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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:31 PM
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Basement clean-up today. What's your most dreaded big household job?
There is enough cardboard in my basement to ship a mid-size automobile in, and I am too freaking lazy to cut it down to a size that'll fit in the car to go to the landfill. So for the next three or four weekends, it's going to stay there.

But, piles of forgotten and smelly laundry have been sorted through and are making their way through the wash.

The shop vac has been unearthed and it's hungry for cat hair, dust bunnies and loose litter.

I don't mind using a broom or moving things around.

Sigh. I wonder: If I'd known owning a house was so much work, would I have bought it?

:rofl: Of course I would've!

What are your least favorite big household clean-up jobs?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:42 PM
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1. I hate organizing my office,,,, Until I start doin' it and then
realize how great it looks when it is just right...

But that only happens once or twice a millenium...
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:44 PM
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3. this is the first time this millennium for the basement
:hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 05:11 PM
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7. Some times, you just gotta do what you gotta do....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:46 PM
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5. I'm with you on that, WC!
and I have so much paperwork to deal with in my job, so when I don't keep up with filing, etc., I suddenly realize that my office looks like a paper bomb went off in there. So, as much as I hate cleaning it, it really does look better when it's done, and I find I can work more effectively.

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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 05:12 PM
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8. I'm an accountant.... Paper just multiplies on my office....
Sometimes I think they are having wild late night orgies in there....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:11 PM
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15. I'm convinced there is some wild hanky panky in my office
when I'm not around!
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:44 PM
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2. Laundry and Dishes..
Hate them both.. doing laundry more so.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:45 PM
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4. i'd rather do one hundred loads of laundry than one sink full of dishes
:hi: purr
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 04:46 PM
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6. Folding clothes and cleaning the backyard
I've put off cleaning the yard for months, I figure if I can hold out another week or so the rainy season will kick in and I'll have a built-in excuse until spring.

I should fold clothes before then, though. :(
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:06 PM
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12. LOL
:hi:

love the shark
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 05:12 PM
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9. Cleaning the carpets.
YUCK.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:06 PM
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11. that's why we put in hardwood
love. it.

but carpet used to CATCH the cat hair . . . now it just floats. :eyes:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 05:20 PM
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10. Leaves! I have (literally( about 150 trees in my yard...
Can't burn 'em, can't bag 'em -- go through 1-2 leaf blowers/mulchers a season!
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:06 PM
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13. go through? as in, wear out?
wow...
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:08 PM
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14. Getting rid
of all my different collections of different things. Even if I hardly recognize them, I guess it's good to have it and stack it. Whatever it is.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:13 PM
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16. I hate getting out of bed in the morning
its called chronic depression
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:24 PM
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17. All of it.
I'm taking applications for a house-husband. Points given if he cooks and does laundry.
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-05 06:30 PM
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18. Getting out of bed. n/t
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