I must clean bathrooms before I quilt!!
#1
Does anyone else do this? I desperately want to quilt, but I will not let myself until I clean house. All I lack are bathrooms...and this is my break...but I got to wondering if anyone else uses quilting as a reward...or maybe not quilting as a punishment....or maybe the whole thing is a bribe?
It's not like it has been so long since I cleaned (two weeks...)or since I quilted (yesterday)....but I must clean bathrooms before I quilt....darn.
(I considered the suggestion someone here made...to put Get Well Cards on the mantle so it would look like I had been too ill to clean, instead of spending all my time quilting. But I suppose my signature on the cards might look fishy...)
(I hope the fact that I don't clean house more than every two weeks doesn't shock anyone. I decided years ago that the world would not end if I didn't clean house ever week...)
It's not like it has been so long since I cleaned (two weeks...)or since I quilted (yesterday)....but I must clean bathrooms before I quilt....darn.
(I considered the suggestion someone here made...to put Get Well Cards on the mantle so it would look like I had been too ill to clean, instead of spending all my time quilting. But I suppose my signature on the cards might look fishy...)
(I hope the fact that I don't clean house more than every two weeks doesn't shock anyone. I decided years ago that the world would not end if I didn't clean house ever week...)
#4
Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
every day i do all my chores first and then quilt.
i exercise, then i clean a room, then i work on quilts.
i exercise, then i clean a room, then i work on quilts.
#6
It doesn't shock me. I figure if the health dept. Doesn't show up and SO and GS aren't starving we're doing ok. No, really, taught them to clean up after selves so really doesn't get a mess. They can even run the vacuum.
#7
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I guess all of this does epends on your own personal need/level of neatness. I can live with stuff around easily, if I KNOW it will get done soon.
But actual kitchen or bath clenaing is a Monday Morning chore for me. This is also the day I do the laundry - that all works in together. It leads to stripping theb eds for aundry too. THAT is all I do on Monday - period!
As far as I am concerned dusting, vacuuming etc can just wait until I decide I want to - or perhaps get the feeling of HAVE TO lol - do it.
Life is far far too short to be a live in maid!
Julie
But actual kitchen or bath clenaing is a Monday Morning chore for me. This is also the day I do the laundry - that all works in together. It leads to stripping theb eds for aundry too. THAT is all I do on Monday - period!
As far as I am concerned dusting, vacuuming etc can just wait until I decide I want to - or perhaps get the feeling of HAVE TO lol - do it.
Life is far far too short to be a live in maid!
Julie
#8
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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I use my quilting time as a little reward. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a baby quilt that I really need to get pieced and done - the mommy is going to be induced in a few weeks. I've been trying to do a little extra each day so I have a couple of reserve days when I can just bang it out.
On Saturday and Sunday there will be a quilt show. So, today my goal is to get all of the laundry and ironing done, on Wednesday bathrooms and then Friday beds, dusting and floors so that on Saturday I can get up early and go to my LQS and pick up my next Buck-A-Block and then get over to the show. We'll see how I do.
On Saturday and Sunday there will be a quilt show. So, today my goal is to get all of the laundry and ironing done, on Wednesday bathrooms and then Friday beds, dusting and floors so that on Saturday I can get up early and go to my LQS and pick up my next Buck-A-Block and then get over to the show. We'll see how I do.
#9
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Pacific NW
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I do all my chores first .As someone mentioned above, it doesn't get bad because I'm always on it. I grew up in a filthy, filthy home and I promised I'd never live that way when I grew up and had my own family. The only time I can really relax and enjoy hobbies is once I know everything is straightened up. On rare occasions I might alternate sewing with cleaning. Gives me the best of both worlds :)
#10
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I always clean the house on Friday. That way it looks nice for the weekend in case I have company. I do my wash on Saturday due to lower electricity rates. That leaves me 5 other days to quilt, Yeah!
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