Housework

[Countrylover]

Be honest.  How many of you dust?

I have a cleaner now, but admit I hardly ever dusted.  

In fact I hardly ever did much housework but did the jobs that involved hygiene.  

Animals, a house with beams and a woodburner and an untidy husband .  Why bother.?

 

 

[roopower]

This has cheered me up no end, thank you. I am not, and never have been, housewife material. Soon after we married I spent all my day off thoroughly cleaning our house and husband didn't notice a thing! I obviously do the bits that matter, bathroom, kitchen regularly but the rest gets done as and when. As my friend told me "we come to see you, not your dust" . The cats help as when they come in with muddy paws I have to clean up after them!

[Gill1941]

Hate housework. So pleased to read that many people feel the same. Sweep about 4 rooms in house when necessary rarely dust.

Am on crutches so everything more difficult but that is not really a valid excuse as never liked housework.

Love gardening and manage to still do all of that.

[Gill1941]

Crossed posts, roo.

I agree.

[Countrylover]

This thread had  cheered me up too   Gill  I can't do anything  much  now accept moan,  but when  I  could I would spend all day outside In the garden and the house coud remain a tip!!  As long as loos, sinks, showers and worktops were  clean !   

I won't go out in the garden any more.  It's huge and dedicated to wildlife but I never sat out in in and relaxed.  I could find things to do and lose track of time.  I was more of a labourer out there than a gardener.  Loved it.

[Countrylover]

Why do housework when the next day it all needs doing again next day.  

[netibiza]

I dust where it can be seen but never behind sky box!

[jourdain2]

I stopped trying to be/pretending to be housewifely many years ago. I told Mr.J2 this, he consulted with the management committee and agreed.  😁

I'll clean to be hygenic and tidy and dust every so often.  The dog is trying  to insulate the house from the inside - or that's what  I say and I leave cobwebs strictly alone untiol I am certain the occupant is demised or has gone - micro-environments which catch flies!

[bednobs]

my husband damp dusts about once every 2 months.  I am exceedingly fortunate in that he has a lower tolerance for untidyness than me, so i never have to do it.  I am also never going to be housewifery wife.

[ladybirder]

I have a cleaner who is lovely but she Hoovers my living room as if it is an Oval shape when it is Rectangular!!!

[youngmafbog]

So long as the bog isnt too bad who cares?

We had our house cleaned, sort of, on Sat as daughter was coming on Sun.  We did try for cleaners in the past but Mrs YMB never gets on with another woman in the house.  Same with the Au pairs we had.

[Barmaid]

Mr BM once suggested getting an au pair to help with the household stuff.  He also suggested one with blond hair, blue eyes and 20 something might be appropriate.

I said I thought that was an excellent idea and Sven would be arriving on Monday. 

[hellywelly4]

I had a mug with the words 'a dust free house is the sign of a wasted life' on it. I hate housework, so boring. I have a cleaner once a fortnight and do the minimum possible in the meantime.

[pastafreak]

The trouble with hating housework is the panic that comes when visitors are due. In my case usually my daughter and her partner. I always underestimate how much time I need to do a thorough job. I'm easily distracted and will start a task with the best intentions...but it's like "Oh look at that...lets sort that, or move those plants to another room"...basically this us boring, let's find something more interesting to do. So what should take an hour is still undone 3 hours later.

I really think I need a cleaner...but hate the thought of strangers in my home.

I've just struggled with the first part of bed changing...a job I hate.

[Countrylover]

Pasta, I felt like you but have found a treasure of  cleaner.  We get on like house on fire and she's so efficient, wouldn't be without her now.  

[pastafreak]

Can I bribe her travel to the wilds of Devon?

[melv16]

There seems to be lots of Wayne and Waynetta's on this thread.😁

[jno]

as long as the cleaner hoovers your husband down twice a year, that should suffice.

[naomi24]

^I know someone who hoovers her cat.

 

I dust regularly.

[Smowball]

Bit random, but I've got my woman coming to clean my oven this morning. The one job I loathe!! I do it myself the best I can every couple of months but it's nothing like when she does it - she leaves it looking like it's brand new! Takes her 2 hours and costs £60. Worth every penny! 

[rowanwitch]

I still  damp dust every week, and polish once a month,    never thought of myself as especially houseproud, it's more to reduce the impact of dust on my asthma.