My grandmother had one thing right: put iodine on bug bites. Disinfects, stop the itch, keeps from forming a scar.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Zenkitty - Aug 27, 2010 1:48:50 pm PDT #315 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2010 1:51:06 pm PDT #316 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Weekend!
Definitely no energy for synagogue tonight. Maybe tomorrow.
I stopped at the health food store on my way home, but I got there 20 minutes after it closed. The people were still there, though, and the owner told me that if I knew what I wanted, I could come in and buy it. I had two things I knew I needed to buy, and I'd planned on browsing and getting some other stuff, but I just went in and got the two things, and thanked her for letting me come in after it was closed.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2010 2:33:27 pm PDT #317 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I know that I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to cleaning a house. When I was growing up, we had housecleaners who came once a week or once every other week, and they were usually there when I was at school, so I really didn't know the actual details of what they did. My old apartment pretty much reflected that -- I hired people to clean when I moved out, and they charged extra because it was so dirty. I know to clean up food stuff, but dust and dirt just accumulate, and I don't really know what to do about it. So, like the good geek I am, I looked on amazon and bought a book about "The Art & Science of Keeping House." It's a huge book with tiny print that seems to tell how to take care of everything. I just read the section on vacuuming. She says that the best thing is to vacuum every day, but if that's not possible, then at least vacuum the whole house once a week, and on in-between days, vacuum one or two rooms, so that each room will get done two or three times a week. Do people actually do this?
amych - Aug 27, 2010 2:36:47 pm PDT #318 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Do people actually do this?
Hells no.
Jessica - Aug 27, 2010 2:55:06 pm PDT #319 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Do people actually do this?
Maybe if they're taking a lot of speed?
In a good month, I vacuum every other weekend. With my allergies, I really should be dusting at least once a week too, but I hate dusting with a white hot burning passion, so instead I just sneeze a lot.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 27, 2010 3:00:08 pm PDT #320 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I find my hardwood floors need swiffering and cleaning pretty frequently- I basically do it when it seems too dirty for me to be comfortable. Here, it's fairly frequently. I just sort of do it in spurts when the mood hits me. Not in any organized fashion.
smonster - Aug 27, 2010 3:01:45 pm PDT #321 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hil, try flylady.net for more twee but less craxy house cleaning advice.
omnis_audis - Aug 27, 2010 3:06:18 pm PDT #322 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Do people actually do this?Not if you have a full time job and are tired when you get home. But then again, my tolernce level for mess is rather high.
Um. Yeah, I'm not much when it comes to house cleaning. I've been in my apartment now almost 3 months, I vacuumed once (for my mom's visit last weekend). My apartment in Dallas, in the 2 years there, I vacuumed about 3 or 4 times. Not to say I am the model to follow, but, giving you additional data to create the mental chart of what is average.
Ginger - Aug 27, 2010 3:06:56 pm PDT #323 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My mother did. She did not pass this gene on to me.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2010 3:07:28 pm PDT #324 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, try flylady.net for more twee but less craxy house cleaning advice.
Ack. I just tried looking at that site, and my ADD-brain freaked out. Way too many colors and pictures and links at once. I'll look again tomorrow, when I'm less tired and maybe better able to figure it out.