Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Minor jobs you're putting off doing for no reason.

65 replies

LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:07

My espresso machine needs descaling and the steam wand needs a proper clean. I haven't done this because the descaling liquid is at the back of the bottom cupboard and I can't bend down so need my husband to get it out for me.
Have I asked him to do that? No. I have no excuse for not asking him and I'm pissing myself off with it all.

Please tell me your own minor jobs that haven't been done.

OP posts:
Undersnatch · 01/06/2021 22:09

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:09

Hoovering stairs!

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:10

Making boring life-admin phone calls

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:10

Sorting kitchen cupboards out

The list is endless, as you can probably tell! Grin

FangsForTheMemory · 01/06/2021 22:10

Planting a plant outside. I'm rubbish with plants and at the moment it's doing nicely in a pot.

honeygirlz · 01/06/2021 22:11

Taking winter clothes up to attic
Getting the hedge trimmer wire fixed so i can trim my solitary bush
Taking the old shower glass screen to the tip

CeeceeBloomingdale · 01/06/2021 22:11

Changing lightbulbs

Blueberry40 · 01/06/2021 22:13

I could literally be here all night listing minor jobs I’ve put off for too long! Usually they don’t get dealt with until they become major jobs Grin

LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:13

@Undersnatch

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin
Yes! Why are they so small but take up so much of your time and mental energy?
OP posts:
LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:16

@honeygirlz

Taking winter clothes up to attic Getting the hedge trimmer wire fixed so i can trim my solitary bush Taking the old shower glass screen to the tip
I am trying very hard to be a sensible adult and not make a joke about your bush.
OP posts:
pinkstripeycat · 01/06/2021 22:24

Putting photos in albums and staining the garden fence

Justmuddlingalong · 01/06/2021 22:29

Moving 2019's holiday to 2022. It's booked with Tui and I'm putting off starting to deal with it because I know once I've started, I'll wish I hadn't bothered my arse .

greenalltheway · 01/06/2021 22:30

Removing two small cobwebs. Pisses me off every time I walk past them.

karalime · 01/06/2021 22:30

Putting the door handle back on the living room door. I had my doors stripped and it took me 6 months before I put 3 handles back on, but I’ve lost one of the bits so need to go and buy another one for the living room.

SimonJT · 01/06/2021 22:30

Putting clothes away, I have a cleaner, if she comes and sees something on a close horse from a load she has done she shouts at me, so I make sure I do it before she comes now.

BluebellsGreenbells · 01/06/2021 22:32

Sorting out the airing cupboard

Removing the large cobweb on the bedroom wall

Taking the Christmas games hoard upstairs

MakkaPakkas · 01/06/2021 22:34

I don't think there are any minor jobs that I've not put off. Any that involve stamps and posting things will never happen

Ijustknowitstimetogo · 01/06/2021 22:35

@Undersnatch

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin
Yep I agree. Loads of things. I haven’t done them because I just don’t really want to.
peanut919 · 01/06/2021 22:35

Removing two small cobwebs. Pisses me off every time I walk past them.

Just go do it, right now. It will take you approximately 30 seconds!

greenalltheway · 01/06/2021 22:36

@peanut919 I feel attacked! Grin

SBAM · 01/06/2021 22:38

You’ve just prompted me to order my medication. It’s on repeat, I can order it via the gps website, it’s an e-prescription that goes straight to the pharmacy which is literally round the corner.... yet it’s been on my mental to do list for a few days. Typing this post probably took longer!

Spermysextowel · 01/06/2021 22:38

I should do what I’ve long been threatening to do, which is take all the Warhammer stuff that’s cluttering up my son’s room, the landing & mostly my room to the dump. He hasn’t touched it since he was about 13 & he’s 22 now. I just think about how much it cost (a lot was for birthdays & Christmas) so I should try to Gumtree it or something but I just keep tripping over boxes of it instead.

RandomMess · 01/06/2021 22:41

@Spermysextowel Ebay to find out it's value although if it's plastic and badly painted it may not be worth much Sad

clary · 01/06/2021 22:44

@Spermysextowel

I should do what I’ve long been threatening to do, which is take all the Warhammer stuff that’s cluttering up my son’s room, the landing & mostly my room to the dump. He hasn’t touched it since he was about 13 & he’s 22 now. I just think about how much it cost (a lot was for birthdays & Christmas) so I should try to Gumtree it or something but I just keep tripping over boxes of it instead.
Oh please at least put it on FB marketplace for a nominal fee. You don't even have to take loads of pix, just say xxx boxes of warhammer figures, surely someone will want it for a fiver. Then it saves you a trip and is better for the enviornment.

Anyway OP so so so many! top of the list is a for DD needs to fill in and booking my bike in for a repair. That one is even free as I have a government voucher!

Wynston · 01/06/2021 22:46

@Spermysextowel I think you should check out prices on ebay some is worth a pretty penny.