Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 <<Beverly said: (who cleans windows to unwind, but whose mother irons to relax!- even I draw a line at somethings!!)>> ----------------- But ironing is relaxing. I love it. You don't get dirty, grimy, or sneeze from the dust. You just have to fold freshly laundered clothes and run them over with an iron. The only problem I have is standing for so long - haven't mastered sitting at the ironing board since my knees keep banging the legs (of the ironing board). But I get a great sense of satisfaction of seeing a pile of clothes all ironed and love putting them away. I'm a very tidy cupboard/drawer person but very untidy rest of the house person. And since we're all comparing dirty windows.... We've lived in our flat 3 years. I've never cleaned the windows or windon sills. They have been cleaned once however when my younger brother came to visit and he offered to clean all my windows. How could I refuse? (He's a tidyaholic). Admittedly I have cleaned one window when changing the curtains. The rest of my house is home to various dust balls, especially under my bed. And we don't have dust, we have grime (got a busy road in front of building and it's amazing what comes up from there). I have long given up dusting daily or weekly because within a few hours it's all back, so I blitz sporadically. Even DD's toys if she doesn't touch them for a week get grimy to touch (those I do tend to wipe over). Had the plumber over a few days ago and had to move the computer desk - I was cringing and wishing the earth would swallow me up when we saw what was behind that!! That and our dining table which has become a dump zone for all papers, rather than leaving them on the floor. I know that all who have been in my home must think I'm disgusting. But Greeks are tidyholics. The spend forever cleaning there homes - I read somewhere that after the Japanese the Greeks are most obsessed with cleanliness! They even have an advert here with a young woman, washing her bathroom mirror (how many of you do that?) commenting that she doesn't even have time to have a coffee! I mean, really? I've noticed recently that I spend most of my mornings either watching DD play on her own or I play around on the computer!! I would love a cleaner and we have discussed it. But a) I'd be too embarrassed for that too and language barrier and c) never having had a cleaner I'd feel awkward having a stranger in the house to whom I'd be giving instructions and 'inspecting' their work (at least to begin with). Janet Grimy of Athens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 Janet wrote: > They have been cleaned once however when my younger brother came to > visit and he offered to clean all my windows. How could I refuse? (He's a > tidyaholic). Can I borrow him? > That and our dining table which has become a dump zone for all papers, rather > than leaving them on the floor. Rings a bell! have to push all the crap to one side to find space to eat ... plus the ironing pile that just grows and grows is taking up one and threatening another of the chairs! > They even have an advert here with a young woman, washing her > bathroom mirror (how many of you do that?) Um I don't but I *do* tell to when he's cleaning the bathroom. > I've noticed recently that I spend most of my mornings either watching DD play > on her own or I play around on the computer!! Damn addictive computers (and Lists) - didn't used to get much done and now with babi too - zilch! Babi will get easier and less demanding not so sure of computer though Jenni ( & Gethyn) 17yrs; Mari 3yrs Home Birth; Nia 7 wks Home Water Birth http://www.picturetrail.com/jennihughes P/W = gwenni " If you don't know your options - you don't have any " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 I feel the cold very easily so if I'm feeling chilly I do hoover as it can warm me up for a bit.... Caro > <<Beverly said: > (who cleans windows to unwind, but whose mother irons to relax!- even > I draw a line at somethings!!)>> > But ironing is relaxing. I love it But when do you find the time to do it? I mean, what time of day do you tend to do it? and Janet or Beverley said > That and our dining table which has become a dump zone for all papers, rather than leaving them on the floor. Ha! This is what happens here, and then it gets shifted for the next meal, and hey presto! I lose the membership list / pile of envelopes to be posted / urgent school application / milkman's bill etc etc etc on a terribly regular basis. Or the dog eats it. (latest victim, part of a wooden farmyard mobile for new cousin - of course it was the wooden collie that got mashed) but wouldn't be without the dog for anything, he growled at a rather peculiar looking man in the woods the other day, bless him! Only ever growls at men... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 > But ironing is relaxing. I love it. You don't get dirty, grimy, or sneeze from the dust. You just have to fold freshly laundered clothes and run them over with an iron. The only problem I have is standing for so long - haven't mastered sitting at the ironing board since my knees keep banging the legs (of the ironing board). But I get a great sense of satisfaction of seeing a pile of clothes all ironed and love putting them away. I'm a very tidy > cupboard/drawer person but very untidy rest of the house person. Oh wonderful, I have found my twin ) I live in a hovel, but *all* my washing gets ironed and put into neat piles before being transferred into the geometrically arranged airing cupboard then drawers. One of my greatest pleasures of an evening is to transform a tangled heap of laundry into a series of knife edge creases. Lynda SAHM to (8), (6), Fraser (4), Callum (1) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch Area Rep, Region 7 www.familygarland.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 on 07/11/01 03:49 PM, Lynda Garland at lrgarland@... wrote: > I live in a hovel, but *all* my washing gets ironed What Gethyn just *fails* to understand is why I insist on (not) ironing all of Mari's pjs, vests etc, and babi's too now - they get put in that ever growing ironing pile, I then end up thinking I need to get more ... but I do like ironing when I do it! Part of my problem is I do my Mums' too and that takes priority ... oh well off to buy some more vests ... Jenni ( & Gethyn) 17yrs; Mari 3yrs Home Birth; Nia 7 wks Home Water Birth http://www.picturetrail.com/jennihughes P/W = gwenni " If you don't know your options - you don't have any " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 >Had the plumber over a few days ago and had to move the computer desk - I was cringing and wishing the earth would swallow me up when we saw what was behind that!! A couple of months back we had a man in to install our cable modem. In order to run the cable neatly round the wall he needed to pull out the sofa in the 'den'. He asked for a dustpan & brush and when I took it in I was horrified to finda banana skin and 2 whole burbon biscuits, around 2 crunched into pieces and the empty packet which had obviously been hastily shoved under there by the DK's who had raided the cupboard!! eugh eugh eugh. At least the banana skin had gone crispy rather than squelchy. I've gone pink just thinking about it again. Liz Goudie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 > At least the banana skin had gone crispy rather than squelchy. I've gone > pink just thinking about it again. And I have just established that rotten sunflowers, when left to moulder in a vase full of stagnant tap water, smell of gone off fish... I've been wondering what that dreadful niff was all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 In article <002401c167cf$80fdea60$e17420d9@mcveigh1>, McVeigh writes >> At least the banana skin had gone crispy rather than squelchy. I've gone >> pink just thinking about it again. > >And I have just established that rotten sunflowers, when left to moulder in >a vase full of stagnant tap water, smell of gone off fish... I'm glad I'm not the only person who does that with flowers, although the strange smell of fish in this house today turned out to be coming from the new carpet underlay dh was putting down. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 A splash of Milton in the water would solve this, and keep your flowers for longer. -----Original Message----- From: McVeigh [sMTP:rachel.mcveigh@...] And I have just established that rotten sunflowers, when left to moulder in a vase full of stagnant tap water, smell of gone off fish... I've been wondering what that dreadful niff was all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 Oooh, that's a handy " top tip " . I bought a bottle of Milton when DD1 was born (my mum told me too!) but only used it once so it is languishing in a top cupboard. Is it only for sunflowers or all flowers? Francesca Housewifely challenged! RE: Re: Cleaning > A splash of Milton in the water would solve this, and keep your flowers for longer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: McVeigh [sMTP:rachel.mcveigh@...] > > And I have just established that rotten sunflowers, when left to moulder in > a vase full of stagnant tap water, smell of gone off fish... > > I've been wondering what that dreadful niff was all day! > > > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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