Confessions of a very tired old styler. Please join in.

mumoftwins

Aril wrote: »

Erm I've never taken down my bedroom curtains to wash [they're cream]....although I have hoovered them occasionally. Only had them up 9 years!! Also deliberately ignore the windows on a sunny day....I do "clean" them moderately regularly but tbh if I look on a sunny day I see that I've only effectively managed to smear them. At least on the many dull days we're having at the moment I can pretend that they're sparkling:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Aril

Cleaning windows..............ermmm............oops, I forget to do that! I think they may get cleaned once a year :eek:. Had a friend here this weekend and the sun was shining through the lounge window and all I could see was DS's hand prints all over the window along with a layer of filmy type stuff - I know what it was now - muck!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

bizzylizzy

I absentmindedly threw the cloths I had used to polish some brass (first time in years, bought Brasso specially) including those with Brasso on them, into a load of washing. Result - all the washing smelled of Brasso, as did the washing machine :eek::eek:

So I had to run the machine empty on a hot wash, separate the polishy cloths from the rest, and wash it all again. Then hang it up to dry and wait for the remaining smell to evaporate.....

I should have just lived with the dull and smeary brass! Which, by the way, doesn't look that much better after all the polishing anyway!

she_grinch

I am looking at the snow out of the window and thinking hey the windows look fine I will clean then next month!!!!

shazrobo

can't remember the last time i cleaned my windows, net curtains hide the smears lol

Bargain_Rzl

I'm in my office in South London today and have had various colleagues who come in from as far away as the West Midlands joking that they'll be snowed in here in London overnight and will be spending the night on my sofa - to which my reaction has of course been HORROR as the state of my flat is not intended to be seen by anybody other than me

Jasper27_2

Aril don't wash your curtains! I had some hanging for about 8 years and never washed them, they were dark blue and looked OK. When I finally decided to wash them they fell to bits in the washer leaving me with a huge pile of wet rags. I had to buy some new curtains which are due for a wash in about 2016!

Lady_Tara

april_fool wrote: »

Thank goodness I discovered this thread! I was feeling soooooo inadequate!! My confession is that I dropped from full time work to 4 days a week from last July. To justify this to DH, I prepared a huge list of all the things that I never have time to do but would now be able to do on my extra day..... :rotfl: To give just a few examples:

- prepare food plans for the week ahead comprising of delicious and nutritional meals - no more take-aways and ready meals.... :rotfl:
- get all of the household chores (washing, ironing, cleaning, food shopping, etc) out of the way before the week-end so we can spend some quality time together as a family :rotfl:
- go to the gym for a workout/class/swim :rotfl:
- de-clutter all those drawers/cupboards/shelves that haven't been investigated in the 10 years that we have been in the house...:rotfl:
- clean all the places that we never have time for (windows/behind and under sofas and beds/etc etc) :rotfl:
- carefully monitor food cupbards and freezer contents to ensure good use of contents and no wastage (finally removing some of the tins/jars/packets that we brought with us when we moved into the house 10 years ago...):eek:

I could go on (there is loads more, believe me...) but it is depressing me. Needless to say, none of the above has happened - there is not ONE week when I have managed any of these. Now I have discovered the forums there is even less hope... perhaps if I stick to the OS forum some of it will rub off on me and I will become a changed person...

I am exactly the same, have just reduced my hours from full time and haven't had chance to do any of the things I said I would, your list could have been written by me, so glad I'm not the only one!:rotfl:

FairyElephant_2

Beki wrote: »

I have 6 loads of washing to do that i just KNOW i won't be doing today

Only 6?!?!?

I have a laundry bin full, a pile on the bathroom floor next to the laundry bin and...wait for it...a suitcase of dirty washing from our holiday - we came home on 5th Jan, and it still hasn't been opened yet!!!!!!!!!!!! I only just remembered it when DH was complaining about lack of socks yesterday...but still didn't do anything about it (well, it just isn't good 'washing weather' is it - even though I do have a TD and an airer, and radiators...)

hardpressed

I spent the morning tidying 2 kitchen cupboards, despite throwing out several half eaten packets of biscuits, a packet of oatibix that nobody would eat and making it all neat and tidy, I've still got stuff out on the worktop that just won't fit back in the cupboard.
Why is it that when you clear out a cupboard or drawer and throw away half the contents you're left with more stuff than you started with?
I've gone off cleaning now, which is why I'm on here!
Hope the birds like the biscuits and oatibix.

gentlepurr

Its been a long, long time since i've dared to post in here! :rotfl: Thanks gingham for this thread, you've restored my faith in humankind, lol!

Well, one of my best mates popped in the other day and stopped dead in the kitchen doorway. "My God!" she said, "you've been burgled....."



















"....and they've tidied and washed up for you......"



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