https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:03:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315945 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:44:25 +0000 Anonymous 2315945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll look for them next time I do a Big Warehouse order- thanks! There's so many socks cause I wear thinner trouser socks during the day, and warmer thicker ones to sleep in- so potentially 14 pairs in a week :/ </p> <p> Luckily sock season is coming to an end </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315846 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:35:00 +0000 April 2315846@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They do indeed, IP.&nbsp; It's rare for a sock to work its way loose from the little contraption, and two socks make too bulky a package for the washer or dryer to lose.</p> <p>You have to rely on the sock-wearer to slip dirty socks into the device each time they undress, but otherwise - foolproof. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315808 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:17:20 +0000 Indigoprint 2315808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April those look pretty cool. Do they also help with the mystery of the missing sock? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315805 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:03:09 +0000 April 2315805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ST - I am recommending to you a life-changing device for dealing with socks.</p> <p>Companies that offer devices for the blind sell sock maters or sock sorters. See below. You just push both socks into the ring, wash them that way, dry them that way, then toss them in a drawer. No sorting, folding, rolling, just grab and go. </p> <p>DH swears by them and even this thickest Bombas fit in one ring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315755 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:54:35 +0000 Anonymous 2315755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*clinks glass w Helena about loving clear outs and repairs and detesting grocery shopping with every fiber of my being*</p> <p>I like doing yard work, clearing my trails, washing the cars and paddleboard, and feeding the pets.<br /> I don't mind cooking (sometimes) and general cleaning and tidying.</p> <p>I hate giving dog meds (so does he), cleaning pet messes, doing any kind of paperwork, and hauling our recycling to the bins. Not a fan of putting laundry away in cold weather either, cause So Many Socks :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315647 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:45:39 +0000 Helena 2315647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually quite like most cleaning ... it's so satisfying to put in the work and see a tangible result. Even gross things like unclogging drains don't bother me too much. I have learned to do some minor repairs too (changing faucets, replacing window cranks, changing indicator bulbs on the car, etc.) and love doing those once I figure them out; I feel so clever lol!&nbsp;</p> <p>And my absolute favourite is doing a full clear-out of anything ... a closet, a drawer, the garage ... I could do that all day every day. </p> <p>I actually detest grocery shopping though - I couldn't tell you why, but it's the worst and I minimize it as much as possible. I try to make it fun by figuring out how to be the most efficient (organizing my list by aisle, packing the groceries at self-checkout by where they go in the kitchen, etc.).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315602 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:14:07 +0000 April 2315602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bridgie, I hear you on cleaning an oven.&nbsp; Mine has a self-cleaning option but you have to use it on a cold day because the oven locks itself and gets to something like 550 degrees F for three hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Still, that's the easy part.&nbsp; The hard part is the racks, which get scrubbed by hand.&nbsp; Yuck.&nbsp; Maybe I'll try just running them through the dishwasher on "heavy soil".&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>When we did our final walk-through before signing the papers for this house, the ovens had been left as dirty as dirty can be.&nbsp; My real estate agent pitched a fit.&nbsp; The hilarious part is that the sellers had had a personal chef come in to make their meals <b>and</b> had live-in husband-and-wife housekeepers.&nbsp; So apparently no one thinks cleaning the oven is their job!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315580 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 02:28:02 +0000 Indigoprint 2315580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a fun topic thanks to all who contributed.!!<br /> I am going off a bit but as a woman in a house with 4 males ..I got a kick out of this:<br /> I visited a bathroom once that had a framed print above the toilet.<br /> " My aim is to keep this bathroom clean...your aim is appreciated" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315566 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:19:17 +0000 Echo 2315566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoy vacuuming, dusting and making the bed. It is all about immediate gratification for me, and I can SEE those things. I don't mind laundry.</p> <p>I have two sons and a husband, and I dislike cleaning the bathroom (no big mystery there). And apparently putting toilet paper on the roll after the last one runs out is beyond any one else's capabilities. It would sit on the counter forever if I didn't put it back on the roller!</p> <p>Dh mostly cooks, and I am happy to do the dishes in that case. He is the better cook and I bake.</p> <p>And I absolutely refuse to take out the garbage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315563 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:56:17 +0000 April 2315563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kk - nope, I grew up in the suburbs of Boston, where the most exotic folks we ever saw were - gasp - Protestants.</p> <p>Then when I was 12 we moved to a suburb of Pittsburgh which was less Catholic but not any more Jewish. I did, however, marry two Jewish men (not at the same time, of course) and therefore have learned a lot about the rules/laws/traditions. </p> <p>If I had to clean the house with a feather to make sure no chametz was hiding anywhere before Passover - well, let's just say I might have hopped a freight train long ago.</p> <p>Jules - high five! I did the same, more or less. My son was allowed to have his room as neat or messy as he wanted and I tried to butt out and ignore anything I didn't like. I taught him to "swish and swipe" his bathroom every day (see Flylady) and spray down his shower walls with a daily shower spray and then I just left him to it.</p> <p>It helped that, as a teen, he had the whole second floor of our cape cod house to himself, so I never really had to confront whatever was happening up there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315560 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:42:40 +0000 bridgie 2315560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite is sorting and organizing my makeup and skin treatments, trashing any expired and replacing.<br /> I will never, ever, clean a dirty oven. No way. As some of you may remember I moved from North Carolina to Ky. about 3 years ago. And rented a nice apartment. I stayed with my son and DIL while it was painted, new carpet put<br /> down, new flooring, etc, etc. A delight to move into, until I opened the oven door.<br /> Can’t you feel that I am still ANGRY. I tried lightly cleaning it a couple times and it didn’t work. I have now moved again. I never used the stove and oven there and don’t have one here!!!<br /> Please don’t judge me too harshly. I will be 89 in June. I had 3 children in the sixties and a clean oven and I even had to defrost the refrigerator!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315533 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:01:03 +0000 Jules 2315533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cooking and gardening are more hobbies than chores for me too. But so is supporting local restaurants ;)<br /> April, my mother also had a tendency to be critical of cleaning efforts. I made a point of encouraging my kids to do it their way, to improve their own environment rather than meet some arbitrary standard. Of course I’m not perfect at this </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315529 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:43:19 +0000 Star (Lise) 2315529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoy doing laundry, always line dry and don't even mind ironing.&nbsp; I enjoy cooking.&nbsp; Washing dishes is bearable.&nbsp; I hate vacuuming and cleaning bathrooms.&nbsp; Fortunately DH does the vacuuming.&nbsp; Spring cleaning is also a thing here that I never experienced in South Africa.&nbsp; I think it may be linked to a definite 4 season climate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315523 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:53:51 +0000 April 2315523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KK - I hear you on the cleaners.&nbsp; Such a luxury - one I didn't grow up with and never had as an adult until I was 52.&nbsp; Same with central air.&nbsp; I never take either thing for granted</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites/page/2#post-2315522 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:53:19 +0000 kkards 2315522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>so. actually i don't mind, laundry. but everything else? well its call chores for a reason</p> <p>april, did you grow up in a Jewish neighborhood? because spring cleaning is a thing (connect to Passover). its part of why i hate cleaning. yes, wash down the kitchen walls, take everything out of the cabinets and clean them...and on and on, and my mom wasn't even that religious.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315521 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:47:17 +0000 kkards 2315521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>favorite --setting out the cash every 2 weeks for the cleaning team</p> <p>least favorite -everything else</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315513 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:12:58 +0000 April 2315513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RC, I guarantee you that my mother has never done the sort of cupboard-cleaning you describe, despite being in high school in the&nbsp; 1950s.&nbsp; Her own mother was "a terrible housekeeper" (not my phrase).</p> <p>Now, my father's mother was from a German farming family of 5 daughters, and she never got to do anything except clean.&nbsp; Her summation of my mother and my mother's sister: "These girls have <b>no training</b>."&nbsp; Ouch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315509 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:40:46 +0000 Carla 2315509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Every time I clean kitchen cupboards, I have flashbacks of jr. high home economics class! &nbsp;Cleaning the cupboards was the first lesson, before we got to cook!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315507 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:29:47 +0000 Janet 2315507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and even though it's not my favorite, I'll take the loading/emptying the dishwasher task every time because my husband just stuffs everything in there willy-nilly and it makes me cringe. I've tried to explain to him how things don't get clean and glasses get broken, etc., but to little avail.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315506 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:28:04 +0000 Janet 2315506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Favorite cleaning tasks:<br />- decluttering/organizing<br />- laundry (I'm a control freak and don't want anyone else doing my laundry, plus I find it a very satisfying task to complete!)</p> <p>Least favorite:<br />- cleaning the bathroom, but it's better now that it's only for the two of us. Nothing worse than cleaning the bathroom that two young boys have been using.&nbsp;<br />- washing windows -- it's satisfying to have it finished, but we have a LOT of windows in this house and some of them are hard to access on the outside. I always find it difficult to get rid of all the streaks.&nbsp;</p> <p>I didn't used to like cooking because I had zero confidence in my ability in that department. I did like baking though. I've come to enjoy it because I've learned techniques and approaches, and I've gained confidence. I never thought I'd feel this way, but I cannot WAIT to cook again! It's been five months since we had a real kitchen.&nbsp;</p> <p>OK, the favorite broom reminded me of my mom's gardening shoes. Way back, probably 16+ years ago, when she had her first TIA (mini stroke), while she was in the hospital, my sister and I did some work to make her house more navigable for an aging single person. Part of this involved some basement cleanup. In the process we found a pair of ratty old shoes with the toes busted out and couldn't imagine our very particular, neat mother wearing them, so out they went.&nbsp;</p> <p>Months later, when gardening season started, she called us to ask if we'd seen her gardening shoes, and we realized our mistake. She was so sad about those darn worn-out shoes, and my sister and I feel bad about it to this day!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315491 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:44:17 +0000 The Cat 2315491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am nodding in agreement with several of you.</p> <p>Favourites:<br /> - Cooking<br /> - Changing bathroom towels and<br /> refilling toilet paper, soap, etc.<br /> - Emptying the dishwasher<br /> - Starting the laundry<br /> - Folding the laundry and putting it<br /> away<br /> - Ironing tea towels etc.<br /> - Vacuuming</p> <p>Least favourites:<br /> - Cleaning oven racks<br /> - Cleaning the shower<br /> - Ironing large items<br /> - Sweeping the floor and having to remove a variety of floor stains<br /> - Taking down curtains and, in particular, hanging them again after laundry </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315490 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:38:44 +0000 RobinF 2315490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh, I really hate cleaning but I really like it when it's all clean so....</p> <p>I don't mind organizing and cleaning out closets and drawers - wouldn't say like exactly, but it's a satisfying project. I do enjoy baking, does that count as a chore?&nbsp;</p> <p>My MIL had nine children and used kitchen clean up time as her peaceful hour, rather than have the kids do it - crazy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315484 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:02:05 +0000 April 2315484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another devotee of the right outdoor broom here!&nbsp; It matters.</p> <p>RC, I'm impressed and inspired that you do a real, old-fashioned spring cleaning.&nbsp; I never saw anyone do that (the Laura Ingalls Wilder books don't count) until we moved to Pittsburgh when I was 12.&nbsp; Those ladies took spring cleaning seriously and the kids dreaded it all year.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I think their beliefs about what was required (washing every indoor wall?&nbsp; scouring all the outdoor stairs and sidewalks?) came from the days when Pittsburgh had such terrible air quality that you couldn't hang laundry outside to dry or it would turn black from factory smoke. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315479 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:19:58 +0000 Olive Green 2315479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a cleaning business getting through school, and everyone hated baseboards with a passion. I’d volunteer for the bathrooms, as generally you can just hose them down and the materials are so practical, just wipe off. Return towels, and wallah!&nbsp;<br />In my head I design clutter free houses that can be hosed down in every room. Dusting sucks.&nbsp;<br />I love arranging and organizing things. I love yard work as it looks so loved after a good mow and trim.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315459 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:29:16 +0000 rachylou 2315459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omigosh! The dyeing of the dress with tea! That was just lovely brilliant. But I don’t remember the buttons…</p> <p>Favourite: Washing dishes by hand. I find that meditative.</p> <p>Least: Vacuuming. Have to move heavy furniture to do it. I got rid of the whole rug under the bed business because of that and just have runners, lol :)</p> <p>Oh and hate taking out the trash. Like 80 steps down to the street. Masses of junk mail to recycle. And terrible neighbours who will put their dog poop in the compost if the bins are moved down the drive before dark. The bins are heavy empty too; rolling them down the hill is dangerous. When I’m really old, I’m gonna just let the neighbours poison the compost. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315434 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:03:23 +0000 LJP 2315434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Carla - the special broom ! I had one of those too that I used to sweep the outdoor sidewalks and patios as well as the front and back steps . It was 30 years old , broken , taped together and the bristles were frayed and bent . But it was my favourite broom. When we moved 4 years ago , it mysteriously disappeared. I think my husband was to blame . I’ve never forgotten that and am quite sad about my ratty beloved broom being gone from my life . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315425 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:49:26 +0000 Suz 2315425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, I don't consider cooking a household chore. I like it! I especially enjoy concocting delicious things from scraps of this and that in pantry and fridge. (High five, <b>Sarah DB</b>!) I dislike kitchen waste so get a huge sense of satisfaction from this.&nbsp;</p> <p>Gardening is also (mostly) pleasure.&nbsp; Depends on the job and how pressed for time I am with other things. But I can easily get into a zone when I am out with the plants.&nbsp;</p> <p>Like <b>Sarah DB </b>(high five, again, Sarah!) I also like all manner of organizing, arranging, sorting, etc. Tidying, I guess.&nbsp;</p> <p>I get <b>satisfaction</b> from most household chores (or at least, from having done them, LOL) but I do not look forward to vacuuming, washing the floors, or especially, cleaning the oven.&nbsp;</p> <p>Because Mr. Suz is retired and enjoys housework (yes!) he does a lot of the indoor jobs, or does them more often than I do. But I do most of the outdoor jobs (garden, shovelling, etc.) It is a role reversal!&nbsp; </p> <p>We each do one bathroom. I vacuum downstairs, he does the upstairs. I deal with the cat's box. He usually does the windows (though we do share that, too.) He does the laundry because he loves that job. We each do our own ironing. I do the filing/ organizing of papers.</p> <p>We share the cooking, though at the moment he takes charge of it more often and I tend to be sous chef. But we also divide it by type -- he does the BBQ and I do the InstantPot. ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315422 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:26:48 +0000 Carla 2315422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven’t been on the computer most of today because I started spring cleaning! &nbsp;Emptied all the kitchen cupboards and wiped them down, etc. and ended with washing the kitchen floor. &nbsp;The cleaning was extended to the family room and kitchen dining nook. &nbsp;The oven will get done overnight on Tuesday and wiped out on Wednesday (sort of self cleaning but I still have to wipe out the ashes.).&nbsp;</p> <div><br /></div><div>I actually like the ‘zone’ I get into when I clean or do home-making activities. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>My favourites are anything involving a bucket of soapy water and washcloths (I wear rubber gloves), and sweeping. &nbsp;(I had a fit when DH threw out my special broom used for sweeping sidewalks and patios - even if it was held together with duct tape!). My least favourite is vacuuming (hate the noise). &nbsp;DH does the vacuuming, folds the laundry (I manage the washing/drying/hanging up to dry), and all the ironing. &nbsp;He also does the windows (we have A LOT) inside and out, lawn mowing, snow shovelling, and anything involving the BBQ.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Provisioning is another matter. &nbsp;DH and I shop together now that we are retired. &nbsp;I do the cooking (BBQ the exception). &nbsp;I&nbsp;<i>love&nbsp;</i>baking. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315416 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:20:19 +0000 April 2315416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IP, my mother preferred to do housework alone (to get time away from all of us) but then when she did assign a job, would yell that it hadn't been done correctly, though we'd never been taught what "correctly" was.</p> <p>I remember being quite snarky about it. She told me once to clean up after dinner and after I loaded the dishwasher, I thought I was finished. She thought otherwise and after listening to the tirade, I said, "YOU'RE WELCOME for loading the dishwasher."</p> <p>Yikes. Amazing that I survived adolescence, given my tendency to mouth off and her tendency to hit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/household-chores-favorites-least-favorites#post-2315415 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:08:01 +0000 April 2315415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES - Henny spoiling Ella's dress then dyeing it w/tea!</p> <p>The info I gleaned from that chapter rescued us when DS was here during covid lockdown and trying to complete his last semester of art school. He had to create a garment and dye it without going shopping so we used teabags.</p> <p>His professor asked right away: "Did you do this with tea?" </p>