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What household job are you putting off right now?

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Playmobil4Eva · 10/04/2025 10:01

Mine is doing a deep clean of the bathrooms! Was meant to do it yesterday but ended up going shopping in the city instead- then I was going to do it first thing this morning but am doing laundry instead!
other jobs that keep falling down the to do list are hanging up pictures and ordering a bathroom cabinet!

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ThreeB · 10/04/2025 16:17

Cleaning the floor as I decided to build a patio instead 😂

BatteryPoweredPeacock · 10/04/2025 16:18

Sanding and repainting the woodwork in the last 3 rooms. I've done the rest of the house but the last 3 rooms have been put off for over a year now. I really MUST get them done!

Twinkletoes10 · 10/04/2025 16:28

Laundry 🙈😩

Bringbackspring · 10/04/2025 17:55

So many things. My procrastination efforts are a skill of their own!

Whole house could do with a dust and hoover, and the kitchen floor definitely needs mopping. Thinking about it now... the car is full of junk that needs binning. But as soon as I'm not in the car, the car ceases to exist in my mind. So I only remember when I next sit in the car!

I did change the bedding at the weekend and I'm fairly caught on laundry for once, so I'm taking that as a win. I also finished off a DIY project that had been lingering too long, and booked my routine health review which I'd forgotten to do for weeks.

Bringbackspring · 10/04/2025 17:57

BatteryPoweredPeacock · 10/04/2025 16:18

Sanding and repainting the woodwork in the last 3 rooms. I've done the rest of the house but the last 3 rooms have been put off for over a year now. I really MUST get them done!

I completely identify with this! I've been re-painting all the doors, door frames and skirting in every room upstairs. Three years on and I've still not completely finished. I have at least done all the doors/frames. Just the skirting to do, and I keep finding reasons not to start

Jellycatspyjamas · 10/04/2025 18:32

I’ve done a tonne of laundry and even managed to put it away, taking advantage of the lovely weather to get things dry.

I’m totally avoiding cleaning the carpets - my kids tracked in soot and ash after walking over a burnt area of fields behind our house. I’ve hoovered bit need to get the carpet cleaner out. Can’t be arsed.

Nannyfannybanny · 10/04/2025 18:39

Vacuuming the floors, I do have a valid excuse, although the amount of dog hair is driving me nuts
. Both my dogs had anaesthetic yesterday,both border collies, the youngest was spayed, she is very reactive to the sound of the vacuum cleaner, she goes for it though, not scared of it.. she has to rest up for 48 hours, only going in the garden for toileting purposes, for the next 3 days..we will be knee deep in fur by then.

Augustus40 · 10/04/2025 18:43

The annual springcleaning. YAWN!

Lastfroginthebox · 02/12/2025 22:45

Putting up the second one of a pair of shelves. The first one turned out to be much more awkward than I expected so that put me off. I hoped to have them done before Christmas but it's unlikely now.

MoondustandFairies · 02/12/2025 23:02

All of it .... I'm in sympathy with all of you.
I should be cleaning the shower right now but I can't be arsed & I'm on my phone instead.
Should be trying to feel the Christmas spirit & decorate the tree (but its still in in the roof space!!)
Should be thinking of what's for tea & getting something out to thaw
...... and another day whizzes by 😁

NormanSicily · 02/12/2025 23:05

Good scrub of the bathroom and it's ceiling. It tends to get a bit mouldy at this time of year. The specks wipe away with a bit of bleach. But it's a right arse to do. I've scheduled it In as a joint task with DH this weekend!

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