Vacuuming! And I spent half the afternoon doing it. LOL I don't even know why it annoys me other than the equipment is cumbersome and it's an enormous...IMO...waste of time going from room to room...floor to floor.

Ironing! Washing dishes would be a close second. Our dishwasher "died" recently and the new one won't be delivered until next week! I think I will use paper plates!

That's funny, Mystical Manns, I hate putting away as well :-) I don't mind washing or drying dishes, but I really don't like putting them away. I also put off putting away clean laundry.

Cleaning the range hood is the only task I hate! Absolutely hate!!

All of those.

Cleaning a mess someone else made. I try to clean as I go after myself so it always stays clean. I love guests but not messy guests. I would have a hard time swapping houses for a vacation although people have suggested it. I think they just like my garden and location near the beach.

I don't seem to mind cleaning after pets but I could never have an indoor bird.

I had to clean a parrots cage one summer for a friend and I hated that.

Mopping the kitchen floor, and vacuuming.

Mopping the floors. Can't stand it. But also dislike dirty floors, LOL!

Hmmm....the cook top, and maybe the wood floors. Oh, and my stainless appliances!!! It's not the actual cleaning of them I mind, it's the fact that I can't find a product that actually does what it says.

The floors! I just despise doing the floors.

Any form of cleaning, be it dusting, mopping, vacuuming. That's why I have a cleaning lady.

Rita...if it's to remove finger prints and shine you SS...use a light application baby oil...rubbed on with a soft cloth. It's magic! And it smells nice.

Floors for sure. Mopping, vacuuming, dusting the baseboards. And windows. Don't mind washing them just hate messing with the stupid screens in the sunroom!!

I hate cleaning gunk so for me it's the bathroom, stove and fridge. Yuck!

Floors, absolutely kills my back.

Andi, Its mostly streaks from cleaners. I don't get it, all my appliances match, but each one takes a different cleaner to look good. So frustrating. Maybe I'll give the baby oil a try though.

The closets! They are the places that I 'put' stuff and it's always a chore to clean them out and organize.

I loathe dusting. No sooner have I moved everything and dusted it, do I see the new layer forming.

Vacuuming, hands down.

Wet mopping.

Definitely the bathrooms.

Cleaning the bathroom.

Cleaning the bathrooms is my favorite chore. A bathroom should be a clean, fresh environment so one can enjoy a few private moments alone.

Putting on clean clothes when people come to the house. Such a chore!

When I had one, it was cleaning the chest freezer.

Cleaning "the stack". It's made for the inside to come apart and then be put in the dishwasher, but.....I won't run the dishwasher unless it's full. I did it by hand the other day using a toothbrush and Dawn detergent. Sliced my thumb w/ a 1" cut somehow. Next time, it's going in the dishwasher full or NOT!

All of them, actually, but the worst is one that's hanging over my head right now: taking apart the stove pipes on the woodstove, cleaning them out, and (this is the tricky part) putting them back together. As many times as I've done it, it never gets any easier.

Nicole, what's "the stack"? Nice kitchen!

Alisande....the exhaust stack/vent hood over the 6 burner stove. Thanks!

I hate cleaning bathrooms and toilets in particular. Enough said.

Ironing. Close second is vacuuming which is why I have a housekeeper.

Like Mystical Manns..anything that needs put away...groceries, dishes, laundry...I'm also not real fond of washing the trim around windows. Think there's a few more I hate but I can't think this AM.

Grocery shopping...I detest it above all else. LOL

cleaning toilets. Folding laundry.

If I could afford a cleaning service, I would hire one. A long time ago I did use one regularly for a few months, and then when I sold my condo to get it super clean for the final inspection before closing. I worked for a cleaning service during a time when I was down and out. I also do volunteer cleaning for a bit for profit. BTW, I actually like cleaning the bathroom. Makes me feel clean and fresh as well.

Windows dogs leave nose prints all over them

All of them! ! !

Seriously, though, once I get started on something, I find I don't mind it all that much. Except dusting, I HATE doing that!

Mopping floors used to be a job I intensely disliked, mostly because it was very hard on my back. But a few years ago I invested in a Shark steam cleaner for floors. Makes the job so-o-o-o-oooo much easier! I still don't do them as often as I should, but at least doing them is a lot less painful now.

Rusty

They're all equally abominable. But they're far easier than all the other stuff I have to do for the house, like reglaze the windows, install insulation, paint on a 25 foot ladder... so by comparison, I don't mind washing dishes, etc

Vacuuming. It's the noise mostly. I just bought some good earplugs and used them for the first time yesterday and it was much less annoying! I didn't feel as angry.

Thank you, Flaming. That's a brilliant idea!!! I never gave ear plugs a thought. You can bet I'll be looking for them on my next trip to the market.

I am not responsible for much of the routine 'upkeep' chores these days. I am, however, the one that has to deal with the paper glut that I believe would fill the house in a years time if not dealt with daily. There is the daily junk mail plus the extra jibberish stuff that accompanies real mail. A trip to the Doctor results in a trees worth of papers other than what you need to keep because about 10 pages worth is the same as what you came home with last appointment.

I could go on and on, but I think you al know what I am saying. My most hated household chore is the daily decision making on what papers to toss, what to keep and where to keep it so it doesn't take over the kitchen counter where I need to prepare the next meal.

What was I THINKING I completely forgot about paperwork which I agree has to be the #1 hated chore since mankind learned the alphabet. .. on top of all the normal trees growing around here I have two in elementary school...need I say more..haha.

Thinking about what to make for dinner, again. This is something that comes up on pretty much a regular schedule - like daily.

Oh, forgot about that too, blfenton. As I'm sitting here trying to think of just that. Grrrr

Just about all of it. But probably ironing is the worst. So I gave it up, permanently.

OMG...and it gets worse...Fenton I hate that job trying to figure out what to cook...matter of fact I'm not fond of cooking either. I'm fairly good at **down home * cooking like comfort foods but I'm not an imaginary cook. On top of that my family is sick to death of pasta so that's removed from the list for a few months. I'm pretty good at baking but don't care to do it although I try to bake treats once a week at least and than of course there's my bread baking.....I've always baked my own bread every other day than I found a small family owned bakery that makes it and does not add the nasty stuff and preservativies 1$ a loaf ...but I'm back to baking my own 3 times a week..sometimes I wish I could just buy store bread but once the boys really wanted the store sliced bread..Wonder I think it was...I knew what would happen and it did all the boys could taste was preservitives they hated it. Thing about homemade bread is its only good for 24 hours tops..mold will grow quickly. Ok I'm off the chatterbox band wagon....for now.

mamapinky, I thought you were going to surprise us all and say laundry! :)

LOL Cooper...not a snow ball chance. I LOVE laundry. I actually just got done washing a medium weight down filled comforter, took me awhile looking thru my detergent stash to find a non enzyme detergent since enzymes absolutly can not be used on down....but Cooper I don't enjoy putting laundry away...haha

Apparently I've given up ironing completely as the board is wedged behind a shelf in the closet and will require some gymnastics to remove but it's got to be cleaning the refrigerator. I suppose it needs to be done but if you are at arm's length and squint it doesn't look dirty. No science experiments present as we are good at cleaning it out, it's just the shelves and door that never get wiped down.

Ironing? What's that?

Mama can you freeze it? We freeze bread we make and sometimes French toast and garlic bread too and thaw it in the toaster oven or broiler. The starches in bread do something funny in the refrigerator but freezing is ok. Of course fresh always tastes best. I agree about preservatives. After you stop eating them, you can taste them more. If you buy flour that is not bromated like king Arthur flour, it's great. So many breads use bromine in the flour instead of iodine because its cheaper. We need iodine to stay healthy and bromine will take up the place in the thyroid where iodine should be.