From what I've read, part of the reason for spring cleaning was that the old kinds of heaters (either oil heaters or fireplaces) would leave soot and residue all over everything, so once it got warm enough that you didn't need the heaters anymore, you'd scrub all of that stuff off.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Hil R. - Jan 16, 2015 2:56:53 pm PST #15698 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Lilty Cash - Jan 16, 2015 2:58:28 pm PST #15699 of 30002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Meara, I'm with you on that.
erikaj - Jan 16, 2015 3:21:29 pm PST #15700 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Cory fricking Booker wrote me back on Twitter!
Atropa - Jan 16, 2015 3:33:50 pm PST #15701 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hee. You and your hatred of the vacuum.
You can't hear if monsters are sneaking up on you while you are vacuuming! Vacuum hatred is totes logical!
Aims - Jan 16, 2015 3:48:09 pm PST #15702 of 30002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I will do damn near any household chore EXCEPT unload a dishwasher. I hate it. However, I will put dishes that have air dried away, no problem.
Anne W. - Jan 16, 2015 3:48:16 pm PST #15703 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That's awesome, erika!
Anne W. - Jan 16, 2015 3:48:59 pm PST #15704 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Aims, oddly enough, I have the opposite problem. The air-dried dishes will stay on the dishmat until I dirty them again, sometimes.
Pix - Jan 16, 2015 3:50:03 pm PST #15705 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
I have no issue with vacuuming. Putting away laundry or dishes is the worst.
Aims - Jan 16, 2015 3:53:28 pm PST #15706 of 30002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't mind putting away laundry, so long as I have enough room to do so. Our current place is so dinky and I hates it, Precious, and Now I hate putting clothes away.
My dreams are small: a house with an upstairs, a bedroom big enough that I don't have to side step my way to my bed and still get bruises on my thighs from the pokey bits on the top of the posts on the bed. Which always result in horrid bruises. This might also have to do with the size of said thighs but I won't say one way or the other.
beekaytee - Jan 16, 2015 3:58:33 pm PST #15707 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
This is fascinating.
How interesting to hear everyone's preferences.
I'm no good with floors, though I finally found a vacuum I quite like.
I don't like mopping, even sweeping. Since I think I have the genes of someone appearing in a movie about a small Italian town, I love shaking linens out second floor windows and will scrub a floor on hands and knees over using a mop.
That last one I attribute to The Song of Bernadette. I was an impressionable, romantic child.
I love folding laundry and enjoy hand washing dishes...hey, warm water and a clean finished product. What is not to like?
Usually, I delay cleaning the tub, but the outcome always makes me happy and it never seems as hard as I imagine it will be.
Windows? Frustration on a stick. Vacuuming the stairs? Torture.