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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 12:05:43 AM
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Am I the only one who can never manage to have the inside of my house AND the garden looking really good at the same time? My garden has been getting more attention this week..and it shows. My house is dusty and needs vacuming pretty badly....sigh. 
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 12:11:28 AM
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You're so right. I find I am going to have so much catching up to do with the gardening I really better get my house up to snuff real soon---as I'm sure it must be getting better in a week so I can go pull all the weeds. On the east coast we have gotten so much rain----I can't ever remember such a washout of a season thus far.
Oh well, when it rains it pours.
Beverly Gill
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 12:37:09 AM
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It has been much cooler this month here (and rainy too) than usual for June. I am sure we will get our share of hot hot summer days in July and August..and into Sept..we always do..but the weeds have sure been taking over...so I have really been concentrating on them I guess. I manage to keep the kitchen and living room presentable and clean, but the other rooms..sure need work.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4191 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4191 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 04:47:22 AM
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No Jenny your not the only one. I got my gardens tilled and weeded, and they look great. My house, well not so great. I have the boys do jobs in the house, and well they don't do them very well! I have been working on haying too. So once that is done, maybe I can get at the house work, and get cooking again. We have been very dry here, and hoping for rain today.
The cut the last of the hay tomorrow.
Good luck on getting caught up.
Michele |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 05:42:15 AM
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I agree, it's hard to do both. I've been concentrating on my house because of the company I'm having for the BBB, and boy, now, I need to weed my garden!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 07:07:36 AM
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| I sure can't do both and right now it looks like I can't do either one. It gets so hot so early that I don't get much done outside. This a.m. I harvested some garlic, squash and yellow wax beans. Used round-up around back garden and chicken yard. And watered for an hour or so. Got so hot, I was spraying more water on me than the plants. Now I am resting. Maybe for a long time. Then I have to go back out and hang up the garlic, then come in and do something with the squash. Don't plan to do any housework. Woops, almost forgot, Ole Ron reminded me last night that I need to do some laundry. |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 08:32:39 AM
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Oh Jenny! You are SO not alone!!!! I can't stand housework! Consequently, I'm always finding other things to do (like be outside in the garden or cooking or reading or hanging out with the MJ girls). Thankfully my kids and husband are pretty much in charge of the laundry which helps a lot! I'm kind of in a "throw" mood, so whenever I start cleaning a room, I end up taking everything out of the cupboards, off the shelves, etc. The good news is that I've gathered a nice collection for a rummage sale. The bad news is that it's taking 10 times longer to get a room clean!
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 09:40:04 AM
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My house is lucky to have any kind of cleaning done in the spring, summer or fall. I usually get a major cleaning done in the winter, other wise, I am way to busy, in the gardens, barns, pastures, chicken houses, butchering, etc, etc, etc!!!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 10:13:38 AM
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Jenny:
I clean the house, but during the weekend it is back to bad. Clean the yard, it takes two days before I've got to do it all again.
But, I do love yardwork.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 10:17:50 AM
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Ah if only there were magic cleaning faeries! Don't stress too much. Like Flylady says concentrate short spurts on different areas of the house. The nice weather only stays for so long, now is the time to enjoy it.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 11:39:11 AM
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I wish there were cleaning faeries too! I stopped stressing about the state of my house a LONG time ago. Visitors can take me the way I am...if they don't like it, they don't have to visit ;). I figure that my girls are WAY more important and they'll be grown and gone before I know it. The housework will still be here so I plan on making those memories while I have the chance.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1682 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 8:35:34 PM
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It's so important to make memories with your children. I did that with my three children. Along with cleaning house, being room momfor my children, taking care of gardens, sewing clothes for the children and taking them to whereever afterschool stuff they had. My day started early and ended around 11:30 P.M. everyday. Even though the children are all moved out I still start my day early and sty up late.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2009 : 10:04:57 PM
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Nope Jenny, you aren't alone, I'm in the same boat! Just can't get everything done. Oh well, at least the sun is shining and there's no snow on the ground!! I had the winter blues so bad this past winter that I'm gonna enjoy the sun while I can and the house can wait til I "feel" like it(or hubby complains loudly, which ever comes first).
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2009 : 4:24:22 PM
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I undertand...I have been on the mend I have been home from the hospital (another post). And alot went down hill. The first week home my dearest neighbor and my hubby got out and weeded my garden. My wonderful husband has done the best he could around the house. But you know as well as I do they dont do house work as well as we do...maybe some..but not mine. So this week (been home 2 weeks) I have been doing laundry and I dusted and cooked dinner YEPPIE...I even cleaned out the kitchen cabinets. So I did get some things done. Still need to go out to the garden and weed it...yuck. I go back to work on July 7th...
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 05:53:22 AM
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thanks Jenny
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 2:57:18 PM
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I'm so thankful to HAVE a house and garden that any way they get presented to others in the world is fine with me......
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 3:20:47 PM
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My house is always "under construction" and that is my excuse for a messy/unkempt house and I'm sticking to it.
Betty in Pasco |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 4:22:18 PM
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No, you're not the only one. When it is rainy my house looks good, when it's been nice the garden looks good.
I REALLY lost out during the end of June/beginning of July. It rained and rained, so my house SHOULD have looked good. However, the basement flooded so we spent the whole time dealing with that! As a result, NOTHING looked good!
Oh well-the gardens look good now. The house will be next....
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 6:27:15 PM
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Is it possible to have them both good at once? I don't think so, glad I'm not alone:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2881 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2881 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 6:53:55 PM
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I only want half!! I have been spending the last month or so trying to study for this stupid certificaton test that I have to take(thanks to all the unscrupulous lenders & appraisers out there that helped to crash our money).. & my house & garden both look horrible. I walked into the garden tonight to get some cukes & told hubby "if I don't come out in 5 minutes, send out a search party" & I am not kidding, my weeds are so high.
On the inside, I am going for a new wall to wall carpet fiber look...dog hair. I am almost there..
Anyway, test is Weds & even though it only has a 30% pass rate, I feel partially liberated, that even if I don't pass, I may have some down time to "get down" & clean & pull WEEDS!
Jenny, could you lend me your 4 kiddos for a week?? I promise to feed them well..If they could only get my garden to look like yours...Pretty please?
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