterwhich I spend my free time playing with our neighbor's kids and watching TV. What I hate about weekends then, was taking naps in the afternoon. But now, things changed. I really love the weekends because I can catch up on my sleep. I prefer to stay at home and spend my time with my son. We do some arts like painting, coloring or writing. Play with board games like snakes and ladders. Read his books. Sometimes, when my husband brings home his laptop, we play computer games. We also sometimes watch cartoons together. Most of my time is spent on my son since we hardly devote enough time for him on work days. When I am not busy with my son, what I do for myself on a weekend at home is reading romantic novels in bed.

In my weekends I try to relax as much as I can. Sleep longer than usual and walk in the nature or something like that. When I was younger I used to sleep the whole week or just play with my friends.

For me, weekends give me the pleasure of relaxing and enjoying without the pressures of work. Even if I just have a movie marathon all day, I don't feel guilty. However, this used to be the case. Now, I find myself using my weekends to earn extra income online, and it's fine with me. I don't mind watching less or relaxing less because I get to have earnings even on weekends.

my activities in the weekends sometimes make traveling with my family,or clean the house together,,mostly on the weekends is a moment together with family from start waking up to sleep again

weekends are meant for relaxing and sharing time wth your famiily and closed ones....even i many times celebrate sunday ...sumtime wid frmzz..and sumtimes with family....like we guys go for a special brunch or special dinner...it really feels good...and as a kid ..i rememba my parents used to take me to picnic and all ...that were just amazing times ...i wish i could just live those days again...but this life...here time waits for no one...!

For me , weekends are for relaxation and refreshing. I have a full time job which takes so many hours each day. By the time I get back home in the evening, it can be close to 9 pm on some days, totally tired and exhuasted. I just keep waiting for the weekend to arrive. "Thank God it is Friday" is the popular saying.

I have been so busy with my college school work and have really been under a lot of stress. It has affected my health to the point where all I want to do is sleep. My husband seems to think it is easy going to school, cleaning house, trying to make extra money and cooking. I keep on telling him it is not easy, but all we do is argue. This weekend I have to go grocery shopping, go over to Lowes and look at bath tubs, then I get to come home and clean house so tomorrow I can work on a project for school. My weekends used to consist of relaxing on Sunday and spending time with my husband, but lately that has not been the case. I have been thinking about going on strike at home and having my husband take care of everything for a week and see if he sings a different tune afterwards.

As a kid on the weekend id do what ever i could fit into 2 days before having to go to school again. Id go play in the mud outside, play with my dogs, see alot of friends. But life is VERY different for me. Im a mum of 2, engaged and live with my partner. I now have a family home to look after and alot of people to care for so no more playing in the mud for me.

Basically, we have things in common with weekends. The work does not stop since you do all the cleaning and washing on these days. You may go out to have fun with the family but for only a couple of hours. In the end, you just have to still keep on moving to prepare for work on Monday. You may not have lots of rest on weekends but it will still be fun since you will be with your family.

weekends are fun for example saturday i clean the house do the laundry mop the floor mow the backyard on sunday we do family outing going to the movies or going to the park

hi sswallace21 everyone has his own defination for weekend.....what i do on my weekends...hmmmm i do clean by house...wash cloths...