Clean House - Page 3

monster · 08-28-2008, 08:37 PM

What, reminding you that once again it isn't all about you? I sort of feel it's the least I can do occasionally, othrwise you might think I was ignoring you completely.

Aliantha · 08-28-2008, 08:38 PM

oh just shut up you stupid woman.

monster · 08-28-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

oh just shut up you stupid woman.

priceless

Cloud · 08-28-2008, 09:27 PM

urk?

monster · 08-28-2008, 10:28 PM

It doesn't stop at houses with me....

as you were....

actually my participation in this thread made me acutely aware of my house today, and I realized it isn't as bad as i think it is. It is bad, no doubt, but we can live like this because we know roughly where everything is (except Thor's cleats, but that's Thor for you.... he likes to put things in strange places) and there is a pathway to most places and seats free where we actually sit down.

When i get my dream house, though (1) it will have shitloads of storage and (2) it will not only have a mudroom, but also a swim kit room, a soccer room and a school stuff room. Enter the correct door depending on what activity you just came from. if more than one, move from wettest to driest.

Cloud · 08-28-2008, 11:50 PM

hear, hear! monster, in all my dream houses (and they are legion) the utility spaces are emphasized way more than the public spaces.

Seems to me like the houses are all built with expansive, fancy "entertaining" spaces--and the spaces in which you actually live and work, like the laundry room, are crammed into a closet with crappy amenities.

monster · 08-29-2008, 12:00 AM

what was called the dining room when we moved in is now 30% office and 70% swim shit.

monster · 08-29-2008, 12:01 AM

(towels and suit racks for 5 people take up a fuckload of room....)

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-29-2008, 04:21 AM

Moving a double or treble scad of boxes of household goods out of the catchall room. Busy busy busy... at least there will be room in the room. Rental storage places do make fine attics, don't they? And just as hot in the summer too.

Cloud · 08-29-2008, 08:59 AM

and if in a year you haven't access those boxes . . . you can donate them away.

Will be working on my kitchen this weekend. Must remove everything from cabinets etc. for cleaning.

I have mice.

But, I haven't decluttered the kitchen in a long time. So --put everything in boxes, then take out only the stuff I need. At the end of the month, I keep only the stuff I take out. Simple!

HungLikeJesus · 08-29-2008, 09:09 AM

One of my jobs this weekend: find out how the mice are getting into the house. I've been relocating two or three every week. Or I've been relocating the same one over and over. They like the ride.

glatt · 08-29-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

One of my jobs this weekend: find out how the mice are getting into the house. I've been relocating two or three every week. Or I've been relocating the same one over and over. They like the ride.

Me too, except I'm not sure if it's mice or something bigger that's in the basement.

HungLikeJesus · 08-29-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Me too, except I'm not sure if it's mice or something bigger that's in the basement.

Make sure you wear protection.

Sundae · 08-29-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Make sure you wear protection.

Errr... I think he's going to kill it, not date it

HungLikeJesus · 08-29-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Errr... I think he's going to kill it, not date it

Why not both?

08-28-2008, 08:37 PM	#31
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What, reminding you that once again it isn't all about you? I sort of feel it's the least I can do occasionally, othrwise you might think I was ignoring you completely. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-28-2008, 08:38 PM	#32
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	oh just shut up you stupid woman. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-28-2008, 09:27 PM	#34
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	urk? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-28-2008, 10:28 PM	#35
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It doesn't stop at houses with me.... as you were.... actually my participation in this thread made me acutely aware of my house today, and I realized it isn't as bad as i think it is. It is bad, no doubt, but we can live like this because we know roughly where everything is (except Thor's cleats, but that's Thor for you.... he likes to put things in strange places) and there is a pathway to most places and seats free where we actually sit down. When i get my dream house, though (1) it will have shitloads of storage and (2) it will not only have a mudroom, but also a swim kit room, a soccer room and a school stuff room. Enter the correct door depending on what activity you just came from. if more than one, move from wettest to driest. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-28-2008, 11:50 PM	#36
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	hear, hear! monster, in all my dream houses (and they are legion) the utility spaces are emphasized way more than the public spaces. Seems to me like the houses are all built with expansive, fancy "entertaining" spaces--and the spaces in which you actually live and work, like the laundry room, are crammed into a closet with crappy amenities. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-29-2008, 12:00 AM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	what was called the dining room when we moved in is now 30% office and 70% swim shit. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-29-2008, 12:01 AM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(towels and suit racks for 5 people take up a fuckload of room....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-29-2008, 04:21 AM	#39
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Moving a double or treble scad of boxes of household goods out of the catchall room. Busy busy busy... at least there will be room in the room. Rental storage places do make fine attics, don't they? And just as hot in the summer too. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-29-2008, 08:59 AM	#40
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	and if in a year you haven't access those boxes . . . you can donate them away. Will be working on my kitchen this weekend. Must remove everything from cabinets etc. for cleaning. I have mice. But, I haven't decluttered the kitchen in a long time. So --put everything in boxes, then take out only the stuff I need. At the end of the month, I keep only the stuff I take out. Simple! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-29-2008, 09:09 AM	#41
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	One of my jobs this weekend: find out how the mice are getting into the house. I've been relocating two or three every week. Or I've been relocating the same one over and over. They like the ride. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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