[mark yundt]

As long as your house is messy enough to be happy and clean enough to be healthy go carve something.Life and creativity is too important to be ignored in favor of a spotless floor.I think you should do something to nourish your "soul" ,,you'll be better off for it in the long run,,physically and mentally,,,besides,,the floor isn't going anywhere.Don't punish yourself with guilt,,you are supposed to enjoy yourself,,and lets face it,,as far as I know,,there are no "do overs" in this world,,so do it now.I know after I'm gone,,the floor will still get dirty.

[BobD]

I guess it comes down to...how do you want to be remembered....

She carved wonderful things that the family loved...
or
She had floors so clean you could eat off them...

PS...Jamie...I've got to get over there to set up your dust collector!!!!

Bob

[jillsy]

Problem with that Bob is - I want all of it! The clean house, time with the kids, dinner for hubby, laundry done, etc - plus, time to carve to relieve myself from all the stress trying to do all this stuff!

Guilt...ain't it a b*tch?!

Jillsy

[BobD]

I understand.

My wife is very clean and organized...how she ended up with me, I don' t know <GRIN>

When we first got together, I was a slob...plain and simple. But I've learned how cleaning and organizing things improves my life. And I've convinced her that she doesn't need to clean the floors once a day...once a week is plenty.

We both work full time, and share the responsibilities (I do laundry, dishes, and take care of the animals, she cooks, organizes us, remembers birthdays, etc., vaccuums and helps me fold clothes). We both work together on the finances.

Bob

[Wolf Kiessling]

Originally Posted by Alice in Wonderland

The dilemma of a housewife/carver
Every day the decisions have to be made . Do I do my housework/cook clean wash?? OR do I go into my corner ,hide and carve , and wait for the dreaded call "Where is my Lunch/Dinner???" How do you girls manage this ??? Any good ideas? I am running out off excuses. Somebody ones said : You have priorities ,follow them" Ja right, a man said this.
Should I say more?? Alice
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I get the idea, Alice, from reading your post that you feel your carving time is suffering because of the need to accomplish domestic chores, particularly since your husband expects this. Your post ending seems a little snide when you refer to "a man said follow your priorities".

I think you should be able to balance out your time however feels satisfactory to YOU, not necessarily your husband. My wife died a little over two years ago and now I have to perform those domestic chores that she used to do. As a result, my carving time has suffered. However, I don't begrude that because we gotta do what we gotta do. .....

I used to brag about how I was able to spend six to eight hours a day in the shop/studio but, of course, I can no longer do that. Still, I have gotten used to it and it ain't so bad. It takes my shop longer now to get messy enough to require clean up so that helps balance things out...... lol

I don't know why I posted this, it seems silly now..........

[Irish]

Originally Posted by Alice in Wonderland

The dilemma of a housewife/carver
Every day the decisions have to be made . Do I do my housework/cook clean wash?? OR do I go into my corner ,hide and carve , and wait for the dreaded call "Where is my Lunch/Dinner???" How do you girls manage this ??? Any good ideas? I am running out off excuses. Somebody ones said : You have priorities ,follow them" Ja right, a man said this.
Should I say more?? Alice
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In consideration of this Forum's Bill of Rights I have hesitated to reply to this ... as no matter how I approach your opening post I come up with Flaming Women's Lib responses which are best left to other forums or depending on the company totally to myself as I might inadvertently say something like "I didn't come with a written guarantees of slavery duties that I was required to fulfill!"

Or I might ask "What, you can't do dishes ... are your hands broken ... should I dial 911?" I might even really slip and open my mouth and say something like "I am an equal adult in this partnership just like you, so if I am qualified to do dishes so are you!"

And in careful thought of what I might say or do I would have to included that I might go searching in our "Must Save" file drawer when asked why there are no clean underwear in his drawers and when he asked why and what I was looking for I would clearly say "Your birth certificate because I want to see if your first name is Lord and your second name Master, I thought it was just Mike!"

And if really pushed I might accidentally just come back and say, "Take it up with Gloria and Hillary!" Plus I don't need to post here that I don't give excuses to ANYONE, Period, end of sentence.

If I posted to this thread I might even go over the edge of sanity and stamp my feet, slam my closed fist against the counter and scream at the top of my lungs .... "I do not need to HIDE myself or my carvings in a closet ... CREATIVITY IS NOT A DISEASE!"

So in total, careful and deep consideration to this forum and it's Bill of Rights and it's diverse membership and really never wanting to overstep my position here on the forum I think I will abstain from commenting.

But it was an interesting question, Alice.

Susan

[BobD]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

Thanks Susan.

I'm so glad you didn't respond...your un-response made my day!!!!

Bob

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Susan....................you are flat out sneaky!

[susieq]

Susan......you are my hero!

[AlArchie]

Mine, too, Susan.......somehow you seem to have it all together. Would you stop over and try cleaning my shop someday? Karen refuses to do that......sometimes I just don't know what gets into that woman.

Hoooo, boy, am I gonna get it now!

Al