Over the years (and after learning about KonMari ;D) housework annoys me less and less. As long as I don't sit down and get comfortable I can get quite a bit done lol But I have to admit sweeping and mopping are a pain. We have pets so I always feel like I'm just pushing the fur around. :\

I also hate unloading the dishwasher, but my most hated chore is paperwork, any kind of paperwork. I usually put it off to the last minute ir later which has gotton me in trouble a few times.

I LOVE laundry and probably spend as much time in my laundry room orginizing detergents and watching the washer in motion as those that watch TV.

I also don't like cleaning the oven, hubs would do it, but although the oven would look new the rest of the kitchen would be trashed.

I can make any household chore enjoyable. Today, I'm cleaning windows and vacuuming out the cars. The wife lets me vacuum the house, mop the hard floors, clean the sinks, toilets, showers, tubs, ceiling fans. Hmmmmmm..is she taking advantage of me? :)

The only chore I dislike is the post office. It's pathetic. Lazy staff. Supervision is absent from the brain.

Why do people still go into the bank? I haven't been in a bank in years. Everything can be done on-line. Even deposit checks. Just take pictures of them and deposit them.

Loans, mortgages, boxes...

Yes, have to go in if you open up a new account too. I never go to a bank machine always to the drive up with my girls. To get some, leave some, or move some! I never bank anything online.

Sue

We do any and all banking we can electronically and I do the drive-up atm as little as possible. I use my debit card to pay when I want cash in hand.

I've opened an account through an app on my phone, gotten a loan through my bank's app on my phone.... We don't have a safety deposit box because we have a safe (fireproof/bolted to the floor in a hidden location that I know a burglar won't find - because we were burgled and I know where the do --- and don't --- look).

Paper clutter. It grows as quickly as bacteria, and takes forever to sort and file.

Mimi...same here. I thought I was the only one. I HATE going into banks for that reason. I also do all my banking online or through the ATM but those few times I HAVE to go in the same thoughts are going through my head.

Ironing. Detest it. Fortunately DH doesn't mind it at all and is good at it. He will press any pants or shirt of mine when I ask him to do so. Sweet man.

Washing windows would be next. And my windows show it. (hangs head in shame)

I also procrastinate at folding laundry, but don't really hate it.

Also shredding paperwork/mail. I don't know how but it took over lol Luckily on Saturday an H&R Block near me had a free shredding event. Took every piece of mail and paperwork I could find that I didn't need. It was such a relief to not have to worry about shredding all of that myself. :)

Ironing? What 's that?

Cleaning gutters. Up and down; up and down; up and down. I finally purchased and installed gutter guards.

I don't mind any household chore, weather it is inside or outside. What I hate is grocery shopping or any kind of shopping for that matter.

Oh, I just thought of one as our sprinkler system guy called to schedule the annual Spring visit.

I hate, loooooooooooaaaaaaaathe being the one who has to handle the service people and bringing them into the house, waiting around for them, dealing with the occasional attempts at over selling, sequestering the dogs, the whole thing.

I'd rather scrub the bathroom with a toothbrush ;-)

Oh yes, the service people gig is not fun at all, I don't like having strangers in our house. :c(

Toilets. Are there people who will come into a house every week and just clean 3 toilets?

Ironing..I enjoy that. Lol. I'm sure that comes as no surprise. Good thing since I have 5 beds every 3 days that get changed. I usually iron in the dining room when ever I find extra time so I always have large stacks of ironed sheets and pillowcases. its my therepy time.

My biggest problem is getting started. In my mind, I build up a chore to be a mountain and put it off as long as I can stand.

Add me to the list of those who can't stand cleaning the fridge. In my younger days (about 40 years ago) I detested doing dishes. My sister in law hated cleaning toilets. We were together almost every day, so when she was at my house, she would wash any dirty dishes she saw and in turn, I kept her toilets clean, LOL.

Mopping, baseboards, lighting fixtures, windowsills, that sort of thing. I plan to try to find someone to come in to do those type of jobs on a regular basis once we get the house back together.

I don't mind cleaning the bathroom. I am a minimalist so it's not a difficult job at all. Most clutter free zone in the house. What I do hate is having to shift clutter around to get at something to clean. DH is the king of leaving things on any available surface.

Not too fond of changing the bedding. Folding some of DH's laundry is annoying only because I am short and his clothes are big and tall.

Just thought of the worst. Making phone calls to conduct business. I have always disliked it. However with hearing loss it is torturous. Thank goodness for online chat. I try to get DH to make the calls but he doesn't get my message across well and I am standing there flapping my arms at him like some deranged person at him trying to get him to say what I want him to say. LOL

He's not good at reading body language either.

Dusting, dusting, DUSTING!!! It's never-ending because our windows are always open. Frankly, I ignore the dust most of the time because I'm not going to dust every day. Once a week is my limit, although I'll swipe my sleeve across a table top if I forget to avoid looking.

I don't do any of the outside chores because I hate yardwork. Give me some pots for flowers and herbs and that's all I need. Luckily, I have gardeners that have been with me for years...such a luxury. I seldom need to interact with them. The know better than I do what needs to be done.

Thanks everyone. Oh my I'm glad to see I'm not alone in my dislike of some chores.

I didn't know you could scan cheques for deposit to the bank. Thank you so much for telling me that sephia_wa! DH knew about it but forgot to tell me. He can't use it as his cheques are very large amounts so that's probably why he didn't remember to tell me.

Thanks luckiirish, Mimipadv and always1stepbehind, for sharing your angst re banking. I have really struggled with this too. I hate that I still do.

I also feel awkward having service people come to the house. Do any of you have of have had dachshunds?

Enough said... lol

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about dachshunds will bark the entire time the service people are there (yes I put him in another room. doesn't matter haha) and for about an hour after they leave. lol

It isn't household chores that bug me but more business stuff that I absolutely hate and get all anxious about. Taxes make me a nervous wreck until it's all done. I worry about it for months and months. UGH!

Bichons are barkers, too, and resistant to being trained to calm down after alerting. But while my bichon always barks, he will settle down after a couple minutes, thankfully.

It can set one's nerves on edge!

I would not do well with dachshunds or any yipping breed. Guess that is why I love my Rottweiler. She gives one bark and a warning growl. Once she knows the person is OK and allowed to be there she will supervise them. She puts the watch in watchdog.

I have OCD. I feel compelled to clean. I am also disabled and cleaning puts me in bed. It is a vicious cycle. I have housekeepers, I feel guilty the housekeepers clean my house, I feel I have to help the housekeepers because they will think I am dirty and lazy, I end up in bed sigh.. I don't mind cleaning sinks, toilets, dusting things like that but the actual cleaning the shower and tub kill me, same with mopping. For some reason they physically tax me so I hate doing them. Those I do not argue when others do.

I sit and look at my doors and baseboards decide they are too dirty and I get on my hands and knees cleaning them. I like doing this, my body not so much lol but for me I get some type of satisfaction cleaning them. I like organizing my pantry. It drives other people nuts. Everything is label facing front, grouped by what it is. Rices and Rice products next to each other, soups lined up next to each other according to type of soup, crackers, chips in a certain section. People don't understand my compulsion to keep everything neat in and in the same spot. I don't understand how people can walk in to a pantry or other place in their house and not have things lined up and have to search for something. I know exactly where everything is and people can walk into my house open a bath room cabinet or my pantry and easily figure out if I have something and where it is.

I enjoy cleaning the kitchen and making my stainless steel sink shine. I do not enjoy washing dishes or putting them away. I will climb inside and out of an oven to clean it and actually enjoy the end result. But hate pulling the fridge apart lol. I am a strange one.

I really dislike laundry. I can't carry it. I have a wheeled laundry bin which helps. I have a hard time getting it in and out of the washer and dryer. Having the front loaders has definitely made it easier. I don't mind folding but again the carrying it and putting it away is difficult. My husband will help me when I ask. He does all of his own laundry, a big help.

I am fortunate enough to still be able to have cleaning help with the house. With the new updated house it is so much easier to keep up. I am able to move freely through out the house in my wheelchairs. And everything has a place. I decluttered and got rid of the excess nic nacks.

DH cleans toilets, dusts (I'm allergic), and empties the dishdrawer after dinner. He takes out the kitchen garbage and recycling -- moves to curb on Fridays.

I have a service that sends two cleaners for three hours a couple times a year. They do general stuff and thoroughly clean fixtures and showers. They wash the wood and tile floors and baseboards, wipe down case goods and kitchen cabinets, vacuum upholstered pieces.

We hire a window washer to do outsides, sometimes insides, rarely all four sides. (We have between-the-glass shades.) My only 'window treatments' are Roman shades -- easy to vacuum clean.

Our landscaper plows snow and cleans the gutters.

WE don't bank online. We might spend $1000 in cash per year -- two or three quick trips through the bank's drive-in window. I write a few checks a month; most income and expenses are automatic deposit/withdrawal. Everything else goes on a cash-back CC.

I used to have a "Mending Box". It became the "Never To Be Seen Again Box" before disappearing completely -- followed by the iron. I wash about every five days -- easy to tend washer/dryer in the back hall near the kitchen during the day.

We're two rather neat adults. No pets. Only grandkids now and then. Our one-floor home is easy to keep clean and has enough space/closets. I'm not a 'collector'. Neither of us is messy. Mail is opened, sorted, dealt with, and filed or put in recycling. Anything coming or going is kept briefly on a counter in the back hall. One of my kitchen desk drawers holds filing folders.

This leaves me with only one hated chore: Polishing silver. (This may go the way of the mending box and the iron.)

Another for emptying the dishwasher. Solved that problem - I don't have one anymore. I have no idea why it seemed such a big deal - it's just putting clean dishes away. Maybe because you can't see any improvement like you can when you empty the dish drainer. Anyway, this works for me - psychologically at least.

Aprile I understand about the pantry! Lol

Just did a very unscientific tally and I think that the most disliked thing is vacuuming and cleaning the bathroom. Thanks for your input. :)

Well, I LOVE to polish silver! I wish I could trade that task with some other with people who don't like to do it. Maybe vacuuming, which I detest. I hate having to haul out the machine, find the best wall outlet to plug to, so I maybe won't have to change it part way through vacuuming. Ugh. Then put it away. Changing the accessories so I get the best cleaning. I'll polish your silver any day!

Plucking my eyebrows and other stray face hairs (thankfully not many of those).

Dealing with paper clutter. It collects on my kitchen table, kitchen counter, and a side table. I guess these are my hotspots in the FlyLady system.

Another thing I hate to do is taking down the shower rod and shower curtain. I have to stand on a chair to do it. It is a tension rod and it's hard for me to get back up. I am always afraid I am going to take a header into the bathtub. It's worse now that I am older.

2 things I really hate doing.l First is cleaning out the chicken poop from under the roosts, which since we don't have the farm anymore, I don't have to do now. I don't like to sweep, mop or vacuum floors. The motion just tears up my back something awful..

Lucy star why do you need to take down the shower rod? Once ours is up there it stays there unless for some reason it falls. And now that I discovered the shower curtains that don't use those hooks it's even easier to take the curtain off. I get mine from bed bath and beyond, the liner just snaps in and out. I love them.

It's dangerous doing what you are doing!

I hate cleaning up any mess someone else left behind and will comment except if they're my guest. If they're really messy, they won't be back.

Last week I gave a neighbor a ride and she spilled coffee in my car. I can't get the stain out of the carpet. Rrrrrrrrrrrrr! I don't even take open food or drinks in my car but I thought I'd be kind. I can handle the light cleaning of everyday life but careless messiness bothers me.

ravencajun, I take it down to wash it. I wash the rod, the rings, the shower curtain, and then I put it back up.

Cleaning the toilets and mopping are my least favorites. I don't mind unloading the dishwasher but don't really like loading it. I mostly don't mind laundry; DH usually helps with folding. I don't like dealing with the socks though. No matter what I try, they don't stay together through the washer and dryer and have to be matched up.

Kittiemom...LOL...I'm at a word loss. Do you try to keep matched socks together in the washer? How is this done..hehe

I used to struggle to distinguish DH's dark blue dress hose from the black ones. Now he rarely wears anything but white crew socks -- a dozen all the same and easy to fold into pairs. (I don't 'ball' socks -- stretches out the tops.)

We have glass shower doors now, but I never took down a rod. I'd just wipe the rod and hooks once in a while and replace the liner as needed. In fact...I'm pretty sure we never had a tension rod; it was mounted in place.

If you go into our bank on Fridays you can get all the homemade cookies you want to eat. We have been with this small bank for over 40 years, don't even have to give them an account number they just know who we are! Nice to be friendly. As someone mentioned they did not like cleaning out the chicken house. I was not overly found of that and in recent years, my son in law or a daughter would do that for me. I no longer have chickens but have a great chicken house, painted pink with white trim. Maybe the person that keeps the socks together just pins them together, I never did that but have heard of doing that.

Sue

cleaning bathrooms

paper clutter., its just never ending!!!!!!!

i don;t mind other cleaning or laundry, its just a time issue with us... not enough time in the day or days in the week!!!!

Thankful that all hardwood floors are much easier to clean, just slide a dry mop around several times a week. Love using the riding mower, much more fun than indoor cleaning.

Lucy! You shouldn't need to take down the rod! Take the curtain down for laundering, push all of the rings to one side in order to wipe them down as well as the rod.

I wipe the rod every week during usual cleaning, takes a few seconds.

Lucy, now it's my time to scold. Do not ever stand on a chair whether you are 5 or 75. That's a recipe for an injury. Please, please buy a folding step stool with handle for balance and use it for light bulbs, shower cleaning, reaching those things in the top kitchen cabinets. I've got one in a closet at each end of the house.

I have my very own 6' lightweight step ladder too. All mine. It's never behind several things in the garage when I want it, or out in the garden shed where someone else has put it away. At 5'2" there are lots of things I can't reach. When I need to reach, I want to be able to do that efficiently and safely.