tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post581828782180786710..comments2023-11-05T01:38:03.385-08:00Comments on New To Farm Life: The Workload (Bitching and Moaning)Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-37508436862984548882011-08-16T17:52:17.925-07:002011-08-16T17:52:17.925-07:00I'm just loving this post! Thanks for keepin ...I'm just loving this post! Thanks for keepin it real, and for taking the time to document the chaos so we all know we're not alone.Shaelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701518753562226177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-10025092992426228682011-08-16T17:49:37.542-07:002011-08-16T17:49:37.542-07:00At least you can see the cabbages! I have a simil...At least you can see the cabbages! I have a similar garden, but weedier. We're calling it the Public Service Garden - folks can look at our garden and fee better about their own...jjhttp://www.ruraldream.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-73058733116189545282011-08-16T12:16:56.423-07:002011-08-16T12:16:56.423-07:00I'm glad it's not just me who feels this w...I'm glad it's not just me who feels this way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-9000193554056123312011-08-15T08:14:29.884-07:002011-08-15T08:14:29.884-07:00Somebody was posting on facebook about the person ...Somebody was posting on facebook about the person with an immaculate house, perfect hair, clean clothes and dinner on time, and how now you realize you're a man! I laughed out loud. I am with you - when it starts raining, I don't mop my floor. Until it quits... Which this year was quite late. And since I'm moving, I decided to leave it until I'm walking out the door, and do it so the new folks will have a clean one (that will instantly get dirty...).<br /><br />House work is overrated. However, children, no matter how much they grump, are a wonderful resource. How will they learn to can and be self-sufficient if they don't help? Helping includes doing clean up. My son complained one time that the shirt he wanted to wear wasn't clean. I explained that if he didn't put it into his hamper, I wouldn't wash it. I then told him, that in order to keep this from happening again, he was now in charge of his own laundry... He was 10. My DIL is still amazed that he does his own, more often than not.<br /><br />While I really detest housework, I recognize its value, and have guests over every few months to force myself to do it!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421589409738817614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-32829237123080339062011-08-15T05:10:51.653-07:002011-08-15T05:10:51.653-07:00My house is small, we have no farm, and our dryer ...My house is small, we have no farm, and our dryer works.<br /><br />Are we up to speed? Are we buggery!<br /><br />It seems that unless you are happy sitting on your arse watching TV, consuming plastic-wrapped crap and paying for bland sterile consumables,m there will always be more work to do.<br /><br />Rejoice in the undone tasks; they stop you from becoming boring!!!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-59307574112453630822011-08-14T15:18:27.103-07:002011-08-14T15:18:27.103-07:00I'm still in the small house version of poor h...I'm still in the small house version of poor housekeeping, so I can't imagine. My piece of unsolicited advice is to get the kids going on chores. It's a bit of a time investment at first (always it's quicker to do it yourself than to get a kid to do it!), but long term it's a necessity. Kids are capable of a lot more than we usually give them credit for. Also, I know that traditionally people found a low-cost hired hand for things like turning compost heaps. A couple of hours labor by a vigorous high-schooler can do wonders for the haven't gotten round to it jobs. It might be worth the 20 bucks.Andy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820201752437230985noreply@blogger.com