A - Z of Housekeeping

I was tagged by Heather  

A is for Aprons - yes/no? If yes, what’s your favourite?
Yes.  I have a very nice bright red Cath Kidston apron Mum bought me a couple of Christmases ago.  It gets worn most days.

B is for Baking - favourite thing to bake?
I like making cakes, sometimes biscuits.  I just wish I was as good at cake making as my Mum - every birthday we used to have a wonderful sponge cake with chocolate icing and chocolate buttons on top - totally delicious.

C is for Clothesline - do you have one?
Yes, a rotary one.  I'd rather have a 'proper' clothesline but there's really nowhere to have one in our garden.  All our washing is dried outdoors (well, as dry as you can get it in the winter.)

D is for Donuts - have you ever made them?
No.  I don't really like doughnuts, and I certainly don't like anything that needs deep fat frying - I'm very scared of pans full of hot oil!

E is for Every Day - one homemaking task you do every day.
I cook everyday, which, of course, leads to the inevitable daily task of washing up. 

F is for Freezer - do you have a separate deep freeze?
I don't have a freezer at all.  I wish I did have one but there is nowhere in the kitchen to put one.

G is for Garbage Disposal Unit - do you have one?
No, unless you count P!

H is for Handbook - what’s your favourite homemaking resource?
Rose Eliot's Complete Vegetarian Recipe Book.

I is for Ironing - love or hate it?

It's a necessary evil.

J is for Junk Drawer - yes/no? If yes, where is it?
If I've got a space anywhere I tend to fill it - mainly with junk.

K is for Kitchen - colour and decorating scheme?
Yellow walls, cream and yellow tiles, cream units and dark work surface.  None of it of my choosing but it's nice and the kitchen gets the afternoon sun so is a good light room to work in.

L is for Love - what’s your favourite part of homemaking?
Serving up a home ooked meal (and it being appreciated.)

M is for Mop - do you have one?
Yes, it is the kind you pull a lever to squeeze out the water.

N is for Nylons - machine or hand wash?
If by nylons you mean tights then I never wear them.  I'm always in trousers, or a skirt and bare legs in the summer.

O is for Oven - do you use a window or open the oven door to check?
Although mine has a window you'd have to be a midget to see through it, so I open the door to check.

P is for Pizza - what do you put on yours?
Tomatoes, cheese, olives, basil and sometimes pineapple chunks.

Q is for quiet - what do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment?
Go online, read the paper, a bit of crafting.

R is for Recipe Card Box - yes/no? If yes, what does it look like?
No, but I do have a small photo album where I put cut-out recipes to keep them safe.

S is Style of House - what style is your house?
I'd like to describe it as 'eclectic', but the truth is probably closer to 'Steptoe's yard.'

T is for Tableclothes - do you use them?
Yes.  My favourite it a very brightly coloured one with teapots and cups printed all over it, my sister got it for me about 10 years ago.

U is for Under The Kitchen Sink - organised or toxic wasteland?
Fairly well organised, the space is too small for it to be otherwise.

V is for Vacuum - how many times a week?
Approx. once a week - depending on how bad the dust bunnies get!

W is for Wash - how many loads of washing do you do each week?
At least four loads a week - sometimes more, depending on how good the weather is for getting the washing dry.

X’s - Do you keep a daily list of things to do that you cross off?
Nope, I'm waaaaaay too disorganised for lists (except shopping lists, otherwise I get home with half of it.)

Y is for Yard - who does what?
I take it yard means garden - so that would be me, I do everything in the garden.

Zzzz’s - what’s the last homemaking task you do before bed in the evening? 
I rarely do anything housework related in the evening. 

Comments

[sharie]

LOL, love the Steptoes Yard comment! The dh mutters that I'm turning ours into Aladdins Cave which was a notoriously packed secondhand shop in town