tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post229441536009677761..comments2024-01-05T14:05:40.691+01:00Comments on The Adventures of the Gingerbread Lady: Gnomic AdviceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-88794147523072167512011-02-20T19:34:23.205+01:002011-02-20T19:34:23.205+01:00Oh I'm terrible too...Unfortunetly I also pay ...Oh I'm terrible too...Unfortunetly I also pay for it...Last year I was diagnosed with a severe allergy to dust mites...yeah that means I should clean...but nope I stay congested and take allergy meds....The Hubs will clean certain things, he does laundry (he hates the way I fold), he cooks (I hate to cook), he does the garbage and recyclables...Today he cleaned the oven, which is good, I wouldn't have been able to, as I started getting sick from the fumes...I holed up int he bedroom and finished crocheting a hat..Gracey is not my name....https://www.blogger.com/profile/08972825777648546397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-72703603987821064282011-02-20T03:12:06.727+01:002011-02-20T03:12:06.727+01:00Your post gave me a really good laugh. Honestly, I...Your post gave me a really good laugh. Honestly, I'm the worst Hausfrau on planet earth and easily beat my husband in "Let's Ignore the Dreck". But your realtionship advice put him in his spot. Hah. Bothered by it - his chore. Yeah!!!Carola Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-21461292635588754022011-02-19T23:41:51.269+01:002011-02-19T23:41:51.269+01:00Please don't let health and safety anywhere ne...Please don't let health and safety anywhere near my house! The 'Who's going to crack first' game has been going on a long time here. The only time we call a truce is when his parents come to visit, when we both suddenly notice what a terrible state the place is in.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-51815661165422415572011-02-19T22:43:33.886+01:002011-02-19T22:43:33.886+01:00Oooh, Rachel, I'm definitely going to be the B...Oooh, Rachel, I'm definitely going to be the Boss of Housework ... and part of being a good boss is delegation. Monday morning there'll be a 'to do' list on the pinboard in the kitchen. I'm not Mrs Holly Hausfrau but I'd like to pass a basic health & safety check, haha.<br /><br />Susie - I'm a pretty nifty DIYer myself. No gender-assigned roles for me and my mad tiling skills. But today I was pushed to my limits. We had to remove some plaster from the wall near the roof and I stood quivering in the doorway, watching the husband hop around the roof, while I did the damsel-in-distress: "Don't fall! Don't go near the edge!" I hate heights.The Gingerbread Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060553716262145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-44918058089546667672011-02-19T22:12:36.717+01:002011-02-19T22:12:36.717+01:00Back in my student days, I knew a group of housesh...Back in my student days, I knew a group of housesharing young men whose house had a gas cooker on which the ignition didn't work. Then one day an additional young man moved in who knew that You Are Supposed To Clean Cookers. And he did. After that, the ignition worked.<br /><br />Back to the subject of the post, if you've accepted that housework is your responsibility, you must also assert your right to make housework-related decisions like which cooker to buy. Good luck with that one!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-18125105145478654812011-02-19T21:08:35.421+01:002011-02-19T21:08:35.421+01:00How true!How true!Sharon Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178652815840919077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-82696883600185231892011-02-19T21:00:26.757+01:002011-02-19T21:00:26.757+01:00Are you supposed to clean cookers? Hmm. {Goes away...Are you supposed to clean cookers? Hmm. {Goes away to reassess life}.<br /><br />This does apply to DIY as well actually, and I try to tell my mother this, because my dad is as bad at DIY as I am at nuclear physics, yet they have decided that DIY is His Job and he keeps trying. He actually once gave himself septicaemia through kneeling on a nail, and nearly lost his leg. He also once dropped a chainsaw on himself while cutting down a leylandii. Then there was the incident with the vacuum cleaner and the paramedics.<br /><br />Off to stop my own dear other half from doing the washing up because <i>he does it wrong</i> (that's because I'm controlling, though ;-) ).Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-73492333007221405812011-02-19T20:38:05.454+01:002011-02-19T20:38:05.454+01:00Thanks for your cute little story today....took me...Thanks for your cute little story today....took me away for a moment on my own cleaning.-https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964347857163044017noreply@blogger.com