Household chores - what a bore!

I freely admit I would rather sit on hot coals that do housework. I love a sparkling clean house, but in reality it lasts less than 5 seconds once the children storm back in.

WHY do they always manage to spill something on a clean floor? Does it become a magnet for food and drinks? I swear nothing ever gets dropped on a floor that hasn’t been mopped BUT as soon as I mop it – BAM there goes a drink out of a little hand, and yes I cry over spilt milk!!

Beds – not made they don’t get a look in. Made get jumped on or covers pulled off to make a cubby. HELLO why can’t cubbies be made when the covers are half off already?

Sorting laundry – a basket can sit unfolded and un-touched for days. As soon as I sort and fold it they are there rummaging through to find that blue t-shirt they swear was there last week.

Carpets – freshly vacuumed will always attract the left over sand in their sneakers that they have picked up whilst playing at school.

My least favourite chore is ironing. When will someone invent cotton that does not crease? My husband has to wear shirts to work, and this admittedly is the bulk of the ironing. I know people that iron underwear…. one word – DEDICATION! Why would you iron a garment that will never see the light of day?

Anyhoo because I hate ironing I normally leave it until late at night, and quickly iron one ready for the morning. Yes I know I should just iron all 340 of them at once but hey a girls got priorities right?

I leave the shirt in the laundry ready for hubby.

OMG I realised after hubby left this morning I hadn’t ironed a shirt. No biggie, he knows how to iron and does so often. Being my least favourite chore and all.

This morning was no different. I hadn’t ironed one last night. He left and I thought nothing of it. EXCEPT for the fact there was a shirt missing. After doing the washing over the weekend there was one shirt that I had hung to dry inside.

THAT shirt was gonski!

Not ironed!

Not one bit of Teflon had graced the collars and cuffs… OOPs!

I wondered if he noticed and could this mark a new era of the ‘non-ironed but looks like it has been ironed’ look!!!

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165 Comments

- - smart_ass said
  - 26 Feb 2015
    8:43 am
i rarely iron, wish i had more time too – but clothes just sit in the washing up basket until we run out of clothes!

- - mom94125 said
  - 05 Jan 2015
    12:14 am
we have an iron and used it about 2 times. my mum used to iron everything, like uniforms but i don’t lol. i like the smell of ironed clothes though. an old friend of mine said that in the 70’s when hippies were cool and growing their hair and had it all straight, she was jealous because she had curly hair so she literally was ironing her hair! wow hey
- mom94125 replied
  
  09 Jan 2015 , 9:42 pm
  i also know what you mean, clean their room, messy in an hour
  fold all the clothes, the kids think that it’s time for a fashion show lol
- - mom57522 said
  - 26 Sep 2014
    6:31 pm
I don’t iron, well maybe once a year on a special occasion!
- sisterhood27 replied
  
  28 Sep 2014 , 10:19 am
  Me too I very rarely iron if my daughters buy some new clothes I always tell them make sure that you do not have to iron it as they will be the ones doing it as I hate ironing with a passion
- - buggeritliz said
  - 09 Sep 2014
    1:10 pm
Cut my ironing in half by washing and hanging things on the line with care. Take them from the line and place on coat hangers. Then iron when necessary. A good steam iron cut ironing time in half.

- - Threelos said
  - 04 Sep 2014
    5:10 pm
I have never owned an iron. We just decided in our house that it’s a waste of time and haven’t ever looked back!

- - skbou said
  - 16 Jul 2014
    6:07 pm
I hate ironing too! I figure that the family can only tolerate a certain level of clean, because if I ever (not often!) have a cleaning frenzy…..they have a mess frenzy.

- - Yasmin Amber said
  - 08 Jul 2014
    9:07 pm
thank you for sharing i love these satirical articles!

- - Michelle said
  - 02 Jul 2014
    10:04 am
With all the technology around, you’d think someone would have invented the ironing robot by now.
- ginoula5 replied
  
  24 Aug 2014 , 7:49 pm
  You would think, ironing is my worst house chore.
- - cherz said
  - 16 Jun 2014
    1:48 pm
I actually know people who don’t own a iron or ironing board and have not ironed in years. My daughter does not iron much but her washing seems to come out of the washing machine wrinkle free , mine on the other hand well let’s just say ironing at times is a must.
Really can’t wait for the day where ironing is a thing of the past and folk are wearing just fresh washed items that have not been ironed and are wrinkled and crunched but no-one minds.

- - no1ladydj said
  - 30 May 2014
    4:39 pm
I’d seriously rather have teeth pulled without anaesthetic than do a basket of ironing, or clean the bathroom. Our house has never been so happy, not has it run so smoothly, since we decided to get a cleaner in for a couple of hours once a fortnight. Best decision we ever made.

- - mom57522 said
  - 30 May 2014
    4:18 pm
Ha! Ha! I hate ironing too

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 27 May 2014
    4:54 pm
I do hate doing the chores, but love a clean house

- - flissa said
  - 26 May 2014
    2:42 pm
Iron schmiron. I don’t iron unless REALLY necessary lol. Everything comes off the line & gets folded or hung straight away so we don’t need to iron. I do like making beds every day though.

- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 19 May 2014
    9:40 am
The worst household job is ironing. I set up my ironing board permanently in my craft room with the idea that as soon as the clothes come off the line, I’ll iron them – this does away with an ironing basket and gets small amounts of ironing done quicker…sometimes I fail.

- - christial said
  - 18 May 2014
    7:10 pm
Haha.. Happens in every household with kids! Or men for that matter!

- - Mellypenny said
  - 07 May 2014
    3:27 am
HAHA i feel you on this one Amy! Why oh why does it feel like going round in circles all day?

- - shazzbot said
  - 25 Apr 2014
    11:42 am
Thanks for this I enjoyed reading it. I hate ironing!

- - mariel said
  - 17 Apr 2014
    11:35 pm
I hate ironing, cannot say anything more

- - brookemoy said
  - 11 Mar 2014
    7:28 pm
Hang on, how did you know about me? Are you a fly on my wall? Lol!

- - angel_mon said
  - 15 Feb 2014
    9:36 pm
haha what a laugh, thank you for sharing. I am an anti-iron person myself