Least favorite household chore?

[oregonjen]

Mine is cleaning the bathrooms. Absolutely can't stand it. How about you?

[raccoon]

1. Vacuuming. nt

[CTyankee]

34. Me too. I prefer cleaning our half bath...everything is smaller...

The little sink is easier and so is the toilet...I use that Lysol spray with bleach...pick up the little rug and throw it in the laundry with sheets and towels. That's about it...

[In_The_Wind]

2. Yup. That's the one I dislike the most.

There's gotta be a better way.

[oregonjen]

3. I'm procrastinating cleaning by being on DU and listening to Thom Hartmann

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Vacuuming, by far.

[Arugula Latte]

14. That's actually my favorite chore, because we don't have much carpet (just a couple area rugs)

For me, it's weirdly satisfying to watch the blobs of cat hair get sucked up off the hardwoods ... Hey, I'm easily entertained.

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. well, there is that! Our kitchen floor wasn't installed properly so we are losing grout -

vacuuming it up is very satisfying (as is removing that which finds itself in the cracks that are left with the loss of the grout!). And also yes - with two dogs and three cats, watching the tumbleweeds vanish into the end of the hose is a great and wonderful experience!

[Godhumor]

5. cleaning gutters

Every year I ask myself why I don't just pay someone to do it, but I never learn, apparently.

[Populist_Prole]

7. Me too. I dread it the most

Every aspect of it:

The sheer tediousness of it

Moving, positioning, erecting a heavy ladder scores of times

Climbing up precariously high

Scooping up a disgusting muck consisting of dead and decomposed leaves, asphalt granules, dust and trying to bag it while maintaining balance on a ladder

I love the trees in my and my neighbor's yards for the looks and the shade, but they are a big PIA come fall.

I actually don't mind raking leaves on a brisk fall day though; it's just trying to bag them that's such a royal PIA.

[Inkfreak]

32. Just a thought, but..

They sell these mesh coverings that snap in place for most gutters. And they're fairly inexpensive. I was just looking at purchasing some for our house. Fall leaves are beautiful but murder here in Upstate NY.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

46. I have the mesh and tree seedlings growing out of the dirt collected under them.

One of my ex students cleaned my gutters in minutes using a hose on jet spray.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Dishes. I have no dishwasher.

[ailsagirl]

8. Scooping my cats' litter boxes

That's OK because I would never dream of letting them outside. So ultimately it's so worth it.

But it takes some keeping up with!!

[madinmaryland]

9. ^^ this ^^

[irisblue]

17. ^^this^^

I'm having enough mobility issues that walking *up* stairs is hard, and if you don't keep up, it's unpleasant for the cats and me.

[NV Whino]

10. Getting up in the morning.

[Tom Ripley]

33. +1000

[fizzgig]

11. folding and putting away laundry

i can manage everything else, just not the end stages of laundry.

[Inkfreak]

31. It does suck, huh??

Especially cause I'm just gonna pull it out tomorrow & wear it, prolly...

[fizzgig]

54. i almost never actually put them away

they just sit on my vanity.

[Paper Roses]

12. I'm of an age: All of them! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

13. The effing laundry. I can never get on top of it.

[elleng]

15. The 'small' things get me,

dusting and re-organizing ALL the SURFACES! HATE IT, and having a 'big' party in June, trying to figure out how I can avoid it!

[frogmarch]

16. Cleaning up after myself

when I get creative.

[irisblue]

18. what are you growing in the styrofoam? n/t

[frogmarch]

22. I was seeing if I could make

little diorama trees out of tumbleweed tops rolled in various green stuff like dried parsley flakes or stuck here and there with wisps of dyed cotton balls. Instead I ended up making trees out of wooden dowels (trunks) with furnace filter material (foliage.)

[irisblue]

28. when I squinted...why is there a bonsai tree in styrofoam?

[flying_wahini]

21. I have one of those tables!

Drives my husband crazy.
Too bad.

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. omg

[OriginalGeek]

35. Awesome!

that looks like my leather working workbench

but I did manage to make this last week.


I donated it to a local non-profit for their fund-raising auction. They provide therapeutic horseback riding for kids that need it (my daughter got therapy there for years and I would do anything I could for them) that's their logo on the front. It's exactly the same sporran I make for my kilted adventures but I changed it to have a strap like a little hand-bag. (and it has a belt loop in back so it can be worn on the hip if wanted)


yikes! didn't know it would be that big - thought I picked the forum-friendly size.

Also, to answer OP, the same - I hate cleaning up after projects.

[frogmarch]

37. Beautiful! The sporran/handbag is not only

a wonderful work of art but a gift from your heart. I love everything about it! It's exquisite.

Here's what my mess transformed into. (A friend of my daughter's made the house and I bought the figurines and the little cloud.)

I don't know how large this picture will be either.

[OriginalGeek]

50. Wow that's great!

I wanna live in that house with a yard like that...lol, as long as there's internet.

[Art_from_Ark]

60. You can find some places like that

in Madison County, Arkansas. In fact, just after New Year's one year, I was driving around MadCo and passed a place that looked almost exactly like that. The thing is, it also had police tape around it.

[LiberalEsto]

19. Cleaning the cat litter box

hands down!

[PassingFair]

23. Another vacuum vote. nt

[Myrina]

24. Ironing.

Ugh. I usually save it until I have a BIG pile of stuff, crank up the tunes and make an afternoon of it.

[Laffy Kat]

40. People still iron?

Who knew?

[pipi_k]

25. Strangely enough...

I sort of like cleaning the bathroom, but because of back issues, I can't do it anymore, so a lady comes once a month to do the heavy duty bathroom cleaning.


My least favorite household chore, if you want to call it a chore, is


cooking.


I HATE to cook.

If I could have someone do my cooking for me, I would be tickled pink.

Can't afford a personal chef, though

[valerief]

26. Washing the floors. I hate refilling and carrying around the bucket. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. vacuuming

Can't even spell it!

[Inkfreak]

30. Dusting. I hate moving all that stuff and dusting.

I do the floors, bathroom, dishes, laundry..anything but that. I refuse to..it just suuuuuucks.

Luckily my wife is one of those ocd-like organizers so she has no problem doing it.

[femmocrat]

36. All of them.

I can't single out one that is less odious than the others.

[shenmue]

38. The toilet

[TuxedoKat]

39. Unloading the dishwasher

Don't mind loading it, but don't like unloading it.

[2theleft]

44. +1 - especially the utensils...

All those little pieces. Folding the laundry load that includes the "little" pieces...socks, underwear, etc.. that is really bad, too.

[hopemountain]

41. dishes. anything to do with dirty dishes..

[one_voice]

42. Scrubbing the floors...

the heavy bucket, up the stairs down the stairs. It kills my back. I bucket scrub every other week and use my steamer for the in between weeks.

I absolutely hate scrubbing floors. Everything else I'm okay with.

[LeftInTX]

43. Cleaning my bathtub

I can't get that thing clean for nothing. Our water comes from a chalky limestone aquifer.

[MicaelS]

45. Cleaning the toilet bowl after every use.

I have these new low water use "pressure" toilets. There is so little water in the bowl, that you can't use a blue bowl cleaner to keep the bowl clean. So right after every "major" event I have to get the bowl brush out and scrub the bowl. Wish I could afford one of those Washlet S350e Toilet Seats. Has an bowl cleaner setting. $1500.

http://www.totousa.com/washlet%C2%AE-s350e-toilet-seat-elongated-ewater

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

47. All of it.

I wouldn't ever have an inside only cat. Couldn't live with a litter box.

[IcyPeas]

48. vacuuming too:

I think it has a lot to do with the noise. They are so dang LOUD.

I don't mind ironing and I think that's because it is nice and quiet.

[Jamaal510]

49. Washing dishes

because my apartment has no dishwasher, and my sink is small.

[HeiressofBickworth]

51. Cleaning litter boxes.

We have 3 cats, 4 litter boxes. It's my job to keep them clean. Yuck.

I have a very messy dining room table. Right now (and for the past 10 days or so) the table has nothing on it but dust from sandpapering the varnish off. Can't use paint strip or a belt sander because the table is veneered and the veneer would come up. It's an old mahogany table; got it at an estate table 10 years ago along with six chairs for $150 and it was old even then. The top has been damaged more times that I care to think about. We came to the conclusion that there were several choices: keep a table cloth on it at all times, toss it out, or refinish just the top of the table. I told my daughter and son-in-law that if they wanted a new table/chairs they could go ahead but I'm not paying for it. So, I'm painting the top of the table. There will be no matching colors with the legs and chairs, so I'm painting the top with a dark eggplant. Looks dark grey at night but during the day it has a hint of deep black/purple. I think it will look fine. Or, we could go back to Plan A -- tablecloth.

[Glassunion]

52. Collecting the dead from those killed by the plague

Either that or cleaning the hair out of the tub drain...

[TorchTheWitch]

53. I don't mind cleaning the bathroom

It's that porcelain throne I take issue with. But I hate the thought of anything less than a pristine potty even more.

Next in line on the hate list is doing the dishes. And I wish someone would invent a super-sucker vacuum cleaner without a cord. The damn cord is always in the way. Oh, and all vacuum cleaners should have headlights just like all cars should have wing windows and rear windshield wipers. I really miss wing windows.

[mackerel]

55. Dusting is not my favorite. Oddly enough, I clean the bathroom about every 2 days

it's just automatic, I just start cleaning and then suddenly I'm like late for work.

[handmade34]

56. love them all... except

washing windows

especially love washing dishes... my hands in water staring out the window at the birds or snow or garden growing or chipmunks or whatever happens to be running through my back yard

[pinboy3niner]

57. Getting rid of the bodies

Don't even axe me about it. Believe me, you don't want to know.

[Skittles]

58. I'm with you

not a big fan of scrubbing the toilet and tub

[Ino]

59. Vacuuming

hate it with a passion

[AgingAmerican]

61. Picking my feet up

[RiffRandell]

62. Laundry!

It never fucking ends!