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[Saint Peter]

That is very feng shui of you, Petey. Where do you keep your Vic Firths, tho?

Those are kept in the Reunion Blues leather stick bag.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

It's just me, myself and I, so...

Housecleaning: Moi (as needed)

Laundry: Moi (weekly)

Grocery shopping: Moi (as needed)

Cooking: Moi (4-5 days a week, tho' sometimes impromptu takeout binge weeks happen)

Dry Cleaning: Outsourced to these dudes down the avenue that get 'em nice n' crisp, haven't ironed my good button-downs in ages

Lawn mowing/Snow shoveling: Lawn is non-existent, super takes care of the blizzard days

 

[thør]

There is nothing more Alaska than the shit you just said above.

I do spout a lot of shit.

 

[Emerson40]

My wife does most of the grocery shopping, but a couple times a month I will hit the butcher / fish monger / farmer’s market to razzle-matazz some awesome eats for the family. This usually happens on weekends.
We shop for food, clothing, and booze ourselves, in brick and mortar buildings, but we’ll buy gear, tools, tickets, furniture, electronics, books, and book appointments, flights, hotels, courses, and even coffee online, or with apps.

Mrs. E rearranged her career so she could take on an even bigger job - stay-at-home Mom (which is a full-time gig itself, and then some) - so we both clean (dishes after meals, laundry, etc) and share in the cooking, but my wife does most of the housework and keeps house, and I tackle the yard work. The kids help out with some minor chores, and we all do our bit and have fun in the garden. I usually iron my own shirts, because I find it quite relaxing, almost meditative.

We’ll use a laundry service when we are traveling, as it allows us to pack light and our time is better spent experiencing our holiday.

We eat out as a family a couple times a month, unless we are out and about on an adventure or weekend holiday.

Major work on the vehicles and anything substantial with the house is left to the pros.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

What does it take to get a strawberry waffle in this joint?

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[ThatsTheGuy]

Following up on my grocery shopping thread, the great life quandary of shopping for sustenance vs. shopping for experience, I am pondering other cultural shifts related to the struggle of time vs. home labor.

Grocery app ordering and delivery.
Outsourcing housecleaning.
Hiring someone to do the garden work.

Where are you in that stage in life? Do you want to spend time cleaning and gardening? Does it bug you how much time you have to spend on it?

My internal struggle is... Am I bougie or realistic about my free time for labor?

Have you ditched your adult responsibilities in order to create more leisure time or an easier life?

Or do you find joy in stuff like cleaning your house or grocery shopping? I want to know.

Poll (pole) to follow.

Is it okay if I post 'whatever' so long as I keep it in perspective?

Grocery places are 1st and foremost on my mind when it comes to such things, but I love me some cool 'discount' salvage stores and charity places from time to time.

 

[Sinny]

I spread the floor with flesh-eating bacteria to dispose of the fried chicken crumbs.

Oh! A new form of indoor composting.

Those are kept in the Reunion Blues leather stick bag.

It's just me, myself and I, so...

Housecleaning: Moi (as needed)

Laundry: Moi (weekly)

Grocery shopping: Moi (as needed)

Cooking: Moi (4-5 days a week, tho' sometimes impromptu takeout binge weeks happen)

Dry Cleaning: Outsourced to these dudes down the avenue that get 'em nice n' crisp, haven't ironed my good button-downs in ages

Lawn mowing/Snow shoveling: Lawn is non-existent, super takes care of the blizzard days

Q: have you ever done one of those meal kit services? I am guessing no because you love to cook and don't seem to have trouble coming up with good recipes, but thought I would ask.

I do spout a lot of shit.

Well, at least it is useful or entertaining shit.

Major work on the vehicles and anything substantial with the house is left to the pros.

Those are 2 things I never would do myself because I do not want to blow myself up or electrocute my family on accident.

Is it okay if I post 'whatever' so long as I keep it in perspective?

Grocery places are 1st and foremost on my mind when it comes to such things, but I love me some cool 'discount' salvage stores and charity places from time to time.

Wait, what?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Q: have you ever done one of those meal kit services? I am guessing no because you love to cook and don't seem to have trouble coming up with good recipes, but thought I would ask.

I think those services are a good idea, but only for those who have the money to burn like that and who have careers that are solidly rooted in the fast track to not have time to devote to doing their own meals. They help you get along. Nothing bad with that.

But even if I could afford them, I'd get tired of it fast. I can't see me truly enjoying eating those, only using them for hole-filling. That's not eating to me.

When I go to Sunny & Annie's down in the East Village, the best sandwich joint on Earth plus kick-ass homemade soups, there's no meal kit service that can swerve this quality joy and happiness.

https://s1.insidehook.com/SunnyAndAnnies__1471987424.jpg



also my lifestyle has a sort of chaotic rhythm to it? I can't stick around the crib waiting for that truck or the Amazon dot.com peeps to come around. I prefer bouncing out when my head tells me to get off my ass and do something. It's a symptom of single living. If I had other people here to navigate around and care for, it'd be totally different.

 

[Sinny]

I think those services are a good idea, but only for those who have the money to burn like that and who have careers that are solidly rooted in the fast track to not have time to devote to doing their own meals. They help you get along. Nothing bad with that.

But even if I could afford them, I'd get tired of it fast. I can't see me truly enjoying eating those, only using them for hole-filling. That's not eating to me.

When I go to Sunny & Annie's down in the East Village, the best sandwich joint on Earth plus kick-ass homemade soups, there's no meal kit service that can swerve this quality joy and happiness.

https://s1.insidehook.com/SunnyAndAnnies__1471987424.jpg



also my lifestyle has a sort of chaotic rhythm to it? I can't stick around the crib waiting for that truck or the Amazon dot.com peeps to come around. I prefer bouncing out when my head tells me to get off my ass and do something. It's a symptom of single living. If I had other people here to navigate around and care for, it'd be totally different.

In have pretty much come to that place, too. I don't want to sit around for delivery. I also don't want to pay $45 per meal.

There are so many great and inexpensive and mostly healthy Vietnamese and Thai places around me that cost about the same as meal delivery. I rely on them for takeout when I need to fill the dinner gap a night a week or so. Plus, the kids love banh mi, spring rolls and pho. Cheap, filling, high quality food. Healthy if you lay off the soy and hoison sauces. Our local places do low sodium broth by default and you can get veggie noodles instead of high carb rice noodles at every pho joint here.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

Wait, what?

With all the chaos on lit, the tech glitches, and witch hunts - I came here in the middle of all that. Whenever I post - it seems I'm a drama magnet for alts thinking I'm someone's alt or someone from lit's past. I mean, I can't be everyone's everything or whatever they think I am - but it seems to be quite the thing for folks here to do. Especially w/infamous posters and misguided mods gone wild.

Anyway, combine all of the above w/my charming personality and quick wit, this can be a problem no matter where I post. I'm like the fastest gun in the west and every cow poke w/a bb gun wants to 'take me down' and/or anyone posting to or with me. I'm sure some misguided hombre will be along any moment now to take me down to "have their say".

I'll leave it at that.

 

[raindancer]

I do everything and I'm very tired.
I need a wife or something.

 

[Sinny]

With all the chaos on lit, the tech glitches, and witch hunts - I came here in the middle of all that. Whenever I post - it seems I'm a drama magnet for alts thinking I'm someone's alt or someone from lit's past. I mean, I can't be everyone's everything or whatever they think I am - but it seems to be quite the thing for folks here to do. Especially w/infamous posters and misguided mods gone wild.

Anyway, combine all of the above w/my charming personality and quick wit, this can be a problem no matter where I post. I'm like the fastest gun in the west and every cow poke w/a bb gun wants to 'take me down' and/or anyone posting to or with me. I'm sure some misguided hombre will be along any moment now to take me down to "have their say".

I'll leave it at that.

Huh. My question was mereley regarding how off topic your comment was. You might get better results in this place if you post on topic or contribute to the conversation. I have no idea why you mentioned salvage stores in the context of house labor and not wanting to do it. Perhaps you misunderstood the thought process of this thread? It happens to all of us.

You get out of this place what you put into it. If you aren't enjoying your time here and feel maligned, take a look at what your footprint here looks like and change it if you need to.

 

[Sinny]

I do everything and I'm very tired.
I need a wife or something.

Truth. As do I.

 

[Saint Peter]

Truth. As do I.

Please post picture of house and nice truck.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

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[Sinny]

Please post picture of house and nice truck.

( . ) ( .)

Lopsided bewbs are going to have to do.

 

[raindancer]

No woman wants my crappy truck.
I am doomed.

 

[Shay_M_Less]

I do mostly everything myself and split a few chores with the kids so they don’t grow up thinking it’s all their wifes’ job to tend house and chores. But honestly, it’s so easy now, living where I do, with my tidy little home, well landscaped yard and close proximity to amenities beyond my needs that the chores don’t really feel like chores at all, not after what I have managed in the past.

 

[warrior queen]

I do everything from grocery shopping to housework to gardening to repairs...
But I am a control freak with OCD, so there's that.

 

[JugheadJane]

I live in a country in SEAsia where most people have a maid. I don’t have one, though because, as an expat, I’m totally unaccustomed to relying that heavily on someone else for day to day stuff.

Grocery shopping: Online w/ free delivery. Many people in this country don’t own a car so online grocery shopping is the most popular way to buy groceries.
Yard work: I live in a high rise apartment, so there is zero yard work to do.
House work: All me.
Laundry: All me (I have laundry OCD).
Cooking: All me. 3 meals a day, 6 days a week.
Ironing: This is the only thing I refuse to do.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

Following up on my grocery shopping thread, the great life quandary of shopping for sustenance vs. shopping for experience, I am pondering other cultural shifts related to the struggle of time vs. home labor.

Grocery app ordering and delivery.
Outsourcing housecleaning.
Hiring someone to do the garden work.

Where are you in that stage in life? Do you want to spend time cleaning and gardening? Does it bug you how much time you have to spend on it?

My internal struggle is... Am I bougie or realistic about my free time for labor?

Have you ditched your adult responsibilities in order to create more leisure time or an easier life?

Or do you find joy in stuff like cleaning your house or grocery shopping? I want to know.

Poll (pole) to follow.

Huh. My question was mereley regarding how off topic your comment was. You might get better results in this place if you post on topic or contribute to the conversation. I have no idea why you mentioned salvage stores in the context of house labor and not wanting to do it. Perhaps you misunderstood the thought process of this thread? It happens to all of us.

You get out of this place what you put into it. If you aren't enjoying your time here and feel maligned, take a look at what your footprint here looks like and change it if you need to.

My bad. I thought I was being super polite and respectful - NO ONE here takes the time to ask the OP such a question.I should have realized this is a public form open to interpretation and asking is simply stupid. Not sure what you mean by going "off topic" when I was addressing that specifically.

My guess is your thread is ONLY the following:

Grocery app ordering and delivery.
Outsourcing housecleaning.
Hiring someone to do the garden work.


Yes or no would suffice in that respect. I guess salvage stores (which also sells such items that have been mentioned in this thread thus far) or anything else I mentioned in the post you responded to isn't considered part of your forte'.

My apologies for inviting such patronizeation.

Nonetheless, good day or night to you Sinny.

 

[EllieTalbot]

My financial situation is often feast or famine, but always, and I mean always... unless I'm physically incapable of doing it myself, I do it myself. I like things the way I like them, and there's so much more satisfaction in a job well done when you do it yourself.

The question is: how often do I do these jobs? The answer is: as necessity dictates. And necessity fluctuates.

Random in Romania,
Ellie