Questions you always wanted to ask, part III
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Cleaning the catbox. I hate, hate, hate it. And as soon as I get it all clean and fresh, the fuzzy lil' ba$terds have to go in there and stink it up again.
I don't mind doing the dishes. Even stuff that doesn't go in the dishwasher like pots that are too big or wine glasses I don't mind doing by hand.
Oh, I also don't like folding my clothes. I hear that if you leave your clothes in the dryer, Fenner will fold it for you.
I don't mind doing the dishes. Even stuff that doesn't go in the dishwasher like pots that are too big or wine glasses I don't mind doing by hand.
Oh, I also don't like folding my clothes. I hear that if you leave your clothes in the dryer, Fenner will fold it for you.
S
Least favorite? I'm going to have to agree with iTore and go with dusting. With most cleaning, the things you move are big. With dusting, you have to move tiny objects, which gets tedious. Move it, dust it, put it back, times a thousand.
Favorite chore? Cleaning my bathroom. I'll let a lot of things slide, but a messy bathroom just isn't cool at all. You go into the bathroom to get clean, it should be the cleanest room in any house (tied with the kitchen sans when cooking is involved). I go all out.
My bathroom cleaning regimen is some liquid castille soap with a cup to two cups of borax in hot water. I use a deck scrubbing brush on a pole and just scrub the daylights out of the floor, followed by a mop. The fiberglass bathtub/shower combo gets a sprinking with water and then a light sprinkling with undiluted borax powder. I let that sit for 15-20 minutes and then turn the deck scrubber loose on it. Rinse down afterwards. When I'm done, I dump the soapy borax water into the john and scrub it with the water.
Mirrors, they get a 50/50 - 70/30 white vinegar to water mix. Microfiber cloth and then they are good. Fixtures with hard water stains get a scrubbing with borax, followed by a vinegar scrubbing if they are still dirty.
This... is the secret weapon in the war on grime. It works on everything except carpet and wood flooring.
Favorite chore? Cleaning my bathroom. I'll let a lot of things slide, but a messy bathroom just isn't cool at all. You go into the bathroom to get clean, it should be the cleanest room in any house (tied with the kitchen sans when cooking is involved). I go all out.
My bathroom cleaning regimen is some liquid castille soap with a cup to two cups of borax in hot water. I use a deck scrubbing brush on a pole and just scrub the daylights out of the floor, followed by a mop. The fiberglass bathtub/shower combo gets a sprinking with water and then a light sprinkling with undiluted borax powder. I let that sit for 15-20 minutes and then turn the deck scrubber loose on it. Rinse down afterwards. When I'm done, I dump the soapy borax water into the john and scrub it with the water.
Mirrors, they get a 50/50 - 70/30 white vinegar to water mix. Microfiber cloth and then they are good. Fixtures with hard water stains get a scrubbing with borax, followed by a vinegar scrubbing if they are still dirty.
This... is the secret weapon in the war on grime. It works on everything except carpet and wood flooring.
C
Least favorite? I'm going to have to agree with iTore and go with dusting. With most cleaning, the things you move are big. With dusting, you have to move tiny objects, which gets tedious. Move it, dust it, put it back, times a thousand.
Favorite chore? Cleaning my bathroom. I'll let a lot of things slide, but a messy bathroom just isn't cool at all. You go into the bathroom to get clean, it should be the cleanest room in any house (tied with the kitchen sans when cooking is involved). I go all out.
My bathroom cleaning regimen is some liquid castille soap with a cup to two cups of borax in hot water. I use a deck scrubbing brush on a pole and just scrub the daylights out of the floor, followed by a mop. The fiberglass bathtub/shower combo gets a sprinking with water and then a light sprinkling with undiluted borax powder. I let that sit for 15-20 minutes and then turn the deck scrubber loose on it. Rinse down afterwards. When I'm done, I dump the soapy borax water into the john and scrub it with the water.
Mirrors, they get a 50/50 - 70/30 white vinegar to water mix. Microfiber cloth and then they are good. Fixtures with hard water stains get a scrubbing with borax, followed by a vinegar scrubbing if they are still dirty.
This... is the secret weapon in the war on grime. It works on everything except carpet and wood flooring.
Favorite chore? Cleaning my bathroom. I'll let a lot of things slide, but a messy bathroom just isn't cool at all. You go into the bathroom to get clean, it should be the cleanest room in any house (tied with the kitchen sans when cooking is involved). I go all out.
My bathroom cleaning regimen is some liquid castille soap with a cup to two cups of borax in hot water. I use a deck scrubbing brush on a pole and just scrub the daylights out of the floor, followed by a mop. The fiberglass bathtub/shower combo gets a sprinking with water and then a light sprinkling with undiluted borax powder. I let that sit for 15-20 minutes and then turn the deck scrubber loose on it. Rinse down afterwards. When I'm done, I dump the soapy borax water into the john and scrub it with the water.
Mirrors, they get a 50/50 - 70/30 white vinegar to water mix. Microfiber cloth and then they are good. Fixtures with hard water stains get a scrubbing with borax, followed by a vinegar scrubbing if they are still dirty.
This... is the secret weapon in the war on grime. It works on everything except carpet and wood flooring.
It's kinda neat that guys were the first to pipe up about the chores.
My least favorite is laundry. Hands down. I don't mind washing and drying it....but the folding, hanging, and putting away....ooohhhh my goodness. Just shoot me. I don't know why, but I hate it. Although, now that you guys mention it, dusting is not far behind. grr
Favorite is either bathroom or dishes. I really don't mind doing the dishes. I do them all day long by hand and I still don't really mind. I also like the satisfaction I get from cleaning my bathroom. aaahhhhh so fresh and so clean.
S
I'm a fan of all the borax and vinegar usage.
It's kinda neat that guys were the first to pipe up about the chores.
My least favorite is laundry. Hands down. I don't mind washing and drying it....but the folding, hanging, and putting away....ooohhhh my goodness. Just shoot me. I don't know why, but I hate it. Although, now that you guys mention it, dusting is not far behind. grr
Favorite is either bathroom or dishes. I really don't mind doing the dishes. I do them all day long by hand and I still don't really mind. I also like the satisfaction I get from cleaning my bathroom. aaahhhhh so fresh and so clean.
It's kinda neat that guys were the first to pipe up about the chores.
My least favorite is laundry. Hands down. I don't mind washing and drying it....but the folding, hanging, and putting away....ooohhhh my goodness. Just shoot me. I don't know why, but I hate it. Although, now that you guys mention it, dusting is not far behind. grr
Favorite is either bathroom or dishes. I really don't mind doing the dishes. I do them all day long by hand and I still don't really mind. I also like the satisfaction I get from cleaning my bathroom. aaahhhhh so fresh and so clean.
And laundry leaves me conflicted. I also hate folding things, but I enjoy doing the laundry because I love the soap I use. I have never had brighter, softer clothes in my life. It's less than a buck a gallon too. I mix up five gallon batches of it at a time:
- 1 bar of finely grated castille soap
- Borax
- Washing soda (that stuff is awesome, it even stops the hard water issues)
- Lavender and bergamot essential oils
- About 5 gallons of water.
You could drink it (in small quantities) with no ill effects. No surfectants, no sodium laureth sulfate, no phthalates, I don't even have any bottles which need to be recycled as I just keep re using the five gallon bucket I make it in. I put it in a smaller bottle for everyday use. You just have to stir or shake it before decanting or using it as the soap tends to separate out inside the mixture.
It actually looks a lot like egg drop soup. I should post it in the natural health part of this forum. It's too good not to share.
I think my next hobby should be soap making. Right now the shave soap I use I get from a soapmaker in one of the Dakotas (forget which), and the castille I use is just Dr bronners (because it's cheaper than a boutique soap). I probably can't re create the shave soap without a lot of effort (hard to get just the right formulation down so it foams up nicely for shaving), but I could save even more money by making my own soap for cleaning and showering (also use castille in the shower).
For those who are wondering, castille soap is named after the castille region of Spain. It's an olive oil based soap as opposed to say, an animal fat (tallow) based soap. Tallow soaps are nice for shaving and showering as they have some inherent natural moisturizing abilities to them. They're falling out of favor though as if pork fat is used they are not kosher or halal, and if beef fat is used then many Hindus will not use the soap.
Many many classic soap recipies have fallen by the wayside because of tallow.
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about orchestra and music and piano, it' funny a lot of folk don't appreciate that kind of music but then there is a lot of classical interwoven in movies . Jingles too, like one from a movie you may or may not have saw , "Mysteries in Pittsburgh" which is a dumb title but good movie with a good score that, I believe, it was ATT and other co's, too, that used it in their radio ads.
shobro: good info, I always thought the 5th was the creme de la creme of classical forceful sound.
catherdingfrenchhorningsheepcoraller: you're just taking sides
hellllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo: rachaminOFF . Clever, clever, Do you think you're clever?
Sorry, no questions, except to anyone who wants to answer, drum roll, please. Duh, duh, duh, duh!!!!! Wait, that wasn't it. tu, tu / tu , tu . tu-tu, tu-tu . Ok, paradiddle, whatever : What is it about music that inspires you to serve God better?
shobro: good info, I always thought the 5th was the creme de la creme of classical forceful sound.
catherdingfrenchhorningsheepcoraller: you're just taking sides
hellllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo: rachaminOFF . Clever, clever, Do you think you're clever?
Sorry, no questions, except to anyone who wants to answer, drum roll, please. Duh, duh, duh, duh!!!!! Wait, that wasn't it. tu, tu / tu , tu . tu-tu, tu-tu . Ok, paradiddle, whatever
: What is it about music that inspires you to serve God better?
Sorry for the late response, Green. I didn't see this one earlier.
My current plan is to finish school. I'm majoring in music with an emphasis in education. After my bachelor's degree I'll go into our post-bachelor program and get my teaching certificate. After that.. well technically I want to be a private music instructor (I mostly focus on piano but I also teach guitar, flute, and voice). I want to be a stay-at-home mom some day and teaching private lessons from home is something that works out quite well with that. That said, I'm still getting my teaching certificate sort of as a back-up plan. I'd be equipped to teach music at any level, K-12, but I'd prefer to teach elementary music.
In that thread I was talking about cosplay, and even though I still sew a little, my favorite project is still my first cosplay. It was my first sewing project in over 10 years, so I was really nervous about it, but I was surprised to find that my previous sewing knowledge all started coming back to me. My costume didn't use a pattern, but rather just a reference photo of a fictional, animated character, and I ended up having dozens of experienced cosplayers tell me it was one of the most accurate representations of that character they'd ever seen. That made me quite happy as both a nerd and a seamstress ^_^
Haha, aww, you put so much thought into this thread! That's why your threads are awesome. Well, I don't usually share how my parents met, because some people misunderstand and actually think it was a mail-order bride type of situation, which it very certainly was not, but I'd be willing to try and explain here.
My dad and I both share a love for learning about new cultures. In his younger days, he had a habit of maintaining penpals from all over the world, just for the sake of learning fascinating things about their countries and cultures. He had a small handful of male and female penpals from the Philippines, because he thought it was such a beautiful and interesting country. Over time, he started to see my mother's virtuous character and compassionate heart through her letters, and he began to favor her over all his other contacts. The letters between them became more and more frequent, and the number of penpals he corresponded with decreased until he was only writing to her.
On my mother's side, she had corresponded with Americans before and she was usually quite unimpressed, especially with the men, because they would typically have no care for her as a unique person but would jump quite quickly to marriage proposals, and brag about all the wealth they could provide to her as a poor little Filipino girl, and my mama simply wouldn't put up with it. My dad was different, though. Aside from telling her fascinating stories about a far-away land called Alaska, his letters were always focused on his faith in Christ. This intrigued her because she had grown up in a very religious Filipino-Roman Catholic background, and all she knew was religion, not faith. He would leave bible verse references at the bottom of his signature, and out of curiosity she would look them up every time. She wanted to know more about this Christ, because He didn't sound like the Christ she'd learned about in church, and she wanted to know more about this penpal who loved Christ so much.
Eventually, my dad came to visit the Philippines, and my mom toured him around to several beautiful locations on multiple different islands. They were always accompanied by at least a few of her 6 brothers or some close female friends, in order to protect her reputation from scandalous rumors. (At the time and in her community, if a filipina woman was seen with a western man, there was immediately an assumption that there was an inappropriate exchange of money/sex)
After returning to Alaska, the letters became more and more marriage minded. Questions like "may I visit you again?", or "would you like to visit Alaska?" became more frequent, and one very important letter ended was very short and the bible reference at the bottom was John 14:3.
One day he told her that he had shipped her a package and it should be at a particular delivery area at a certain date and time. When she went to go pick up the package, she found instead that it was my dad himself. He went and asked her father for permission to marry her, then they filled out the paperwork for a fiancee visa and he went back to Alaska, and she followed him shortly on a first-class flight (her first flight ever, actually) all the way to Alaska. They wed two weeks later in a small filipino church, and she wore a dress that her aunts had handmade for her. That's right, my super romantic dad never actually got on one knee and said "will you marry me", and we still joke about that today. He figured he had been "obvious enough" with that bible verse I posted above, and with the fiancee visa. *facepalm* Oh well, I still think they're cute, and my parents find it funny that my dad is currently on an extended trip in the Philippines and my mama is here in Alaska. At least they have internet access this time around
Anyway, that's my long-winded story. Hope I didn't bore everyone out of their minds.
My current plan is to finish school. I'm majoring in music with an emphasis in education. After my bachelor's degree I'll go into our post-bachelor program and get my teaching certificate. After that.. well technically I want to be a private music instructor (I mostly focus on piano but I also teach guitar, flute, and voice). I want to be a stay-at-home mom some day and teaching private lessons from home is something that works out quite well with that. That said, I'm still getting my teaching certificate sort of as a back-up plan. I'd be equipped to teach music at any level, K-12, but I'd prefer to teach elementary music.
In that thread I was talking about cosplay, and even though I still sew a little, my favorite project is still my first cosplay. It was my first sewing project in over 10 years, so I was really nervous about it, but I was surprised to find that my previous sewing knowledge all started coming back to me. My costume didn't use a pattern, but rather just a reference photo of a fictional, animated character, and I ended up having dozens of experienced cosplayers tell me it was one of the most accurate representations of that character they'd ever seen. That made me quite happy as both a nerd and a seamstress ^_^
LoveNeverFails: I thought of this question for you a week ago before I made this thread, but when I posted the thread I was running on only a few hours sleep and forgot it, so here it is now . You mentioned that your parents had a long distance relationship. Could you share the story? It sounds really sweet .
. You mentioned that your parents had a long distance relationship. Could you share the story? It sounds really sweet .
Well, I don't usually share how my parents met, because some people misunderstand and actually think it was a mail-order bride type of situation, which it very certainly was not, but I'd be willing to try and explain here. My dad and I both share a love for learning about new cultures. In his younger days, he had a habit of maintaining penpals from all over the world, just for the sake of learning fascinating things about their countries and cultures. He had a small handful of male and female penpals from the Philippines, because he thought it was such a beautiful and interesting country. Over time, he started to see my mother's virtuous character and compassionate heart through her letters, and he began to favor her over all his other contacts. The letters between them became more and more frequent, and the number of penpals he corresponded with decreased until he was only writing to her.
On my mother's side, she had corresponded with Americans before and she was usually quite unimpressed, especially with the men, because they would typically have no care for her as a unique person but would jump quite quickly to marriage proposals, and brag about all the wealth they could provide to her as a poor little Filipino girl, and my mama simply wouldn't put up with it. My dad was different, though. Aside from telling her fascinating stories about a far-away land called Alaska, his letters were always focused on his faith in Christ. This intrigued her because she had grown up in a very religious Filipino-Roman Catholic background, and all she knew was religion, not faith. He would leave bible verse references at the bottom of his signature, and out of curiosity she would look them up every time. She wanted to know more about this Christ, because He didn't sound like the Christ she'd learned about in church, and she wanted to know more about this penpal who loved Christ so much.
Eventually, my dad came to visit the Philippines, and my mom toured him around to several beautiful locations on multiple different islands. They were always accompanied by at least a few of her 6 brothers or some close female friends, in order to protect her reputation from scandalous rumors. (At the time and in her community, if a filipina woman was seen with a western man, there was immediately an assumption that there was an inappropriate exchange of money/sex)
After returning to Alaska, the letters became more and more marriage minded. Questions like "may I visit you again?", or "would you like to visit Alaska?" became more frequent, and one very important letter ended was very short and the bible reference at the bottom was John 14:3.
One day he told her that he had shipped her a package and it should be at a particular delivery area at a certain date and time. When she went to go pick up the package, she found instead that it was my dad himself.
He went and asked her father for permission to marry her, then they filled out the paperwork for a fiancee visa and he went back to Alaska, and she followed him shortly on a first-class flight (her first flight ever, actually) all the way to Alaska. They wed two weeks later in a small filipino church, and she wore a dress that her aunts had handmade for her. That's right, my super romantic dad never actually got on one knee and said "will you marry me", and we still joke about that today. He figured he had been "obvious enough" with that bible verse I posted above, and with the fiancee visa. *facepalm* Oh well, I still think they're cute, and my parents find it funny that my dad is currently on an extended trip in the Philippines and my mama is here in Alaska. At least they have internet access this time around Anyway, that's my long-winded story. Hope I didn't bore everyone out of their minds.
G
Answering catty:
least favorite Chore ? Keeping my storage areas/warehouse organized, vehicles clean. Not a fan of either , try to be, though.
most favorite: taking things to the dump, I love to throw stuff away, it's sooo exhilarating !
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aww, what a sweet story ,HisLoveneverfails. Your dad did things RIGHT, His way !
And ,what was the short 'very important' message that your dad wrote to your mom accompanied by John 14:3 I was wondering ?
That is an oddity, but, very cool, too, never did say 'Will you marry me.' Was that not important in Phillipines tradition or why did your dad never ask those words?
Sorry, everyone else wanting a question, I got nothing
OH, I forgot to fully answer jilly too, I better. 'Investment merchandise' is just my way of saying things I'm buying low, hence, investing in that will appreciate in value.
least favorite Chore ? Keeping my storage areas/warehouse organized, vehicles clean. Not a fan of either , try to be, though.
most favorite: taking things to the dump, I love to throw stuff away, it's sooo exhilarating !
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aww, what a sweet story ,HisLoveneverfails. Your dad did things RIGHT, His way !
And ,what was the short 'very important' message that your dad wrote to your mom accompanied by John 14:3 I was wondering ?
That is an oddity, but, very cool, too, never did say 'Will you marry me.' Was that not important in Phillipines tradition or why did your dad never ask those words?
Sorry, everyone else wanting a question, I got nothing
OH, I forgot to fully answer jilly too, I better. 'Investment merchandise' is just my way of saying things I'm buying low, hence, investing in that will appreciate in value.
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It's weird to see a picture of deck scrubber when you're OFF work. ^^0 Going in again to cover a few more hours tonight anyway, though. Yay for 12 hour work days!! Lol.
It's all good. I actually got to have a really good diner with a fellow coworker of mine who is also in ministry. We had some good convo over German food and drink. Honestly, one of the highlights of me week.
It's all good. I actually got to have a really good diner with a fellow coworker of mine who is also in ministry. We had some good convo over German food and drink. Honestly, one of the highlights of me week.
K
I love cleaning. There I said it. It's therapeutic, especially with loud music. The scent of lilac Spic N Span is amazing.
Least favorite: Ironing ... ack
Most rewarding: Cleaning my closet. I find stuff I forgot I had. It's like shopping and doesn't cost me anything.
Least favorite: Ironing ... ack
Most rewarding: Cleaning my closet. I find stuff I forgot I had.
It's like shopping and doesn't cost me anything.