Riddle me this my dear blog readers….
What’s sometimes dirty, occasionally sweaty, always outdoors and only occurs 4-5 months every year?
Having some trouble with this one?? Well, let me give you a few hints…
- I do the laundry
- I do the cooking
- I buy the bulk of the groceries
- I clean up the house each week
- I water the plants every week
Any ideas yet?
Ok, here are some more clues……
- Hubby mows the lawn
- Hubby edges the flower beds
- Hubby maintains our swimming pool
- Hubby power washes our patio
- Hubby blows the leaves from our driveway
Are you starting to get the picture? If not, I’ll give you a little assistance.
The answer to this riddle is: Hubby’s Chores!
My follow up question: How come hubby’s chores seem to be seasonal and mine seem to be 365 days a year?
I’ll admit it… many chores around our house fall into stereotypical male/female buckets. Hubby does the bulk of our outdoor maintenance and I do the bulk of the indoor maintenance. That’s not to say that we don’t cross over into each others area sometimes
- I’ve seen hubby stop at the grocery store to buy a few necessary items (God forbid we are without his diet soda at our house!)
- I’ve heard hubby start the dishwasher (how can he eat ice cream if the designated “ice cream” bowls are all dirty??) *see hubby’s other OCD oddities here*
- I’ve watched hubby pull out the Clorox Clean-Up to wipe the kitchen counters (yes.. .this was after much nagging… but he DID do it!)
On the flip side..
- I have spent hours mulching flower beds, weeding & planting
- I have power washed all of our patio furniture
- I have built an outdoor shower area with a teak paver patio
So, I have to wonder how come hubby gets to relax for 6-7 months in the “off-season” while I toil away on my weekly and daily chores 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
An interesting question if I do say so myself………
Hubby response to my pondering: “Well, if you want all that other stuff done every day, all year, I guess you have to do it. Cause I either won’t notice it needs to be done or (probably more accurately) I don’t care about it the same way you do.”
As always… he’s filled with such wisdom!
Case closed.
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LOL I enjoy ths post…. and since I came to this blog just now I’ve been digging into several of your posts
I Love your site 
And as a hubby myself…. I personally HATE outside work. I’d rather clean the house than mow the lawn and stuff…. LOL
Thanks so much for stopping by!
It really is too bad we can’t all just avoid the chores that we don’t like. I can only wish that magical fairies will come by to weed or scrub the toilets!