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    <title>topic Re: Housework in Community Spirit</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800518#M510581</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Our house is usually tidy because there is only my OH and me but it was different when the kids were home.&amp;nbsp; Never dirty but often untidy and yes, I have run around tidying up if someone rings to say they're on their way.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I never used to iron much but now I iron as I wash and there's usually only a couple of things each time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My OH always vacuums = he was told by our gp when we were first married that he should do it because of my asthma and he still does it even though I don't get much asthma anymore.&amp;nbsp; We do it most days because we have a dog who loses hair - we are both retired so have plenty of time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The bathroom I do every week - usually douse everything with white king then when I have a shower, I use my feet with a scourer to do the tiles.&amp;nbsp; Toilet is done more often as I would hate someone come and have to use a dirty toilet.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In summer I change my beds weekly but in winter I do it every 2 weeks.&amp;nbsp; Always use a top sheet with my doona as I hate changing the doona.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My pet hate is dusting.&amp;nbsp; I do it once a week when my "clean freak" friend is coming.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now, my clean freak friend - she has set days to clean her oven, wipe the cupboards. clean the sink and everything else you can think of.&amp;nbsp; Before she goes to bed, she sweeps and vacuums then runs the mop over the carpet!&amp;nbsp; Everytime her husband changes hos white underwear, it is soaked in white king.&amp;nbsp; We stayed with them when 8 of us went to the Mildura Music Festival last year and I bought my OH new singlets so they would be pristine white &lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The beginning of Spring she goes right through the house room by room and washes the walls and ceilings, does her curtains, has her doonas dry cleaned and the carpets steam cleaned.&amp;nbsp; Saying this, I never feel she's checking me out when she's here and I've never heard her comment on anyone else.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Life's too short to worry too much about housework - as long as it is not unhealthy, do it when you get the urge.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2015 02:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>sandypas</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-05-24T02:00:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800191#M510400</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Cleaning schedule...I'm hopeless,need help&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:04:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800191#M510400</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:04:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800193#M510401</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I mean how often do we mop floors? I figure my once every few weeks is very sad??&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800193#M510401</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:16:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800194#M510402</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I prefer the Quentin Crisp approach to housework.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My wife, on the other hand prefers to get someone else to do it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800194#M510402</guid>
      <dc:creator>iapetus_rocks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:16:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800198#M510404</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I might be BI then. I like Quentin, but I like your wifes approach too.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:23:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800198#M510404</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:23:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800199#M510405</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/686574"&gt;@ten*teeny*tiny*toes&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I mean how often do we mop floors? I figure my once every few weeks is very sad??&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;It depends on how much traffic you have, the type of floor, if you let people walk around in their outdoor shoes, and how often you sweep them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/AmxcmpR1GQA?t=82"&gt;https://youtu.be/AmxcmpR1GQA?t=82&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800199#M510405</guid>
      <dc:creator>jimmy*part4</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:23:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800200#M510406</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Oh my, don't be too hard on yourself.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In the greater picture if you miss a few weeks, it won't matter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You have always come here being full of life and joy, in fact I think you lift the spirits of many with your brightness of life.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think you are are over thinking the cleaning aspects, possibly due to more time on your hands?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800200#M510406</guid>
      <dc:creator>kopenhagen5</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:29:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800201#M510407</link>
      <description>Housework! .......... Wash you mouth! Hate it, and try to avoid it as much as possible.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I did once buy a Shannon Lush book that apparently had a "recipe" to keep your house perfect, but it took too much discipline for me &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:"&gt;😄&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I find expecting visitors is the best method for house cleaning &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_savoring_food:"&gt;😋&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800201#M510407</guid>
      <dc:creator>lurker172602</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:31:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800210#M510412</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks guys. That is the only method that works for me (visitors) run around like a ble **bleep**d fly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I did just wonder if there was some sort of keep on top of everything regime.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800210#M510412</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:40:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800216#M510414</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a friend who I refer to as Mrs Neat. She cleans her house top to toe every day. &amp;nbsp;I used to worry about what she thought when she visits me, but now I don't care. &amp;nbsp;I figure if she didn't like it she wouldn't come.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800216#M510414</guid>
      <dc:creator>lurker172602</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:49:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800218#M510415</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Actually in all seriousness, that book I mentioned was probably pretty good - just not for me.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:51:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800218#M510415</guid>
      <dc:creator>lurker172602</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:51:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800222#M510417</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" title="image.jpg" alt="image.jpg" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74696i7C38646D874686A9/image-size/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;amp;px=-1" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do do you want it?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 10:59:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800222#M510417</guid>
      <dc:creator>lurker172602</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T10:59:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800226#M510420</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I think I need it&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileylol" class="emoticon emoticon-smileylol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-lol.png" alt="Smiley LOL" title="Smiley LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But if it's all vinegar and bicarb it wont cut the mustard.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:06:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800226#M510420</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:06:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800228#M510421</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/686574"&gt;@ten*teeny*tiny*toes&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks guys. That is the only method that works for me (visitors) run around like a ble **bleep**d fly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I did just wonder if there was some sort of keep on top of everything regime.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;You clean the floors when they stick to your feet and tidy up when you can't find your glasses.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800228#M510421</guid>
      <dc:creator>icyfroth</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:09:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800232#M510423</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Well that made me snort.Icy.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And then I laughed again when I realiised i had to change snore to snort&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800232#M510423</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:15:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800235#M510425</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" title="Rottenecards_75161027_hmqq6nwdss.png" alt="Rottenecards_75161027_hmqq6nwdss.png" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74698i34215378AE8B89B6/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;amp;px=-1" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:18:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800235#M510425</guid>
      <dc:creator>twyngwyn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:18:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800238#M510426</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm serious, though. What do domestic godesses do. And the slackers amongst us.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I were to pay a cleaner what couldIi expect to be done in two hours?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800238#M510426</guid>
      <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:24:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800239#M510427</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a daughter who is Mrs neat&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And my mother was exactly the same&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The strange thing about it was you never&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Actually saw either one of them do&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any housework&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately that gene by passed me&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And have always found it tedious boring&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And very difficult to stay on top of&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When my girls were young I used to do&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It at night when they were asleep&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So at least you wroke to a tidy house&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think the secret is to train everyone&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Else in the house to pick up after themselves&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And add them to the roster of chores&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So that you don't spend all your time&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Running around in circles picking up everyone&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Else's mess giving you more time&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For actually cleaning&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800239#M510427</guid>
      <dc:creator>opmania</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:25:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800242#M510428</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Ah, that depends on who you employ. Some are good workers and some are not. and wages can vary I think.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:26:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800242#M510428</guid>
      <dc:creator>iapetus_rocks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:26:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800244#M510429</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG border="0" title="housework-is-evil-coaster.jpg" alt="housework-is-evil-coaster.jpg" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74699i7807DE209486C3C6/image-size/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;amp;px=-1" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800244#M510429</guid>
      <dc:creator>twyngwyn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:28:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Housework</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800250#M510430</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 11:40:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Housework/m-p/1800250#M510430</guid>
      <dc:creator>twyngwyn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-23T11:40:28Z</dc:date>
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