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kittylester Thu 18-Apr-24 15:22:33

I have eventually cleaned the fridge!!!
It has been on the list since Christmas. I honestly don't remember the last time I did it thoroughly rather than just the sticky bits.

I might even deserve a medal - maybe 'Slut of the Year'?

undines Sun 21-Apr-24 16:07:11

Goodness I never clean the fridge as a 'job' I just wipe bits of it regularly. So now I feel really slutty - but I'm still not going to clean it, or the oven!

M0nica Sun 21-Apr-24 15:22:42

Sorry, could you explain again what it was you did? Something to do with your fridge?

Jaxjacky Sun 21-Apr-24 15:10:03

The bicarbonate I ordered has found a place in the cupboard, it’s very happy, I did wipe brocoli fragments from the bottom of the fridge with a piece of kitchen roll though. In a frenzy of activity I then cleaned the oven door so I can see in it, cup of tea now and patting my back.

sharon103 Sun 21-Apr-24 14:51:07

Ha Ha! These post are making me laugh. I thought I was the only slob.
Talking of cookers. I've got a gas one and can't remember if I've cleaned inside the oven since I've had it.
When the potatoes or veg boil over on to the hob I can't always be bothered to clean the water up. I just put the lid back down and leave it for another time.
I can't see it so nobody else can.
I ought to be ashamed of myself. grin

Growing0ldDisgracefully Sun 21-Apr-24 14:01:29

Clean the fridge? Hmm, please could you come round and demonstrate this obscure skill on mine?

pably15 Sun 21-Apr-24 13:46:15

when we had all to get heat and smoke alarms installed last year, my son in law put the one in the kitchen right above my cooker....after a while if I was using the oven, whenever I opened the oven door the alarm went off...all over the house....when I complained about it I was asked IF MY OVEN NEEDED CLEANED....ha .ha I cleaned it and it solved the problem....put me down for one of these medals...

Labradora Sun 21-Apr-24 13:22:57

I cleaned our double-door fridge three years ago when we moved into this house and I have not cleaned it since.
I feel that I should be ashamed but somehow I am not.
After the grand cleaning something odd happened. I developed a habit of wiping down, after use, with a wet sponge every jar/bottle/container/ whatever that lives permanently in said fridge. I probably thought that I was postponing, by this habit, the date on which I would have to repeat the horrible task and that has worked .
Now in our set up Mr Labradora is hygiene mad whereas I have a more relaxed attitude to dirt and dust. Amazingly Himself objects to my "wiping-down" habit and is vocal about it when he remembers.
Weird !!!!!

Nannan2 Sun 21-Apr-24 13:22:15

😅🤣😂

kittylester Sun 21-Apr-24 13:08:28

My fridge doesn't need defrosting just cleaning about every 9 years or so.

Nan0 Sun 21-Apr-24 13:08:20

Yes!!! CDM!!!

Juniewoonie Sun 21-Apr-24 13:01:59

Well done! I had a fit of madness this morning and cleaned the oven! Now I don’t want to cook dinner in it.

gulligranny Sun 21-Apr-24 12:58:27

I had cataract surgery last April and the other eye done last week. It's a revelation on how much grot I can now see, but hasn't really spurred me to action. The fridge is only 2 years old so clearly doesn't need cleaning yet, but I suppose I ought to defrost the freezer, which could probably house quite a few of Santa's little helpers hidden in the ice ...

Once it's done I expect the glow from my halo to light up at least a small town for a few days.

Betty18 Sun 21-Apr-24 12:55:46

Just done mine after WEEKS /MONTHS of neglect. Go me! Now dare I mention ….oven ?

mabon1 Sun 21-Apr-24 12:44:16

So do I have been doing for decades.

Blinko Sun 21-Apr-24 12:32:24

I, too, took the easy way out last Autumn and bought a fridge freezer that doesn't require defrosting. Life's too short...

Purplepixie Sun 21-Apr-24 12:32:21

HAHA! Can you come and do mine please?

hazelnuts Sun 21-Apr-24 12:31:16

My daughter came for weekend and cleaned mine . Perhaps she was frightened they would catch something if she didn't
???

grandtanteJE65 Sun 21-Apr-24 12:30:04

I have just cleaned the bath! Does that count?

I have been putting it off for months, pleading a sore back and shoulder.

Having worked in professional kitchens in my young days, neither cleaning the oven nor the fridge bother me. Both are regularly cleaned but the bath-tub? A completely different matter.

nanna8 Sun 21-Apr-24 12:28:22

I don’t clean windows. Used to, but why bother when a couple of days later we get some sort of dust storm?

Daffydilly Sun 21-Apr-24 12:23:53

kittylester

I have eventually cleaned the fridge!!!
It has been on the list since Christmas. I honestly don't remember the last time I did it thoroughly rather than just the sticky bits.

I might even deserve a medal - maybe 'Slut of the Year'?

I told my husband very early on that he can have either a domestic goddess or a sex goddess.

He made his choice (can you guess)? 🤔😉

Buttonjugs Sun 21-Apr-24 12:06:34

Gwyllt

It oven is my bugbear

Get an air fryer - they are really easy I clean mine every day. I put the inner trays and rubber bits in the dishwasher. I soak the drawers with hot water and washing up liquid and then wipe them after dinner. I do need to clean my fridge though. And everything else.

Chaze58 Sun 21-Apr-24 11:47:15

Oh I love this post. I too am a domestic slut. Absolutely hate housework of any kind. I work full time standing 8 hours a day and just love to laze about at the weekends (as DH does)
I hate the guilt trip some people give me when they talk about spring cleaning from top to bottom.😡 My Mother was do houseproud she hoovered teice a day and hated visitors in case they messed up her tidy house. maybe that's why I rebelled and now live as happy as a pig in sh** 🤣

CaroleAnne Sun 21-Apr-24 11:44:38

Well done Kitty Leicester and all who follow her!! I must confess that I am one who only cleans her fridge when really necessary or if I have had a spillage. You have started me thinking. I may or may not clean it more frequently. Keep up the good work everyone!!

Etoile2701 Sun 21-Apr-24 11:43:41

I don't think I have EVER cleaned my fridge, so I must be the slut of the century!

Witzend Sun 21-Apr-24 11:38:58

Should have added, a colleague’s sister just couldn’t be bothered with cleaning her long-overdue for it oven, so she bought a new one!
I have to admit I like her style…