I can not stand cleaning up the house. My wife and I share the responsibilities but sometimes we can get a bit lax and when weekend comes, two hours of potential relaxing time gets spent cleaning up. Perhaps my least favorite is anything having to do with the kitchen. Dishes, floor, countertops, stove, etc. We do have a dishwasher but loading/unloading it seems to be an irritation to me. I must go vacum now but what your least favorite thing?
Something that I just did, picking up the dog poop in the yard, neither one of us likes it but it's one of those things you must do. Went out with Buddy to play fetch and in between throwing her ball I picked up the front and back yards, put away the shovel, and then caught Buddy leaving a present in the middle of the front yard.
I like dogs, and our Beagles are really great, but I once heard Beagles described as furry little s**t machines, and this morning I'm inclined to agree.
I detest laundry with every ounce of my soul. And since I have two daughters, I'm pretty much guaranteed quite a few more years of overflowing laundry hampers. I wish they didn't feel they have to change clothes for every occasion.
Cleaning up after dinner is my nightly chore. Wash the dishes and pans, load the dishwasher, wipe down the counters and table (and chairs - you'll understand if you have children), sweep up the kitchen and dining room. Then it is time to give the kids their bath.
Worst chore, worst chore...cleaning the bathroom I suppose is the worst of the usual ones.
I usually get home home about two hours before my wife, so I have been assigned various duties since I have more "free" time (nevermind that I get up and leave for work two hours earlier than she does). My weekly list of chores, some of which must be done on a daily basis, include:
vacuuming the entire house (this must be done two three times a week because of all the dog hair)
scrubbing all tile and linoleum floors
cleaning all bathrooms (counter tops, sinks, toilets, mirrors, etc.)
dusting the entire house
working in the yard
cleaning up after dinner
doggie poop scooping
I devised a schedule to get this all done. Plus I usually only spend about an hour a day doing it. :teddyr:
We usually split cooking duties. I'll cook some nights, she others and once in a while we cook together.
Quote from: Snivelly on June 30, 2007, 09:39:52 AM
I detest laundry with every ounce of my soul. And since I have two daughters, I'm pretty much guaranteed quite a few more years of overflowing laundry hampers. I wish they didn't feel they have to change clothes for every occasion.
Man oh man do I hate the never ending moutain of laundry! Folding laundry has got to be the worst for me...though I too find emptying the dishwasher irritating, and what is there to enjoy about doogie doo duty? I have two dogs, including one of them hairy "s**t" machine beagles, who's beautiful and gentle but is always ready to POP!
Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 30, 2007, 11:30:55 AM
Quote from: Snivelly on June 30, 2007, 09:39:52 AM
I detest laundry with every ounce of my soul. And since I have two daughters, I'm pretty much guaranteed quite a few more years of overflowing laundry hampers. I wish they didn't feel they have to change clothes for every occasion.
Man oh man do I hate the never ending moutain of laundry! Folding laundry has got to be the worst for me...though I too find emptying the dishwasher irritating, and what is there to enjoy about doogie doo duty? I have two dogs, including one of them hairy "s**t" machine beagles, who's beautiful and gentle but is always ready to POP!
Even right after I do laundry, like within a matter of hours, I can still walk around the house and find another full load. And because it gets humid in the South this time of year, I have to limit laundry to the evening hours so it won't get too humid in here too.
I don't have dogs but I have two indoor cats, and keeping the litter box clean is no treat either. :bluesad:
Quote from: Shadow on June 30, 2007, 10:09:00 AM
vacuuming the entire house (this must be done two three times a week because of all the dog hair)
scrubbing all tile and linoleum floors
cleaning all bathrooms (counter tops, sinks, toilets, mirrors, etc.)
dusting the entire house
working in the yard
cleaning up after dinner
doggie poop scooping
Scrubbing the tile and linoleum floors?
Man, that's harsh!
Sounds like the stuff my mom used to make me do.
I'm so glad I moved out years ago. :wink: :thumbup:
Quote from: Snivelly on June 30, 2007, 09:39:52 AM
I detest laundry with every ounce of my soul. And since I have two daughters, I'm pretty much guaranteed quite a few more years of overflowing laundry hampers. I wish they didn't feel they have to change clothes for every occasion.
Our laundry has a knack of hanging out in the basket until it overflows. Thats when either one of us will reluctantly jump at folding it and putting it away. Luckily we both don't care much about wrinkles.
I hate laundry -- though it isn't too bad now that I has a bucket own a house and have a washer & dryer. Cleaning the bathroom is next worse, then vaccuuming. I don't mind cleaning the kitchen and washing dishes (no place for a dishwasher :bluesad: ) is not a problem. Usually the dog poops when I walk him, so gotta pick up right away anyhow.
Now mind you, I'm a guy living alone so I don't have to do chores as often as some other people might. Like cleaning the bathroom only when it starts eyeballing me.
Quote from: raj on June 30, 2007, 01:35:49 PM
I hate laundry -- though it isn't too bad now that I has a bucket
LOL! :bouncegiggle:
Definitely cleanign up the wreckage left behind when my family comes over. My dad feels it's a sacred duty to track mud iunto the house and across the rug, while my sister is more creative, once dousing the entire kitchen (even inside the drawer under the stove that holds the soup pots) with a turkey baster full of hot fat. I STILL haven't gotten all of it our of the cracks.
I hate washing dishes! Have since I was forced to do it as a kid.
That was our prenuptial agreement when we got married. I will dust vacuum, sweep, mop, and clean bathrooms; but I rarely ever wash a dish unless it's an emergency.
Well, mucking out the goat barn is WORST of all on my place . . . but that's not really a HOUSEHOLD chore.
This is more of household repair but plunging the toilet ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR FREAKING MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I just got through cleaning out the refrigerator. When you put it off as long as I did it becomes a pretty hellish chore.
On the other hand you can find some really cool stuff and make some amazing discoveries.
For instance: if pineapple sits in the back of the fridge in an open can long enough it turns absolutely jet black... but it still smells like pineapple!
Believe it or not!
Quote from: Raffine on July 03, 2007, 08:30:57 PM
For instance: if pineapple sits in the back of the fridge in an open can long enough it turns absolutely jet black... but it still smells like pineapple!
Believe it or not!
I'll take you word on it. :teddyr:
QuoteFor instance: if pineapple sits in the back of the fridge in an open can long enough it turns absolutely jet black... but it still smells like pineapple!
Whoah!! How long was it there?! And you sure it didn't smell bad?
Quote from: Raffine on July 03, 2007, 08:30:57 PM
I just got through cleaning out the refrigerator. When you put it off as long as I did it becomes a pretty hellish chore.
On the other hand you can find some really cool stuff and make some amazing discoveries.
For instance: if pineapple sits in the back of the fridge in an open can long enough it turns absolutely jet black... but it still smells like pineapple!
Believe it or not!
AH-HAHAHAHAH!!! Hell no!!!! :bouncegiggle: YIKES!!! I got some stuff sitting in the fridge with the lid on it,which I am pretending does not exist,because I am afraid to look at it...its like Pandora's Pot of Horror. It's been there so long...I have no idea what it was in the first place...and I'm sure it's unrecognizable now. I guess sooner or later...I'll have to make one of my kids dump it out! Hehehe...!
Reminds me of a scene from LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY - when the girls actually visited Lenny and Squiggy's apartment and Squiggy opens the fridge and pulls out some unrecognizeable goo - Shirley asks in horror "What is THAT?"
He replies - "Hmm. It's brown now, so that means is was yellow once!" and EATS a big spoonful of it! I was a teenager when I saw this, but I laughed so hard I nearly lost bladder control!
Oh, come on!
Y'all know it's human nature (or maybe it's a guy thing?) to smell disgusting things you find in the fridge!
Or at least, to dare someone else to smell it.
Not quite as disgusting, but still interesting, were the five half jars of salsa I found. Three were "HOT" and two were "MEDIUM": I guess it was a gage of the mood I was in when I bought them. I resisted the temptation of combining them all into one jar and tossed the whole bunch.
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 04, 2007, 07:51:40 AM
Quote from: Raffine on July 03, 2007, 08:30:57 PM
I just got through cleaning out the refrigerator. When you put it off as long as I did it becomes a pretty hellish chore.
On the other hand you can find some really cool stuff and make some amazing discoveries.
For instance: if pineapple sits in the back of the fridge in an open can long enough it turns absolutely jet black... but it still smells like pineapple!
Believe it or not!
AH-HAHAHAHAH!!! Hell no!!!! :bouncegiggle: YIKES!!! I got some stuff sitting in the fridge with the lid on it,which I am pretending does not exist,because I am afraid to look at it...its like Pandora's Pot of Horror. It's been there so long...I have no idea what it was in the first place...and I'm sure it's unrecognizable now. I guess sooner or later...I'll have to make one of my kids dump it out! Hehehe...!
As I was getting ready for our barbecue this evening I found a Tupperware container in the back of the bottom shelf of the fridge. It had a layer of brown stuff on the bottom, white fuzzy stuff on top of that, and it's apparently growing a layer of green fuzzy stuff on the white. I decided not to wait for it to come to life and attack me as I reach for a soda so I threw it out, the container included, I think it used to be meatloaf with gravy but I might be wrong. :buggedout:
Dennis, I'm betting that if you had nuked it in the microwave along with some multi vitamins and some tin foil, the confluence of all those variables would have resulted in a meatloaf monster that might have escaped to threaten the world. :wink:
I'm suprised there hasn't been a movie along the lines of It Came from Beyond the Refrigerator.
I've got a chore that just lately came back: changing the baby's diaper. Garrett is especially bad. That boy wants to pee or poop on anyone he can and, worse still, he can get some distance. He had an appointment at the doctor's office today and we warned the doctor. She did not heed us and a tragedy occurred.
Garrett also goes on an eating and pooping/peeing marathon starting around 10pm every night. Last night I changed 3 diapers in 60 minutes. The marathon lasts until about 1am.
Quote from: Andrew on July 05, 2007, 05:43:48 PM
I've got a chore that just lately came back: changing the baby's diaper. Garrett is especially bad. That boy wants to pee or poop on anyone he can and, worse still, he can get some distance. He had an appointment at the doctor's office today and we warned the doctor. She did not heed us and a tragedy occurred.
Garrett also goes on an eating and pooping/peeing marathon starting around 10pm every night. Last night I changed 3 diapers in 60 minutes. The marathon lasts until about 1am.
My son was a fire hose when we first brought him home. Things had been calm until the other day when he decided to spray the bathroom door after a bath.
For me, changing the diaper container is something that usually gets put off until its chock full. Finding Febreeze a good solution to cancelling out any unpleasant smells in the house. Including baby poop and pee.
Andrew and Darksider, I would like to thank you for reminding me why I decided to forego fatherhood and leave it to good gents like yourselves. :wink:
I remember once when my twins both had a stomach virus . . . I changed 19 diapers in two hours! My wife had the thing too, so she was no help . . . to this day we remember that as the infamous "Diarrhea morning"! :tongueout:
laundry
hands down
Right now the worst job would be cleaning up the shredded telephone book that the puppy just brought in while I'm visiting the forum. Evidently it was just thrown in the yard for our convenience. It has now been dragged into the house, chewed upon and shredded into tiny little moist bits all over the living room floor. I think I will stay here a little longer before I bring out the mighty pet vacuum which has sucked up everything from bug parts to plant life.
As far as the worst cleanup job I would have to say cleaning up after the pets we have. We have 2 dogs and three cats. In the house it would be dog and cat puke and outside it would be dog poop. But we love them so we live with these terrible tasks. :bluesad: :smile:
Poogie, don't forget that you're supposed to ooh and ahh and tell the puppy what a mighty hunter he is for slaying that terrible phone book!
The pet cleanup is right behind laundry for me, and I had forgotten all about the joys of discovering new things in the back of the fridge until I read the above posts. :buggedout:
I'm not a big fan of any plumbing related chores. Last night, I had to disassemble the kitchen sink drain line to clear a blockage in the garbage disposal.
Okay, so it was not as bad as it could have been, nor as bad as I was expecting, but with some of the PAST plumbing things that have arisen, I figure I was owed an easy one. :wink:
As for regular, day-to-day chores, well, we have that problem solved. We just don't do them. :teddyr: (jk)
Quote from: ulthar on July 06, 2007, 01:48:37 PM
I'm not a big fan of any plumbing related chores. Last night, I had to disassemble the kitchen sink drain line to clear a blockage in the garbage disposal.
Okay, so it was not as bad as it could have been, nor as bad as I was expecting, but with some of the PAST plumbing things that have arisen, I figure I was owed an easy one. :wink:
As for regular, day-to-day chores, well, we have that problem solved. We just don't do them. :teddyr: (jk)
You think that's bad imagine having to replace your intire plumbing under the sink because someone poured bacon grease down the sink and it became rancid like my friend's did.