Half a Job Legs

lindalegs

I could scream with frustration because I only ever do half a job! :roll:

Cleaning the bathroom – no way can I do the bath.

Half a job.
Cleaning the loo – can't do under the bowl and pedestal. Half a job.
Vacuuming 1 – can't change the tools so muck in crevices. Half a job.
Vacuuming 2 – can't move furniture so I go round it. Half a job.
Cooking 1 – can't peel or chop onions. Half a job.
Cooking 2 – can't lift hot, heavy cookware. Half a job.
Dusting – can't reach high or low. Half a job.
Showering – can't reach hair. Half a job.
Combing hair – can only do the front (even with long handled comb). Half a job.
Sleeping – half a night only. Half a job.
Lovemaking ……………………..well let's not go there :oops:

Many years ago I asked hubby if he had another woman and his quick reply was, "You've got to be joking I've got more than enough with half a woman" :shock: ........says it all really.

Am I alone or are you like it too?

valval

gosh this rings some bells. never manage to finnish things these days. but will keep trying and trying might manage things soon but will not hold my breath have to save enough energy for work in an afternoon.

stlucia

Ah I'm completely the same! I go around the house starting jobs and leaving chaos in my wake because I haven't had the energy to finish it!

Colin1

Hey Legs I think your one nice lady and in no way are you half a woman.
Colin

bubbles

know exactly how you feel, tried to change the beds earlier, but only got half done, as I could not move. It is frustrating beyond belief, to say the very least.

joanlawson

Well half a job done is better than none :!:

I think I used to be Superwoman in another life when I remember all the things I used to be able to do, but now I try to pace myself so that I don't overdo things. My philosophy is that life's too short to worry too much about housework anyway. I do what I can, and then get someone else to do what I can't.

gickygawky

Hi Legs,

I know what you mean about only doing half a job - I blame arthur for half of my problem and my appalling memory for the other half.

I am certain that since taking all these meds over the past few years I have become absolutely vacuous upstairs! I only do half a job on most things because I forget to do the rest!

I can be in the middle of anything and as soon as I put something down/turn it off etc. I just totter off to find something else to fiddle with leaving a trail of chaos in my wake!

I'm 34 now, goodness knows what I will be like in a few years!

Arna x

dreamdaisy

Oh I empathise, legs, but I reckon that half a job being done is better than no job being even attempted. Pride is at stake here, the choice is either fight or cede. Fight is the answer for me, every time, and you too, I think. DD

tkachev

Oh yes Linda I do my best but there is always something I can't manage like putting the hoover away, lifting the heavy pots to fill with water,same as you with the loo,reaching into the tumble dryer to get the clothes out.I hat asking others to do it for me. Deep down I am superwoman too but that just frustrates me now that I need to ask for help.

Your not an Aries are you?

Elizabeth

janie68

Oh yes! That's me too!

For me as an added 'bonus', I can only do half a job on dressing, :shock:

But it's ok, as hubby does the other half, but which half does he do and which half do I do? I'll leave you guessing on that one!

The people that matter don't care if we only do half a job anyway

Janie

Poppyg1rl

Hi Legs,
Totally understand, I manage to get the important stuff done as and when I can, I then delegate 'jobs' out to my children on a pocket money sweetener basis! Costing me a fortune but the do a bloomin good job!. Poppy X

julie47

Hi legs
it made me smile reading your post cause i too am the same
I even only make half a cuppa so I dont spill it
have a good day
juliepf x

stickywicket

Legs, great news – I think my house has found its long lost twin. The clean bits of my house are basically those that lie 2”-4” above ground level and 1” deep. Beyond those areas don’t look. Please don’t look. (I’ve found a closed door is often the best solution though husbands do have a knack of leaving them wide open – the greater the mess, the wider the door.)

My husband device (mentioned in the ‘Simple ideas’ thread) is great for hair-washing but difficult to programme for loos, baths, corners and especially skirting boards. I go round waving a flimsy, long handled duster at things which really require the elbow grease of a dozen non-arthritic elbows. My knees (stainless steel, the strongest bits of me) are permanently covered in bruises as I always use them for moving furniture.

My comb was given to me years ago by an occupational therapist during a hospital stay. It’s nothing like the usual disability ones but I can still use it.
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Luckily I’ve always been good at sleeping, especially since we got the memory foam mattress. Lovemaking? Well, it definitely aint what it used to be but we’re not ready for single beds yet.

frogmorton

Hi Legs

I loved it

'half a job' Brilliant and rang a few bells with me too and no doubt a lot of us.

Having said that I am 100% with Colin on this one....you are one lovely and WHOLE woman

Love

toni xx

barbara12

Hi Legs
Sorry you have made my day....yippee I am not on my own...the thing is I used to have a cleaning job :roll:
No way are you half a women....you are my hero
Love
Barbara xx

barbara12

tinkerbelle wrote:

have I got this mixed up with ovens? .....1. o/h bacon o/m/g........shoves the grill right up against the element errrr grr errrr :evil :evil :evil :evil no no NO..... COOL DOWN WIPE CLEAN ..... start again line grill pan ,make sure grill is red bacon will cook beautifully on the 2nd slot .....when making toast o/h ...please dont start an argument about ??????? just concentrate on not burning toast. microwave splish/splash /aplog. wipe with dish cloth almost now. ................oh sorry forgot should oven get dirty when still hot get cloth on end of long kitchen thingy wipe round bottom and sides of oven ................drink brandy........ now then toilets put loads of andrex down pan prior to anything thats not wee ............and toilet should remain cleanish for ages . cleanse tone moisturise. much more important bathroom sinks tell other half when shaving etc to remember to rinse said sink and in summer please dont wash feet in the WASH HAND BASIN ............more tips but guess my point is prevention is better than...

Hi Tinks...you do make me laugh...I love the having a break for brandy....can we have babysham with it
Barbara xx

barbara12

tinkerbelle wrote:

Hi Barbara , well discard the rubber gloves we can definately have brandy with the babycham in the middle of the afternoon to goodness we are a bad bunch xxxxTinkerbelle

I used to be a good girl......blame arthur for everything I do see you later GKs are shouting for there tea...
Barbara x

lindalegs

Well Val, Stlucia, Bubbles, Joan and DD we also have to bear in mind the old Chinese proverb that 'Person with clean house has wasted life' :shock:

Colin, Toni, Barbara and Lynn thanks for the compliment but also bear in mind Lynn that I could grown spuds behind my furniture.

Julie try a straw then you can enjoy a full cuppa

Sticky - Hi partner

Tinkerbelle - thanks for the tips with a rant :shock:

Elizabeth, yes I'm an Aries, you must be too.

Arna Don't worry 34 and a vacuous brain it's probably your hormones

Janie, you reminded me - I'm only half a dresser/undresser too - hubby's now able to do both in his sleep :oops:

and Poppy - the pocket money thing worked too when my boys were little but now they're adults and I can't afford their rates :roll:

Thanks for your input everyone - I'm so glad I'm not on my own on this one ............must go, got half a house to clean

dreamdaisy

Boring women have immaculate homes. 'Nuff said. DD

skezier

Hi Legs,

right there with you..... and I can't sweep properly so half the job and that's making a problem... then there's mopping half buckets of water and don't even start me on half the chicken shed... Oh the sheep shed I have to pay someone to do cus i can't :roll:

I so understand your frustration flower..... I get it a lot.

Cooking..... not so easy eh?

Hey one thing your not half on ... your never half a friend and that means a lot! Love Cris who must at least try to sleep cus she got a 5 am start... wouldn;t want to be her waker upper xxx

lindalegs

Hi Cris,

I can well understand you doing half a job because you do a million more jobs than me in the first place and 24 hours can't be a long enough day for you :shock:

Hope you got some restful, quality sleep before you attacked your mountain of chores today.

Lots of love

tkachev

HA Linda I am a pisces, an emotional wreck can't you tell by my threads? My OH is an aries and he never finishes anything (well only one thing) but he doesn't have arthritis as a reason. Aries are also stubborn and bossy...........is that you?


Elizabeth x

lindalegs

tkachev wrote:

HA Linda I am a pisces, an emotional wreck can't you tell by my threads? My OH is an aries and he never finishes anything (well only one thing) but he doesn't have arthritis as a reason. Aries are also stubborn and bossy...........is that you?


Elizabeth x

I'm defo bossy Elizabeth, though I like to label it 'assertive' but I'm not stubborn.

.........now what is it your OH finishes .......it could be his dinner I suppose?

mirabella

OMG! legs, so loved your post,to me you sound like a really positive whole woman.I so agree with you,but just took someone like you to say it as it is Half a job,is a better than no job!!! carry on as you are! Take care in the process Mirabella

lindalegs

Thanks Mirabella .......I agree that half a job is better than no job at all but just for a change routine and to make chores less boring it would be so exciting to do the half I can't do and decide to leave the ones I can !!!!!!!!

I'm off up to my half-made bed which is a bit crumpled 'cos I can't pull the covers up tight

tjt6768

G'night Linda, hope you get a half decent nights sleep :???: :shock:

x