DT for Wednesday June 9

Ok, I have never been married, but I just don't understand how the husband gets to "prefer" the house clean, if he doesn't do it himself. How does this get to be the woman's responsibility, and if he does one thing, he gets credit for "helping". Its like men who "babysit" their own kids. Its only babysitting if they aren't related to you.

I have a wonderful system for laundry. The marvellous laundromat a block away has a wash and fold service. I take in a huge bag of dirty laundry, and a day later, its all done for me. I figured out the cost, and for 40 pounds, it cost $5.00 more than doing it myself. I say my time is worth way more than $5.00 for what would have been 3 or 4 hours work.

Sammiecat, Brad doesn't prefer to not clean, he just can't. When we first got together he did try to clean for me, but found it was a waste of time when I'd come home and clean the things he'd already cleaned because they weren't the way I wanted them to be. He knows I have OCD so I think he just kind of gave up... I mean wouldn't you? I love him with all my heart and it's hard to tell him that what he does isn't righ(to me anyway) so I just do it myself before he gets a chance.

My daughter is OCD, too (amongst other thing). It's quite fun. NOT!

Good luck to you!

Oh, Barb, I understand your position. I am a bit like that too, (my closet sounds a lot like yours) and my sister gets really frustrated when her husband does things differently than she would like.

Do you have to line up all the money in your wallet so the bills are facing the same direction?

I got a chuckle out of some of these replies and I am actually slightly encourage now, knowing this problem occurs elsewhere too!

I live with 3 boys (hubby and 2 little fellas). Trust me..... it seems I can't finish one room and they're already destroying another.

I've put my foot down and they pick up after themselves a bit more now. BUT... only is it's 'their' mess. The rest is a battle.

Last time I asked hubby to cook we had toasted baloney sandwiches and hash browns. He's pretty good at making simple meals but that's where it ends.

I envy those who come home to a meal already on the go!

As for the cleaning lady... yeah, I had one for over a year. She came once a week and I did enjoy it. However, I did eventually decide I could use the money elsewhere.

Personally.... I'd love to be Oprah Winfrey for a week.... or a month *daydreams*

Here at work, with zero motivation. Still waiting to here from a friend if we're going out tonight or not.

As for housework....Earl is good about cooking dinner most of the time. Cleaning, on the other hand, is neither of our strong suits. He is supposed to do the dishes, which usually happens with some reminding. The kitties are taken care of by me. Other than that....well, we don't like in a pigsty, and it isn't like gross with food everywhere or anything like that....but it's cluttered. My biggest problem is just being too busy. I work full time and then come home to work on websites, graphics, and the shooting team stuff. I take care of the kitties, spend some time with them, then go to bed. Since he doesn't have a full time, day-to-day job I would really love for him to do more around the house, but honestly that's a losing battle. Hasn't happened for 8 years, ain't gonna happen any time soon.

Busy painting the house today, the house is finished, now onto the sheds. It is looking awesome, what with the new roof and all! And it is a little money on the side I think there is more paint on me than there is on the house

The housework inside needs to be done...especially vacuuming. Oh boy.

Originally Posted by Sammie5

Oh, Barb, I understand your position. I am a bit like that too, (my closet sounds a lot like yours) and my sister gets really frustrated when her husband does things differently than she would like.

Do you have to line up all the money in your wallet so the bills are facing the same direction?

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yes my money is facing the same direction and has to be from the highest bill to the lowest one. I also have a horrible habit of correcting spelling. It's a terrible problem. one that I'd never want to wish on anyone. I actually found myself cleaning my friends kitchen one day because it bothered me so much.
after I was done, not only was I embarassed(and I had embarassed brad) but I wasn't sure what to tell her about why I did it, so I found myself lying about it. Now I have a small amount of restraint about that( thankfully with Brads help) and I don't do it anymore.

Had a light day, at work. They've installed new software, which shows how each agent ranks, compared to the whole project. As of today, I am ranked #7, out of 209 and have been tapped to mentor a person in the new training class. In addition, the higher-ranked agents are going to start pulling 2-week stints, as floor support personnel. I think that I am going to be up, when I get back from my vacation. Too bad, these things don't included a raise. It will look good, in October, though, when the next raises are due. I DID get a (literal) pat on the back, from the nastiest supe, in the joint. I do not trust that woman, when she's being nice!

On the subject of housework - I hate it and always have. Fortunately, Bill and I are not really messy people. The major challenge in out house is cat hair. I will admit, we only vacuum on weekends. We both rinse our dinner dishes and put them in the dishwasher and whoever gets it full, runs it. Bill usually unloads it, when he gets home.

Bill washes his own work clothes and, if he's running a load of whites, he'll pluck mine out of my basket and run them. He will not touch my good shirts, skirts and blouses, though. I throw his "good" jeans and T-shirts, in with mine.

I vacuum the living room carpet and furniture and he does the family room. We both clean the bathroom and kitchen. I do the litter boxes and Bill cleans up after the dogs. Cooking is a trade-off. I'll let him know, when I'm in a mood to cook. Last night, I made tacos and tonight he's throwing a steak on the grill.

The "public" parts of the house are acceptable and I keep the door closed, on my computer/sewing room.

My mom and dad have a woman and her two daughters come in, once a month and do a major cleaning. They charge $175.00 and do a wonderful job. My dad and the grandkids keep up with the dishes and laundry.

I follow the adage that: "A house should be clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy".

Well, 3 down and 2 days left til the weekend! And that means I'd better get moving on my reading . . . I have a SCUBA class starting Friday night and I have a 250-page book to have read before that. I'm about half-way done. I can't wait to start diving.

today is my day off and i had just finished doing all the dishes (meaning spring cleaning-like amount of dishes) when I sliced the side of my hand on a broken glass. Now I'm sitting here with gauze and tape around my hand hoping it will stop bleeding anytime soon. I can't get stitches cause it's like a circle of open flesh rather than a cut. (sorry if I grossed anyone out)

It doesn't hurt at all, I'm more p!$$ed off at myself than sore. How could I be so stupid?? Now I'm probably going to have to take a few days off work and wait for it to heal before I can go back and wash bottoms.

Darn, and I was in a good cleaning mode too!

oh no Tamme! Hope it heals soon! Just make sure you don't get infection in it....that would be awful! Good luck to ya!

I have a wonderful system for laundry. The marvellous laundromat a block away has a wash and fold service. I take in a huge bag of dirty laundry, and a day later, its all done for me. I figured out the cost, and for 40 pounds, it cost $5.00 more than doing it myself. I say my time is worth way more than $5.00 for what would have been 3 or 4 hours work.[/quote]

I do the same with my laundry...my time is worth more than anything to me! And best yet, my laundry service picks up and delivers! I've never seen laundry folded so well...a piece of art I tell ya!

I just got home from school. BORING! Now I'm bored. I might go walk the dogs sometime tonight and clean my room, definitly.

I hope everyones having a great day!