Home » Home & Garden » Housekeeping » House Cleaning

How d'you get away with certain household tasks?

From the lens I Hate Housework.

  • gatornic15 Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:31 pm | delete
    Too funny! I can't stand cleaning, but it drives me crazy to live in a mess...which puts me in a bit of a pickle. Especially since no one else in the house bothers to clean anything.
  • mamabush Apr 17, 2012 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Housework is the bane of my existence! 5 kids makes lots of dishes, lots of laundry and lots of dirty floors. My pet peeves are cleaning the tubs and mopping...maybe I should hire someone once a week to come do that stuff. That would be awesome! Flylady worked for me until I had 3 kids, now with 5 I get overwhelmed. But I stay on top of it pretty good...my goal is to always stay within an hour of being "guest-ready". :) Fun lens!
  • JaguarJulie Feb 25, 2012 @ 11:05 am | delete
    Oh my ... so it is 11am on a Saturday, typically the day of doing my household chores ... but you see I am here penning a guestbook comment. I did throw in a load of laundry so as not to make my day a total waste. My one task is dusting ... that seems to always get away from me.
  • Frischy Dec 12, 2011 @ 9:50 am | delete
    Very funny lens! I can totally relate! I hate housework, and anyone who visits my home can immediately tell. I say my purpose in life is to make other women feel better about their homes.
  • lifeloveliving Dec 5, 2011 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    really funny! love your lens
  • Retro_Loco Sep 14, 2011 @ 2:23 am | delete
    I can't wait to read more of this entertaining lens on hating housework. I HATE HOUSEWORK, TOO! I know what you mean about FlyLady and putting on those stupid lace-up shoes! It takes time to do that. I wear flip-flops every chance I can! Slide 'em on, slide 'em off, quick and easy! FlyLady has helped me out a lot, though, and I own a few of her books...not sure where they are, probably in a dusty corner! Doing housework didn't bother me for the first several years after moving out of my parents' home, but after moving over a dozen times and living alone in a house full of stuff I inherited and didn't know what to do with and now picking up after a man, I am burned slap out on doing housework!! Cleaning after someone else, especially when I just cleaned, is really annoying to me! If an adult has all their limbs, isn't sick or an invalid, then pick up after yourself, dammit! Oops, I think that's the first time I've cursed on Squidoo, sorry about that! Oh, I better step off my soap box now before I get banned! ;-) Totally enjoyed your lens! Thumbs up, bookmarked, and I'm going to subscribe so I can read all your guestbook comments on how much other people HATE HOUSEWORK!!!! I could finish all those unfinished Squidoo lenses if I didn't have to do housework.
  • hysongdesigns May 30, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    LoL. Loved your lens; I never learned to 'properly' keep house and have been a slob all my life. But I do keep trying!
  • stacyman Mar 13, 2011 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    I need to hire a maid. I spend too much time on Squidoo to do housework.
  • MarianaFargasch Mar 2, 2011 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    Lovely lens! and I hate cleaning house too!!
  • paperfacets Feb 18, 2011 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    Excellent!
  • oztoo Nov 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    I've just been reading a heap of lenses on how to get organized. Now I find I Hate Housework. ROFL. Maybe I should try the Chardonnay approach! Funny thing is that when I worked full time everything was done. Now I'm home it seems nothing gets done - except Squidoo-ing.
  • ZablonMukuba Nov 4, 2010 @ 9:56 pm | delete
    i let my housemaid do most of them
  • poutine Aug 6, 2010 @ 10:39 am | delete
    I Hate Housework has been added to the following lenses:

    Funny Quotes
  • poutine Aug 6, 2010 @ 10:37 am | delete
    Wonderful writing and so funny.

    I also hate housework and cooking on top of that, but
    I still do it because I have to.

    Once I get started, I'm okay with doing it, it's the procrastination
    that kills me more than the work.

    As George Claude Lorimer said "Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible."

    Definitely A 5++

    Poutine
  • resabi Jul 25, 2010 @ 9:12 pm | delete
    I laughed my way right through this lens. You can visit my house any time you want. I know you'll understand what you encounter... I used to have a pictured of a woman crouching on top of a refrigerator. The caption was: Inordinate fear of housework. I'm sure I'll find it some day. When I organize my office... Or they can just use it as my epitaph when they find it after I've gone to the great hotel in the Beyond. (maid service, yeah!)
  • marsha32 Jul 23, 2010 @ 9:44 am | delete
    I sure found this to be such a fun lens!
    Love your new kitchen, btw, orbs and all.
    I hate housework.....mostly I just want to sit on the computer in my attempt to earn money. Life goes on.
  • Heather426 Jul 13, 2010 @ 1:58 pm | delete
    I needed a laugh so came back by to read this again. I love the hints for asking hubbie for help. especially limiting your harangue to 2 or 3 hours tops, ROFL. Here's another one, if all else fails, suggest he's too old to do it. That usually results in proving you wrong. LOL
  • ShirlW Jun 22, 2010 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    Very funny indeed! I hate cleaning too, but I love that whole crisis cleaning approach. Gotta try that, can I begin with the glass of Chardonnay? Never heard of Flylady before and that's probably a good thing, I don't think we would have got along so well.
  • Tipi May 8, 2010 @ 10:32 am | delete
    This is funny! ~ I used to be a professional cleaning contractor and did a lot of nasty cleaning myself. Its pretty amazing how horrible some people can let conditions become, unbelievable even. I mean I have spent hours just cleaning 1 toilet, it must not have ever been cleaned in 10 years... Boy, could I tell you some stories about ovens that first needed to be shoveled out before any real cleaning began!!! Yikes! ~ 5 Stars and great fun!
  • VickiSims Apr 14, 2010 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    Hilarious - this whole lens is so me, too. I tried the flylady and found deleting the constant barage of emails was eating up the 15 minutes that I could be dealing with a "hotspot"!
  • greenspirit Feb 22, 2010 @ 5:48 am | delete
    Life's too short for hoovering; nasty, noisy business. We got rid of the carpets...problem solved.
  • WindyWinters Feb 3, 2010 @ 4:08 am | delete
    Congrats on your Purple Star. I actually love housework...it's the cooking I can't stand. I have a separate laundry room so that helps. I do have a laundry and cleaning schedule so everything is usually very tidy.
  • ulla_hennig Jan 30, 2010 @ 5:12 am | delete
    Loved this lens - enjoyed reading every single sentence!
  • Heather426 Jan 29, 2010 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    Hilarious lens, loved it especially the hints for dealing with husbands. I actually love a clean house but it's impossible with kids around. I always just closed their doors too. Life is too short to worry about that! But iron? Have not done it in at least 10 years. If it comes out too wrinkly to wear, I just give it away....and buy a non wrinkle item next time. LOL
  • arncyn Jan 29, 2010 @ 12:48 pm | delete
    Very engaging (and hilarious!) lens, Bev, I really enjoyed my time here. Congrats on your purple star and your spanking new kitchen! Love it. So.. have you had to clean it yet? (: *blessed by an angel*
  • sdakin Jan 29, 2010 @ 11:27 am | delete
    Yeah! I loved this lens. SO with you on the cleaning.....I've heard doing housework with little kids likened to shoveling the driveway in the middle of the blizzard. As soon as you turn around, you're back to doing the first part of your task all over again!
    Couldn't do flylady either. I couldn't get past the shining the sink part...that in itself took so darn much time that I wouldn't have energy to get to the next task.
  • KNicholls Jan 24, 2010 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    What a great lens and I laughed all through it. I'm with you on the cleaning; fortunately my husband loves to clean. I have sprinkled angel dust on this one. Oh yea, I did the Fly Lady too, that sure brought back some memories! Thanks for the laugh.
  • AddaptAbilities Jan 24, 2010 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    When our stove got replaced it was so nice and clean and shiny ... I think that lasted a day and a half. Great lens! I'm lensrolling this to my ADD organizing lenses.
  • RinchenChodron Jan 24, 2010 @ 11:08 am | delete
    What a great fun and informative lens! Guess I need to go shine my sink! Five Stars.
  • GrowWear Jan 24, 2010 @ 3:45 am | delete
    Housework is torture. Some housework, you just can't get away with, and that's still torture. :D
  • charlino Jan 23, 2010 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    As I sit surrounded by clutter, after reading this page I do not feel so bad. Time for that other glass of wine and back to the books. Bravo to your sharp perspective and wit. Congrats on a well deserved LOD & Purple Star.
  • OhMe Jan 23, 2010 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    This is hillarious. I think you ought to write your own version of the Fly Lady. It would be a hit, for sure. Your new kitchen is wonderful.
  • Sylvestermouse Jan 23, 2010 @ 8:18 pm | delete
    This is really hilarious, totally awesome and angel blessed! Now I am going to check my science project in the fridge. Oh yes, this lens is added to my Squid Angel Mouse Tracks lens.
  • Joan4 Jan 23, 2010 @ 6:44 pm | delete
    One more thing! Ironing is not necessary. When DD was 5, I did have to iron a choir robe for her. I asked hubby to get ironing board out of attic. when I opened ironing board, it made horrid noise. DD sweetly asked "What is that thing?" I have not had it out since. It frightens her. And she is now 36 and irons every night!
  • Joan4 Jan 23, 2010 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I learned many years ago that if you cut up some onion and bell pepper and put it on the stove in some water, it will smell like you have been cooking for hours!! I have laughed and laughed at this lens because all of it is so familiar to me -- are you sure you were not watching me?? Hilarious!
  • Kimsworld Jan 23, 2010 @ 1:14 am | delete
    I built a very small house! Not much to clean up. Everybody thought I built it to be Eco Friendly but the cat is out of the bag now.
  • drifter0658 Jan 22, 2010 @ 11:06 pm | delete
    Well darn...taking the flowers, the candy and walking away in a sulking sort of way. I hate housework as well.

    Make the bed??!!?? As I heard a comedian once point out, we don't lace out shoes up when we take them off, do we?

    Can you smell the pseudo smoke of a burn out blessing?
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Jan 20, 2010 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    I think this is my absolute favorite (or favourite :D ) house cleaning instruction manual. You will take the blame, right, if I'm forced to give up the source? 5 stars and lensrolled to my Time Management lens. Thanks for the giggles.
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Jan 20, 2010 @ 4:48 pm | delete
    I also featured this on the lens above.
    P.S. I love the acronym for your significant other. :D
  • SoyCandleLover-Maker Jan 20, 2010 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for the feature. Much appreciated.
  • HorseAndPony Jan 16, 2010 @ 7:14 pm | delete
    Luv this! OMG, I HATE to clean, iron and anything else that has to do with taking care of the house or our garments. Help we need a wife!
  • eclecticeducation Jan 11, 2010 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    lol!!! I HATE housework too. Great lens. Blessed by an angel.
  • tsmart Jan 10, 2010 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    a few things: coffee definitely comes first, ditch the carpet and get wood or linoleum, bagless vacuums are terrible! and, I totally agree with the ironing. I don't own one, because I just don't do it!! Love this ... thanks for sharing!
  • prosperity66 Jan 9, 2010 @ 7:52 pm | delete
    I think I said it already, your lens spoke to me... it called me "come on! come on!" I heard its voice and... I also hate housework but like this lens a lot!
    Blessed by an SquidAngel.
  • skiesgreen Dec 27, 2009 @ 8:57 pm | delete
    Great lens, lovely sense of humor and nice kitchen as well. I'm with you I hate housework and my kids have all left home and I am the biggest pig in the place. Its funny, I used to blame them for all the mess. I guess you find out a thing or two when you live with yourself. Top marks
    Norma
  • DeboraR Dec 20, 2009 @ 6:00 am | delete
    This is one of the very best lens I've read since I joined squidoo!!! I love the humor and I relate very much to your feelings regarding housework. Much to my mother's horror she raised me in a 'spotless' house. Cleaning for her was sheer joy and couldn't understand how a daughter of hers could not love housework like she still does at the young age of 70. I am a good house cleaner when I choose to be but I refuse to clean house everyday of my life especially for pleasure. There is so much more to life than cleaning house! Its' a never ending job the way I percieve it and so I have my days I go 'on strike' and do something I want to do that has nothing to do with housework. Great lens worthy of Fav 5*!
  • palaceofglass Nov 26, 2009 @ 2:35 am | delete
    Wow, a great lens! I really like it. 5*
    Check out
    and     Frameless

  • SueM11 Nov 22, 2009 @ 12:37 am | delete
    I had a great laugh reading your lens. My advice to any house visitors is that they don't use their fingers to find the dust in non essential areas.
  • Cleanerman Nov 14, 2009 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    hi great lens. Bagless vacuum cleaners dont always mean easy of emptying. we use a dyson and cant fault it, there are too many cleaners that require you to not only empty the canister but also to bang the dust out of the filter each time you use the cleaner. Dyson you simply wash the filter about every six months or so. Cleanerman www.canister-vacuum.com
  • jgelien Nov 10, 2009 @ 2:14 am | delete
    I can so relate to this lens. *****stars
  • saritajain86 Nov 7, 2009 @ 1:17 am | delete
    I love this lens... Thank you so much for sharing so much...
  • ThomasC Nov 6, 2009 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    I hate housework too! 5*'s for a well made lens!
    ThomasC
  • Stazjia Nov 6, 2009 @ 9:49 am | delete
    Just finished the washing and arms ache from folding all the clothes out of the drier (it's pouring with rain so I have a good excuse). Reading your lens not only put me in a better mood, it actually made me laugh. I can't tell you how much I hate housework particularly because, as soon as I do any, perhaps because my computer is broken, it will all need to be done very quickly again. I never buy clothes that need ironing no matter how lovely they are. Non iron are better.

    Love this lens and I'm blessing it too.
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Nov 6, 2009 @ 8:10 am | delete
    Have to say the subject of your lens...well, it's not my favorite...and the idea of blessing housework? Well, an angel has to do what an angel has to do and I have to bless your lens. Now if we could talk about something else, please...
  • momto4 Nov 5, 2009 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    I hate housework too!!! I try to clean a little in the morning and a little at night, but with four small kids my house is never clean! I love your new kitchen! It looks great!
  • ulla_hennig Nov 5, 2009 @ 7:13 am | delete
    Loved the bagless vacuum story!
  • prosperity66 Nov 4, 2009 @ 10:19 pm | delete
    We all have a clone... a double... you might be mine! I hate housework!
    So if I would find a man who would clean the house, iron, cook, and let me work outside, I'd be the happiest woman in the world!
    Fantastic lens and really nice kitchen!
    Dom.
  • BevsPaper Nov 4, 2009 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    This is hysterical! Loved the bagless vacuum story! Blessed by my Angel wings today for making me laugh out loud!
  • Flynn_the_Cat Nov 3, 2009 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    Ha, blessed!
  • ChapelHillFiddler Nov 3, 2009 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    I live alone so if I want to leave art supplies all over the kitchen table I have nobody but myself to blame if I have to eat my corn flakes standing up. Love your lens.
  • Heather426 Nov 3, 2009 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    I love this lens! Blessed! I so agree with the one about closing the kids' doors and that is how I handled it! LOL
  • Qualitee Oct 13, 2009 @ 5:26 am | delete
    I hate housework too! But more than anything I hate the mess. The fact that we are renovating (haha) is an extremely good excuse not to do it.....as far as I'm concerned, but I hate the mess.

    My best fridge magnet says: "Doing housework whilst the kids are growing is like shovelling snow whilst it's still snowing" Sooooooooo true.

    Absolutely love your new kitchen. I wanna have one too.
  • KarateKatGraphics Sep 27, 2009 @ 12:58 am | delete
    ah yes, I loathe housework, and tragically we live in a town where everyone's home is spotless...it's infuriating! (they don't do their own cleaning, basically....the only people I know who do are myself and my neighbor, and our houses show it!) Excellent lens, and congrats on the new kitchen :)
  • mukunda22 Sep 16, 2009 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    Oh Yes!! This is just tremendous!! While I was going for Giant, I completely neglected my home! After that, I had to go on a serious de-cluttering rampage. Now, THAT resulted in daily miracles!!

    You've sparked a revolution here!! Keep up the good work!!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Aug 30, 2009 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    My house is never clean. Cleaning moves to the top of my list just before holidays and when I know company is coming. Last Christmas I asked Santa to give me a maid but I guess she didn't fit in the stocking.
    Great lens.
    Lizzy
  • lakern26 Aug 29, 2009 @ 8:35 am | delete
    Loved your lens! I hate housework, too, and kind of think there might be something wrong with anyone who enjoys it! lol Anyway, 5* to you for a thoroughly enjoyable lens!
  • MarinaKuperman Aug 27, 2009 @ 11:42 am | delete
    I really really really hate housework! I will live in filth unfortunately, rather than clean. Gratefully, I live in a country where its' affordable to have help. WHich for me is not a luxury but a necesity.

    And here ironing is done regularly and my lady can do it for me, but i cant' even be bothered to go to the store to buy one:)

    Joined your fan club and 5* you:)
  • whitemoss Aug 27, 2009 @ 5:09 am | delete
    I hate housework too!
    The only time I do a massive clean of every room is just before I go away on holiday, so I can come back to a good looking house ( end of vacation bad enough without coming back to a mess!)
  • poutine Aug 25, 2009 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    I only clean when I get the "urge"......which usually comes
    around PMS.
  • mysticmama Aug 24, 2009 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    I don't do housework, that's what hubbys & kids are for...I figure if I cook and feed them, they can clean up the mess...my laundry goes dirty to the local fluff & fold and comes back all soft & clean & folded...I've always been the primary wage earner...figure if I pay the bills, I shouldn't have to clean :-)
  • theraggededge Aug 22, 2009 @ 3:33 pm | in reply to amberiow | delete
    I have shiny everything now - it's killing me. The cooker is black - see above and you can see a fingerprint at 20 paces! Don't worry though, I'll be back to normal soon!
  • amberiow Aug 22, 2009 @ 3:11 pm | delete
    Ha! wont worry about cleaning the inside of the oven before you come now!!! (I'm lying though!)
  • happynutritionist Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    I don't get away with not doing housework, I just don't do it..LOL, making lenses is so much more fun. I have a fold in my email just for my flylady mail...I think I looked at it about a month ago, it's about time I get in there and clean that folder out, should take less than 15 minutes:-)
  • seashell2 Aug 18, 2009 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    Great lens... aw housework it never goes away! Best tool for me is my 'Steam mop' makes the floors shine and takes no time at all! Thanks for sharing this fun lens!
  • DoozieMom Aug 16, 2009 @ 12:48 am | delete
    lol, so mine isn't the only kid that leaves snarky comments! Hurray!!!!!!!!! omg, this lens was just what i needed after a craptacular day! 5stars, fanned and favorited! hey welshalex, can you teach my son to do the silverware?
  • theraggededge Aug 14, 2009 @ 12:46 pm | in reply to Jan in Javea | delete
    You messy woman... dropping fs around like that. I'll have to vacuum them up now. Yes, I'll bequeath you the VAX as I am likely to drop dead carrying it up and down the stairs. x
  • Jan in Javea Aug 14, 2009 @ 11:43 am | delete
    You lot in normal land don't appreciate how lucky you are to a) be able to do your housework in a nice cool climate, i.e. not somewhere that's hot as fires of f------g hell like Spain and b) buy cleaning stuff that has not been vacuumed off the supermarket shelves by the f------g tourists. Can I have your old vacuum cleaners?
  • danielle raine Jul 25, 2009 @ 5:41 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing that - made me laugh. Also nice to feel I'm not alone in my innate Undomestic Goddessness. Can relate tot he ironing thing, my ironing pile is bigger than m children. In fact there are clothes at the bottom which they've probably grown out of.
    BTW I have a SEBO, but its the cylinder version. Love it, though. If you've got to vac, may as well do so with hospital grade suction...
  • beruse Jul 24, 2009 @ 3:30 am | delete
    Yes I had a cleaner round a couple of times, but never got round to a regular booking. Nearly took one on recently but the thought of first clearing up my clutter delayed it, then she decided not to take it on after all. Will be different when I retire - more mess no doubt.
  • theraggededge Jul 22, 2009 @ 12:02 pm | delete
    I think it's the filter that makes mine so difficult to deal with - you can't just empty the thing, it needs extra attention and I'm afraid I have a very short attention span when it comes to vacuum cleaning. However, that little problem has now been solved by getting DuH to do it for me. Asthma? What asthma?

    Dishes, yep. Have to do them immediately. Wiping never. I get the kid to do the cutlery but as you can see from his comment, it's like pulling teeth.

    Bathroom - everyday in our house. Brand new white suite and open window = dust. Kids = widdle under the seat and towels on the floor. Lorry-driving DuH = tide mark round the bath.

    Hmm... and some of us are lucky to have a lady wot comes in and cleans. Ahem!
  • beruse Jul 22, 2009 @ 6:44 am | delete
    Heck, just reading that lot has made me want to lie down in a darkened room.

    I have a bagless Vacuum cleaner and I think its great. I get it out and frighten it occasionally. It will never do the whole flat in one go, gets overheated and refuses to continue which suits me fine. Gives me an excuse to park it somewhere for a day or three.

    I do wipe the bath etc after a shower, takes about 30 seconds and keeps it shiny. The rest of the bathroom may get done monthly, or when it looks too grubby, or when visitors are due whichever is the sooner.

    I am fortunate (from a housework point of view) that I work all day so rarely see the flat when the sun is shining. Thats when the dust shows up!

    Washing up - I do most of that as I cook and try to do the plates soon after. Easy and quick before the food sticks to the pots/pans/plates etc. Seldom dry the stuff though, air drying is best!

    But mainly I am very untidy - stuff everywhere and bever enough space to hide it.
  • welshalex Jul 21, 2009 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    she makes me wipe and put away the knives and forks... everyday. so that's how she gets away with doing stuff.

by

theraggededge

Writing, blogging, tarot reading, art journaling, home educating mother of three. Living in a small village in South Wales... for the time being.
As... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

Related Tags