Comments on: I am not the world’s best housewife. http://american-family.org/2009/01/23/i-am-not-the-worlds-best-housewife/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phibian http://american-family.org/2009/01/23/i-am-not-the-worlds-best-housewife/comment-page-1/#comment-100682 Phibian Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:46:10 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1949#comment-100682 I'd say our house is a 9. We have no dishwasher, but other people living in the house, so dishes get washed pretty quickly. We like uncluttered surfaces, and I'm fabulously lucky that my husband helps with the housework. But our real secret is our electronic maid Rosie (a Roomba...) I’d say our house is a 9. We have no dishwasher, but other people living in the house, so dishes get washed pretty quickly. We like uncluttered surfaces, and I’m fabulously lucky that my husband helps with the housework. But our real secret is our electronic maid Rosie (a Roomba…)

]]> By: | Pepper Paints http://american-family.org/2009/01/23/i-am-not-the-worlds-best-housewife/comment-page-1/#comment-100659 | Pepper Paints Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:33:28 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1949#comment-100659 [...] other day I left a comment on American Family’s blog in response to her question; How clean is your house. Really it’s not dirty-but [...] [...] other day I left a comment on American Family’s blog in response to her question; How clean is your house. Really it’s not dirty-but [...]

]]> By: Tzipporah http://american-family.org/2009/01/23/i-am-not-the-worlds-best-housewife/comment-page-1/#comment-100626 Tzipporah Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:53:55 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=1949#comment-100626 Oh Rayne, I think I'm going to make a sign out of that for above the sink: "I am not the maid." That's perfect. And seriously, what is it about housework and fighting? Maybe it's that most men want us to serenade them and throw flowers when they remember to get their dirty underwear actually in the hamper, instead of on the floor (just like the applause they want for changing a dirty diaper). But it's always a source of friction. For us, with a toddler, a working mom, and a chronically ill husband, we waver between about a 3 and a 7 most of the time. Right before Shabbat (Friday afternoon) we sometimes hit an 8, but it never lasts more than 15 minutes. :) Oh Rayne, I think I’m going to make a sign out of that for above the sink:

“I am not the maid.”

That’s perfect.

And seriously, what is it about housework and fighting? Maybe it’s that most men want us to serenade them and throw flowers when they remember to get their dirty underwear actually in the hamper, instead of on the floor (just like the applause they want for changing a dirty diaper). But it’s always a source of friction.

For us, with a toddler, a working mom, and a chronically ill husband, we waver between about a 3 and a 7 most of the time. Right before Shabbat (Friday afternoon) we sometimes hit an 8, but it never lasts more than 15 minutes. :)

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