moosh in indy.

December 20, 2008

While I could give you a list of “chores” I abhor and avoid until absolutely necessary, I could just as easily give you a list of “chores” that I secretly get excited about. Or better yet, how to get me to do chores at your house without even asking.

1. Leave your clean laundry out in a pile. I will fold it. I love to fold laundry. I know of at least seven people who read this blog who can attest to my love of laundry folding.

2. Doing laundry. Some people are squicked out at the idea of someone else doing their laundry. I’ll do it in a heartbeat because I know at the end I will get to fold it. And smell it. Clean laundry smell. Mmmm. The whole process is made even better by Soap Nuts from Laundry Tree. I got samples from BlogHer in July and have been loyal ever since. My sister and I have both been known to find excuses to do laundry we love it so much. Sick. I know.

3. Vacuuming. Well, not my house. I have a circa 2000 Hoover vacuum that smells like burnt hair whenever it is turned on. But I’ll vacuum your house. If you have a Dyson. Both my dad and my MIL have Dysons and I have been known to purposely spill things for an excuse to use their Dysons. It also gives me a sick sense of satisfaction that even though my MIL keeps an incredibly tidy house, the Dyson will suck up things from her carpet no one ever knew existed. Kind of like seeing the perfectly popular girl with lipstick on her teeth. I stroke them everytime I pass one in a store whispering “someday, someday.”

4. Ironing. Did you just hear my husband snort? That’s because I don’t really iron HIS shirts. They’re so big and there’s so many and his pants with the cuffs and the pleats and let’s just say he now knows why dry cleaners are in business. But I do like to iron. When I knew Cody was going to be going to law school and that law stuff involves fancier clothes than jeans I figured I had better invest in a good iron so I didn’t dread ironing when I had to do it. I have this Rowenta iron. And whoo. It’s good.

Now. Is there someone out there who loves to do dishes and mop the floor? Because those are the things I dread and put off as long as possible. Let me know, I’m really into starting a whole Canadian/American border blogger commune with a Target and really good health care.

Comments off.

Hmmm…not so much about mopping the floor. But I like to do dishes. I don’t mind laundry, but really don’t like the folding. Do you put away too? This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Amys last blog post..I knew it!

…with a Target. ha ha, that’s funny.

I do love to clean a really dirty kitchen
… once in a while!

Andreas last blog post..the story of sweet cheeks

Would you like to come fold the piles of laundry on my bed? I’ll clean your bathroom for you! (sick I know!) and yes, maybe even mop your floor!
Oh, and I’m in for the commune!

Kristas last blog post..Cory’s first snow!

I have a never ending pile of laundry and a dyson. Could I convince you to come over?

Vics last blog post..Pay it Forward (Take 2)

Yay, a soul mate! Kinda. I LOVE to fold laundry. Building all those nice tidy piles? What’s not to love? And dishes? Nothing like having a pile of dirty dishes on the left and making them clean in the warm, sudsy water and ending up with a clean pile on the right. I also love cutting the grass. Basically, I love any chore that gives me instant visual gratification. Vacuuming, not so much, because unless something is REALLY filthy, you can’t see the result. Ooh, but I do like those patterns a vacuum makes on the carpet. And I wonder why I’m single?

Beths last blog post..Ice Pics …

sorry nope not afflicted with the cleaning disease of which you speak. *glancing around her messy messy living room* nope not me.

Lindys last blog post..reminding myself

So, I’m thinking that you should come to my house and fold all my laundry.

Currently my sofa, love seat and coffee table are all missing and the St Bernard I sent out searching for kid 3 has turned up empty pawed. I’m pretty sure my unmated socks ate her.

fidgets last blog post..Growing boobs and making mice

That is one of my hubby’s biggest complaints, I don’t iron… at all. I just can’t, try as I might, I will probably never be able to iron.

Nicoles last blog post..Bacon Bento Breakfast

I use to love ironing too until I had to do my husband’s stuff. You are so right! Now I tell him to go pay the $0.89 a shirt for them to do it.

midwest mommys last blog post..It’s Been Brought!

Well since you’re offering… I’m actually hanging out on the Internet avoiding a huge box of ironing that is about 4 weeks worth of clothes! *lmao*

Clares last blog post..Stocking Stuffers for Kids

Ugh, I HATE laundry. But I do love washing the dishes by hand. I don’t know why, I just enjoy it. And I like to clean bathrooms because they’re so pretty and sparkly when you’re done.

Do you want to come to Orlando? You can stay here and do laundry to your heart’s content.

Avitables last blog post..Who knew I could be weird?

I’ll trade you vacuuming for dishes any day.

And also, my laundry is sitting in a big pile and I’m too sick to do it. Wanna come over and wash/fold it for me?

Pleeeeeeeeeeease. I’m not contagious.

Overflowing Brains last blog post..Dear today, you can suck it.

I like doing the dishes by hand. I have this weird aversion to emptying the dishwasher, so my husband does that.

I am awesome at cleaning other people’s places but I’m not as on top of it at home.

And I ? Dyson, it will suck up so much cat hair that the cat will think she’s next. My college vacuum is starting to break, (darn) time to make an investment.

Rachels last blog post..Making it Through

You can come to my house and fold laundry anytime.

And yes, the allure of the Dyson is unbearable. I want one so bad!

ashleys last blog post..Going To Bed With Everyone But My Husband

I will give you a set of keys to my apartment just so you could do my laundry as much as you wanted. I’d even let you wash/fold AGAIN.

I’m very generous, I know.

Unfortunately I hate doing dishes and mopping the floors. But for some reason I like sweeping. Don’t ask, I have no idea why I don’t like mopping but enjoy sweeping.

Ashleys last blog post..Living Inside a Snow Globe

I don’t like laundry. But I can handle dishes. So let’s work out a trade, please.

Rheas last blog post..She never pays for gas.

I do love myself a dirty dish - particularly at other people’s houses. It’s totally weird, but I like doing dishes and people are so appreciative if you tackle their sink.

I also love doing laundry - NOT folding it. Mopping, toilets - NO.

(I just about died when I saw you left a comment on my blog - thank you!)

Amelias last blog post..Sometimes, old people are ANNOYING

Hey — thanks for the LaundryTree link!

I LOVE the washing part of laundry (natch) but the folding, hanging, and putting away? Not so much. Am TOTALLY willing to do your dishes and mop your floor in trade. (And I’m thinking that having your sunny wit around would be a huge bonus).

–Lisa
LaundryTree.com

I actually love doing laundry - and if I’m SUPER STRESSED at work, I’ll do laundry when I come home.

But, if you’d like to come over, not only do I have a Dyson, I have a PINK Dyson. So, its extra fun to use it.

Rhis last blog post..Friday Bullets: Ice, Ice Baby Edition

I LOVE MOPPING! and my two year old loves sweeping! we are a good combo. I also love cleaning tubs, weird I know

Liam Craigs last blog post..babies n tots

Oh, no cleaning afflictions here! Although I’m like Rachel, would rather do dishes by hand than use the dishwasher. The Roomie just does NOT get that. LOL.

Thanks for coming by my blog yesterday and commenting! I was so excited, I squealed like a little girl!
Lindsays last blog post..Christmas theme meme

the only time i like to mop floors is if i get to use a Shark Steam Mop. Girrrrl…it’s like a dyson for tile and wood floors!

Biddys last blog post..random snippets

I can’t think of a chore that I “love” doing. I love the result. I will do the dishes to have a clean sink and kitchen. I will do the laundry to have the hampers empty and the closet full. I guess I’m an -end result- kind of person. It’s not the journey, it’s the destination. (When it comes to chores.)

Oh wait, I take it back. There is something that I love doing. I love doing the tedious painting in my house. The edging and the small spaces that take a lot of concentration and time.

My wife and I don’t mind doing laundry, but neither of us like to fold or iron it. It usually ends up back in the laundry baskets and rarely makes it back to the closet or dresser.

So, if Canada isn’t too far, feel free to come by our place about two times a week.

Mike Petersons last blog post..All I want for Christmas is …

Folding is right up there with taking out the trash for me. Although at least the trash takes 2 minutes, the laundry lasts forever!!

Amy’s Blah, Blah, Bloggings last blog post..Saturday Photo Hunt - WIDE

I don’t mind hanging things right from the dryer, but socks and undies go straight from the dryer to the basket and stay there. Can’t remember the last time they made it to the drawer!

I actually enjoy mopping, dusting, and cleaning the shower. I often do the dishes, not because I like to, but because a sinkful of dirty dishes squicks me and they must be cleaned. I hate folding and organizing. Can we be bestest friends in the blogger commune?

Emily Bs last blog post..Des Moines Fun

You are insane. Also, I just ordered a sample of SoapNuts. I’m intrigued!

Jens last blog post..random Friday

Oh my! This is scary because besides the vacuuming (which I detest) I LOVE the above stated chores. The whole process of doing laundry is one of the most satisfying and relaxing things to me, and ironing is meditation as far as I am concerned!!!

My mom was doing a craft with my 5 year old that required ironing. She was mortified when my daughter asked what the iron was. Apparently she had never seen one. She came home and asked “Mom, do we have one of those iron things?” Words cannot express how much I hate ironing.

For some crazy reason I don’t mind scrubbing though. Toilets, floors, dishes, whatever.

RGs last blog post..Poop. The fabric of our lives.

At least you aren’t the freak that loves to iron because of the smell of Magic Sizing. I have a problem.

Tee hee…let’s see…you have mopped my floor, folded my laundry…thrice if we include the time you washed some of my stuff in Indy…and AND you have ironed with MY Rowenta. Dood, how come I did not introduce you to Kirby when you were here? She is a beauty. I love her. She may even put the dyson to shame. The only diff? She uses a bag.

Love you.

And makeup TOTALLY counts…cuz it has been four days for me too, and I don’t think it is going to happen today either. That pic of you and your mom is totally kick @$$!

Kimmies last blog post..I am off to wrap presents…

I love doing dishes. I own a perfectly good dishwasher that is in just as much perfectly good working order. Now ask me how many times I’ve actually used it this past year. Maybe three times? I don’t remember. I’ve had the same bag of Cascade Powerball thingies since they first came out, and the bag is not anywhere close to being empty. I will wash dishes for people if I go to their house and see that they have dirties in the sink. It’s a sickness.

There are NO chores that I like. I’m awful.

I’m with ya on the laundry thing. Seriously.
I’ve gone over to my friends’ homes to see laundry baskets with piles (cause they have 3+ kids) and I’ll just pull up a chair and start folding.

Another one?
Washing dishes. And I don’t mean using the dishwasher either. I mean hot,soapy water and a dishcloth.

My mother still isn’t sure where that came from, since I used to disappear into the bathroom with a good book for a long time when time came to do dishes.

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Go ahead at look at my blog for tons o’cleaning supplies that I love and some that I don’t like as much…I am pretty much addicted to cleaning.
here is the link to that evonnesell.blogspot.com/2008/12/cleaning-supplies-part-ii.html
I had (you saw that right, HAD) the Dyson until it ruined my carpet that was only 9 months old…you can also read all about that on my blog. It sucked too much, and unraveled all my shag carpet in my WHOLE DARN HOUSE!! After 3 months of fighting with Dyson, Stainmaster, and my place of employment (RC Willey)…they replaced it. Yeah, for being a naggy customer. LOVE THIS POST!
here is one of the MANY links about that
evonnesell.blogspot.com/2008/11/oh-my-dyson-part-3.html

I feel the same way about vacuuming with a good vacuum as I do popping zits…looooooove it.

Until my dying day I will remember you being the one who streamlined my underwear drawer by teaching me how to fold “packets.” Life has been so much easier since then…

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I love my dyson love it…BEST VACUUM EVER!

The Bossy Yankees last blog post..Christmas Party Part 1 - The Hair

No Dyson but piles and piles of laundry. When will you be back in So Cal again? Hee hee

Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommys last blog post..1980 Called and Wants Its Boombox Back

I like vacuuming (maybe cuz I have a dyson…wanna borrow it?). But, I hate laundry. It grosses me out even touching dirty underwear of those I love. Eww…

I’ll bring the dyson, you do the laundry. ‘k?

inthefastlanes last blog post..The First Gift of Christmas!

I love mopping and doing dishes. But I would totally fight to to the death for laundry folding rights.

Zoeyjanes last blog post..On Annual Traditions

My Christmas gift to you- about 4 unfolded loads of laundry- HAVE AT IT girl!

Honestly, I love the smell of detergent and softener while it is washing and drying. But I hate to fold. HATE.

I also like to iron- just because it is so mindless that my mind can just wander- I do my best pondering over mindless ironing/dishes by hand type tasks

i don’t even own an iron. when we got married - i was 20 - and gabe asked me to iron his shirts for him. i did such a crappy job he was all “i think i’ll take them to the cleaners from now on” so i haven’t ironed in ten years!

but i DO like the wash the floor!

alis last blog post..snowmaggedon and ginger-casualties

I do not mind washing dishes or mopping floors, but I would rather eat mud than fold clothes…

I have plenty of laundy, come on over!!

Eternal Sunshines last blog post..Faithful friends who are dear to us…

Ok, don’t tell anyone, but I like doing the laundry…you and I are a perfect match. I love to wash it, there is something so wonderful about separating it out for me…it’s the folding and putting away that are less than joyful for me. My kids’ clean clothes will sit in their hampers until the moment I need the hampers to put dirty clothes in. It’s a sickness.

Anissa@Hope4peytons last blog post..Am I a deal breaker?

Ok I am not so hot on the chores but I can loan you a British Air Force (aka R.A.F.) man, who is BRILLIANT at chores, to do all dishes and mopping if you are prepared to travel to England to do some hoovering for me!! I have a Dyson

Oooh…Dyson. You said the magic word. The power switch just went on my Hoover (so it doesn’t shut off, I have to pull the plug) and I’m trying to convince hubby that its a sign that I should get a Dyson from Santy.

Colleen - Mommy Always Winss last blog post..The truth about snow

I have been known to get down on my hands and knees to scrub and then dry the floors in my house. If you love the laundry I totally think a chore share is in order. I mean you are in Indiana, i am in Ohio, you can’t get much closer. Okay, well if I was in Indiana as well, but I am not.

Domestic Extraordinaires last blog post..Do you know what time it is?

There is a nice fresh-smelling pile of clean clothes on my couch right now and a load waiting to be pulled out of the dryer! Next time you’re in Sandy, come on over!

Jefrilyns last blog post..Share the Magic

what is it about cleaning someone else’s home that is much more appealing then your own? I’d clean my girlfriend’s dishes in her sink way before I’d do mine. Why is that? Is it because I seek the satisfaction of others? I think so.

Hippo Brigades last blog post..Berlyn’s New Drug

Hi. Its me the other Kim from “Craft Night” I finally took some time to read many posts in your blog and it has been a great deterrent from cleaning my house and wrapping gifts-so thanks for the entertainment

So a few weeks ago after 10 years my vacuum died, and although I did drool at the Dyson and wished I had enough pennies in my purse to make it mine, I settled on a Hoover Windtunnel that is self propelled. And let me just tell you using that machine is orgasmic, it is right up there. I let me neighbor try it and she agreed. So now I am a happier house cleaner.

You covet the Dyson. I covet the Scooba. Sure, I have a Hoover automatic floor cleaner that makes mopping/scrubbing floors easier but that doesn’t mean I like to do it. But a Scooba cleans the floors on its own, like having minions (many of you refer to them by their given name - children) but minions revolt at housework. As long as the Scooba crosses its little robot heart not to take over the world or my house, it can live at my house and do my bidding. Someday Scooba you will be mine.

I own a home steamer for my husband’s man shirts, because they are so difficult to iron. It is awesome and fun. Plus, it comes in handy when you really need to remove something from anything. Gunk on the floor? steam it. Gunk on the wall? Steam it. Gunk on your face? Well, just wash that.

Amanda of Shamelessly Sassys last blog post..Shameless Confessions: Perez Hilton is my Home Page.

So I am pretty OCD thus I LOVE LOVE LOVE cleaning! Baseboards are one of my favorites! Because we live in a new home there is dust EVERYWHERE and so dusting the baseboards is sooo satisfying! I’m also totally into laundry because I like all the clothes to be clean all the time! Just incase I want to wear something. My closet is also organized by short sleeve, long sleeve, sweaters, and dress clothes. There are then sub categories of colours and favourites. As you can tell by the spelling of the last couple words I would join any kind of commune for a target!

Oh also I have a scooba, NOT WORTH THE MONEY! IT works alright for the first month or so but after that things slowly decline even if you clean the crap out of of it turns into a piece of junk. ANd it is more work cleaning the scooba than it would be to mop the floor!

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