Saturday 2 December 2006

5 Things I really suck at.......

I saw this on another blog and thought i might do it....

  1. LAUNDRY. I can wash the clothes. I can hang the clothes out. I can fold the clothes as I get them off the line (this is to avoid ironing most of the clothes). I can bring the basket of freshly washed, scented like a field of spring flowers, folded clothes into the house. That's where it stops. The baskets then get rifled through, mixed up, and scrunched (therefore requiring ironing) before they eventually get put away into various wardrobes. Hmmm - I am the lady of the laundry but not the lady of the putting away.
  2. HOUSE CLEANING IN GENERAL - basically i suck majorly at house cleaning. A domestic goddess i am not!!! I can manage a passable living area and clean kitchen and toilet for visitors but you will almost always find all the bedroom doors shut. I hate this. I have friends and family who are clean freaks and it really shits me that i am not too. Although, sometimes i think 'get a life' when they moan about how 'messy their house is' - me all along knowing that it is at least 100 times tidier then mine.
  3. SAYING NO - I am a sucker for that... I cannot say no - or should i say 'could not' say no. Have learned a bit lately and have been dropping responsibilities over the last couple of years but still.... just ask, i will do it!! Hmmmmm - see.... idiot!! I am almost finished with my 'official' volunteer commitments - end of this month - YAY. Will run and hide under nearest bush when anyone flaps over to me and says to me - "Jen, could you......" aaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
  4. FROCKING UP - have already posted about this particular affliction. Am notoriously bad for keeping my bra on, wearing make up and for dressing in anything other then comfy casual. Did anyone notice that i had my top on inside out last Wednesday night.... funny thing was, i put it on, thought it was inside out so i changed it. Hmm silly me.
  5. MEDITATING - I have a 'monkey mind' and have a lot of trouble shutting it up!!! I am more of a 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am' type meditater. In and out quick - get the information and get going. I wish i could sit in contemplative meditation for hours butI am afraid it just isn't me.

7 comments:

Michelle said...

Yes, these things are truely a pain in the butt. I can frock but not feel comfortable and I can say no, took years of practise....housework? Who cares unless the queen is coming (or anyone who might need to use the loo) and laundry....PLURGH. Domestic goddess I am not.

Unknown said...

so Jen, you only suck at 5 things..............? not bad i say muchly......well done.perfectly undersandable about bra's.........

Kathie said...

Now for a list of "Things I am great at"

I am a pushy Faerie I know!!!

Jen said...

Oh there is lots more Raihn, I just didnt blog them ;}


and a Things i am great at post..... will think about that one!!

Cyndy said...

You ARE my sister!!!

My mother, who was undergoing counselling way back in the 60's, due in part to her clean freak of an over-bearing mother-in-law, was told by the counsellor that she shouldn't worry about her less-than-immaculate house (in the eyes of her mother-in-law, anyway; this woman would came into Mum's home, and the first thing she would do was start to clean it, even though, Mum had just done it from top to toe). Anyway, the counsellor said that if she died, it would be ok as someone would clean it up for the wake, anyway. Mum took this advice to heart, and continues to live by this adage.
Friends are always welcome, and the kettle always on; visitors come to see Mum, not the state of her house!

Jen said...

Of COURSE I am your sister!!!!

did you only just figure it out??

lol

Amorah said...

Ahhh, indeed I too am NOT Lady of the Putting Away or of the Housework... a kindred spirit indeed... hugs, Karen