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"You ladies are amazing..."

My dear Gabz...that was then...this is how I now iron:

#1)Tumble clothes in dryer and remove one garment at a time and hang on hanger while still damp.
#2) Pull seams straight then spray the heck out of said garments with Downy Wrinkle Releaser.
#3) Hang garments (on hangers) on shower curtain rod in downstairs bathroom until dry and the wrinkles have(for the most part) fallen out.
#4) Use iron as door stop.

My house cleaning follows the LadyX's rule of thumb. People are just so much more engaging than mopping floors and dusting.

Now, are you *still* in awe? (grin) And don't even ask me about cooking!

ROFL!!!!!!!!!

My house cleaning rules are pretty much the same as yours and LadyX - as long as the dishes, sheets, towels, and clothes are clean - the rest can wait til I get off line!!!!!

Cooking is a different story - that is something I absolutely LOVE to do - but in such a way that I don't have to do it all the time......I love to cook in mass quantities and then freeze everything.

Within the next couple of weeks I will seemingly drop off the face of the planet when the canner and dehydrator come out of hiding with the onset of all the fresh produce.

"My house cleaning follows the LadyX's rule of thumb. People are just so much more engaging than mopping floors and dusting.

Now, are you *still* in awe? (grin) And don't even ask me about cooking!"

Lakeside, I am convinced you and I are "Cleaning Clones" - - as in The Less, The Better!!
LOL

When your health is compromised for many years, can't afford cleaning services, you work full time with a commuting distance of 20 miles, and would rather spend "free time" mowing and weed eating and growing flowers or reading or writing instead, you have long ago decided cleaning has been kicked down to "Essentials, If You're Lucky" status.

As for 'cooking,' there is a wooden sign over my stove that says "CLOSED."
'Minimalistic' best describes my approach (BIG grin).

Years ago, living in a rented house in 1972 in Ft. Pierce, Florida, although in a main section, the street (as was true of many there then) was unpaved.
The house was not air conditioned (put window unit in the master bedroom so we could dress for work without perspiring), so nearly all the time the jalousie windows were wide open to catch the breezes.

They also allowed billows of dust and grit to coat the window glass and the terrazo floors and whole interior..:((
It was impossible to keep it spotless.

Add to that, with only one car, I had to get the children off to school, drive my husband 22 miles to his work - drive back 20 to my work - in the evening, reverse course 22 to get him, and back 22 to home).

One day my neighbor and I were discussing such challenges, and she asked my criteria for cleaning,
My response to that was "If the windows are dirty enough for the neighborhood children to scrawl messages on them with their fingers, then it is time to clean them..."

You cannot always be what you ought to be..:))