wiseheart: (Default)
[personal profile] wiseheart
... like every other Monday. God, how I hate it! Yes, we do have help, but the cleaning lady just vacuums the wall-to-wall carpets and wipes the floors, plus she dusts the places we can't reach (because I'm afraid of heights and can't get any higher than the third step of any ladder). All the small, time-consuming and annoying things (like putting everything up on tables and cabinets, so that she can move around freely) is done by us, and it always eats half a day in advance. Another half a day afterwards when we put things back into their regular places.

I think I can bring myself to like a dirty environment, if it spared me this hassle.

The worst part is, that when the whole thing is over (like now) I find myself totally unmotivated to do anything else. That piece of ginger I bought two days ago is still waiting in the fridge to be peeled and grated and frozen, but I'm putting it off. I'm afraid it will go bad by the time I get around to do it - and ginger isn't exactly cheap over here. Nothing is. Save for human life, obviously.

I still have to scrub that... thing that makes our toilet 15 cm higher, so that Mum can sit on it safely (and, more importantly, can get up from it fairly easily). It isn't dirty per se, but I ought to de-scale it at least every other week... another thing I keep putting off. Yeah, I'm a terrible housekeeper, I know.

At least I didn't have to cook today. We had leftover carrot soup and the disastrous millionaire's slices, plus a ham and cheese sandwich each for lunch. That was perfect.

The only thing not related to the godforsaken housework was cutting out pieces for 4 more little felt angels and for the next batch of ornaments: the snowmen. But even that felt like punishment, so I stopped after the second snowman.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com
There are days, when nothing seems to be fun to do. Doing handicraft should be fun, so wait for a better day...

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
That is the plan, yes.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 05:04 pm (UTC)
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)
From: [personal profile] artemis10002000
Sounds like you had a real day, as is always with cleaning Mondays. Just relax now

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Mum's just reminded me that the exterminator guy is due to come tomorrow — more packing. And hoping that he actually will come. Have I mentioned how much I hate housework?

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 05:24 pm (UTC)
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)
From: [personal profile] artemis10002000
NOOOO

You really aren't getting a break

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 05:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'm just so fed up with this shit, you know? Choir practice is starting tomorrow — finally something I could do for my mental health — but I most likely won't be able to go because even if Mum happens to hear the guy buzzing, they don't realize that she needs f*cking time to hobble along the corridor and let them in and would leave before she could do so. So I'll probably have to stay home and wait for them — and if I'm very unlucky, they won't even come. It's happened before.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-06 08:14 pm (UTC)
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)
From: [personal profile] artemis10002000
That is incredibly frustrating. I'm sorry.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 06:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com
{{{hugs}}}

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-05 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
Dirty? I think if you all cleaned a third of what you do, your home would be cleaner than most homes I've seen.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-14 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Alas, licking the dratted flat all the time is a matter of principle in our family. It reminds me of the convent, where you had to clean certain rooms at certain times, whether they needed cleaning or not.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-14 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
I clean quite a bit since I like things neat and tidy. But I admit nowhere close to what you do! On the other hand, when I'm on my deathbed one day, I really doubt I'll say, "Gee, I wish I'd spent more of my life cleaning my house." ;)

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-06 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwenlj.livejournal.com
One of the things I love about my recent declutter of the house is that cleaning is so much easier and faster. I can dust my living room in ten minutes and vacuum the whole house in fifteen...although I do not move furniture to do that.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-14 05:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'd so love to declutter the flat — unfortunately, it isn't my decision.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-14 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mirasaui.livejournal.com
I don't mind most housework, except sweeping/vacuuming, which I hate immensely. Unfortunately, it must be done before mopping, which I quite enjoy. If I just had someone to do that part of the chores, I believe I could manage the rest without complaint. What is really frustrating, is that before I am even finished, someone opens the door and more outdoor crap (dirt, dust, leaves & stuff) comes in. It is a never-ending battle. So yeah, I don't envy you one bit. I also don't clean as thoroughly as you and your mum, rather I do, just not nearly as often as perhaps, I should. I'm afraid I will never pass the white glove test.

(no subject)

Date: 2022-09-14 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
As our neighbour likes to say, I should have born a countess. Then I could load off housework on the poor servants and lead a life in creative laziness. ;))
Page generated Feb. 20th, 2026 04:14 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios