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Cooking of Cleaning???

coffee drinker — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:04:51 GMT

Yesterday, after spending 2.5 hours cleaning our master bathroom, I've decided I'd rather cook than clean. More rewarding, IMO. What's your pleasure???

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wingnut — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:35:08 GMT

I could cook all day long. I love being in the kitchen

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sciencegeek_1 — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:55:21 GMT

While cooking isn't my favorite task, I do like it more than cleaning. But then I have to clean up the kitchen--it's sort of a circle, isn't it?

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coffee drinker — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:36:43 GMT

On 2/4/2014 sciencegeek said:
While cooking isn't my favorite task, I do like it more than cleaning. But then I have to clean up the kitchen--it's sort of a circle, isn't it?

Good point -- guess being a woman means we're always going around in circles. Next time I wanna be a man!!!

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luvdoodles — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:13:50 GMT

I would much rather cook than clean, especially the bathrooms. If I had my way I would love a personal chef that tells me when dinner is ready. I'm not the best, but I try, it's hit or miss with me.

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house cat — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:19:25 GMT

I love to cook. I'd be happy cooking all day long if I didn't have other obligations. When I come home from a long, tiring day at work, cooking dinner is refreshing for me… then when dinner's over and I'm bone tired I go back into the kitchen and have to start cleaning and preparing lunch for the next day. That's when I want to cry.

I used to love cleaning the house, as well. I'm only truly happy and relaxed when everything is clean and in order. However, my son is living with us in an apartment that is too small for three adults. This means there is more clutter than I'm comfortable with and not everything has its own place. I've lost my desire to clean as often as I used to, because things never look right to me anyway.

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Lynneuk — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:36:58 GMT

I like cooking and cleaning the bathroom is my least favorite job, so I'll take cooking any day. How does it take 2 1/2 hours to clean your bathroom? Just askin'

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coffee drinker — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:44:22 GMT

On 2/5/2014 Lynneuk said:
I like cooking and cleaning the bathroom is my least favorite job, so I'll take cooking any day. How does it take 2 1/2 hours to clean your bathroom? Just askin'

Actually, it may have been 2 hours, not 2.5. Scrubbing, and I mean scrubbing, down the fiberglass shower enclosure, really cleaning the floors and getting rid of all the c$ap in the drawers, wiping those, too. In between all this, I needed to take a break and complain to my DH. I'm no spring chicken -- more like an old hen!!!

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circles — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:46:22 GMT

On 2/4/2014 BonnieBelle said:
Neither!! I'd rather get takeout and have a cleaning lady. LOL!!

Amen.....

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Yardlie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:47:24 GMT

Cooking (not baking), definitely. I really dislike housework. I clean as I go when I'm cooking...so there is no cleanup at the end.

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depglass — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:35:32 GMT

Cooking, definitely. I would trade someone 10 hours of cooking for 1 hour of cleaning any day.

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RedTop — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:50:08 GMT

I'd much rather clean than cook. I've come to realize I HATE cooking, but I do it because my husband and I are diabetics and I do try to cook appropriately to our needs.

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forrestwolf — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:46:52 GMT

On 2/4/2014 coffee drinker said:
On 2/4/2014 sciencegeek said:
While cooking isn't my favorite task, I do like it more than cleaning. But then I have to clean up the kitchen--it's sort of a circle, isn't it?

Good point -- guess being a woman means we're always going around in circles. Next time I wanna be a man!!!

I would rather be a puppy...........

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PurpleBunny — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:53:29 GMT

Cooking is fun, cleaning is a necessity.

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Puppy Lips — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:18:36 GMT

OMG I would rather do anything than cook. Just don't like it and never have (got that from my mother -- thank you very little). When I do cook, I put everyone and the food in danger as I get distracted and find something else to do instead. I will put a frying pan on the stove, turn the burner, and get distracted before I put anything in the pan. I will put in noodles to boil and forget about it until it is a mushy mess. I could go on but you get the idea LOL. The good thing that came from my lack of cooking skills and interest is that all 3 of my sons had to often fend for themselves for dinner and now they are good cooks!

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Beebee2 — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:50:07 GMT

I love both, but mainly because we've remodeled both the kitchen and the bathrooms with easy cleaning in mind. I got rid of the old bathroom built-ins that were full of so much stuff that I hardly knew what we had. In the kitchen I put in easy clean surfaces, and all pullout shelves, so it's the best of both worlds now. Cleaning never takes long, is easy to do and, therefore, brings instant results. So, more time to cook and easier to clean up when I do.

But - there's always a big but - I waited many years for it to become this way. And, the work I did all those years set me up beautifully for things to run smoothly and well now. It was worth the wait for those of you still feeling the pain. I am sympathetic.

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PurpleBunny — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:58:06 GMT

On 2/5/2014 Puppy Lips said:
OMG I would rather do anything than cook. Just don't like it and never have (got that from my mother -- thank you very little). When I do cook, I put everyone and the food in danger as I get distracted and find something else to do instead. I will put a frying pan on the stove, turn the burner, and get distracted before I put anything in the pan. I will put in noodles to boil and forget about it until it is a mushy mess. I could go on but you get the idea LOL. The good thing that came from my lack of cooking skills and interest is that all 3 of my sons had to often fend for themselves for dinner and now they are good cooks!

How about you clean my house and I'll cater all your meals?

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dfyre — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:11:06 GMT

On 2/5/2014 PurpleBunny said:
On 2/5/2014 Puppy Lips said:
OMG I would rather do anything than cook. Just don't like it and never have (got that from my mother -- thank you very little). When I do cook, I put everyone and the food in danger as I get distracted and find something else to do instead. I will put a frying pan on the stove, turn the burner, and get distracted before I put anything in the pan. I will put in noodles to boil and forget about it until it is a mushy mess. I could go on but you get the idea LOL. The good thing that came from my lack of cooking skills and interest is that all 3 of my sons had to often fend for themselves for dinner and now they are good cooks!

How about you clean my house and I'll cater all your meals?

That's so funny - when I was in high school, my mom (who hated cooking) said I'll clean, you cook, so I was responsible for the family meals from then on. I still hate to clean and have a cleaning lady/cat sitter that I cook for.

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PurpleBunny — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:14:33 GMT

On 2/5/2014 dfyre said:
On 2/5/2014 PurpleBunny said:
On 2/5/2014 Puppy Lips said:
OMG I would rather do anything than cook. Just don't like it and never have (got that from my mother -- thank you very little). When I do cook, I put everyone and the food in danger as I get distracted and find something else to do instead. I will put a frying pan on the stove, turn the burner, and get distracted before I put anything in the pan. I will put in noodles to boil and forget about it until it is a mushy mess. I could go on but you get the idea LOL. The good thing that came from my lack of cooking skills and interest is that all 3 of my sons had to often fend for themselves for dinner and now they are good cooks!

How about you clean my house and I'll cater all your meals?

That's so funny - when I was in high school, my mom (who hated cooking) said I'll clean, you cook, so I was responsible for the family meals from then on. I still hate to clean and have a cleaning lady/cat sitter that I cook for.

Sounds good to me!!!

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Puppy Lips — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:49:47 GMT

On 2/5/2014 PurpleBunny said:
On 2/5/2014 dfyre said:
On 2/5/2014 PurpleBunny said:
On 2/5/2014 Puppy Lips said:
OMG I would rather do anything than cook. Just don't like it and never have (got that from my mother -- thank you very little). When I do cook, I put everyone and the food in danger as I get distracted and find something else to do instead. I will put a frying pan on the stove, turn the burner, and get distracted before I put anything in the pan. I will put in noodles to boil and forget about it until it is a mushy mess. I could go on but you get the idea LOL. The good thing that came from my lack of cooking skills and interest is that all 3 of my sons had to often fend for themselves for dinner and now they are good cooks!

How about you clean my house and I'll cater all your meals?

That's so funny - when I was in high school, my mom (who hated cooking) said I'll clean, you cook, so I was responsible for the family meals from then on. I still hate to clean and have a cleaning lady/cat sitter that I cook for.

Sounds good to me!!!

Well that sounds good to me too! I will even clean up the kitchen after you cook for me! I would much rather have a cook than a maid/nanny/chauffeur or whatever!