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You know how when you say to yourself... "I am not doing that again."; because you done something that made you hurt and it should not have?

 
Well... I have been flaring both RA & Fibro.
 
All weekend and this week I have been looking at how badly my shower needed to be scrubbed and all. I know hubby would not do it, so it was all left up to me.
 
Why is it that you become the most stubborn when you are flaring more than you were a week ago and could have done it? Probably because a week ago you were trying to prolong the inevitable flare and just biding some time before it happens?
 
Last night I could not take it any longer. At least I waited until pain meds kicked in before I done it, but it did not help much.
 
I scrubbed the shower and all the bending made my right thigh muscle spasm and then I went and rested until it relieved. Went back to finish and then my lower back spasmed. OH MY FREAKING JUJUBEES!!! It was not fun. The muscle relaxer I took did not even help it! You know how when you run and you get that pain in your side and it only gets worse the longer you run? That is about how the pain in my lower back felt except it just got tighter and tighter and was not relaxing. After I laid down and put the heating pad on it, it easied up enough that I could move again.
 
Then hubby came in the room and asked me why I scrubbed the shower. I told him because I knew he would not do it and I was tired of looking at it. He said yes, he would have scrubbed it, when he felt like it. I was like when christmas, for my christmas present. He said no, in June it was going to be your birthday present.
 
Yeah... I just need to come to terms... that me & housework do not play nice together.
 
 
I wish I had a legitimate reason to not scrub the shower.Well... I do not have a "legitimate" reason per say. They are only legit in my mind.
I know someone needs to knit the poor bald squirrel a jumpersuit for next winter!
My husband is not allowed to use certain knives in the house , he cut his fingers with the Ulue knife.
He's not allowed to touch the plumbing , last time we had to call a plumber to fix what
he was working on and of course it was a weekend ( xtra $$ )
He is also not allowed to touch the electricity , he blew the whole circut breaker out
( actual flames comming out ) We had to call the electrician , and of course it was on a weekend ( more xtra $$ )
He is really great a fixing anything else in the house and is always there when a friend needs help with something .
                                                                       
 
Oh forgot... MIL brought us back home before she went to work today. And my son got her by her hand and said come look. She followed him. He took her into the bathroom and showed her the shower. He said "mommy scrubbed it and made it clean." She said oh how good of mommy. I then chimmed in with "I got it done and it only cost 2 muscle spasms!" *with a big smile on my face* She looked at me and said "ok... good for you!"
 
Hehehehee!!
Ohh... so your hubby is like mine... he is not meant for the big work, just the helper aka gopher jobs huh?Pretty much !!
He did scrub the deck the other day and for 2 days now all I hear is "isn't the deck really clean "
I do think all the windows need to be cleaned too . ( and not by me )
my house is posotivley  gleaming... [QUOTE=mab52]joonie,
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Yeah, that's what you want us to think!
Boney? What did you do to make your house positively gleaming? Did you go around and bedazzle everything and hot glue rhinestones?
 
*sings*
 
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
I've figured that it's when you're feeling at your worst,  that you notice certain things in the house desperately need cleaned, and you want them cleaned NOW!  
 
I used to be a clean freak but due to a back injury two years ago, had to give up cleaning the shower, also vacumming and cleaning the oven.  Initially for a few months after the injury, I had a lady come in and do these horrible jobs for me but we can't afford that now so hubby kindly does them.  He doesn't do a perfect job by any means, but most times I keep my mouth shut.  Sometimes, if I'm feeling OK, and  he's not around, I will finish these jobs off properly.  
 
Housework, when you've got a knackered body just sucks
 
Right now I'm away to the kitchen for some therapeutic time whilst making some strawberry jam.
 
 
Oh ! I love strawberry jam !!  we can't afford it.  but i have someone come in and clean.   it makes me feel great!    no one else in this house cares if it is clean or not but me.   but when the cleaning lady comes you work your fanny off cause you really want her to be able to clean so you are picking up like crazy.   even once a month or for special occasions it really helps!   wonderwomanMe too Maimi, especially on cheese scones!   This is the first time in about 10 years that I'm capable of making my own - thanks to Humira for giving me back full use of my handsWe use to have a cleaning womanwhen we both worked 60+ hours a week.
But sense I got Ra I don't work outside the home as much and do the cleaning myself.
We do not have kids so the house does not get as messy as those with kids.
 
 
Midgemoo , There is a guy who makes wonderful jellys and jams at one of our
Farmers markets. He uses the old recipies from his great grandmother .
Mmmmmm !!! I will get some cheese scones to try with the strawberry jam .
Now I'm hungry . 
                                
 
I am a recovering germ-a-phobe. I use to clean my house everyday. I use to shampoo my carpets and furniture and even the mattresses. For Christmas presents I asked for a vacuum cleaner, a rug shampooer and since I killed the other vacuum another vacuum.
 
I was always disinfecting or cleaning something. But not the dishes... that is where I drew the line LOL! But only because it hurt my back and knees so bad towards the end. Before that I would just put it off, until we ran out of cups or spoons. To me washing dishes was just germy, and I did not even see the reasoning in washing dishes in dirty water, they were still DIRTY! Just like I did not see the reasoning in mopping the floors with dirty water and call them "clean".
 
Anyways...
 
I was just pointing out that I am stubborn to a point.
 
Just like today... MIL noticed I was having trouble walking because of my right leg and I was all hunched over. She said why do you not have a handicap placard? I was like because I do not want one yet. She said well you need to ask for one, you should have one. I said well if I get one then that means that I should not even be out & about if I have to use it. She said no, it just means that you get a closer space to the doors and less walking done on you. I said if I get to park closer to the doors, then that means I will have extra time to walk around and "shop" before I start to hurt. Then she just said well... I think you need one and should get one. I just said ok. And that was the end of that conversation.
 
See.... stubborn... to a point.
 
I use to like to clean house, gave me something to do. And now it is my nemesis. I bought one of those Clorox shower dealies -- just push a button when you are finished showering and it sparkle-cleans the tub and tile. It's one of the best investments I've ever made. They say it takes a couple weeks for it to clean up bad jobs -- but mine must not have been that bad for it was wonderfully clean in a couple days and stays that way. I love it!Island woman, I wondered if they really worked. I am a clorox freak. As soon as someone is done cleaning the kitchen, I follow behind and fill the dish pan with hot soapy water and bleach and scrub the entire kitchen down including the fridge and microwave, counter tops and cupboards.
 
I am such a neat freak and it kills me not to be able to scrub everything to my liking.
hi joonie.. i like the song.. was always disinfecting or cleaning something. But not the dishes... that is where I drew the line LOL! But only because it hurt my back and knees

hope you dont mind me making a surgestion..
get yourself a Sink on legs at least waist high.. it allso helps if it is placed
under taps..and has a waste outlet..  from a mans point... apart from cleaning house.. the house needs maintaining..
decorating ..etc like my shed needs a newroof.. garden fence renewing..
i would normally do this myself.. but now unless i pay someone Boney, thanks for giving us a male's perspective.
 
I never really thought about the "chores" outside the house, because  1) I am not outside long enough to see any of it. 2) because those are not my "chores" those are my husbands, even thought they hardly get done.
 
 
I like my house to be tidy.  I do have to vacuum often because of dog hair.  No one would ever accuse me of being a clean freak though.  And if they did, all they would have to do is check the hall closet to dispel that thought.  I just don't love doing house work enough to worry about it.  And even though I'm not a germophobe, no one has ever caught a disease eating in my kitchen or using my bathroom.  That I know of.  :)

HAHAHAHAA @ Link-a-doodle!  No one has ever caught a disease eating in you kitchen or using your bathroom.  That you know of. hehehee!

Oh I took my SIL daughter to the bathroom at somewhere we were in town, and we went into the bathroom she took one look at their toilet and then looked at me and said "It looks scary... I do not have to go anymore." LMAO!!! We went back to where hubby was and he said that was fast... I said because it was a scary toilet and she decided she did not have to go anymore. Then he was like ok... I'll hurry.
LOL.. you probably came in after me........ Well, I do draw the line at using nasty public bathrooms.  I avoid them altogether if possible, which it usually is.  And it's always possible to to put off the inevitable if your option is something skanky and smelly.  IMHO.
 
 
skanky- smelly.. who, me.  .    PHWAAAAAAARP.... Well... I have been trying to explain that to my son... public bathrooms are nasty and wait to we get home. BUT... it has yet to work. He has to "mark his territory" everywhere we go. Sometimes... he even will tell you what store he wants to go to so he can use their urinal! And if you deny him to use the potty because he just used one in another store about 15 mins ago... he will yell "I GOT TO POOP!" Which when hubby gets him to the bathroom he does nothing but a little tinkle!
 
We'll be driving along and he will notice we are close to Home Depot... he will say Stop at Home Depot I have to pee. We will be like No!
 
It is if there is a bathroom or there is no bathroom he will still ask to go to the bathroom.
Joonie, my daughter was the same way when she was little.  If there was even a porta potty within 100 ft of where we were, she would invariably claim she was about to go in her pants.  I'd just be like..well do it then cuz I'm not putting your little fanny on a porta potty toilet.  She never did.I just hate porta potties . They stink and are just too little .
When ever I had to use one I run in holding my breath and come out snapping my pants.
                                                                      
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