Glad to hear it, Niamh! :D
Sorry about your hen, MomH. That's terrible!
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Glad to hear it, Niamh! :D
Sorry about your hen, MomH. That's terrible!
how are you?
She seems a little absent...
;)
vanished in a puff of smoke...
Only to reappear! haha
I'm very well, thank you! Just busy with work, horses, and a lot of reading.
Tea, anyone? **passes around the pot**
I'd rather have some coffee, if that's not too much trouble http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...eer_smiley.gif
*walks in with his blind-fold fast secured* . . . . .*stumbles around*
I have a question I'd like to ask those present. But first a story:
So, the other day our vacuum went kaput. To be honest, I was glad for it -- the thing hardly worked anymore. So, I went to a specialty store and purchased a dandy Electrolux, professional-grade vacuum at a good price.
And, as long as you don't tell the 'blokes' over yonder, I was excited to go home and give our house a good once-over with the new machine. However, before I could indulge in that delight, I had to prepare dinner for the family. For reasons unknown to me, I decided upon making a big "pot roast" with a beef shoulder roast, carrots, celery, garlic and some root vegetables. I assembled the these ingredients, dutifully followed the recipe, and put the pot roast an old cast-iron pot to bake in the oven at 300 degrees for 3 hours.
In no time the roast filled the house with pleasant odors of home cooking. Then I set to my next chore in full earnest. Vacuuming. I giddily turn on the new machines and gave the house a thorough twice-over , delighting in the pleasing combination of a clean home with dinner cooking.
Now, to the strange part and the question. During my second run over the carpets, I had a strange desire to don a pearl necklace, dress up a bit, and prepare a gin & tonic for my spouse who was due home from work within the hour!!
I refrained from the pearls, but carried the other desires to their fruition.
The question: Have you been taken by similar desires when enjoying the pleasures unhurried household chores? Or am I just a bit. . . .strange?
My thanks for your responses.
Good Hunting!
:lol: this made me laugh so much!!
But I had felt the same way, you know (hehe yeah you dont :D), you feel accomplished and feel happy and feel good enough as to make it all complete-the dess up a bit, and the gin&tonic.
Now i know why you came to us :lol:
hey! but your wife should had been happy and surprised, right?
Take care comedian!
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Originally Posted by The Comedian
This is awesome. yeah - sometimes housework is like that. funny!
Oh my Comedian! your a real housewife! :eek: :lol: (jk)
Chores... ugh!
I think you should have posted this here.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
;)
:lol:
Comedian- I know exactly what you're talking about. Seriously. When I do get in my real domestic motherly mode (once a week...Tuesdays usually), sometimes I do like to fix myself up since I'm usually a mess by the time I've finished cleaning and all. It's nice to feel good about yourself in your nice clean house. And its nice to do something nice for your significant other. My bf does that sometimes to surprise me when I get home from work (sans the pearls :P) The house will be clean (for all of an hour) and a yummy dinner on the table and everyone looks all nice and fresh. Lovely, but usually short lived
True for me too! I get into these really productive moods when I just go on a really satisfying cleaning frenzy. And then everything smells all nice and it just feels good when you're all cleaned up in clean surroundings. It's just nice!
And don't feel too awkward, Comedian. My dad kicked up a stink insisting that he be the one to pick the colour of our new vacuum. :rolleyes:
I'm not really one for cleaning. I'm an organised chaos type o' gal. dont get me wrong i do tidy up but i aint a frenzy cleaner like others in my family.
What is the deal with these guys wanting to make color decisions, or anything else that once seemed to be more of a feminine concern? They'll wear a grey shirt with khaki pants but then they care what color the vacuum cleaner is. Or whatever it might be. My husband has become rather critical of my decorating choices. He took issue with the curtains I got for the bedroom and was bothered by the positioning of a ruffle and I was taken aback by that one. Weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
:lol: shalot that made me laugh.
now, who understands men hu? they are complicated as well...
But isn't the same thing true for us girls, too?
I have many friends who take pride in the fact that they can operate power tools or talk the car or football/soccer talk while scratching some unbecoming parts of their bodies and sipping their beer.
haha very true. Women are indeed complicated I had to admit but we all, men and women, got complications...
Yeah, that's true too. Thanks for that last paragraph there - I got a nice visual on that one. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I guess the drape thing irritated me because he wasn't there at Target when I was buying them, and he didn't see that the drape selection was slim pickens. Then again, if he had been at Target with me, he might have annoyed me by either being disinterested or being too overly interested and fussy about what was purchased. I guess when it comes to decorating, there isn't a win/win in our house. He doesn't like the drapes but it's okay to keep the toolbox on the dining room table so I give up. And let me tell you about the the can of foot spray on my coffee table. Better Homes and Gardens wants to photograph our house for their magazine. NOT!
I know, right? My dad will wear khaki-coloured pants with black socks and brown leather shoes!!! COME ON!! He picked the vacuum to match the colour of his motorcycle- I can't decide if that makes it more or less legitimate. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
yeah, guys don't know what color socks to wear EVER. My gramps used to go to the beach in his swim trunks and black socks and those slip on canvas shoes that old men wear. And my husband likes to wear his white tube socks to work with this khacki pants sometimes even though he has an ample supply of socks that go with Khacki pants. I watch in horror when he leaves the house, but then I remember that he works with other men who probably don't notice anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
My high school uniform had black pants, and all the guys wore white socks underneath. It's awful haha. How about brown shoes and a black belt or vice versa? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Pmsl! Thats just wierd!Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Don't know if you are familiar with "Coupling" but I think you should watch this little section about "cushions":Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0-8Ibkczc&feature=fvw
:D
HAHAHAHAHA ironically, it's the exact colour of the font you chose!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Yes, I agree. It's very weird. :sick:
Coupling :D Grand show :)
How Jeff tries to chat up a girl who's reading. Who wouldn't fall for this? :lol:
Sooooooo, how many pairs of shoes is too many?
NO SUCH THING!!Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
p.s. my love of shoes is the girliest thing about me I promise!!
One more pair than we happen to own at the time!Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
:D
I laughed when I read this :lol: It's no different in my house. My husband tells me I am the Captain of the house and I can do anything I want except he has to ok it. Our tastes in decorating are not the same. You should see some of the things he has picked up off the street that people were throwing out. YUCK!!!! but he thinks yhey were great pieces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
:lol: Good answer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I tend to go with the 'If I can't afford to buy them then that would be too many' approach. On the other hand, this leaves open the possibility of finding a cheaper pair that I like too:D
There's always shoes out there which I really want to have, or shoes in my closet which I would like to loose :lol:
Money is definitely a limiting value... as is space...
Alll riiiiigghhtttt. See my dilemmawas that my shoes were all over the bottom of my entirely too small closet, I had a small shoe rack but it wasn't enough. I bought two additional racks and rearranged my closet to accomodate the new racks.
Well, I still have some shoes floating around but I have room for one more rack I was trying to decide if I should thin the herd or just get another rack.
I'm on my way to pick up a new rack
whooo hooo
I also think I want a new job. As most everybody knows I work in a chemical plant where I wear steel toe shoes. Every day. Steel toes are not cute. I always see women going off to their offices in their cute shoes and I long to be wearing my cute shoes to work which would justify my need for all those shoes...
That is a justifiable reason for a new job! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Mine is that i cant hack it anymore and dont have the physical strength and the health for it anymore either. :(
I just want a job.
My husband got a job offer today and he wants it, but it's a cut in pay. Other than the reduced pay it's a great offer.
Even with the resuced pay, if its a great job he should take it. I know that if i left my job there is slim chance of me getting anything near what i earn now.
Oh and congrats on 3000 posts MH! :D
Thanks, Niamh. I didn't realize I had 3000.
It's a job he loves to do. But, he left this field of work about 10 years ago (full time, he still does some occasional part time) because of the low pay and the "dark side" of the job. Everything has its down side.
Even with that I think he should take the job. It's a bit decesion with so many different things to consider. It's not like a 9-5 regular job.
I cannot WAIT to get job searching in a few weeks. I don't particularly need anything in my field at the moment (I'm lucky enough I can pursue that from home), I just want to escape the coffee shop!
motherhubbard, good luck to your hubby in making his decision. And congrats on 3000 posts!
hello ladies, may i join your pleasant convo's?