On the Nature of Housework

[ubiquitouslyme]

I hate housework. With a passion. I've never been good at it, or wanted to be. I've been a stay-at-home mom for almost 8 years now, and taking pleasure in keeping house was never one of my virtues. So it is with a happy heart that I go back to school, and learn a career, and shortly after my learning get a job with enough left over after taxes to pay for a maid once every other week.

That's all.

Comments

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

Dude. I'm right there with you, if a little older and further along in the goal.

There is something to be said for paying for someone ELSE to do the housework. Not only is it a pleasure to come home to a clean house, but your limited leisure time becomes all the more valuable when you're working.

I have other things to do on my weekends and evenings than vaccuum and make beds. Having to spend a day to do the laundry is bad enough.

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

There is something to be said for paying for someone ELSE to do the housework.
Yup. One of my part time jobs in college was cleaning houses. I never minded that my friends paid someone else to do their housework... *grin*

[bantiarna.livejournal.com]

Hrm, that should be on a T-shirt. A rallying cry for all SAHM's everywhere. Thats kinda my goal too, to one day go back to school get a job I can tolerate and have enough money left over every month to hire a maid!

[mysticsablewolf.livejournal.com]

Man.. I'm right there with ya. I can't always afford to have someone come out.. but I have a few people that I can call on.

I have this whole binge and purge method of house=cleaning (speaking of which.. it it about time for another purge)

my mom was like super AR when it came to house cleaning. My husband says going to Mom's house is like walking into a museum. Not a speck of dust anywhere in the house (ever.. I think dust bunnies fear her) and I was your typical teenager.

So the house gets cursory attention until the day I walk in and go... Yikes.. what would Mom say! Then I run around the house like a mad-woman.

My only curse...

My loving husband is a flipping packrat! What takes several hours to do, he can undo in about .5 seconds.

Congrats on the going back to school and best wishes on your endeavors!

[noxcat.livejournal.com]

I doubt I will ever be able to afford a maid service, so I'm stuck doing the cleaning myself...:(