Good Housekeeping/Bad Housekeeping!

Good Housekeeping: I cleaned the flat on Sunday.
Bad Housekeeping: I hadn't done it for three weeks!
(Too much lovely sunshine not to be spending all my time in the garden ?)

PS Ironing? What is this of which you speak?

DH and I seem to be doing more housework than before and lock down is feeding our OCD nicely. DH irons everything I could no more sleep in unironed bed linen than fly to the moon.
I really dont understand hearing about people bleaching everything and then saying they aren't doing the housework.

Remember seeing a friend doing this once

Don't iron unless it's something dressy once every fidty years and then that leads to yet more tasks- dusting off the iron and excavating the ironing table. However yestetday I did tackle some of the less visited corners of the bathroom (still under construction so never a gleaming place at the best of times). It's raining today so I might possibly have a bit of a sort out in the kitchen. Or then again I might not and open a bottle of wine instead.

I'm occasionally forced to dust behind the sofa before my daughter visits with her little black scottie dog - she (dog, not daughter) likes to squeeze herself behind the sofa and comes out covered in dust and cobwebs...

Many years ago I used to iron my sons' jeans.
One evening they were both ready for bed, in their pyjamas.
Later on I looked in their room to say goodnight.
The younger one was in bed, but fully dressed.
When I asked why, he said he had to be at the local shop at 7am the next morning for his paper round and hadn't got time to get dressed then, so had gone to bed ready to go.
Ironing stopped after that ?

I last ironed about 3 years ago, when I was going on holiday. I haven't been on holiday since then so I haven't ironed anything either.

I don't do ironing but Mr Barmey does and I don't like to spoil his hobby.

DDs taught me that ironing (mostly) wasn't necessary when they were old enough to do their own! However, I admit that I've got to the point just now when I really can't justify spending hours doing crosswords/playing bridge on the computer and reading, so I've actually got a fitted sheet sitting on the chair in the living room, along with new elastic to replace the wizened no longer stretchy stuff in the sheet. That's as far ad it's got, but I predict that I will unwillingly and unskillfully do the job in the next month...maybe.....

Usual routine not much changed really, like to keep reasonably on top of things with minimum of effort.

I clean bathroom and kitchen at least once a week. Living on a farm with dogs and cats the floors are a nightmare but try and keep them acceptable.

It is noticeable the lack of pollution here. Rarely dust as the only dust is fine ash from woodburning stove which I find acceptable.

I iron top side of pillowcases and table napkins, and smart clothes if we wear them, if necessary .

Thank you all for the giggles this morning! When DH and I downsized, the ironing board somehow got 'lost' as did the iron.

The iron has since turned up, in a big box of sundry kitchen items, but remains in the loft.

We do nicely without it - and have happily found that life is too short to worry about unironed bed linen

The iron will however be required when I have a go at quilting.

My help irons my sheets because I like smooth sheets.
I remember the days before man made fabrics when every thing had to be ironed and had to be damped down beforehand.

I love ironing and iron everything, just like my late Mum did!!

I'm really enjoying this self-isolating - cleaning, dusting, tidying, etc, etc, is my new very relaxing hobby!

Good Housekeeping: washed the cushion covers yesterday and they dried beautifully outside.
Bad Housekeeping: First time in two years.....

I was doing the ironing when my dgd age 6 asked ‘what are you doing grandma’ I replied ironing. She then asked what’s ironing’. Needless to say my dd doesn’t iron ! I occasionally run the iron over her screwed up dress when I see her.

So glad to find so many fellow slobs amongst Gransnetters! Enjoy this Tom Lehrer love song for us less-than-perfect housekeepers on youtube (copy and paste the url if it doesn't come up automatically.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2tl9idVHZ0

I love ironing. A book on Audible, earphones plugged in and I’m happy as a pig in clover.
The children don’t even own an iron.
However, dust and I live in mutual harmony.

I’m following the guidelines and doing everything “virtually”. So I’m sat on the sofa with a cup of coffee virtually cleaning a kitchen cupboard. Bad housekeeping?

I rarely iron. Most of our things are folded straight out of the dryer and look fine when worn. My bad housekeeping would be dropping a floor wipe on the floor and using my foot to swish it round.

I don’t mind ironing but not sheets or duvet covers, only top of pillow cases. Catch up on podcasts while I iron. I’ve a friend who hates ironing and I did wonder about offering a job swap but I don't think she would want to clean my bathroom.

Hate cleaning, went a bit mad at start of lockdown and now it all needs doing again. So boring.

Bedlinen is about the only thing I DO iron. When buying clothes the question is 'Will it need ironing?' If the answers 'yes' it stays in the shop.
P.S. My sister irons towels!

I so love you lot. Laughing as I read. I actually do iron most things. I do tea towels(sorry) too. Always iron bed linen seems to feel so much softer.

Having lost quite a lot of weight all my trousers are baggy. I picked up a couple of smaller pairs in Sainsbury’s sale yesterday. As usual, because I’m such a shorta**e, I will have to cut a couple of inches off the legs, sew them up, then iron them.

Perhaps I can put up with my baggy pants if I wear a belt, for the time being.After all, no-one sees me very much, these days, and I have a very important .........something-or-other.........which needs urgent attention! ?

I love ironing - I find it so relaxing