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Catslovelycats

sally_a wrote: »

i hate housework, cleaning, tidying.


Other top tips i have gleaned over the years.

When visitors arrive, look flustered, hold a duster and squirt eau de pledge around.

love this suggestion!!!

Catslovelycats

Hello all.
I had a floor robe until today. It's now gone.
But there are piles on the floor of things that need washing in the bedroom and kitchen, so I guess technically I still have 2 floor robes - just dirty, rather than clean, clothes

momofmonster

well i have got 2 whole loads of washing done today!! 2 whole loads!!! and took the bins out, plus my little boy wanted some crisps so that was him picking the toys up!! think i deserve a glass of baileys - is it too early for baileys lol!!
think i might even do some vacumming too!! well just the main area the rest is fine!! or i could just sit and read the paper!! decisions!!

bargainbetty

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

I still don't own an ironing board. A thick towel on the kitchen worktop suffices on the (incredibly) rare occasion that I use the iron - normally for hemming tape!

When my flatmate moved in, about 18 months ago, he had a job that required him to wear a suit. I thought he could just iron his shirts on the worktop, as I would have done.

He asked me politely if he could keep the ironing board in his room, to make life easier. I had no clue what he was talking about. Turns out I'd owned one for several years and he'd found it in the hall cupboard. When it broke, he replaced it, while apologising for damaging it. The thing must have been at least 8 years old, and was a cheap one then.
I've used it since. I have. I had to iron a dress for a party. It was the reason I no longer have a floorobe, because the horror of ironing something made me hang the other stuff up.

I'm working today, but this evening, I will mostly be ignoring the washing up.

torbrex

I fell off the wagon yesterday
I changed the bed linen and washed the dirty sheets :eek:

Eltee12

torbrex wrote: »

I fell off the wagon yesterday
I changed the bed linen and washed the dirty sheets :eek:

me too, did some hoovering AND emptied bins!!!!

Sally_A

Just bumping this up, there must be some more slobby shortcuts. Besides, I have now turned washing up into a mathematical equation (Nobel Prize for Sloth on the horizon).

Number of items for washing up ALWAYS = n + teaspoon.

Face facts, you think you are all finished and there's a bdooly teaspoon at the bottom.....every blummin' time!!!

Sally_A

Socks - well they are a flippin' law unto themselves.

Buy a 5 pack of identical black socks you say - yeah, done that, so why do some wash as blue/black, grey/black, brown/black, 2 go missing, none ever match up again after the first washing.

Socks, or the pairing of, are the spawn of satan, invented to drive us to madness!!!!

Sally_A

shegirl wrote: »

Sleeping in your make up is good too.You wake up in the morning with that soft candlelit look to your face...add the not so perfect mirror to that and you'll feel gorgeous for the rest of the day and not waste time putting a fresh face on!

Warning:effect does wear off so future reapplication will be necessary

Why not use the underused Pledge/Mr Sheen and spray it in peoples eyes, that way you will always look soft focussed to them.

sam.4000

Sally_A wrote: »

Socks - well they are a flippin' law unto themselves.

Buy a 5 pack of identical black socks you say - yeah, done that, so why do some wash as blue/black, grey/black, brown/black, 2 go missing, none ever match up again after the first washing.

Socks, or the pairing of, are the spawn of satan, invented to drive us to madness!!!!

I actually do this. Then every 12 months I throw them all out and buy 10 more pairs,
I also store empty loo rolls in the gap no the radiator- my excuse is I'm collecting them for growing beans. They do eventually make it to the recyling centre but thats my job for May.
Since giving up the tumble dryer and hanging my clothes on coat hangers to dry I find I very rarely have to iron. Saving money and helping the environment.
And yes I do need a sofa rather than a chair as I need space for my remotes, nail file, hand cream, tomato ketchup, post, scissors, cellotape and other things I might need.