What do you loathe doing?

[Deechef]

I woke up this morning with a wicked sore throat. I rarely get sick (knocking on wood as I type) so was really pi$$ed. OK...........work has to get done anyway. One chore just fries me. I love cooking, love food shopping, love shopping in general. I don't mind cleaning. I love to iron. I love planting and don't mind mowing the lawn. Laundry is fine. Polishing brass , copper and silver is a pleasure when I have time. But I loathe weeding. Its a never ending job. When I see weeds I see red. Why do they come back when I have pulled them all already???? If anyone hates to iron I will trade you in a nanno second. What chores makes you see red?

[DeeK]

Ohhh, that's an easy one. I hate cleaning window blinds! That is such a tedious job!

[HejazSunKat]

I love to iron. If anyone hates to iron I will trade you in a nanno second.

Can I be first in line for that offer? Ironing was the first thing that came to mind! Mending anything is right up there too. DH has a pair of pants that's been sitting on his dresser for over a month waiting for a button to be put back on the waist band (where did that danged thing go anyway?).

[sneezles]

Why do they come back when I have pulled them all already????

I'm right there with ya! Hate, detest, avoid weeding. The reason they keep coming back is because Mother Nature doesn't like bare ground. I learned this in my Master Gardener's course...thought if I understood it better I'd enjoy it more. Nope, now I'd just as soon pull up all the flower beds than continue this torment!:mad:

[Romandub]

Loathe is probably too strong a word for how I feel about these, but I REALLY don't like the following: 1) unloading dishwasher; 2) folding and putting away laundry and 3) drying my hair. Don't ask me why, I just don't like doing those things. OK with most everything else. Thankfully, DH does the dishes and the laundry. So far, he is declining to dry the hair...

[charley]

I'll gladly help Linda pull weeds if you'll do my ironing and mending.

[Deechef]

Can I be first in line for that offer? Ironing was the first thing that came to mind! Mending anything is right up there too. DH has a pair of pants that's been sitting on his dresser for over a month waiting for a button to be put back on the waist band (where did that danged thing go anyway?).

Hey........you live in New England so it might be a go I love mending too. When you come to my house to weed I'll cook for you. And when I come to your house to iron and mend you'll cook for me

Sneezles.......I guess we need mulch???

[stefania4]

I despise going to the post office to mail packages. I have to do it for every birthday & holiday (unless I order online & have it shipped), and I dread waiting in that long, inefficient, never-ending line for the sake of getting a tin of cookies & a pair of earrings to Mom. Whenever possible, I send DH.

Cleaning bathrooms and household filing (health insurance EOBs, bank statements, etc.) are on the list, too.

[Jezebelly]

It would be easier to list household chores I like doing. A shorter list for sure.

#1 most hated chore might be cleaning the litterbox. Emptying the dishwasher is a close second, followed by scrubbing the bathtubs and showers.

[Jazzmatazz49]

I cannot stand any kind of yard work.

[wallycat]

I don't believe in yard work. That is why I have a DH He actually ENJOYS yard stuff!! Go figure.

I detest housework/cleaning. My house shows it. I don't care

[ErinM]

Vacuuming and doing the dishes rank up there. I hate dishes because I don't have a dishwasher anymore, and I still mourn

The only type of cleaning I LIKE to do is the "straighten up/organize/put things away cleaning.

Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom/kitchen, etc, well I'd be absolutely thrilled if I didn't have to do those things. Ever. Wait, except clean the kitchen. If I make a mess cooking, then yes, I will clean that up.

I also don't like laundry because I have to pay to use it.

[cherylopal]

cleaning toilets

and

dusting!

ick to both- the first one is obviously icky but dusting is worthless- such a pain and then dusty right away again. i don't have a lot of knick knacks but moving those i have is a pain.

[Jewel]

That's easy.....coming home from Costco.

Making four trips out to the car to bring all the stuff in because we don't ask for boxes, finding a place for everything and putting it away, stacking the meat on the counter so I can break out the FoodSaver bags and start the Stuff & Suck marathon that can easily take up to 45 minutes. ARRGH! :mad:

Can you tell I just finished a Stuff & Suck marathon?

[AZgal]

dusting is worthless- such a pain and then dusty right away again. i don't have a lot of knick knacks but moving those i have is a pain.

Absolutely agreed! That's why I like light oak furniture....harder to see the dust!

[Jessica]

Yard work and dusting. Also, this year I added a new one--cleaning up after baby stomach viruses.

I don't mind any kind of kitchen work and other chores are boring but not detested in the same way as above.

[sneezles]

Sneezles.......I guess we need mulch???

That and multi-mm thick plastic plus some idiot to do the weeding cause even with heavy mulch and heavy plastic there are still weeds. Just not worth the effort...let there be grass and have the DH mow it!

[Romandub]

Ditto on the yard work! When DS graduate from HS last year, the graduation gift I gave myself was a yard guy! On principle, I refused to pay someone to do my yard while I had a teen-age son at home, even though his yard skills left a lot to be desired IMHO! Now I LOVE coming home on Fridays and seeing a beautifully mowed, edged and swept yard and the pool deck and area clean and free of any debris. Pure bliss, I tell you!!!!

[Canice]

I kind of like washing dishes! DBF doesn't have a dishwasher; I have one but only use it about twice a year.

I *would* say ironing, but I simply don't do it; clothes either go unironed or get laundered professionally.

I noticed Romandub's choice of "drying my hair". I've never understood why I hate drying my hair in the morning...because it's tedious?...but I sure do. My hair is now shoulder-length, so it doesn't even take very long, but when my hair dryer died, I was kind of glad, and haven't yet replaced it. What an odd thing to hate doing -- anyone else with us on that one?

[Romandub]

Canice--I am SO glad to hear I am not the only one who hates drying hair. HAve no idea why and it doesn't even take me that long because I have short hair--5-7 minutes max. But I just hate it, nonetheless. My sister who has long curly hair, won't even talk to me about this--it takes her 30-45 minutes to do her hair. I think I would shave my head first!!!

[sneezles]

What an odd thing to hate doing -- anyone else with us on that one?

I spent over 40 years fighting my natural curl by blow drying my hair. Never a tight curl but just enough wave or wrinkle as I like to say to prevent me from letting it air dry...No More! I now wear my hair short and curly, use a de-frizzer and let it do it's thing! I've gotten more compliments in the past 6 months than every before! So while DH loves my hair shoulder length and curled I no longer have to straighten and then curl the stuff!!!

[applecrisp]

Hate drying my hair -- it probably takes close to 45-55 minutes to dry it and flat iron. And even then it doesn't always look good. Sometimes I get so overheated that I want to jump back in the shower.

I even just posted a question a few days ago about the newest gadget that I bought (Conair Infiniti) that I didn't think would help but so worth a try. It didn't. At least for the first time trying it.

I have been known to wake up, look in the mirror to see if my hair looked semi presentable, and if did, reset my alarm and go back to sleep.

Don't like cleaning my bath tub too.

[beacooker]

The dumbest thing I loathe to do is brush my teeth at night. I don't mind doing it in the morning, but at night I always make sure to do it for 2 full minutes, and every night I dread it. How lame is that?

[Terri_A]

Loathe is probably too strong a word for how I feel about these, but I REALLY don't like the following: 1) unloading dishwasher; 2) folding and putting away laundry and 3) drying my hair. Don't ask me why, I just don't like doing those things. OK with most everything else. Thankfully, DH does the dishes and the laundry. So far, he is declining to dry the hair...

Except for the reference to a husband, I would have sworn that I posted this!!! I can't stand emptying the dishwasher, folding laundry and drying my hair. I've always told the girl who does my hair that if I ever won the lottery one of the luxuries I would give myself would be to pay her to come dry my hair every day!!! She always tells me I just need to call and she'll be here!

[leightx]

I wouldn't say I loathe doing it, but I have a mental block against going to the bank and the Post Office. I hate it when people give me checks because they sit around here undeposited for months! And if we didn't pay our bills online, we'd probably be in big trouble. The stupid thing is once I go to either place, it's never really that bad...

I also seem to have a mental block against putting laundry away. I'm ok doing it, folding it, and putting it in the baskets to go in the rooms - it's the act of putting it in the drawers that seems to great a task!

[little_bopeep]

I hate to mop my kitchen floor. But then again, my motto is, "Your floor isn't too far gone until your socks stick to it."

[ClaraB]

Cleaning the shower stall in our master bath - I don't know why, but I will put it off for far too long, until I happen to take a shower with my contacts in ...

[cookieee]

[QUOTE=Deechef;1239709]I woke up this morning with a wicked sore throat. I rarely get sick (knocking on wood as I type) so was really pi$$ed.QUOTE]

Is that what they call it now? (re: to too much 19th hole ) Really, I am sorry you are not feeling well. I hope you are better by now. Must have been too much dampness down here. I am sorry.

[Canice]

Hate drying my hair -- it probably takes close to 45-55 minutes to dry it and flat iron. And even then it doesn't always look good. Sometimes I get so overheated that I want to jump back in the shower....

OMG, I should definitely shut up about it. I dry my hair, but don't style it. It probably takes 5 minutes. It's naturally wavy, so depending on the hair products, drying method, and effort, my hair comes out: wavy, straight, full, flat, or awful. Usually something in between. I just spin the wheel and take what I get! Also, there's no electrical outlet in my bathroom (one of the few downsides of my 90 y.o. apartment) so the only viable method for me is the one practiced in grade 9 locker rooms: Plug 'er in, tip your head over, and hope for the best!

[vbak]

Some of the things I hate to do are: blow drying my hair cuz thenI have to curl it, hauling the groceries in and putting them away, writing the monthly checks, vaccuming-DH does it, and empting the DW. Ug.