A trilogy in seven parts.....hypno's latest efforts

shaun40400

good post doodledo

bad post hypno
how can you possibly think your lazy
you (and oh) do more in a day than most of us do in a week!!
this is a time management problem!!
you dont have time for ironing because your to busy earning cash to reduce debt!!
when you do have free time you have to spend it on family or sleeping!!
lazy my *ss

hypno06

am doing the ironing.....

Karmacat

:bdaycake::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:Totally agree with doodledo and shaun - please don't cry!

You are a *wonderful* example to us all of how to be a dfw. So you don't "get" ironing. You don't "get" housework. You have a full life, a loving family, and good friends.

The words when you hover over this :Asmiley say "you are wonderful" - so there you go

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lilmissmup

Please don't get yourself upset over housework hun, you are wonderful as KC says and once the debt is gone maybe you can have a cleaner/ironing lady. You will need one for your mansion for sure

I am rubbish at housework too and my OH moans at me as his mum (who i love dearly) is the perfect housewife.

I blame it on being brought up by my dad and brother...well thats my excuse and I am sticking too it. :rotfl:

MissKJ

Hypno, where is your long tunnel....I will come over and do your ironing if you do some surveys/ebay/scratchies stuff for me, cos I am rubbish at all that!;)

We are all "challeneged" by something. You need to put a really good film on whilst you iron, so you can enjoy it a little more? My OH doesn't mind ironing if there is cricket or rugby on, because he gets control of the telly for doing the ironing!

"challeneged" list

me - ebay, getting round to cleaning fridge:o

OH - money, work, cleaning, cars, relationships, dealing with childrens tempers, dealing with own temper, dealing with women, kids homework, social calendar (kids), planning, organising, gardening, DIY, holiday planning, foreign exchange, computers, car hire, anything to do with insurance, taxes, multi-tasking........:D

shaun40400

MISSKJ

OH - money, work, cleaning, cars, relationships, dealing with childrens tempers, dealing with own temper, dealing with women, kids homework, social calendar (kids), planning, organising, gardening, DIY, holiday planning, foreign exchange, computers, car hire, anything to do with insurance, taxes, multi-tasking........:D

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hypno06

MissKJ wrote: »

OH - money, work, cleaning, cars, relationships, dealing with childrens tempers, dealing with own temper, dealing with women, kids homework, social calendar (kids), planning, organising, gardening, DIY, holiday planning, foreign exchange, computers, car hire, anything to do with insurance, taxes, multi-tasking........:D

Ah, so you are aquainted with my husband then :rotfl:

Except I would have to add in "thinking" to his list :rolleyes:

It is all about discipline really....when I had a cleaner (oh those were the days) I kept on top of everything because I knew she wouldn't "tidy up" she was there to clean.....so every week I made sure she could actually get to the kitchen floor to clean it, for example! Also the "shame factor"....if the cleaner saw what state we could let the house get into, she might tell others.....or I might see her in town and I would know that she knew how slovenly I am

OH has just taken an old freezer and some garden rubbish to the tip. The lawnmower has died so he has also taken that to the tip and has reserved one at Argos to pick up on his way back. To be fair, the lawnmower was one that FiL gave us when it was no longer reliable enough for him, so it was on its last legs when we inherited it.....so we can't complain at it finally giving up forever.

Right.....back to the ironing.....thanks for all the comments.....:kisses3:

Nargleblast

Hypno - not a good day then? Crisis of confidence? Get up and go has got up and gone? Suggest you look at your budget again and maybe factor in sending out one or two bags of ironing a month to one of these home ironing services. I know it costs about £25 a bag but it's all about checks and balances, and if it saves your sanity and helps reduce stress then it is worth it. It would also free up more time for you to do money-earning stuff so the cost would at least be partially set off.

Altenatively - Shaun? If your sprog has discovered the laundry zone then send him round to Hypno's place before she disappears beneath that uncharted mountain of clothes, never to be seen again.....

Keeping_Positive

Glad you felt able to start the ironing Hypno. I understand how you feel because housework or lack of gets me down as well. I dont expect our house to be perfect but when it starts looking like Kim and Agi are due round :eek: you know something needs doing. Not easy with a broken ankle and a OH who although partailly disabled thinks improving his golf handicap is more important than housework. He does try but only does the basics.

Anyways thats enough of me whining I just wanted to say your not alonein finding housework a mare (((hugs))).

pandapaws

Hypno you're absolutely not an ironing failure...at least you try! I gave up completely and now pay a lovely Polish lady to do it for me. It's amazing how little there seems to be now - an hour and a half a week does it, which costs under a tenner (more because she does some cleaning as well, so she gets £20 for 3 hrs). I should be putting that money to debt, but it might only knock a month off my DFD in the long run, and I'm much rather have a clean stress-free (ironing free!) house in the meantime. Pile the ironing up in the dining room for the next 11 months and then pay someone £200 to do the lot when you're debt free.