Most moms I talk to hate laundry. The way it piles up, the way it's never done, the way it seems to multiply.
Me? I've never minded laundry much. I wash it all one day, let it pile up in baskets, then fold it the next. Folding laundry is about the only time I watch videos, so it's almost a treat to settle down for several hours and fold. I used to do all the laundry once a week, but the piles became too enormous and overwhelming, so now I wash on Mondays and Thursdays and fold on Tuesdays and Fridays. It always amazes me how many loads I can wash, though, even doing it twice a week. Yesterday, I folded 8 baskets of clothes. My thoughts started wandering towards speculating how much laundry there would be when we have six teenagers at home plus other children. I had to tell my mind to change the subject, as I began to feel a bit overwhelmed.
But while laundry is no big deal to me, what I really hate doing is cleaning my hard floors. I don't mind vacuuming, but mopping?
When we built our house, we put in a rather large kitchen area, with space for several tables when we have guests. We also put in lots of laminate flooring, which is fairly indestructible and fairly easy to clean. In addition to the kitchen, we have about five rooms with hard floors and over 1000 square feet of it. With seven messy kids wandering in and out, the floors get pretty dirty really quickly. I love everything about my big kitchen, until it comes time to clean the floors. I don't know why I hate it, but I do.
So what housework do you hate the most?
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What I do love is your kitchen, its beautiful!
I do laundry every day too, just like Jacki--and BTW--how do you know Jacki? She is my husband's cousin! Small world!
I'm so blessed with a hubby that will do em for me--though he has such a limited amount of time. I will do em while the kids are bathing (the floors) and before I shower once a week and it seems to do the trick. . . still not my favorite job AT ALL.
Glad others have a NOT fun list ;0)
My worst task is anything that involves de-cluttering. I love organizing, but sorting through the mountain of school papers, church papers, bills, notices, random photos, catalogs, etc.... is so overwhelming to me!
But I also love to sit and fold socks while watching a movie. I do laundry almost every day and fold the clothes out of the dryer, but I put the socks into the sock basket and match them when I can sit and watch TV.
I have 2 teenagers, and 4 younger children, and my oldest goes through more clothes than my daughter, but he plays basketball everyday too.
I don't mind doing the laundry because it is relaxing to watch a video.