umsami Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I am so tired of doing laundry (and yes, I know it's a first world type laundry problem...nothing as bad as laundry could be.). I don't mind putting it in the washing machine with detergent....or even transferring to the dryer. But I hate folding and putting it away.. While I wish I could twitch my nose and have all my housework be done....the house spotless etc.... right now, I wish I had that power regarding laundry. twitch twitch.....all laundry clean, folded, sorted and put away neatly....in magical drawers that stay neat. (Or on hangers where clothes can't be taken down by curious children wanting a shower of clothes.) What magical housekeeping power would you have if you could have just one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Instantly clean bathrooms. I hate cleaning toilets and tubs and floors and sinks. Ugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Decluttering / tidying up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Clean floors. I hate mopping and vacuuming. I especially hate mopping the bathrooms because mine are small and hard to maneuver in, so I mop them by hand with a towel. Even though they are small, there are 3 bathrooms and it takes about 45 minutes to do a good job. My son usually does the down stairs floors (main part of the house) for me, but he has been away all week and it is starting to show. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Ariel Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Deep cleaning that I find hard to get around to and physically handle anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 decluttering If we take that superpower wish outside, weeding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Pick just one? I can't. Since I'm not getting any, I might as well want them all. There are such more worthwhile things I could do with my life other than housework. I guess I might pick the kitchen, the whole room from top to bottom. A clean kitchen does make me feel so good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 My most hated jobs I no longer do. The kids unload the dishwasher and I stopped folding laundry (except towels). We put all the clean clothes in separate hampers. Everyone also has a dirty clothes basket that they bring to me when it's full. I wash and return to them, no sorting required. Yes, our clothes are often wrinkled but I just don't care. So if i could twitch my nose it would be at my office, it's always a mess especially around this time of year when I'm planning school stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Dishes. An apartment with a dishwasher is actually worth paying higher rent at this point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 The deep cleaning! Everything else is manageable when it's already deep cleaned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I so hate decluttering that I have seriously considered many times having a massive garage sale, selling everything except the bare essentials (without doing any sorting, I just grab some clothes, some shoes, a couple of kitchen items maybe a few pieces of furniture, my laptop and call it good). Then I would sell the house and move into an apartment. In fact, if I didn't have kids, a husband and animals that is exactly what I would do. Somehow I think the rest of the family would protest. Since I'm stuck with perpetual decluttering (multi-generational family of pack rats on all sides of the family) I want that as my super power. Otherwise, probably mopping. I don't know why I don't actually want to do mopping. But I don't. I don't mind all the parts of doing laundry except putting stuff back up again. Somehow my brain balks at putting it all away again. I think if I were living alone I would just have shelves in the laundry room. I could dress in there instead of hauling everything upstairs again. But I don't hate putting the laundry away again enough to make it my one and only super power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Clean floors and windows. If I could twitch and have everything mopped and squeegeed I'd be so thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I dislike all of it, but I'd rather clean than declutter. Cleaning is not fun, but the clutter actually causes me anxiety and makes me feel overwhelmed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 In this house, it's the showers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 vacuuming . . . or just cleaning/dusting/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 All of them. i won't just pick one. :) Laundry is probably my least hated chore, so if I had to give one up, that would be the one I wouldn't take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Clean windows. I don't ind the other stuff, but I hate cleaning windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Can we sneak cooking into the category of housekeeping? If so, I'm strongly in that category. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A place for everything and everything in its place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I so hate decluttering that I have seriously considered many times having a massive garage sale, selling everything except the bare essentials (without doing any sorting, I just grab some clothes, some shoes, a couple of kitchen items maybe a few pieces of furniture, my laptop and call it good). Then I would sell the house and move into an apartment. In fact, if I didn't have kids, a husband and animals that is exactly what I would do. Somehow I think the rest of the family would protest. Since I'm stuck with perpetual decluttering (multi-generational family of pack rats on all sides of the family) I want that as my super power. Otherwise, probably mopping. I don't know why I don't actually want to do mopping. But I don't. I don't mind all the parts of doing laundry except putting stuff back up again. Somehow my brain balks at putting it all away again. I think if I were living alone I would just have shelves in the laundry room. I could dress in there instead of hauling everything upstairs again. But I don't hate putting the laundry away again enough to make it my one and only super power. I am NOT a city girl (I like space and plants and lack of noise), but sometimes I fantasize about having a small place in an urban neighborhood where I was walking distance from all necessities. The family and I had the best diets when the kids were in a private school across the highway because I drove by the grocery store every day. I could just stop and get what I wanted for that day or a few days, and we had less convenience foods and fewer items going bad in the fridge because we didn't eat them in time. I really wish we were within a couple blocks of a grocery store, so I could just walk there whenever the whim strikes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 In this house, it's the showers. Especially in a humid environment where mold likes to grow quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm greedy and I want them all. :) But if I had to pick one it would be windows. I LOVE when my windows are sparkly, but I live in the country and dirt blows around a lot and they just don't stay sparkly for long. I swear after I wash my windows, I drive up to my house and it looks like it is smiling at me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I am NOT a city girl (I like space and plants and lack of noise), but sometimes I fantasize about having a small place in an urban neighborhood where I was walking distance from all necessities. The family and I had the best diets when the kids were in a private school across the highway because I drove by the grocery store every day. I could just stop and get what I wanted for that day or a few days, and we had less convenience foods and fewer items going bad in the fridge because we didn't eat them in time. I really wish we were within a couple blocks of a grocery store, so I could just walk there whenever the whim strikes me. I say when I am an old lady I want to live in walking distance of library and Wegmans. Probably by the time I'm old there won't be libraries. And maybe there will be replicators so I can just order food. "Tea, iced, sweet." Apologies to my JeanLuc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I want them all. If I'm gonna unrealistically dream, I am going to unrealistically dream big. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Dishes. Everthing else does not need to be done 3+ times a day. It never, ever, ever, ever ends. And when you're done--they need to be done again! And again, and again, and again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Cooking!!!! and if that doesn't count, then laundry. I HATE folding and putting away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Anything having to do with the kitchen and food. Meal planning, groceries, putting away groceries, cooking, or dishes. Ok, so not all of those are housecleaning, but it's all the biggest and worst CHORE, ever. Hate is too soft a word to describe it. Abhor. Loathe. Detest. Despise. Those might come close enough to describing it. I'd do laundry by hand and hang dry, wash toilets bare handed, scrub floors on my hands and knees, and wash windows every day if I NEVER had to deal with food beyond eating it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 DUSTING!!! It is my most hated chore, and it makes me feel like there's no hope left in the world. I feel so overwhelmed by the amount of surface area that collects dust in this house, and when I do manage to overcome my denial and actually do it, I feel like, by the time I get to the end of the job, I turn around and dust has already re-settled on the surfaces I just cleaned. No cleaning job makes me feel more depressed than trying to dust the inside rims of the picture frames that sit on our shelves. I feel like I'm just pushing it into corners, where it gathers and gunks up and looks even worse than when I started :glare: And no cleaning tool seems to make this Sisyphean task any easier. Why is this?! I bought those microfiber cloths, just for this job. Well, guess what? After I washed them, they took on some kind of magical quality that makes them REPEL DUST. So basically I'm just pushing dust around, applying static electricity to it so that it sticks even more persistently to EVERYTHING :cursing: I've sort of given up on it. Whoever visits us has to love me enough to overlook the dust. I'm clearly doing something wrong, but this job is at the very bottom of my list now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 After today I am giving window washing an honourable (or should that be dishonourable?) mention. I don't do it often enough to waste my super power on but man does it suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Especially in a humid environment where mold likes to grow quickly. No mold here, but the combination of hard water, soap scum, and glass showers has defeated me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKWAcademy Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Dishes! My most hated task. I can't wait until I can make the kids do them. I'd try now but I hate broken dishes more than dirty dishes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaCarter Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I so hate decluttering that I have seriously considered many times having a massive garage sale, selling everything except the bare essentials (without doing any sorting, I just grab some clothes, some shoes, a couple of kitchen items maybe a few pieces of furniture, my laptop and call it good). Then I would sell the house and move into an apartment. In fact, if I didn't have kids, a husband and animals that is exactly what I would do. Somehow I think the rest of the family would protest. Whatever you do, don't do this to your future DIL. This is exactly what my ILs did when they where reassigned their first time as empty nesters (military). They sold DH the house at appraisal and left everything but the few things they wanted. Then DH and I met and married and I inherited the mess. Not just theirs but the other two grown kids still had stuff in the bedrooms. It took me a while to forgive everybody.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaCarter Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 1. Dishes 2. Bathtub/shower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 How about home repairs... Does that count? My dh doesn't have enough spare time to get to them quickly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Definitely the magic bathroom cleaner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Cooking A close second would be removal of all pet hair, especially cat hair from furniture and dog hair from every corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I will take all of them please. :-) Cooking, cleaning, laundry, decluttering, deep cleaning, yard work...the whole shebang. I'm terrible at housework. I know what to do and how to do it. I know what kinds of systems work. My mom taught me well. I just don't like to do it. I'd rather spend my time reading, playing the piano and violin, researching homeschooling curriculum and topics, and doing school and going on fun outings with my kids. I do enjoy some yard work but I don't really have time to do it. If I had to choose just one super power, right now it would be cleaning the kitchen. We've had a fun packed day with multiple activities. It was great. But now we're home and it seems our preparations have left a disaster in the kitchen. I've been wasting time on-line waiting for my super power to show up, or the cleaning fairies, or...something, but alas, it hasn't happened. I guess I'll go clean it myself. Sigh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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