| Author |
Across the Fence:  what do you put on the BACK BURNER?  |
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
|
|
lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
|
|
Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
1238 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 3:16:08 PM
|
Cleaning...sorry to say it but I just never have it all done at once so it's always in stages of clean from the pretty darned clean to the "oh, no! close that door, someone's coming down the driveway!"
Jami in WA
Okay, so now I have a blog. http://woolyinwashington.wordpress.com/ |
 |
|
|
DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 3:55:48 PM
|
I'm so with you on that one Lisa! Also posting sales and receipts from the farm to the spread sheet. I hate book work!
Di on VI
Farmgirl Sister #73 |
|
|
|
elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 3:56:55 PM
|
UNLOADING THE DISHWASHER!!!!! Which I hate. I don't mind loading it and running it, but DH has only one "mandatory" chore and that is to unload the bugger. Grrrr....
Samantha
www.elphie0503.blogspot.com
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
|
|
|
|
sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 4:36:39 PM
|
I'm jumping on the book work wagon too! I just got all the May receipts entered today, and it was dull as dishwater :p Tomorrow I'll tackle June..
"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."
http://theprimroseway.blogspot.com/ |
|
|
|
willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
|
|
Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
|
|
melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 6:12:59 PM
|
Sorting mail, book work for the cleaning service, putting away clutter, dusting, folding socks.....
This week I'm doing really good so far, knock on wood.
Melanie
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." Helen Keller
http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/
My shop is finally up and running.. http://www.brokenin.ecrater.com/ |
|
|
|
Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 6:36:36 PM
|
Doing the dishes! I have never had a love for washing dishes. ( I hate to agree with Melanie too, sorting and folding socks have never been a favorite either. Hubby and I trade. if I do socks he put the rest of thelaundry away)
:)
Jess
Farmgirl Sister #235
http://crshelpmeet-heartssong.blogspot.com/
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain |
|
|
|
graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 7:16:04 PM
|
I'm with Jami - I get things so they are almost to the point of all the way clean, then my husband comes home from out of town and dumps his stuff in the mudroom, or my son cleans his room and fills the laundry room. I try to keep the important stuff clean - bathroom and kitchen, and the living room, you know the stuff that shows, but the rest of it is an uphill battle
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
|
|
|
catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 8:59:43 PM
|
Well, as of recently....life and getting on with it. I just didn't have any direction and felt a little lost and sad about things but I am starting to kick myself in the old backside and just get on with it already. I made a list of 2 major things and 3 minor things I want to accomplish by Summer 2009 and I am organizing my life to make those goals happen. The rest was all tossed out the window. If it is not purposeful to my greater cause, it is being passed on to someone else or just into the world for whomever or whatever can use it, whether materially, physically, mentally, emotionally.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 03:25:20 AM
|
oh lisa .. me too! i'll pile up VERY IMPORTANT PAPERS .. then the pile get so tall .. i just put everything in a box that i'm determined to get to later. when i do .. i laugh cuz' most of it is jus' TOSS THIS OUT stuff that i shoulda' thrown away right away! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 03:27:52 AM
|
SAMANTHA .. i don't even have a DISHWASHER .. have had them most of my life .. but RARELY ever used them! I don't even like the 'loading' part! Spent six weeks at my daughter's house recently .. and bought them a dish strainer/rack .. and i never mind hand-washing, air-drying and putting them away. That way .. the pile never gets to be too big!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
|
|
Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
1238 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 07:31:40 AM
|
Girls, we are in haying season around here. I am vacuuming 4+ times a week and there are still hay particles especially in the bedroom where DH changes from work (outside) clothes to anything else and the bathroom floor and throw rugs are always scattered with bits of hay. I get so darned tired of it, I just feel like I want to give up! He can't help it...he shakes off and tries to get it off outside before he comes in but the stuff is in his ears and hair, etc. We have put up about 100 tons of hay so far and he hand stacked it all...for my sheep and our horses...so I keep quiet or I might have a mutiny on my hands!! Then with the windows open this time of year so much and the wind blowing...the house needs dusting every single dadgum day...I just don't have the patience for it but I trudge along at it and try to make friends with it until we have a love/hate relationship and it has to go!
Just venting...I'm a lucky girl and I know it. Just like a clean house and feel like I'm swimming upstream on it most of the time.
Jami in WA
Okay, so now I have a blog. http://woolyinwashington.wordpress.com/ |
|
|
|
elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 07:38:47 AM
|
quote:
Originally posted by CabinCreek-Kentucky
SAMANTHA .. i don't even have a DISHWASHER .. have had them most of my life .. but RARELY ever used them! I don't even like the 'loading' part! Spent six weeks at my daughter's house recently .. and bought them a dish strainer/rack .. and i never mind hand-washing, air-drying and putting them away. That way .. the pile never gets to be too big!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
You know Frannie...I was a hand washer until about a year ago when we bought the cabin. It really came in handy when Addy was a newborn, with all the bottles and nipples, but now?? I don't know...I told DH that I am thinking about just taking it out! I miss getting to watch the world out my kitchen window! Now, if he agrees or not we'll see!
Samantha
www.elphie0503.blogspot.com
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
|
|
|
|
dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 08:33:30 AM
|
My housework and knitting has been on the back burner lately because I'm in the process of working on a rehab house we bought to fix up and resell(Hubby & I own our own investment/rental property business,and I'm also a licensed real estate agent). Thank goodness it should be done tomorrow so I can get it on the market next week. How sad that the rehab house is sparkling clean and my house is a wreck!
Diana
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
|
|
|
levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9394 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9394 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 09:14:03 AM
|
Sewing and handwork, haven't done any in ages. Just trying to keep up with the housework. Sad to say that even though I swept, mopped, cleaned out two refrigerators and did up all the dishes from that. (there were a lot and no dishwasher)I am still not caught up. Yesterday was spent getting the laundry caught up,again, and cleaning my room. One of my major problems is that I can never seem to get completely done. Though I cleaned my room I did not get finished and it is just left that way. It happens a lot in other areas too. Not enough hours in the day I guess. Still have to hit the grocery store today. I hate that job and I always put it off way to long.
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
"Take a lesson from the teakettle, though up to its
neck in hot water...it sings!"
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 09:27:48 AM
|
jami .. with just two olde english sheepdogs that roam in and out of the house (and they have a HUGE HUGE HUGE area to run in .. but it's all grass .. and they have their own screened-in back porch .. and YET .. my floors always have two inches of dust and dirt on them! i can't even imagine if they romped in hay! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 09:30:18 AM
|
diana .. that reminds me of all the people who have 'handy-man/woman' stuff that needs to be done to their homes .. but they just LIVE WITH IT .. UNTIL .. it is time to SELL their home .. then they FIX it for the NEW owners. been there .. done that .. don't do it anymore! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 09:31:21 AM
|
denise .. i've found myself in that same boat in the last couple months .. since being in toledo for six weeks with the grands (never had time to pick up a needle and thread .. now that i am back home .. there are a thousand little things that NEED DOIN' before i start creating again! i miss makin' dollies! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 09:37:01 AM
|
Frannie...and it's lots more 'fun' when you rehab several houses a year!
Diana
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
|
|
|
Across the Fence: what do you put on the BACK BURNER? |
|
what do you put on the BACK BURNER?
