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As I work myself up into a panic in the week leading up to another visit from my very houseproud mother I wondered if there was such a thing as a houseproud gardener!
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32a priority0.00%0a chore but once its done I skip out into my green room with glee12.50%4something I spend an equal amount of time on0.00%0a bore from which I cannot wait to escape from21.88%7something that can be done after the gardening9.38%3smoething that is only done if the garden or weather allows21.88%7something I dont bother with as the garden is far too important0.00%0...whats housework?25.00%8something my cleaner/housekeeper does9.38%3something my partner does0.00%0The poll is expired.
Tammy x x x x
Fine and Dandy but busy as always
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done
Stay at home Mum (and proud of it) to Bluebelle(8), Bashfull Bill(6) and twincesses Pea & Pod (2)!!!! -
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On the TV this week [ he made me watch open gardens] someone said that veg gardeners didn't usually care about the aesthetic just about the veg and my OH looked straight at me. He keeps saying he was joking but I'm not so sure.
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Not in this house! I'm not even garden proud. I just genetically cannot do 'neat' - but I get plenty of veg and I have fun with the indoor hobbies in my house. No-one ever lay on her death bed and said 'I wish I'd done more housework.'Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - SpringComment
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I hate house work BUT I hate the house being in a mess so I do it as regularly as poss so it doesn't take too long and I have more time at the plot. Having said that things have kinda slid over the summer hols so once the kids go back to school next thurs the house is gonna get it, and the lottie!!Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.Comment
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I do housework when the state of the house annoys me enough. It makes me very grumpy though.Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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The one thing I HATE HATE HATE with a passion is the ironing!
I put it off till the pile is nearly as big as me and then I grumble all the way through it.
My OH boasts that he finds it relaxing, how the hell would he know when he never does it?!
Sigh.
I have a Pisa size tower waiting for me this morning can you tell?
Can feel myself getting grumpy already.....Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.Comment
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I share your pain.Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.Comment
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I also have a big big big pile of ironing, at the mo its sitting in our bedroom so I see it every night, after tomorrow when daughters friend goes home i can put it back in the spare room out of sight out of mind !!! The house is tidy at the moment mostly because myself and my 12 yr old daughter had a big tidy up as she hates the state it gets in. When her friends are coming she puts everything away and then I cant find anything and bits turn up in the wierdest of places.
The house also needs decorating my OH never finishes a job and as my BIL has retired I am going to ask him to come and help me as I know he is getting under my sister's feet.
My OH does however Irons his own shirts as I refuse to ( ok i do them sometimes ).Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
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i dont do ironing at all, always buy stuff that doesn't need it ...... if its nice i put all the washing on the line, then when dry anything likely to need ironing, put in the dryer for 10 mins on hot, then hang it up, very little creasing left.
I don't see the point in ironing a huge pile, that is going to get put in a drawer, son does his own ironing as and when he needs stuff.
i have a when the ashtray is full use the floor approach to housework, ie when i've broken my toe on something 3 times, i'll get round to moving it
the dishwashers great, i can now hide the dirty pots till it's full,
yup i'm a messy cow
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Tammy you can come to mine anytime you like if you do the house work !!! If anyone comes to my house and they dont like it they know where the door is !!! prehaps thats why not many people visit including my sister she is very houseproud.Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
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Phew, I'm not the only one that clicked "my cleaner does it".
I generally don't mind cleaning (some people say it's because I'm a Virgo?), and I actually quite like ironing - pretty much always done with my iPod plugged into my ears.
I quite like cleaning the kitchen too - there's a certain satisfaction about shiny surfaces. In fact, I used to quite like polishing tarnished silver/chrome as a kid. Used to take great pride in Autosol/Brasso-ing the spokes of my various bikes, and polishing my silver piggy bank.
It's not been the same after therapy.A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012
Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.
What would Vedder do?Comment
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Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
i like housework, i feel it is a chore on some days, but i too am a Virgo and need to do it and my greenhouse needs to be clean too LOL !Comment
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It seems to be the garden that causes most of my housework ... I keep trekking grass clippings, leaves & compost into the house.
Apart from Mr Sheds leaving his stuff where it falls, the house is okay. I don't mind my OWN mess
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I know it's a male point of view here, but I voted for "something that can be done after the gardening" and it was the only vote. Maybe I should change my way of thinking.
What were the Poll questions again? lolI love growing tomatoes.Comment
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