I don't get the shoes thing either. My dislike of the shoes and clothes is one reason I work at home. Also, when my mother still had the energy, she was a housecleaning machine. The woman used to wash walls. She habitually did all her housework in her pajamas, then got dressed. Sometimes that was at 3 p.m., but she would have done more cleaning in that amount of time than I do in a month.
Hey, evil dead, you're in my seat.
Xander ,'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 11:14:11 am PDT #28172 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
amych - Aug 21, 2011 11:15:17 am PDT #28173 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Seconding Scrappy's book rec, which I had totally spaced the title of! It's actual techniques and advice on tackling cleaning things in a quickie pass vs a more thorough job, with no glurge about how you obviously have no self-respect if you don't keep things clean for your man. I should dig it out from under whatever pile of clutter it lives in.
WindSparrow - Aug 21, 2011 11:27:21 am PDT #28174 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
smonster - Aug 21, 2011 11:44:27 am PDT #28175 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Purple puddles are happy tears. I like the shiny sink, I think because it's easier to talk myself into cooking food if there's not already a pile of nasty dishes to deal with.
I am going to have to check out Batlady! And the book rec.
askye - Aug 21, 2011 12:10:47 pm PDT #28176 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
There were a couple of cleaning/organizing books in with the others I got off freecycle. Speed Cleaning book was one of them and the How Clean is Your House book.
I guess the idea behind wearing lace up shoes is that you are wearing actual clothes versus pjs and slippers. Or something. I don't like wearing shoe, esp in the summer. So I'll only wear shoes sneakers if I have to wash dishes or cook (if I'm barefoot my legs/hips start to hurt. I really want a gel cushion pad for the kitchen).
Stephanie - Aug 21, 2011 12:20:32 pm PDT #28177 of 30000
Trust my rage
I have a black sink of some sort. I love that it needs no polishing
smonster - Aug 21, 2011 12:40:06 pm PDT #28178 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I don't polish my sink, I just give it a quick wipe and then dry it. Keeps the Lutherans from breeding.
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Took a nap and now I'm gronky.
beth b - Aug 21, 2011 12:57:14 pm PDT #28179 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DH really cleaned the house yesterday ( house concert last night ) while I was walking 19 miles. I'd like to keep it closer to this condition - so I just order speed cleaning - because that is part of what i need is some efficiency. Home comforts gave me the idea of schedules - Fly lady gave me a lot of the break it down to small parts and I have a system that worked well when I worked part time, but I need some new ideas for full time
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2011 1:03:42 pm PDT #28180 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just had potato kale soup with chorizo. Really good. And leftovers will be lunch tomorrow, so I don't need to make anything else for that.
Stephanie - Aug 21, 2011 1:05:47 pm PDT #28181 of 30000
Trust my rage
I actually am not good at cleaning at all. But I can't live in clutter. Honestly that was the hardest part for me about having kids - all the clutter.