Boasting
March 20th, 2006This morning Heather took Leta to play with some friends and while they were gone I was able to:
- Go number two. Alone.
- Collect laundry and start the first of what will be four loads. This isn’t yet a daily thing. I’m hoping that if we expand the brood, it won’t quite get to daily.
- Make the bed.
- Check email.
- Fold laundry from the dryer. It’s been in the dryer for a couple of days, I think.
- Put folded laundry away.
- Put breakfast dishes into the dishwasher.
All of these are small victories. Of this I am aware. I’ll take the wins wherever I can. o
March 20th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Expand the brood?
March 20th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
You have to be alone to do all that? Are you washing those clothes with a stone and lye?
You guys need to work out a better system. I have my oldest daughter (who’s two-years-old tomorrow) help me with my chores. She’s really good at pushing the clothes into the dryer, and handing me clean dishes. She actually gets upset sometimes if I don’t let her help me.
Now, my kids may end up with OCD, but hey, at least the house is clean.
As to the number two, alone: Just lock your bathroom door. You know your kids are alive from all the screaming and pounding outside, and its good excersize for them.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
A victory is a victory! Hoo-Rah!
I might suggest to keep #1 on the DL, though, lest a seethingly jealous better half gets a notion to fortify meals with lots o’ cheese to remedy any regularity.
BTW, excellent blogs! Congrats to you both on all the success! Been a lurker for a few months, figuring I should do the archives first before jumping in mid- stream.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
That, I would say, is living the American dream. Our forefathers would be so proud.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
First….yea….expand the brood? OH??
and B….you should ALWAYS go number 2 alone….ALWAYS!
March 20th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Jon!
I could have written that list (minus expanding the brood…there will be NONE of that going on around here)!
I do have to add one item however:
8. Eat Ritz crackers with aerosol cheese without having to share.
March 20th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
That is awesome. Most guys I know wouldn’t have done housework, they would have played Splinter Cell or something.
Good for you!
March 20th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Well done! Look at what a great helper you are!
And I must admit “expand the brood” did catch my attention as well…
March 20th, 2006 at 2:28 pm
Many congratulations on all counts.
March 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
I think y’all need to read a little more closely. The word “if” is featured in point 2. IF, people. IF.
March 20th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
You were quite productive!
Yeah, the laundry and dishwasher are always the toughest ones for me to get to on my days at home with my son. Loading/unloading the dishwasher can be so loud so you can’t do it during a nap, but you get too busy during awake times.
And pooping alone, well, I’d settle for pooping without feeling rushed.
March 20th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Crap. I do, like, 4 loads of laundry almost every other day and I am single and childless. This does not bode well for the future….
March 20th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
You’re not doing laundry daily?
How is that possible?
March 20th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Boasting?
Very independant, Jon. Very independant.
March 20th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
As a new stepparent I feel your pain. This morning folded four loads before leaving for work at seven. I only do number 2’s on my days off.
March 20th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
OK, I’m not so sure that “featured” is an apt description of the word ‘if’ being used in that post. You obviously have overlooked Heather’s devoted readers and her numerous posts mentioning things to the effect of Leta being an only child. To them, “expand the brood” was in the blurbomat equivalent of marquee lights.
I’m quite certain that, after your eloquent post, your talented spouse will totally reconsider and commence with the procreating just to test your laundry theory.
March 20th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
holy crap. i’m single and have no offspring or roommates or significant others and i still am only able to squeeze that level of productivity in on weekends.
oh, except for #1. that one i get to do a little more, uh, regularly.
March 20th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
you are a good man. my husband doesn’t do the laundry. ever. he will bring up giant piles of clean clothes upstairs for me to sort and put away but that’s it. he doesn’t cook either. sigh.
(for what it’s worth, i think you should expand the brood. have a boy that looks just like heather and then you’ll be even.)
March 20th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
You are right to be boastful, though I can’t figure out how you’re not to the point of daily laundry yet. We have been ever since Bella was born. And most of Alex’s clothes are done and the cleaner’s! (Mommy’s work clothes are wash-n-wear, but Daddy’s a little too good for that.)
March 20th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Everyone’s waggling their eyebrows at the ‘expand the brood’ comment. Waggle waggle!
Kudos to you on the laundry. We still each do our own. That way my whites aren’t pink. (Control freaks release their death clutch one thing at a time. This one’s not going anywhere anytime soon…)
March 20th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
You know that all anyone read in that entire post was “expand the brood”? Right?
So when are you knocking Heather up? Does she know about your plans to “expand the brood”?
Or were you talking about another four legged member?
March 20th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
sah wheet! what an impressive day. and i mean that.
March 20th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Granted I have neither a child or a spouse…but really, is loading a dishwasher really a chore? Washing the dishes sure, but loading??? The machine does the hard part for you! (I’m bitter cause I have never, EVER had a machine do the dishes for me)
Oh and congrats on getting all that other stuff done.
March 20th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Wow, I can’t believe laundry isn’t an everyday thing! What - are you guys like wearing everything twice before tossing it in the laundry basket?
Except - uh - for underpants. One can always go commando for the sake of conservation, hey.
March 21st, 2006 at 12:35 am
After reading this post and Heather’s, I have to say Jon . . . you rock. I feel your pain about laundry. I sometimes feel like I am chained to my machine. How can something that only involve taking things out and putting them in take up so much damn time!