I have the day off today. I had the intention of using it to study for my final exam, but that was rescheduled for next week because of all the Midwest power-outages, my school hasn’t had power all week.So I started cleaning the house, which is in a constant state of disarray. I woke up this morning and felt like the storm had hit the inside of our house. Clothing strewn everywhere, dishes in
'There!' said the English Courtesan. 'That got the readers' attention, didn't it?'. No, no, before the readers get over excited, the English Courtesan should clarify. It's not that the English Courtesan herself has been doing naked housework. Although she does on request, and sometimes without a request too... ;-)No, it's more that over the past few weeks, a couple of news items, one of which may
After Anna's middle of the night feeding my new trick is to do a load or two of laundry. It may sound insane, but that's par for me. It takes me about 1/3 the amount of time. No one asks me any questions. No one tears the piles of folded clothes apart. Just me and the basket and some crickets to listen to.Lovely. Just lovely. And then any laundry I do during the day is bonus!
One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweat-shirt Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, 'What setting do I use on the washing machine?'
'It depends,' I replied. 'What does it say on your shirt?'
He yelled back, 'University of Oklahoma.'
And they say blondes are dumb......
While i'm cleaning up the kitchen after dinner, I suddenly felt the filter of the hood is very oily. It's about 10pm on a Wednesday night, I was thinking whether to clean or not to clean. Finally I took down the filter and clean it. While cleaning it, I felt the hood itself also very oily, so i cleaned the hood as well. Since i'm cleaning the hood, might as well clean the gas stove (normally i just wipe after clean).So end up i cleaned the whole kitchen, the washing machine, the fridge and the walls. FL looked at me and said, what is wrong with you, you prefer to do housework in the middle of the night ya..Well well, i do when i got mood, and so ngam when i got mood it's night time mar.. By the time i finished cleaning the kitchen, it's already 12am+ and I haven't take my bath yet. So toni
Two minutes, she was out of my sight for two minutes. I was just loading the dishwasher. I was trying to clean."Look!" she proudly exclaimed. "I draw round and round!"I put her on the time out step right away. Then I pulled her right back off so that I could take pictures of her. Does that make me a bad mom? Come on! Who could be mad at a face like this?The moral of this story? I shouldn't even bother trying to clean the house. My attempts to get things in order just led to another mess for me to clean up. From now on we'll just live in squalor. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Two minutes, she was out of my sight for two minutes. I was just loading the dishwasher. I was trying to clean."Look!" she proudly exclaimed. "I draw round and round!"I put her on the time out step right away. Then I pulled her right back off so that I could take pictures of her. Does that make me a bad mom? Come on! Who could be mad at a face like this?The moral of this story? I shouldn't even bo
In the past, I used to drive myself into a frenzy trying to get my housework done - in one day. I worked full-time outside of the home, and I basically tried to get everything done on Saturdays. Because housework is never really done, I could never seem to stop for the day. [...]
Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week: study
For married women who can’t figure out why they always have so much housework researchers may have the answer — husbands.
A new study from the University of Michigan shows that having a husband creates an extra seven hours of extra housework a week for women. But [...]
See? It's not all in my head. Now I have proof. Men really do create more housework for women! This according to a federally funded study by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Actually, if you read the article it contradicts itself. And it doesn't take into account work done outside the house, which many men shoulder most responsibility for. I'd say, we're close to even. Bottom line--marriage creates more house-work (inside and out) for everyone involved. Maybe while I exchange a little yard work for dinner prep, the article writer can go back and edit his article to relay the research information accurately. I'd like to know what the research really concluded.Visit The Building Brows at for more posts and features.
Keeping Housework Simple and Cleaning
The primary housekeeper has an important job in maintaining a safe and inviting atmosphere in the home. A housework checklist, whether it is written down or simply kept by memory, is an important tool in keeping track of what is necessary for the basic functioning of a household and for what [...]
A blonde joke this week.
From the Adam Smith Institute blog.
"A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night.
It was her turn, she rolled the dice and she landed on "Science & Nature".
Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"
And there will be a blond joke next week.
A blonde joke this week.
From the Adam Smith Institute blog.
"A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night.
It was her turn, she rolled the dice and she landed on "Science & Nature".
Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"
And there will be a blond joke next week.
London, March 9 : The days when the vicar's role in a marriage ended at the church gate are passé, for the contemporary clergy believe in offering marriage advice on everything from financial planning to even sex.Concerned by the high numbers of divorces, the Church of England has come out with its guide to the perfect marriage, entitled Growing Together, to help couples get ready for the rigors of modern marriage.The 120-page guide counsels couples to priorities their goals in life, including sex, children and sport, even suggesting that they consider who does the cooking and who cleans the lavatory.The guide advises prospective husbands to learn to improve their capacity to listen.For wives, the guide says that they need to be truthful about how they plan to spend their money.Read the r
American men still don’t pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they’re not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a new report in which a psychologist suggests the payoff [...]
It sufficed to only cut open her finger yesterday but she suspects it could actually kill her if it wanted to.
Who knew what evil hid behind scrubbing the dowels of a wood staircase banister?
Darn thing would NOT stop bleeding. Four Bandages later it still has it's moments.
Usually, the type of stuff that floods my inbox is not even remotely related to the type of music I post on Eclectic Grooves. So, I was happily surprised when Yvette Perez of NYC's electro-jazz trio H.E.R. asked me to write a review for her band's stunning debut album on Persian Cardinal Recordings, "Songs About the Mysteries of Housework and Nature".H.E.R- Songs About the Mysteries of Housework and NatureYou might be able to guess from the title, that this is a concept album about, well... housework and nature. But this album takes you on a mesmerizing trip into the psyche of a bored and disgruntled housewife who is tired of her mundane existence cleaning the house and tirelessly pushing paper at the office. She yearns to be close to nature again, but fears that going outside will destroy
Well Now you wont have to clean your house again...Just bought one of these for your house and ask your kid not to walk but to ride...This is Currently a concept...It can be a robotic one or without race or Brake...
Welcome to Works for Me Wednesday, sponsored by Rocks In My Dryer.You might think that living in a small house is easier when it comes to house maintenance, but the opposite is true with the large number of people living in this small house.We have STUFF. And we have lots of family members who like to take out this stuff and never put it away. There is a way, though, to keep everything manageable.I get overwhelmed easily, which is why I used to be the messiest person on the planet. No kidding--I used to ask friends in, invite them to sit down, and they literally responded, "Where?" There wasn't even anywhere to sit on the floor it was so bad. When I say God cleaned me up, I mean that in a literal sense!The drawback, though, is that when things start to look like they did before God got a hold of me, I panic. Back pedal into a corner with arms flailing is more precise.To avoid that horrible I've-got-to-get-this-elephant-off-my-chest feeling, I learned two vital tactics to keeping hous
Crikey I am tired. I haven't blogged for ages. I have been a rubbish host I suspect, trying to work and be festive at the same time. I need to go for a long walk, clean the house, organise and sort out. I may not paint for a couple of days but I will draw.A lot of the paintings start life as a few sketches and some photographs. Here are a couple of sketches, one of the baby who is staying at the moment and one of my son Dan. The painting of him playing the Dobro on 28 December (over on the dark side) began like this. The daily paintings have been going really well, new ones selling as well as some from the archives. Today's would have been the 200th painting but I cant bring myself to paint. I really do need to recharge my batteries, bizarrely housework and a walk will do it, I can understand the walk part of it...but housework, now that is weird.
tarrbaby Challenged me to another meme. Since I am actively doing my very, very best to avoid vacumming and dishes, I will bite. :-) Thanks Trish! ;-)
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