The Bachelor/ette's Homemaker's Lessons

[graceanne]

This is true, but I approach from different angle, use Windex for all purposes.

lol, me too! I love windex

 

[Sir_Winston54]

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use old socks as cleaning gloves around the house....great for dusting and geting into tight corners.

Okay, so I'll quit throwing socks away when they get a hole in 'em. I'll toss them in the cleaning rag drawer. (Yes, I have one. I'm Dom. Therefore, I'm AR, approaching OCD. What's yer point?)

 

[Netzach]

close cover before striking

don't leave your spoon in the thing you're microwaving

and know who to call and complain to when they don't turn on the fuckin' heat.

 

[le Dragon Noir]

Yanno, you guys are exactly the type who created the gross bachelor/ette stereotype.

Not really. I hate football, and my apartment has always been cleaner than my sisters! (Even before she had kids!) I just like to minimize cleanup. Doing it this way, you have three things to wash: the fork, the pan, and the jar the sauce came in. (Why do we need to wash glass before it goes into the recycle bin, but the beer can just gets tossed in?) But I've been using RJ's "washing while you cook" tip for years.

originally posted by Kajira Callista ...so you can scratch various body parts and not have to put down the fork.

Nope. No scratching of body parts while eating. That's just nasty, and running off to wash your hands is a total waste of time.

Originally posted by sincerely_heleneYou forgot to include the part about doing it all naked except for the black socks with the hole in the toe.

Nope again! Usually barefoot, in boxers. I don't wear socks outside of work; and the heels usually go first. That's when I toss them. However, if they sock in question is lint free, it makes a damn fine buffer for when I wax my car or my bike.

 

[graceanne]

Okay, so I'll quit throwing socks away when they get a hole in 'em. I'll toss them in the cleaning rag drawer. (Yes, I have one. I'm Dom. Therefore, I'm AR, approaching OCD. What's yer point?)

Sounding a little defensive there, aren't we?

 

[Kajira Callista]

Fabric softener sheets...to dust...actually to help limit how often you have to dust. they get rid of the static on things so dust doesnt cling to them...and ocd ppl get to throw them away and wash their hands when done.
Add rubbing alcohol to your windex, great for shiny windows and stove and stuff. i would assume also sorta antibacterial too.
Spray windex on sink toilet etc. in your bathroom before you get in the shower, the humidity leaves it so all you need to do is wipe with a paper towel
Mr clean erasers are the most wonderful invention for ppl with kids too.
Cooking is a whole 'nother story...i could write a book but that would take too long

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Sounding a little defensive there, aren't we?

Maybe sounding that way, but it was intended as humor. I find it amusing that so many people - particularly 'nillas - over the years have accused me of AR/OCD tendencies (like it's a bad thing, lol), when I've known for a long time that it's a relatively common characteristic of the Dominant personality.

 

[Kajira Callista]

hmmm i have more....disposable plastic gloves for when you have to clean out an inside of a chicken or mix meatloaf (yuck) or rub spices on things. saves dirty utensils to clean later...mix and toss out the gloves.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

When you freeze things - especially meats - get as much air as possible out of the package. Air in the package causes freezer burn and decreases the "freeze-ability lifespan" drastically.

If you're freezing leftovers, put them in a good quality ziplock bag and then put that in your freezer container, if you're one of those who like the freezer containers. That way, you can eliminate most of the air in contact with the food, while retaining stackability of the containers.

 

[Kajira Callista]

if you use ziploc bags wrap it in plastic wrap first...freezer burn is icky

 

[graceanne]

Maybe sounding that way, but it was intended as humor. I find it amusing that so many people - particularly 'nillas - over the years have accused me of AR/OCD tendencies (like it's a bad thing, lol), when I've known for a long time that it's a relatively common characteristic of the Dominant personality.

I know you were, I was just teasing you. And quite frankly I don't necessarily think that AR/OCD is just dom. I'm pretty AR/OCD myself. K likes me that way, it makes his life easier since he'd lose his head if it weren't attached.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

If you buy large quantities of meat (ground beef, 10# bags of chicken leg quarters, etc.) and break them into smaller freezable quantities for preparing a meal or two...

Sprinkle some of the meat with various spices - garlic powder or salt, lemon-pepper seasoning, etc. - before you freeze it. As the meat freezes and thaws, the seasoning seeps deeper into the fibers of the meat than it will if you just sprinkle it just before tossing it in the pan/oven/whatever.

Label the spiced meat packages with a permanent marker (Visavis or equivalent)! It's a pain to have your mouth set for lemon-pepper chicken, and end up with garlic chicken.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

When you wash clothes, hang and fold them immediately when they come out of the dryer. Then put the hung-up clothes in the closet, and the folded clothes in the proper drawer. Fewer wrinkles, and the job's all done - no "finishing" left hanging over your head.

 

[sincerely_helene]

When you wash clothes, hang and fold them immediately when they come out of the dryer. Then put the hung-up clothes in the closet, and the folded clothes in the proper drawer. Fewer wrinkles, and the job's all done - no "finishing" left hanging over your head.

You would detest living with me.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Buy a calendar with good-sized blocks of "white space" for each date. When bills come in, put the creditor and the amount to be paid in the block for the payday nearest (before) the due date. On paydays, use the calendar to remind you which bills need to be paid and how much. Write the number of the check used to pay each bill right next to the amount! This can be important if someone says, "You didn't pay us on time." "Yes, I did. I sent check #xxxx on xx/xx/xx, and it cleared my bank on xx/xx/xx + 4 days." (Don't let 'em hear the raspberry, though.)

Use the blocks for the other days for appointment notes ("Go visit mom," "Get next tattoo," etc.), reminders ("Dad's birthday," "Munch, 3 p.m.," etc.), and anything else that is important to remember.

If you're really AR, you'll probably use different colored pens for different categories of entries on the calendar.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Here is one that took me forever to get... The dishes are NOT done just because you closed the door and turned on the dishwasher. They are done when the dishwasher is finished and you take them out and put them away. If the dishwasher is emptied and you put what you use right in, there are never dirty dishes in the sink getting in the way while you are doing other stuff.

 

[m wisdom]

Buy a calendar with good-sized blocks of "white space" for each date. When bills come in, put the creditor and the amount to be paid in the block for the payday nearest (before) the due date. On paydays, use the calendar to remind you which bills need to be paid and how much. Write the number of the check used to pay each bill right next to the amount! This can be important if someone says, "You didn't pay us on time." "Yes, I did. I sent check #xxxx on xx/xx/xx, and it cleared my bank on xx/xx/xx + 4 days." (Don't let 'em hear the raspberry, though.)

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Or you could just do as I do and run everything through you internet bank. Most of my bills will show up automatically when it's time to pay them and I only need to verify them. And those companies that still don't use electronic billing I just enter the bank giro number, invoice number and what date the company should have the money and let the bank take care of it.
This does however require that you live in a country that have moved forward from still using checks (no offense).

 

[blue kat]

One of my faves. Poll your friends and find out where they excel that you don't. Then swap around. I've exchanged a gormet dinner for an oil change, and a tune up for getting a tuxedo altered to my curves. Once it's known that you reciprocate for favors; you can even call someone when the basement floods at 4 am without getting a bill that rivals the US's national bet.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Or you could just do as I do and run everything through you internet bank. Most of my bills will show up automatically when it's time to pay them and I only need to verify them. And those companies that still don't use electronic billing I just enter the bank giro number, invoice number and what date the company should have the money and let the bank take care of it.
This does however require that you live in a country that have moved forward from still using checks (no offense).

Actually, I do pay a number of bills online. However, some - like my local utility company, in a town of ~7,000 and a county of <50,000 - have not yet gotten to the point of accepting electronic payment. I still write down the online payments to remember when to make them. I also note that they were paid, and keep the confirmation notices I get for those payments, just as a cya.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

One of my faves. Poll your friends and find out where they excel that you don't. Then swap around. I've exchanged a gormet dinner for an oil change, and a tune up for getting a tuxedo altered to my curves. Once it's known that you reciprocate for favors; you can even call someone when the basement floods at 4 am without getting a bill that rivals the US's national bet.

Ah, the barter system. It can be a wonderful thing. If you're making it work for you, even on a part-time basis, congratulations. I've tried it in the past, and it worked sometimes, and didn't others, but it can be a very good thing when it does, and not all that bad even if it doesn't work real well.

 

[caela]

wow...being single and a full time working/full time student my method of running my lil apartment is just not up to par (especially to my neat freak mom's standards) can i just borrow a couple of you guys to come over and help out???

 

[Sir_Winston54]

wow...being single and a full time working/full time student my method of running my lil apartment is just not up to par (especially to my neat freak mom's standards) can i just borrow a couple of you guys to come over and help out???

It's a way of living, kiddo, not somethin' one can drop in and do every month or two.

 

[RJMasters]

A good way to prevent yucky smells from the sink garbage disposal....fed it a lemon/lime or an apple.

:::::Quick homemade doughnuts:::::


Buy the regular pillsberry dough dinner biscuts...you know the ones that you peel the side and they pop open with little oval peices of dough.

pop the center out using a plastic water bottle cap or simillar object.

Pour oil in pan till it is half full. Heat very hot...for deep frying...

Drop in dough circles...let cook one side and flip over cook other side.

Small bowl of cake frosting of choice melted in microwave...assorted plate of sprinkles, cocoanut or chopped peanuts...whatever...

From hot oil into frosting...then plop onto topping plate. Let set for 1-2 minutes and then serve up to happy kid faces.

(I don't eat doughnuts anymore)

 

[caela]

lol Sir Winston, i know it is. it is just something i have a hard time doing when i have so little time...keeping the apartment spotless is on the "someday" list.

 

[CutieMouse]

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