What makes a weekend great?

[tamawrite]

Just out of idle curiosity (since I had a boring weekend,) what usually defines a "great weekend" for you?

I most like leaving town to go camping or on a short road trip. Second to that, I like to accomplish a lot in my gardens. Third, I like to sit back & relax with a book, but if that's all I do I feel the time has been wasted.

[badunnin]

For me, it's just getting what I need. Sometimes it's alone time, with a nice bubble bath and a cool glass of wine. Sometimes it's time at the lake, just laying out under the stars. Sometimes it's time with good friends, just sitting around enjoying each other's company. It could also be time communing with a project, knitting or staining furniture or gardening. But it always varies based on the week I've had.

[gertdog]

I agree with Bethany. Sometimes it is an action-packed weekend visiting with friends or going to a show; other times it is a slow and easy respite from the work week.

This past weekend qualified as "great" for us. On Saturday we finished moving into our new house- exhausting but exciting. And on Sunday we grilled in our backyard for the first time. DH set up the grill, then said "wait here". He went inside, and came back out a few minutes later wearing a Hawaiian-type shirt, and carrying a bottle of beer for him and a cup of lemonade for me. "NOW we're ready," he said. Bliss. (Even though our grilling experience was less than optimal. ;) )

[Grace]

To me a great weekend is one with a little of everything - a little relaxing (sit around and watch the tube, read a book, etc.), a little productivity out in the garden or some fun project in the house, a couple of nice meals, one prepared at home and one out, and some kind of activity like a bike ride or a festival or something. It's always a good weekend if I can do any one of these things, but a great weekend has it all for me! :D

I don't consider an action-packed weekend necessarily a great one - they're typically too exhuasting and I oftentimes come back more harried than I was before I left. I always need some unwind time before I get back to the regular work week.

[MinEaston]

Our weekends are mixed - sometimes action packed, sometimes just around the house.

To me, a great weekend is when I show up at work on Monday morning and have to look at my to-do list from the week before to remember what I've been working on. That means I've been able to completely leave the work at the office and relax with non-work things on the weekend.

[tamawrite]

Originally posted by MinEaston
To me, a great weekend is when I show up at work on Monday morning and have to look at my to-do list from the week before to remember what I've been working on. That means I've been able to completely leave the work at the office and relax with non-work things on the weekend.

That may be the best definition I've ever heard.

[jellyben]

A great weekend would be devoid of the words "I'm bored" uttered from the mouth of one of my 3 kids. It would be devoid of fighting, yelling, whining, complaining.

Seriously, it would be just busy enough to keep us all entertained, but not so busy that we do not feel relaxed and refreshed on Monday morning.

[Canice]

For me the mix that makes a weekend great is a date with DBF -out to dinner someplace nice, a trip to a museum, or a drive down the coast- and a long walk with a friend, then a great new soup recipe for Sunday evening. Oh, and a trip to the farmers' market. I don't like packed weekends (in fact, I haven't had one in ages) and I don't generally like going away for the weekend -- I feel more relaxed with a calm couple of days at home.

[swquilts]

What's a weekend? :eek: Unexpected weekend guests are NOT my idea of a fun weekend. (Guess what happened?)

Our weekends have been so booked up lately I don't even feel like I've had one. Oh well, I digress.

My ideal weekend is some quilting, reading a good book, watching a DVD and cooking up something new. Oh, and breadmaking or baking. Even going out for dinner with DH is nice too. Sometimes I like company for dinner, sometimes not. I guess not having a set schedule is what I like, to be flexible in our choices.

I miss being able to take off and go camping, haven't done that much in the last couple of years due to new house stuff.

[feistyDeeDee]

im with jelly......ugh at the kids when they do all of that...bored bored how the heck can they be bored...with all the toys, hi tech games, the pool etc..they have to choose from...heck they should of grew up in my days when we didnt have all this hi tech games, like nintendo, game cube, game boy...we had to make up our own games or play game boards...ect...then they would know the true meaning of bored...i told them ill take away their stuff (not for real) and see what its like to be really BORED...lol...a great weekend for me is when my hubby and kids go to their father and son camping trip with the scouts (which comes once a yr)...need more of them than just once a year...lol

[HejazSunKat]

I'm with Grace and Canice. A great weekend for me is a combination of a little socialization and fun stuff, getting things accomplished around the house and kicking back on the porch with a good book and a glass of wine while watching the sun go down. I don't like it when I'm booked day and night with obligations and don't have time to do what I want or need to do. When that happens I feel like I didn't HAVE a weekend. Ditto with going away for the weekend (which my husband likes to do) - I'd rather stay home! :)

[starrleicht]

Sorry, but just couldn't resist answering your question! In a word - RELAXING!! :D