What are your.... (warning.household question)

Hate loath and detest cleaning the oven, which is why Mr P does it!

Oh yes! That is the price DH paid for his roast dinner yesterday!

I prefer to cleaning a loo to dusting!

I don't have one. Apologise for being nosy, jingle, but what is the thing about 'so I get to see the outside world' I found that sad.
But ' knowing' you, you will probably tell me to mind my own business LOL.

I love cooking so it's not a chore and hate cleaning (anything!)

I maybe know where jingle is coming from, petra. We were only saying the other day that, since the last dog died , we don't always open the back door during the winter. When Woody was alive, one of the first jobs was to let him out so one 'saw' the outside world. Don't feel sad for us though, we do go out of the front door quite often.

Loathe ironing and cleaning the blinds, don't mind hoovering and floor washing. I just hung out a line full of whites now they are blowing in the sun and wind and thats satisfying somehow as I know I won't have wet washing hanging around today.

Cleaning the shower is one of my hates. Not the end-of-shower clean but the getting-at-the-grimy-bits and the cleaning of the drain...grrrr! Can't think of a favourite but if I'm in the right mood any other job's satisfying I think.

My least favourite household task is taking dead mice out of mouse traps and flinging them into the field to be recycled into crow. Haven't had to do it this autumn/winter so far. [fingers crossed]

Otherwise i just do what needs doing. Not much dusting therefore since i don't regard that as needing doing until the dust gets in my way.

I'm much the same. I'm mildly surprised we haven't been struck down by some dreadful disease caused by living in a filthy house which isn't cleaned very thoroughly or very often!

Ironing. Which means that DBH owns dozens of shirts. When the 'waiting to be ironed' hooks on the door holding them on their hangers start to bend, I know it's time to have an ironing marathon. It's also how I sort DBH's shirts out. The ones he wears last are either his least favourite or need mending, as in, getting too frayed at collar and cuff, so I sling them.

There are no favourites, I hate it all. Maybe making jams and pickles counts. It would be making cakes, but I no longer make them.

janerowena Our nearest branch of Morrisons do a shirt laundry service, 5 shirts for £5.

Hate cleaning the oven and the bathroom.
Dislike ironing.

Love cooking.

Used to hate cleaning the hard floors, but, now I have a steam mop I don't mind it.

Petra! I am not being imprisoned! It's just that most jobs that need doing after the weekend are indoor ones.

Must admit some days recently I have not wanted to poke my nose out of the door at all though.

I would not tell you to mind your own business!

I hate all of it, or rather it bores me rigid so I try and have a run at it and get all done on Monday morning early. Unfortunately I had a dental appointment this morning so got started and then had to stop so the vacuum cleaner and duster got as far as the living room. And although it is over 3 hours since I got back I have lost any interest in continuing. vacuum cleaner and duster will probably still be there next Monday morning.

I just don't do any of it. Seriously. Not until it is so bad that I can't cope with it any longer, or I can no longer put off having visitors round so have to get on with it out of sheer embarrassment. It's my way of being green, think of all the cleaning fluids/electricity/wear and tear I am saving! Only the bathrooms and kitchen sink and appliances get a going over of sorts every week. I used to be cleaning all the time, but DBH said it drove him mad because I got so stressed about it. One day, I thought - he's right. Why vacuum a carpet just because it's Friday?

phoenix that is amazing - only I don't have a morrisons nearby!

I try to live by the following ............

HOUSEWORK ...........the reason tomorrow was invented

and

Dust is a protective covering for furniture.

Until of course I know someone is coming and then I am like a whirlwind !

I think I may have posted about "The Sluts Charter" before, but some of the rules are:

It is not that you haven't made your bed, you have left it to air, which is a hygienic thing to do.

By not cleaning your windows you will reduce the amount of sunlight that comes in and fades your soft furnishings, so you won't have to replace them so often. This is a good thing, it will save you money that you can then spend on essentials, such as cake and wine. The reduced sunlight also makes it harder to see dust. This is also a good thing

By not cleaning the inside of your oven, you allow a layer of crud to build up. This then acts as insulation and saves fuel and money.

Leave cobwebs where they are. Hallowe'en will come round again and you will be ready with really authentic decorations. Then at Christmas chuck a handful of glitter on them. (eat your heart out, Kirsty Allsopp!)

If you feel guilty about how much time you spend on Gransnet, or reading a book or other essential activities, pull your furniture away from the walls, leave the vacuum cleaner in the middle of the room and add a strategically placed duster. Then return to the computer or your book. If anyone is inconsiderate enough to turn up unannounced, it will look as if you are heavily involved with some serious cleaning. The same effect can be achieved in the kitchen simply by opening the oven door and placing newspaper under it, and positioning a mop and bucket in a prominent place.

Never been much of housekeeper! I like it to be tidy but who cares about a bit of dust! I hate cleaning the cooker, cleaning the shower and ironing

I have a Rayburn cooker and it was obviously designed by a man who never has to clean one because it has little nooks which are almost impossible to get at - I have a tiny little brush with a pokey thing on one end which I use for the smaller bits (hinges of the lids in particular are a bugbear).

Can't think of any job that I actually like!

phoenix, a woman after my own heart, likewise, janerowena. Thank goodness I am not alone.

Hate cleaning the toilet and windows. Also hate washing by hand, but sadly a necessity for some items.

No, it really isn't, number!

Hate ironing (what exactly is an iron?), oven cleaning, cleaning the upstairs loo which is used mostly by my DH and DS. Why should I clean their hair etc from left up seat grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!. Never wash by hand, why? Must check out the sluts charter Pheonix.

Okay - confession time: I can't honestly say that I enjoy cleaning, but having grown up in both excessively clean and really dirty (maggots in the bath anyone?) houses - not at the same time - it has left me with a permanent need for a clean and tidy house. I do not always succeed in achieving this, but I try, oh do I try.
Recently the Wonderful Man mentioned that perhaps my eyesight isn't as good as it could be because he had spotted areas that were less than clean, he (not for the first time) urged me to employ a cleaner and then went on to clean said areas himself. I was a model of calm: I did not rip his eyes out, I did not put the mop where a mop should not go, I did not remind him that he is the most untidy person I know, I did not point out his inadequacies (yes, there are one or two). No, I simply told myself that he is indeed a Wonderful Man, aahh. [halo emoticon]