An image of tidiness to haunt women
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Excerpt: "Using the weekend to catch up on chores is probably the hardest trap to avoid. After all, if you work full-time, when else are you supposed to do the 15.1 hours (for women) or 9.6 hours (for men) of household activities that the Bureau of Labor Statistics claims the average American does each week? But housework will take all the time you are willing to give it. After all, women in 1965 spent more than 30 hours each week on housework... and we haven’t descended into complete filth since then.
So consider doing your chores during the workweek; the chores will take less time because you have less time. This will leave your weekends free for more rejuvenating activities. Throw a load of laundry in before dinner and have the kids either do the dishes after or fold. Make a quick trip to the grocery store at 8:30 p.m. on a Wednesday. The place will be so empty you’ll zoom through. If a sparkling house is important to you -- and sometimes it is -- then designate a short cleaning time on the weekend, perhaps on Sunday afternoon. That way, if you find yourself looking at a messy house on Saturday morning, you can tell yourself that there’s a time for cleaning, and now is not that time. When the cleaning window arrives, set an alarm and do as much as you can in an hour. When the time is up, it’s up."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/most-successful-people-weekends-habits-work_n_2958355.html
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National cleaning companies make promotional phone calls on Saturday morning when men and women are fighting over housecleaning.
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Here are more images of tidiness to haunt women.
In the following photographs -- chosen "at random" from a Google Images search using the keywords "house cleaning" -- it appears that only furniture "lives" in these homes.
In the following photographs -- chosen "at random" from a Google Images search using the keywords "house cleaning" -- it appears that only furniture "lives" in these homes.
An unfathomable well of ill will arises from (many) women's resentment of under-performing spouses.
And finally...
Reality Check
Just how much do you sweep a dirt floor before it's clean?
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"Too Much Hygiene Is Making Us Sick"
When it comes to carpet cleaners, I feel like we do more to PROTECT from disease than cause it. But that's just my take.
ReplyDeleteAll I know is that hardwood floors are easy to clean, and you don't even need all the disinfecting. Just simple, light cleaners will do well these days.
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