On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:03:29 -0600, Omelet
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Serene wrote:

Mom was still alive back then tho' so she did most of the cooking etc.
She lived here with me until she died and I took care of _her_ the last
6 months of her life whens she became a total invalid. :-(

That's such hard, draining work. You're a good person.

Serene

I miss her.

I'll bet. There are people we never ever get over. Honestly, I call
my mom almost every day as much out of selfish reasons (to hoard the
contact with her while I can) as from any desire to make her happy.

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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:05:33 -0600, Omelet
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Serene wrote:


On a good day, same here. When I just don't feel like it, they may
sit overnight. I try not to let that happen too often, but it does
happen.

Well, sometimes an overnight soak is a good thing depending on what you
cooked. Water, the universal solvent!

I don't cook much meat or dairy, so mostly I don't have problems with
stuff sticking on, and anything that might (noodles in the bottom of
the pan, or whatever), I clean right away so I won't have to scrape
and scrub later.

And my partners are perfectly willing to wash dishes for me. One of
them does it without being asked, and the other will do them if asked.
Either way, it's not like I'm doing all the dishes in the house all
the time, but since I don't mind doing them, I tend to do most of
them.

I discourage dad from doing dishes. Sometimes he does not see so well so
I have to re-soak and do some over.

I'd rather do them myself in the first place! G

:-) James and Carin don't do dishes to my standards, but I remember what the
Flylady says, which is "Housework done incorrectly still blesses your
family," and I make myself let it go.

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In article ,
Serene wrote:

I miss her.

I'll bet. There are people we never ever get over. Honestly, I call
my mom almost every day as much out of selfish reasons (to hoard the
contact with her while I can) as from any desire to make her happy.

Serene

That is good. :-)

We all have to bury our parents someday (and that sux) so we need to
treasure them while we can!
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In article ,
Serene wrote:

Well, sometimes an overnight soak is a good thing depending on what you
cooked. Water, the universal solvent!

I don't cook much meat or dairy, so mostly I don't have problems with
stuff sticking on, and anything that might (noodles in the bottom of
the pan, or whatever), I clean right away so I won't have to scrape
and scrub later.

Sticky stuff in a large pot such as rice, beans or chili sometimes get a
soak even if it's just for a couple of hours...
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:23:53 -0800, Serene
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Yeah, I totally get everyone's reasons for liking them. They just
haven't worked out for me, and I find the actual task of washing
dishes to be almost meditative.

Don't tell me you like to mop floors too! LOLOLOL

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On 15 Nov 2006 08:33:29 -0800, "Sheldon" wrote:

For many years I owned a dishwaher but never used it (when I say never
I mean never, never even turned it on to see if it works),

I know people like that. They don't use their garbage disposals
either. They say they're afraid the appliances will break (wear out)
and then they'll have to replace them. What a dumb reason for not
using things that make life easier. I'm tempted to ask them why they
don't beat their laundry against rocks to save on the washing machine.

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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:09:05 -0800, sf wrote:

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:23:53 -0800, Serene
wrote:

Yeah, I totally get everyone's reasons for liking them. They just
haven't worked out for me, and I find the actual task of washing
dishes to be almost meditative.

Don't tell me you like to mop floors too! LOLOLOL

Heh. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. I can't really
think of a single housecleaning task that I hate in itself. The thing
I hate about housework is that feeling I get when there's a ton to be
done, and I feel overwhelmed by it all. But if I shake myself and get
into the "Just do one task for now, and don't worry about the whole
mess" mode, I can enjoy just standing there with my hands in the soapy
water, or just putting things back where they belong, or whatever. One
moment in this life is as valuable as another, and I do find joy
wherever I can, because after all, it'll all be over soon enough and I
won't have another chance.

Serene
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In article ,
Serene wrote:

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:09:05 -0800, sf wrote:

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:23:53 -0800, Serene
wrote:

Yeah, I totally get everyone's reasons for liking them. They just
haven't worked out for me, and I find the actual task of washing
dishes to be almost meditative.

Don't tell me you like to mop floors too! LOLOLOL

Heh. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. I can't really
think of a single housecleaning task that I hate in itself. The thing
I hate about housework is that feeling I get when there's a ton to be
done, and I feel overwhelmed by it all. But if I shake myself and get
into the "Just do one task for now, and don't worry about the whole
mess" mode, I can enjoy just standing there with my hands in the soapy
water, or just putting things back where they belong, or whatever. One
moment in this life is as valuable as another, and I do find joy
wherever I can, because after all, it'll all be over soon enough and I
won't have another chance.

Serene

And the biggest joy is seeing the results. ;-)
A clean organized kitchen and living space when it's all done!

I have no carpet. Sweeping and mopping is a given.
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:17:05 -0600, Omelet
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In article ,
Serene wrote:

Heh. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. I can't really
think of a single housecleaning task that I hate in itself. The thing
I hate about housework is that feeling I get when there's a ton to be
done, and I feel overwhelmed by it all. But if I shake myself and get
into the "Just do one task for now, and don't worry about the whole
mess" mode, I can enjoy just standing there with my hands in the soapy
water, or just putting things back where they belong, or whatever. One
moment in this life is as valuable as another, and I do find joy
wherever I can, because after all, it'll all be over soon enough and I
won't have another chance.

And the biggest joy is seeing the results. ;-)

Yeah, sometimes. :-) Other times, and it may just be me, the joy is
in the doing, in the being present for the moments in my life when I'm
being useful.

A clean organized kitchen and living space when it's all done!

I have no carpet. Sweeping and mopping is a given.

We have no carpet, except in the bedroom. Sadly, sometimes that just
means we have a dirty floor. Sometimes, though, I do get around to
sweeping and mopping. :-)

Serene
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