Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


sj - Jan 16, 2015 5:13:06 pm PST #15740 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

My grandmother ironed everything. She was a very anxious person thanks to an abusive first marriage, and I think ironing was therapy for her.


Beverly - Jan 16, 2015 5:23:49 pm PST #15741 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I learned to iron on my dad's handkerchiefs and the pillowcases. All my sheets are 100% cotton, and while I would love to have ironed pillowcases, I do the fold in thirds and stick on the bottom of the pile type of ironing. I did iron a lot restoring antique and vintage clothes, quilts, and doll clothes, plus I helped in the costume shop, as well as doing wardrobe for several shows.

I used to wear cotton clothing--tuxedo shirts, gathered skirts, and I didn't mind ironing to get the right look. Now I get out the iron for things like a length of lace or ribbon I'm using to decorate something. We have an ironing board, but I'd rather throw a towel over the breakfast bar or the dining table than wrestle it out of the claws where it hangs on the closet wall.


Glamcookie - Jan 16, 2015 5:27:44 pm PST #15742 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I can't remember the last time I ironed something. AIFG!


Cashmere - Jan 16, 2015 5:31:13 pm PST #15743 of 30002
Now tagless for your comfort.

DH irons. I don't. He does a fantastic job. When I asked him where he learned, he said he did a search and found a website for trans women that really nailed the process in a way he could totally understand. I wish we still had it bookmarked because the blog was totally charming.

Owen told me today that he thinks he's asexual. I picked him up from basketball practice and we were talking about the boys on the team. The subject of girlfriends came up and I asked him if he liked a girl. "No," he said. I asked him if he liked a boy. "No. I think I'm asexual."

I paused and asked him what that meant. He said, "It means I don't have any romantic interest in boys or girls."

He hasn't hit puberty yet but I've been suspecting this for a while. Liv announced her first boyfriend in the second grade. She loves boys.


beth b - Jan 16, 2015 5:36:13 pm PST #15744 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I think our iron is only used to pop dents out of wood.

I will clean bathrooms

I will not vacuum - so there is only one rug in the house.

And if some one would hang up my clothes -- I'll put the rest away...

so I will do dishes, sweep floors, feed the cats, do the laundry, grocery shop , cook sometimes,

not crazy about cleaning the liter box

dusting I sometimes do because you should...

someone else can change the bed . or at least help


Cashmere - Jan 16, 2015 5:40:28 pm PST #15745 of 30002
Now tagless for your comfort.

I think our iron is only used to pop dents out of wood.

Love this.

I loath housework of every kind.


Cass - Jan 16, 2015 5:40:45 pm PST #15746 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Ouch. Right there with you.


WindSparrow - Jan 16, 2015 5:45:26 pm PST #15747 of 30002
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.

I hate scooping litter boxes, but I don't mind dumping and refilling. I confess to only disinfecting them when it is warm enough to have the garden hose hooked up because I hose the NAST away then spray with bleach based cleaner, then dry in the sun. There are a ton of things I don't mind doing elsewhere that seem like pure drudgery at my own home. I don't mind cleaning bathrooms, for one.

One task I love is opening the windows on the first warm day of spring, and going after all the woodwork with Murphy's Oil Soap.

I can wash a small car with two buckets of water.

I don't mind mowing the lawn if I can use a lightweight electric mower.

I hate putting my own laundry away, but I don't mind putting someone else's on hangers (I'm willing to fold but you may not like the results because I don't have the ability to be detail-oriented with matching seams up).


Ginger - Jan 16, 2015 5:48:04 pm PST #15748 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I like yard work. I haven't been able to do much this year, and I miss it.


Lilty Cash - Jan 16, 2015 5:50:12 pm PST #15749 of 30002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I think I like vacuuming because I can see the physical results, even if they are horrifying. I can dump out that little cannister and say "oh merciful Zeus. 5 minutes ago all that crap was in my rug. And now it's not."