| Author |
Cleaning Up:  The Dirtiest Job...  |
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 3:01:51 PM
|
What is the dirtiest job you have had do do around your house?
I live in a rental right now that has....lets say- not had the best treatment. Today I was re-potting my peace lilly and some dirt got down the drain in the bathroom. Of course the pipe got clogged. So I tried to suction the dirt out but the drain wasn't having any of that. Then I tried to do the good old fashioned baking Soda and vinegar. Nope. Not working.
So I ended up having to remove the U-Bend. Well I tried but It was stuck on one side so it was more sliding the straight pipe that connects from the bottom of the sink to the u-bend up and rotating the u-bend.
I'll spare you the gory details but I found things like popscicle sticks, q-tips, pencils and sludge down there. It's amazing our sink worked in the first place! Ick.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
Put your pin on the farmgirl map! www.farmgirlmap.blogspot.com |
|
|
babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
931 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 4:30:59 PM
|
I think it could be the fridge. I only clean it when I have to...like when a vegetable goes unnoticed and gets rotten and then there is vegetable slime, or a meat package leaks. I hate, hate, hate that job!! My mom used to pay me $2 to scrub our fridge clean when I was a teen so maybe that is why I loathe it so!
-Elizabeth |
 |
|
|
soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
2197 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 4:52:08 PM
|
A baby diaper that comes with a "21 wipe salute" - hands down, any day of the week.
Ann in Oswego
http://suburbanprairiehouse.wordpress.com
Times may be tough, but farmgirls are tougher!
Craft Fasting since October 21, 2008 |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 4:57:48 PM
|
ROFL! Yes, those baby diapers sure can be a mess! Nora has had a few of those. The ones where YOU cringe because you are sure there had to be some discomfort somewhere in the production of that oh-so-messy diaper! LOL
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
Put your pin on the farmgirl map! www.farmgirlmap.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 5:30:54 PM
|
I second the fridge....
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
|
|
|
|
PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 9:38:39 PM
|
Okay- I agree with all of you! Unclogging the bathtub drain is totally disgusting! You should see the hair wad coated in soap I pull out after the baking soda vinegar treatment. And the fridge! Yuck! Mine is so gross right now, I have just been putting it off. I am definitely going to have to wear gloves or I'll barf! The nasty diapers are bad too, but even worse than that is a potty-training toddler with diarreah. Enough said!
http://plumcreekmama.blogspot.com/
http://plumcreekcreations.etsy.com |
|
|
|
melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 04:47:51 AM
|
Don't you just love it when the kids clog up the drain. That sounds like some of the stuff I'd find in my sink drain, Alee. A couple of years ago the kids got something called reindeer food from this Christmas party we went to. For anyone that doesn't know-- reindeer food is oats mixed with glitter. Well my youngest decided her's needed some water added to it. When she went to do this she dumped some down the bathroom drain. What happens to oats when the gets wet?? Mmmmmm nice. I had fun explaining to the gal at the hardware store why I needed a snake for my bathroom sink and just what reindeer food was.
My nastiest job around the house would have to be underneath the fridge. But I just did that one a couple of weeks ago. So maybe now it would be under the stove or the washer and dryer. Eeeeewwwww I don't think I wanna go there.
Melanie
Shop~ http://www.squidoo.com/buyinghomemade
Blog~ http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/ |
|
|
|
Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 06:04:49 AM
|
| the shower hands down. I try to talk my husband into that one everytime. We have a fiberglass tub/shower unit and I hate to clean it!!!!!! |
|
|
|
JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 06:17:07 AM
|
When we bought the new-to-us house last summer it was surface-clean but once we started do do serious cleaning, it was a doozy. It took 4+ hours to clean out 2 already empty fridges - the kitchen one had unknown particles glued to the bottom wiht gunk, and the garage fridge had a frydaddy full of grease in it (?) that had splashed all over the inner walls. And we actually had to go buy a new range because the stove was so nasty inside it would not clean.
Farmgirl Sister #204 |
|
|
|
City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 06:17:49 AM
|
Without a doubt it was the bathroom toilets in our house when we first moved in. I am not sure if they had done much cleaning on any of them ever. They were so stained and dirty. It took me hours of scrubing by hand the interior of them with a pumic stone to remove all of the stains and buildup of calcifications.
The stove they left was also disgusting but I just had that hauled to the recycler because I don't care for electric ranges and besides that it was filled with dropping. Which just sent me over the top. Yuck!
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
http://justacitychick.blogspot.com/
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
and make a brand new end.
|
|
|
|
Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 10:47:38 AM
|
| Thr fridge gets my vote. Under the fridge, range, washer and dryer don't count do they?? The fridge will pull out but is wedged in pretty tight. The Range is electric so the plug cord would allow it to be pulled out. But the Washer and dryer are hooked up pretty permenant. Seems like they could come up with something that would allow the appliances could be pulled out easier for cleaning. Back to the fridge, I hate it when something gets spilled and then gets all over all the shelves from the top to the floor. Then, the door don't open far enough to pull out one of the crisper drawers. To clean under it, all the shelves and brackets have to come out to get the drawers out. Back when we had to defrost the fridge every-so-often, it got cleaned more often. |
|
|
|
kmbrown
True Blue Farmgirl
459 Posts
Misty
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 11:49:47 AM
|
| I totally second the refrigerator and the potty training toddler with diarrea. Amen sister...my three year old is on an antibiotic for pneumonia...not good. |
|
|
|
Rusti-Kate
Farmgirl in Training
16 Posts
Katherine
Spirit Lake
Idaho
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 12:00:20 PM
|
| Wow...I beyond agree with the refigerator, toddlers that ingested way too much fruit (antibiotics..I soo feel for you Misty), and the worst, my puppy who ate a couple dozen eggs that my hen had sat on under then hen house all summer that didn't hatch, I have bleached his crate and I swear that smell will never go away!!!!!! Argh.... |
|
|
|
MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 12:08:22 PM
|
| anything in the bathroom w/ hair and slimy soap scum/dead skin...yes, mostly the shower, but I wipe down the wall next to the toilet, and I'm just amazed that the cloth is dingy from "spray" ....:P blech gross! |
|
|
|
K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 4:43:19 PM
|
Bathroom "ranks" right up there with Number 1 & 2 (no pun intended) but if you have a dog.. I think cleaning up poop that has been tracked into the house & embedded into the carpet it pretty Yukky too...
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
Enjoy the little things in life....someday you'll look back and realize they were the big things. |
|
|
|
Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2008 : 03:06:39 AM
|
| Our dirtiest job would have to be cleaning out the shower drain and a close second is cleaning the window sill tracks where there's a gap between the wondow and screen. All the bugs somehow get trapepd and it makes for a really gross pile-up |
|
|
|
Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Nov 24 2008 : 12:59:10 PM
|
My cats have been giving me funny looks as I sat here reading this...alternating between loud "ew, that's gross" and laughing my head off...
The dirtiest job I've had to do is cleaning up underneath my clawfoot tub. I fostered a couple baby kittens about two months ago, and while I was potty training them, I kept them in the bathroom since the linoleum is easy to clean. It was about three days after I put them in there that I finally discovered they preferred the corner under the tub to their litterbox.....
Every get on your stomach and try climbing under a tub to clean messes from kittens that are three days old (aka, glued to the floor)?!?! Bleck.
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
|
|
|
5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
|
|
homemom
True Blue Farmgirl
1593 Posts
Ruth
Warwick
RI
USA
1593 Posts |
|
|
JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2008 : 11:48:05 AM
|
| I don't like cleaning light fixtures. I'm usually balancing on a chair - I'm not great with heights to begin with - and it grosses me out when all those little dried-up bug bodies sprinkle down out of the light and into my hair while I'm trying to get the globe dismantled so I can wash it. Yick! |
|
|
|
shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2008 : 10:34:03 AM
|
Oh yes Terri, I know what YOU'RE talking about, though I have been fortunate enough not to have to go THAT far! (you must have BIG goats-- or else SHORT arms! LOL!!)
Animal messes are bad, yes, and NEVER ENDING, but the worst for ME? I am the only girl in a house full of grown-- and nearly grown-- MEN!! (Hubby and 3 teenage sons) EVERY job I have to do that pertains to cleaning up after THEM is gross beyond words! I cringe whenever I step into the ONE bathroom we share in the house-- and I NEVER go into the bathroom my husband built in the garage. The smell alone keeps me from venturing too close, let alone stepping inside! That is absolutely NO mams land!!!
And the fridge? If I cleaned it EVERY SINGLE DAY it would STILL need to be cleaned again. They seem to be in a contest to see who can shove the most things on the top shelf-- where everything gets knocked over and runs down the walls only to accumulate in a coagulated mess at the bottom underneath the crisper bins.
Also, there are the black handprints all over the fridge door, the kitchen cabinets and drawers, the doorframes.... I could fill the Grand Canyon in with the dirt I sweep up off the floor every single day (several times a day!) sigh..... only a few more years and the boys will be gone-- then what to do with the Husband? He can move into the garage!! He's already got a bathroom and a makeshift kitchen out there... now he just needs a bed....! (LOL!)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
|
|
| |
Cleaning Up: The Dirtiest Job... |
|
The Dirtiest Job...
