What household chore do you hate the most?

[njackie]

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

 

[Lynnie]

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

You win the prize! No chores for you today! ;-)

 

[njackie]

You win the prize! No chores for you today! ;-)

What a sweet person you have to be! Thank you.

 

[scooterbug44]

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

Similar to how my family looked at it - "could be worse, you could not HAVE a lawn to mow, bathroom to clean, driveway to shovel" etc.

 

[bluemtnrunner]

I had my son working all day a cleaning. He asked me why we were going all out and working so hard. I said, "because Grammy is coming to town to stay with us." He said, "Mom, she already knows us, we don't have to worry about making a good first impression." hmmm, is he a genius or what!

 

[bdc63]

laundry and unloading the dishwasher

 

[Susan Horn]

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

I am SO down with that. Chores can become pleasurable domestic arts when one has the time to do them regularly, well, and carefully, rather than trying to just barely keep up between lots of other demands on time and responsibilities/obligations/choices. I look forward to a time when I can return to a pace of life such that keeping house is once again a pleasure rather than one more dang thing to get done.

Having a smaller house and yard will also help -- we're hoping to start on our cottage at Eden's Landing real soon!

 

[Teresa]

I love having a clean, comfortable, well-organized home. It is just so important to us and we work hard to keep it up. Most chores are mindless and can be meditative. But there are those that I avoid at all cost: vacuuming and mopping. uuuuggggghhhhh....

other than that - I find household chores a damn relief compared to office work especially 8-5 hours IN an office or place of employment. I did that for 25 years or so AND cleaned. that is when chores suck because there is never enough time to keep up.

My mom (typical Italian) did all the work when we were growing up in a house of 4 children - it was her work and she was totally dedicated to it - and we had the best meals ever every single day, every single meal time - and she totally spoiled my Dad and all of us. She wouldn't let us near the laundry but we did help with dishes and vacuuming now and then. we were responsible for the upkeep of our bedrooms. No, we weren't exactly prepared to go out and keep clean dorm rooms and apartments in college but we learned eventually. ahhh... those were the days when moms had time to actually do it all and do it well.

 

[Matt J]

Having worked maintenance in dorms I can tell you that the spoiled kids are easy to spot.

 

[bluemtnrunner]

They are the ones with the clean rooms like above, huh. That is not a dirty dorm room, it is just lived in. I have seen WAY worse than that!