Well, yeah I don't really iron a ton either.
otm re crappy padding. Nothing worse than getting a lovely criss-cross metal pattern in your nicely ironed shirt.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, I was going to post that on the IA thread after ironing my interview shirt in a hotel!
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's the worst
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I iron about twice a year, bf irons every morning and loves the rowenta but still curses having to iron!
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
this will sound super nerdy but I always wanted one of those steam-cabinet things, that go on top of your dryer and you can put your folded shirts etc in
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
my parents had one. so cool.
― surm, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would spring for a hard-core steamer if it meant I didn't have to store my winter woolens with mothballs.
My copy of "Home Comforts" (which is a thread in and of itself" is still packed because obviously I am a failure at housekeeping, but otherwise I would pull it to read the sections on ironing/steaming/moth-proofing/etc.
― quincie, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think i need to buy that book.
― surm, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ultimate dream would be a Singer Steam Press. I had to work the press at the laundry and once I learned how to do that, it's like...pressing a shirt vs ironing was no contest. Doing a shirt in what, 4 passes, vs fiddling around with an iron? pfft.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
my mother worked at a drycleaner for many years. i've been meaning to ask her about that.
― surm, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still get weird flashbacks just from the smell of a drycleaners
ask her about the magic chemicals that make blood/rust/stains disappearthat was my favorite thing ever
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
worst = ppl who would send in their laundry for fluff/fold and would include their *underwear*skeev attack x 1000
Ew ew ew!
Home Comforts is a great book
― Jaq, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
ppl who would send in their laundry for fluff/fold
Wait, wha? As in, already clean laundry, they just want someone to FOLD it for them, WTF?
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
nah sorry I just meant domestic laundry
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
so any drycleaner can both wash or dryclean, right?
is it acceptable to ask for specific garments to be hand-ironed?
― surm, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Totally, assuming they offer it. We had an iron handy for delicate items.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I cant think of the last time I ironed anything, I am a savage.
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 00:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
(tbf because of this I basically never wear cotton or linen items, just stretch materials and woolens.)
hilarious/awesome
but i couldn't imagine my life without cotton
i really like, depend on it
― surm, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
so there was this odor in my office at home. i swear it had been there for like 2.5 years. i finally found the source, and scrubbed and scrubbed -- and walking into my office this morning in the sunlight was so lovely. i could finally breathe again!
― surm, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't keep us in suspense: WHAT WAS IT?
Right when I walk into my bedroom there's this tiny whiff of the sickly sweetness that is decomposing flesh. I just started noticing it a couple of days ago, but can't find the source. I fear a mouse death under the floor or in a wall or something. It's not getting any WORSE, so hopefully it just mummifies away quickly.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's kind of embarrassing, but i think my cat relieved herself in a corner of the office once when we accidentally trapped her in there. i'm pretty sure that's what it was. and i just kept thinking to myself "it's probably one of those plants" (because my office window overlooks the neighbors' deck). took a whole lot of lysol to make things better.
― surm, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyhow, you can imagine my relief.
― surm, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
so what is with these rust stains on my fridge? never had much of a problem w/r/t my fridge door before but i got a cleaning lady to clean the apt and after she left, the white fridge door gradually became covered with rust stains. cleaned it once (took everything out of me, i have to tell you -- they were some stubborn stains!), and they came back. did it again with comet and it seems better, but i think it is slowly reappearing. wtf?
― surm, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 20:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
Something in the cleaning or scrubbing ate through the paint, is my guess, and the humidity in the air is causing rust around the little pin-hole holes in the finish. Mine is doing the same thing. I'm not sure what to do about it yet.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 20:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
ugh yeah i think you're right. very annoying.
― surm, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 20:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
also i'm getting a new fridge for my parents
is frigidaire OK? they will seldom use it
― surm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm cleaning so hard in anticipation of a guest who is coming over tomorrow that I appear to have broken a sweat. This is unacceptable.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 01:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
grrrrrl you should see me in the state when i'm cleaning
― surm, Thursday, 9 August 2012 14:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
btw i got a enamel spray paint finish for my fridge doors, i read reviews said it works very well
― surm, Thursday, 9 August 2012 14:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
i always seem to having trouble with my clothes
― surm, Friday, 24 August 2012 21:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
me too
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 21:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
mostly re hanging them up
that's really funny that you say that!! because my current problem is that the wire hangers the dry cleaners use left marks on some of my garments :/
― surm, Friday, 24 August 2012 22:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
like actual marks or indentations? erg
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
this reboot inspired me to hang up some clothes btw!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
just like a slight discoloration from being on that cardboard part for too long? (i went a really long time without picking up my drycleaning)
you think it'll come out in the wash?
― surm, Friday, 24 August 2012 22:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
the washer at my new place has stripped the black from my shirts/jeans. so grey. :(
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
This is my big clean cleaning up / getting rid of stuff weekend
What do y'all think of those o-cell-o sponges with the k-ra-zy patterns? I've been getting the fabric encapsulated sponges with a scrubby side and a soft side recently.
― the weird bad smell multiverse (los blue jeans), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
like these guys:
they are a little too futsy for me
― the weird bad smell multiverse (los blue jeans), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:34 (9 months ago) Permalink
tbh i like a good old plain blue sponge
i mean those are very cute but i feel like i want to eat them
jordan i feel you
― surm, Friday, 24 August 2012 22:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
it should come out in the wash? maybe put some oxyclean or something on it before washing
i don't really know what kind of sponges those are but i'm for 'em
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah maybe some oxy you're right
ugh sometimes i just get myself in a tizzie
― surm, Friday, 24 August 2012 22:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
know that your tizzie got me to put *all* my clothes away and do some further reorg of my office/media room! so thx :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 23:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
Our flat is on the market so we permanently have to have it looking completely neat and tidy - it's killing me. Our kitchen bin is shut away in a cupboard along with loads of other junk, and all the stuff I'd normally have out on the kitchen countertop has been put in random cupboards by my o/h so I can never find anything. Bed made and no clothes out and keep on top of the laundry pile.
― kinder, Friday, 24 August 2012 23:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hate doing laundry, especially cotton shirts. Supposedly they iron themselves in the dryer but I have yet to find a dryer hot enough to do that. Giving up on that.
― *tera, Saturday, 25 August 2012 00:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
omg i meant to respond to this days ago, my internet at home has been fucked
i am glad i helped you out robyn!
yeah and the thing about dryers is that they get out the wrinkles but too hot makes stuff shrink! and i look TERRIBLE in tight tshirts
kinder my sister in law is dealing with the same thing right now and she is going batty
― surm, Thursday, 30 August 2012 18:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
I just fixed ALL the leaking faucets in this house (replacing seat washers and stem washers in 6 old compression faucets) and am having a damn proud plumbing moment!
― Jaq, Sunday, 9 September 2012 01:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
Watching Hoarders in hopes of motivating myself to clean.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Sunday, 9 September 2012 15:24 (8 months ago) Permalink