Well, I'm thrilled to have some company for Thanksgiving this year. We live so far away from most of our family that we are often alone or have to do the travelling. This year we'll have my parents, my grandma, and my husband's cousin.
So last weekend, I organized every cupboard, drawer, and closet. I also sorted the pantry and my "gift wrapping station" (really just a dresser in a spare room).
This weekend, we did even more. I LOVE my husband. He drug out the ladder and vacuumed the beams in our 24 ft tall living room and then did the ceiling fan. This hasn't been done since we moved in 2 years ago because I've always been afraid to do it myself. He actually decided today was the day. Then he did every ceiling fan in the house (there are 7).
What a guy! Now I just have the regular stuff to do: Vacuum, dust, dishes...that sort of thing. I can handle that on Monday or Tuesday. And of course the cooking, I'm all over that.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Doing the Dishes
I live in a house with only one other person, and he works at least 45 hours a week outside of the home. He is also a wonderfully neat, helpful, man who helps out around the house on occasion, especially when I ask him too! This means that when I'm cleaning up, I'm really cleaning at least 60% of my own mess. (My math)
So I get a little cranky when I have to do at least two loads of dishes a day. I mean, really, I have a dishwasher, I have a husband, why do I have to do the damn dishes so often?
My problem is that I LOVE to cook. I'll make an omelet for breakfast (cutting board, knife, bowl and whisk for eggs, pan, spatula, plate and fork), a salad for lunch (knife, cutting board, plate, fork), and a full dinner. That is at least 2 loads of dishes.
Now I don't make those things everyday, but at least 4 times a week I'm cooking 3 meals a day. And on other days, I'm baking, canning, cooking for the week to freeze, that sort of thing.
I have no solution but just wanted to complain about it for a minute! I guess I could go from running the dish washer once a week to once a day, but I hate this idea for 2 reasons. One, it wastes water and two, I hate unloading the dishwasher more than I hate washing dishes!!!
So I get a little cranky when I have to do at least two loads of dishes a day. I mean, really, I have a dishwasher, I have a husband, why do I have to do the damn dishes so often?
My problem is that I LOVE to cook. I'll make an omelet for breakfast (cutting board, knife, bowl and whisk for eggs, pan, spatula, plate and fork), a salad for lunch (knife, cutting board, plate, fork), and a full dinner. That is at least 2 loads of dishes.
Now I don't make those things everyday, but at least 4 times a week I'm cooking 3 meals a day. And on other days, I'm baking, canning, cooking for the week to freeze, that sort of thing.
I have no solution but just wanted to complain about it for a minute! I guess I could go from running the dish washer once a week to once a day, but I hate this idea for 2 reasons. One, it wastes water and two, I hate unloading the dishwasher more than I hate washing dishes!!!
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