Do you let your housework go?
07-10-2012, 08:19 AM
#91
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Pleasant Hill CA
Posts: 411
I have the house neat and clean and then piece tops. I can't work in confusion and am lucky enough to have family all grown and am now alone with a whole room for my sewing/quilting. Also I send my quilts out to be quilted as I have arthritis in wrists so do all sewing on my trusty Bernina.
07-10-2012, 08:24 AM
#94
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 1,230
I use to try & keep up. Then we moved from CA to NC in 97'. At first, I tried to do the same here. Got tired of it too. No company, almost never anyway, & DH doesn't help, & doesn't care, so I thought, why should it bother me, right! Now, like you, I clean if I know company is coming, & lol, & so does DH! Otherwise, I clean when it bothers me & I am in the mood to do some. Otherwise, I would rather be quilting, or doing other things I enjoy... I guess cleaning is for women who consider that their hobby, lol... I really like clean, I just don't like cleaning, especially when pretty soon, it's there to be done all over again, ugh!...
07-10-2012, 09:36 AM
#95
Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 54
I use to clean my house every day. It was spotless. Everything dusted, carpets vacuumed, floors mopped, laundry washed daily, windows washed, deck, patio and driveway hosed off weekly. Then I discovered quilting. Now my house isn't spotless anymore. When someone is coming over, I tell them to give me an hour and I run around like mad trying to pick things up to make my house presentable. I still clean, but it's not a priority anymore. I don't clean daily like I use to. I would rather quilt. Any one else like that now that they found quilting?
Donah
07-10-2012, 10:14 AM
#96
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 118
That was me, when the kids were at home, the house was cleaned every week whether it needed it or not. Now, that it's just my DH and me, he sweeps the floor and does the cooking (and usually the dishes), vacuums when I ask him to and I sew and watch NCIS. How cool is that!
07-10-2012, 10:17 AM
#97
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,430
You know, when your kids were home and you were working, etc., you were YOUNGER then! Now, you may be on the downward side of your excess energy, early rising, rushing around. Take your time and enjoy your new life style. You've already been there, done that!
07-10-2012, 10:26 AM
#98
Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 20
Company
You only come this way once so do whatever gives you joy. My house is picked up, beds made, dishes done, laundry usually caught up, and I do make decent suppers. It's a house well lived in. If anyone is coming over to judge my housekeeping or quilting skills, they need not bother!
AMEN! There are so many things that really matter and, as far as I am concerned, spotlessness is NOT one of them. Enjoy the day!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
KarenSimon
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
36
08-05-2012 11:32 AM
craftybear
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
172
06-01-2011 04:50 PM
cmw0829
Main
232
03-08-2011 10:27 AM
