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Cleaning Up:  What is your favorite domestic Goddess chore?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 6:38:45 PM
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I have decided to give myself the title of "Domestic Goddess". I am a stay at home mom, and I have decided to honor that role in my family. Perhaps I will make myself and apron with the words "Domestic Goddess" embroidered on it!
Anyway- I have to say my favorite chore has got to be vacuuming. Because that means all the toys and mess is cleaned up, the dusting is done, and the house has a lovely fresh clean feel to it! :D
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
950 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 6:47:41 PM
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I enjoy doing laundry...separating the loads, picking which scent of homemade laundry soap I'll use and then folding it all after it's dried. I also like to do the ironing, very relaxing!
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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MissWhit
True Blue Farmgirl
142 Posts
Whitney
Maine
USA
142 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 7:24:27 PM
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Ironing and vacuuming are my favorites :) I think it's because they are the finishing touches to a clean house/clean clothes :)
(dishes are my least)
"The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." Thomas More
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 8:14:23 PM
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| I would have to say laundry. Although I prefer to fold than put away. I also like to load the dishwasher, but hate to put the dishes away - I made that DD's job.:) |
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farminmama
True Blue Farmgirl
63 Posts
Jen
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 01:39:59 AM
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Yep...me too...I like to vacuum. That's the completion.
I like to clean up after big meals...like Thanksgiving, Christmas, just having guests over. That is the best. I do most of those dishes by hand. Everyone has gone home, the house is quiet, life is full and content. It doesn't get any better than cleaning up after a big meal (I could really do without the days cooking ahead of that though)! :-)
Jen
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 06:15:07 AM
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I like doing dishes by hand. I could wash nearly every dish in the house by the time it takes to run a dishwasher cycle!
I like how clean it makes me feel. Plus, I have a great view from my kitchen windows!
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 09:44:02 AM
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Mine would be cooking. I practically live in my kitchen!
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 09:49:23 AM
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| I like dusting the best. Or mending, if you count mending as a household chore. My favorite thing is to make something useful again. It fills a hole in my soul. |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 09:54:44 AM
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I guess sweeping with a broom, it's kind of a calming thing to do for me. I also enjoy doing the laundry, especially after it's done and up.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 10:28:33 AM
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Cooking, vacuuming and ironing. No particular order. I like to dust, but with 4 dogs, I'm dusting a bit too much to "love" it anymore!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 12:46:23 PM
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I'd have to say either 'tidying' - just putting everything back into it's place nice and neat, or baking (which really isn't a chore!) Being able to spend a whole day kneading and waiting for things to rise, then the smell that comes from the oven.. mmmm.. bliss.
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 2:46:04 PM
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I am like Meg and like to tidy up things. Otherwise, I HATE housekeeping. I wish I had a magic wand, or could twinkle my nose like Samantha on Bewitched!
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 11:06:48 AM
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I'm with Sherry - cooking. Other than that - would love to have a maid!!!
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 12:36:39 PM
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| Hanging the clothes out to dry in the sun, and then going and bringing them in, they always smell so good. |
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2008 : 09:17:46 AM
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Alee~ I love the whole "Domestic Goddess" title. ;) I joke around with my boyfriend and tell him that my apron is my domestic goddess cape (I think I may have actually got that idea from a poem MJ ran in one of her magazines a year or two back).
My favorite task would probably be cooking or ironing. My least favorite is dishes...yuck!
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2008 : 12:53:25 PM
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My Favorite chores would be Planning meals and Cooking them. All the other chores I dread. Alway have and always will. I used to have an excuse when my house was untidy because of my 5 children but now that it is only the cat and my DH I have to keep it clean. 
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gardencottage
Farmgirl in Training
24 Posts
Kelley
Oxnard
Ca
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 05:40:45 AM
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Hmmm...there isn't much that I don't like!
But I guess that I would say laundry and tidying...
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 05:55:10 AM
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Kelley, how can I entice you to come live with us? Just kidding :D Laundry just isn't my favorite because I always feel like I am running behind. If it is just one load- it's no big deal. Guess what I am doing today! LOL
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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Edited by - Alee on Apr 15 2008 05:56:05 AM |
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
974 Posts
Meg
Idaho
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 08:30:49 AM
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Alee, I love the domestic goddess title. Mine is vacuuming too. It is so rewarding to see the difference.
But I hate moping. I worked at Subway sandwiches through high school and had to mop every night and just don't like it so much. And laundry is never ending, huh? Recently I decided the problem was that we think we need to wash our clothes after every time we wear them, who knows if they are really dirty or not. So, I this weekend I went to grab a pair of pants from the drawer and found some leftover meal on them, grabbed a second pair and the same or similar remains on the leg. So, the third pair are finally clean. Guess that technique doesn't really work unless I check to make sure they still appear clean. 
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 11:14:44 AM
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Oh Meg! That is too funny! I have been working really hard to hang up my clothes as I take them off if they still aren't dirty. I have worn a skirt 3 times now and miraculously haven't had any Nora induced messes smeared on it yet! Woo Hoo!
Actually the biggest laundry around here is #1- Husband #2 Diapers #3 Cleaning rags.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
166 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 11:49:15 AM
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I too love to hang clothes on the line to dry and bring them in. They smell so good.
I also have gotten into the habit lately of wearing my clothes several times before washing them, as long as they aren't dirty. I'm trying to get my kids into the habit, especially jeans.
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livelife
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Penny
Michigan
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2008 : 5:34:37 PM
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Hanging clothes on the line 2 hours before sunset, at that angle the world is all aglow. Then I like to take them down in the morning before the chickens are fed.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2008 : 6:18:16 PM
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Penny-
I love that image. Right before dusk is one of my favorite times as well. I love the quality of the light- rich and golden without being scorching- especially in our northern summers which can get so hot! I bet the clothes smell amazing after their night outside- but do you find they are a bit damp from dew?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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livelife
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Penny
Michigan
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 05:08:39 AM
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Alee- Well, my "before the chickens are fed" is actually around 10am, & ya it makes for a great ironing session with the clothes damp... pre sprinkled! (Would like to find one of those little aluminum screw tops that fit on a pop bottle to sprinkle clothes with...)
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 08:07:19 AM
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Penny- how about making your own sprinkler by poking holes in the plastic bottle cap?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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