Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for June 24, 2018

This brings back memories of when my husband & I first got married. We tried to assign tasks for each other, but different chores kept shifting from one of us to the other, so we just did what we did. One of my favorite memories was: one house – a mobile home – had a carpeted living room and a formica kitchen floor, but no real wall between. We’d put on the music loud, he’d vacuum the living room, I’d mop the kitchen, & we’d be goofing around to the music at the same time. So much fun!

Oh, for the love of …

I wish these two nut=jobs would just DO the work and not talk ABOUT it so much. I think my head exploded from such a giant [eye-roll] …

HI, MOM. Good Sunday Morning, “Cathy” Clan.

I enjoy taking care of a house that I love. I enjoy living in a nice, clean, uncluttered area. To get that….I do it myself. Then it gets done, and done just the way I like it. No nagging required. I also like being a “girl”, so give me all those “girl” jobs. I don’t mind a bit.

Oh, for Heaven’s sake! In the time they spent arguing whose “job” it was to sweep the porch, it could have been long done and forgotten about by now! :-/

Meanwhile, I’d much rather do the “girl” jobs around here than the “boy” ones any old day of the week. I did 4 loads of laundry yesterday in a nice, cool house while my husband mowed our huge yard in near-90° temps. because it has been neglected for a little too long while we’ve been reno-vating the terrace level of our house for my mother to live in. If that were me, I’d just “call the guy” because there’s no amount of money in the world you could have paid me to do that kind of work in that kind of heat! :-P

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Hi, rgcviper! :-)

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Hello and Happy Sunday, fellow Cathy fans. Hope everyone had a really great weekend! :-)

Way back when we were first married and both working we settled on a standard – whoever got home first cooked supper and whoever did not cook supper did the dishes. For mornings, whoever get’s up last makes the bed. Now that my wife is retired she does most of the cooking so I do the dishes most of the nights. I work late so get up late so I usually make the bed. The cooking/dishes exception is on BBQ nights – since I am helping with the cooking, she helps with the dishes. Works out quite well. Now for housecleaning, shopping, and laundry things are a little different. Since I spend 10-12 hours a day working on the computer (note that is working not gaming) I don’t shop. When I need a break I will help with the cleaning etc. Of course there are always exceptions but there is no such thing as girl jobs and boy jobs around here.

It has been a great weekend here, hope you are having one too.

My husband and I take turns doing various chores. We have a chart who’s turn it is week to week. Except for mowing and grocery shopping. I grocery shop because my husband hates it (and I like it better when I go by myself anyway), so he does the mowing. Works for us!

We have a fairly loose arrangement…he vacs, mows, does the heavy stuff….I start dinner, sometimes he finishes and cleans up. We shop together and each do our own laundry. I do the dusting, clean the kitchen, bathroom, and take care of plants inside and some outside. We both still work, so the house isn’t always perfect, but we try.