How Can I Make the Bed When the Cat Is on It? (and other excuses)

1. I'm just not in the mood.
2. I have a headache.
3. I have to go to the store.
4. I'm just not ready.
5. I have to SoWal first.

Where is the maid?

The dirt/clutter will still be there tomorrow. _________ (insert your activity here) is much more funn to do now!

I have too many other things to do....

I need to add to my arsenal of excuses. Does anyone have any good all-purpose, all-occcasion excuses? This is a busy holiday season we're approaching so standards might be slipping around our house. I want to be prepared.

1. I don't want to kill the cute little dust bunnies so close to Christmas.
2. Tis the season to fa la la la la la la la la laaaaaa
3. We need to keep dust on the floor so when Santa comes, we can have proof that he was here.
4. The elves will do it, they need a job after Christams.
5. I don't want to chip my RED nails. ( that so perfectly match my lipstick)
6. I'll make it my New Years Resolution ....I swear....

How can I make the bed when I'm still in it?

How can I make the bed when I'm still in it?

"Thanks for the invite, but we don't like you."

"Thanks for the invite, but we don't like you."

Excellent. Have you personally used this one yet?

Excellent. Have you personally used this one yet?

Not yet.

I can't. I have rehearsal.

Not yet.

Looking forward to hearing "the rest of the story".

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I can't. I have rehearsal.

Oh, I love this one! You can be cryptic and leave it at that or fill in the blank with something good (like lap dance and banjo rehearsal, let's say).

Looking forward to hearing "the rest of the story".

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I doubt I'll ever need to use it. We'll wait to see if anyone else gets to!

Well I never procrastinate or make excuses :roll:
I prefer proper prior planning strategies :

Those Fur Balls in Every Corner? Just getting a jump start on stock piling "materials" for the Victorian Hair Art workshop I'll be attending next June.

My hairy legs? REF: above mentioned future project preparation.

Ceiling Cobwebs? I'm getting a jump start on decorating for Halloween 2008.

You're calling BuLL SHIrT???? Oh so sorry...you've reached a wrong number!!

Oh, I love this one! You can be cryptic and leave it at that or fill in the blank with something good (like lap dance and banjo rehearsal, let's say).

Cryptic, my arse! I always have rehearsal! In fact, I use this excuse to skip other rehearsals. (Unless, of course, I have to use, "I can't. I have a show/class/wedding/funeral.")


(Not that I would make my bed if I didn't have rehearsal.)

"Thanks for the invite, but we don't like you."

love it....

Well I never procrastinate or make excuses :roll:
I prefer proper prior planning strategies :

Those Fur Balls in Every Corner? Just getting a jump start on stock piling "materials" for the Victorian Hair Art workshop I'll be attending next June.

My hairy legs? REF: above mentioned future project preparation.

Ceiling Cobwebs? I'm getting a jump start on decorating for Halloween 2008.

You're calling BuLL SHIrT???? Oh so sorry...you've reached a wrong number!!

I can't vacuum those cobwebs. It would destroy a valuable spider habitat.

Hairy legs? There's a line in "Return to Me" about that. Don't shave your legs on a first date so that you won't be tempted to do something you'll later regret. I always assume I'm about to go on a first date.

But my favorite was the swim team girls in high school--they said that they couldn't shave between meets because the hair creates drag, which is good for training. Then they shaved for the meet and swam faster.

One of my favorites was written in the dirt on the back of a car: "TEST DIRT--DO NOT WASH"

Hairy legs?
But my favorite was the swim team girls in high school--they said that they couldn't shave between meets because the hair creates drag, which is good for training. Then they shaved for the meet and swam faster.

It's the era of "perpetual training" :funn:

"No English" now learn it in several languages/dialects/accents.

I've found festively dim lighting and plying visitors with alcohol will hide most cleaning deficiencies.

:funn: