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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 16, 2009 20:55:31 GMT
I genuinely loathe housework and only do it because the alternative is being found dead in filth. <snip> With dozens of cats roaming around the house, mewling piteously to be fed. ;D Or to quote Charlie -- the cops will find me after the poodles have eaten my face. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2009 20:58:51 GMT
Is this the right place for this ? |
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Post by lola on Nov 17, 2009 23:04:15 GMT
I think 3 cats is pretty much the tipping point; beyond that lies the path to cat ladyness.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 0:06:12 GMT
I agree lola. I am right at 3 . Everytime I entertain the idea of a fourth my husband gives me that look.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 18, 2009 15:19:31 GMT
I've been working like mad for the last couple of hours vacuuming and cleaning down the stairs. I found lots of cobwebs on the ceilings. If I could, I let the spiders live to make more. I'm making a huge effort to clean before I leave for Thailand. My friends, who will come in and feed my cat, are scrupulously clean and tidy. I suspect that one of them is finickity since I usually find he has cleaned and polished my cafetiere to await my return. He won't say how he does it but he removes all the limescale even from the nooks and crannies. I wonder if he goes looking in my bedroom (in the drawer next to my bed!)  |
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Post by traveler63 on Nov 18, 2009 15:29:53 GMT
OMG!!! You should have seen my house after 28 days of sitting quietly waiting for us to return. Our kitty went to heaven last spring and we are finally getting around to thinking of another. Anyway, the dust was so thick on everything and 3 days after returning both of us got sick.
I also hate housework, so I have hired someone to come in every other week and do some of the things I hate, like scrubbing the tile floors in the kitchen, entry, two bathrooms, den and hall.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 21:01:47 GMT
I keep finding 1 roach every month. No fewer, no less. I hate that, because it means I have roaches, but I have so few that I don't know where they are coming from.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 19, 2009 20:34:15 GMT
I think 3 cats is pretty much the tipping point; beyond that lies the path to cat ladyness. Even if YOU can handle 3 or more cats in your house, the cats do better if there are no more than two. Issues of territory, marking, and aggression begin to occur with 3 or more, and beyond that, it is almost impossible to avoid having the types of kitty problems that lead to a lack of that "fresh clean smell" on entering your house. So say the experts in Cat Fancy magazine... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 15:51:03 GMT
I am going to try to clean today. It's raining and I am probably going to have people coming over tomorrow because of the festival in the neighborhood. Will give it a shot and see how far I get...Clearly,I am not real enthusiastic about this.  |
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Post by spindrift on Nov 21, 2009 16:15:23 GMT
It's strange but some people like to clean their houses! The friend I will be staying with in Phuket finds great pleasure cleaning each and every day. I asked her how she kept her floors so sparkling and she told me she uses something like Johnsons baby wipes on them. She remarked that most English peoples' houses were dirty. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 16:23:29 GMT
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Post by spindrift on Nov 21, 2009 16:37:54 GMT
That's funny because I like weeding too!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2009 18:21:26 GMT
I like weeding and ironing. The rest of it is torture.
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Post by imec on Nov 21, 2009 18:29:58 GMT
I like weeding
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 18:56:02 GMT
I am presently cleaning,look how clean that computer screen is!  ironing is on my very short list along with painting of avoid doing at all costs... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 18:56:32 GMT
;D You are so Canadian! I don't like weeding at all. Actually I don't like housework period. |
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 21, 2009 19:12:44 GMT
Spindrift, wishing you a safe trip.
Nowadays, I mostly clean when I expect visitors, or if I feel the place needs cleaning. Except for the kitchen, which I try and keep really tidy on an everyday basis. difficult, though.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 21, 2009 19:14:48 GMT
Thanks Annie... |
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Post by spindrift on Nov 23, 2009 11:09:12 GMT
I had a person from John Lewis come in this morning and measure my french doors for roller blinds. They will be filmy white with a leaf print design and fairly see-through to the garden beyond. Anyway I was ashamed to see cobwebs in the area she was measuring.
Before the blinds are fitted I'll simply have to paint the woodwork. Oh dear.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 11:12:07 GMT
When my husband and I clean the house we refer to it as "disturbing the spiders".
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Post by spindrift on Nov 23, 2009 13:08:38 GMT
It's a tedious job but today I have been forced to defrost my freezer...there's so much ice in it I can hardly open the drawers. I've put very hot water in a small container on the top shelf to loosen the ice.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 13:35:28 GMT
I fought my freezer last week, but all I had to do was attack the sides with my plastic rösti spatula -- the ice comes loose easily. (It was my fault because it's a small freezer in a corner of the kitchen, and I didn't notice that the door wasn't closed 100% -- that's the kiss of death in terms of frost.)
One good thing yesterday was that my surprise houseguest did all of the dishes while I was out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 13:38:57 GMT
Yes,this morning I HAVE to remove the "freezer surprises" to allow T. access to his gumbo stuff.
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 24, 2009 4:25:13 GMT
How do i get rid of a cat that has started pissing on my roof?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 6:03:25 GMT
Time to move!
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 24, 2009 11:42:03 GMT
The problem is that the roof slopes towards my 'car port'. Meaning it splashes down about 4m before hitting the ground with a, well, splash.
It's starting to bother me. And especially my girlfriend.
Either get an air gun or a hose, correct? Which is better?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 12:00:22 GMT
Maybe there is some 'substance' (sticky? oily?) that you could put on the roof that the cat wouldn't like to walk on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 12:19:15 GMT
Petroleum Jelly would work and is very inexpensive.I used to use it to keep squirrels out of my bird feeders.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2009 15:28:03 GMT
Uck ~ cats on roofs. Most of the roofs here are flat. I lived in one house that neighborhood cats were using as a litter box. Didn't that smell nice in the hot sun. I live alone in a small house with a big porch. The porch really ought to be kept nice, as it's the "intro" to the house, plus a pleasant den area. It's also the site of my potting projects and dusty anyway because it's the dry season.  The house gets cluttered because it's too easy to say that I'll do it later. Why, look at that -- both hands seem to be occupied at this very second, but nothing is getting picked up around the house! |
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Post by Kimby on Nov 24, 2009 19:15:32 GMT
ironing is on my very short list along with painting of avoid doing at all costs... I'm with you on this, casi. (Add windows to the short list.) My/our housekeeping avoidance is keeping the dirt out in the first place. We take our shoes off on entering and wear slippers in the house. We do not have dogs or allow other people to bring their dogs in. Ditto with kids. (Well, OK, if visitors have kids, they don't have to leave them in the car.) We close the windows when the pine trees are dropping pollen. When we've been working in the yard and are covered with dirt, the yard clothes get dropped in the laundry room or garage. Our preventative measures also involve routine things like squeegeeing the shower stall after each use, so it doesn't need scrubbing very often. Stuff like that. And NEVER buying clothes that require ironing, no matter how much we like them. If they won't lose their wrinkles in the dryer, they go to the thrift store. I was amazed to see an iron and ironing board in each of our Australian hotel rooms - I would've thought that the "no worries" Australians wouldn't worry about wrinkles... |
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