What are your favourite household chores?

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AliceinOz
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16 Dec 2007, 5:50 am

I'm lucky that in my household we have divided the chores according to preference and ability. We get to hear what others don't like but I was wondering what tasks others liked doing.

I love doing the laundry, especially hanging the clothes outside on the clothesline. It is almost like a meditation.

I also like washing the floors and cleaning the bathrooms.

Can't stand washing up, dusting, vacuuming, uurgh!! !!



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16 Dec 2007, 6:55 am

I looooove dusting!

And cleaning the kitchen. And tidying.

I also love putting the washing on, oddly enough, but not so much hanging it up. :roll:


I can't stand washing up unless I have my natural dishwashing liquid (otherwise my hands turn to paper), I hate vacuuming (reeeally bad neck so it'll guarantee to put it out and cost me another 30quid going to the osteopath), hate cleaning the bathroom (again, neck from bending down).


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16 Dec 2007, 9:01 am

Doing small, precise things is difficult; but I do like anything were lots of water is involved. Cleaning my car by hand and high pressure water cleaning is good fun. Unfortunately most of the time bystanders get wet: :lol:



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16 Dec 2007, 9:04 am

not sure if you call this a "chore" more of a "job" but i am the network and sysadmin in our house... i make sure all the computers are running smoothly and when upgrades need to be done i handle finding an upgrade part, purchasing, and then they bring the machine to me and i upgrade it.

i am not capable of doing anything else due to my progressive physical disability... lucky for me netadmin and sysadminning the house will never be a "loosable ability" because when i progress i could just netadmin and sysadmin using a head array ;) though ability to physically upgrade the machines will be lost all admin abilities will still be there thanks to the head array :D


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16 Dec 2007, 9:05 am

I LOVE vaccuming!! The sound of all the little bits flying up the hose, watching it all swirl around with that tornado action inside the canister, leaving nice straight lines on the floor.

I also really like cooking, something about feeding people good food makes me feel all warm and cozy inside.

I hate doing laundry but thats only because we have a common laundry room in my building and I have had some problems with a few of the other tenants harrasing me.


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16 Dec 2007, 9:21 am

there's a reason it's called a chore and not vacation in the Bahamas!


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16 Dec 2007, 9:30 am

I don't have any favorite chores. I hate housework. That's why I had kids. :lol:



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16 Dec 2007, 9:32 am

Laundry. I love the way fresh laundry smells!


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16 Dec 2007, 9:40 am

Everything, except for dusting.


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16 Dec 2007, 9:43 am

I love going to get the mail from my mailbox. :heart: I love how my mailbox serves a purpose without needing anything from me.


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16 Dec 2007, 11:34 am

I like cooking dinner, because I get to make something. I look up recipes online for ideas, or simply wander through the aisles of a grocery store, until I see something I'd want to cook.



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16 Dec 2007, 11:58 am

I like doing the laundry too.



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16 Dec 2007, 12:14 pm

I don't really like starting any chore, though usually once I've started I don't mind.

My favorite chore...that just sounds wrong. But I suppose my favorites are vacuuming and taking out the trash. I probably don't vacuum to a perfectionists standards, I don't move all the furniture and vacuum wall to wall, but the walking areas get nice and vacuumed alright. And I rather like the brisk walk to the dumpster when taking out the trash.

I don't consider cooking a chore, though I suppose it could be. I guess cooking would be my true favorite.



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16 Dec 2007, 12:33 pm

Technically I don't have any, although this is my Computer which I bought with my money and I have to maintain it with software I download from the internet, clean the dust away, and the little food particles. Also I rarely ever ask for anything from my parents unlike my siblings who are always asking for a ride to their friends house or some more phone credit or something to rent or some new clothes, whereas most of my interests are either free or I can pay for with my own money and my bedroom is always extremely tidy again unlike my siblings. I think my parents really appreciate not having to spend as much on me. Then again it could be because I "suffer from Asperger's Syndrome" as my mother would put it who has to gossip about it to everybody she meets. :roll:


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16 Dec 2007, 4:00 pm

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16 Dec 2007, 4:16 pm

AliceinOz wrote:
I'm lucky that in my household we have divided the chores according to preference and ability. We get to hear what others don't like but I was wondering what tasks others liked doing.

I love doing the laundry, especially hanging the clothes outside on the clothesline. It is almost like a meditation.

I also like washing the floors and cleaning the bathrooms.

Can't stand washing up, dusting, vacuuming, uurgh!! !!


I am doing the laundry right now :) and I enjoy it. I also like shouveling snow.


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