@Kyeh@mycya4me@therealjrn@yakkoTDI
Ohhhhh yeah. Back when I was a sullen teen, I rented a floor sander and resurfaced my parent’s wood floors. We had removed the 1970’s “Yeti-shag” to find lots of damage. I couldn’t repair some of it without sanding a hole in the floor, but at least it was better than before.
My genius trick was actually transporting the floor sander. It couldn’t fit in my Dad’s 1971 VW Karmann Ghia. Sooooooo, I removed the passenger seat. This is a trick I have repeated to this day. Your car becomes a SPACIOUS micro-transported when there is no passenger seat.
I cut the vinyl teeth and sewed it on with my Mom’s sewing machine. It was wayyyyy to thick to run the sewing machine motor, so I used the sewing machine wheel to “spike” the needle through. I do remember breaking at least one wheel.
I made up a product idea in my head where sullen teens like me could buy one of these car bras for our boring old K-Car, for example. We could have fun and cruise at night, and go back to normal during the day. Everyone wins!
There was another one made for a friend with a 65 Mustang. It was made by an auto repair place. The guy cursed the difficulty of doing it. He charged $100, but it was probably 5x the labor in all. A production version would probably be painted versus sewn, so it would wear off over time. HOWEVER, if it’s just for cruising, then it’s temporary decoration versus wear and tear.
I know it was hard because it was agony for me to do it, BUT I was doing it for me and it was the only one in the country (world?) at the time, so it was totally worth it. The Ghia also had the perfect not-car nose to pull it off.
The black “angry eye” covers are black suede attached with velcro, so easy-peasy to remove at night.
VERY COOL! I was going to say I had never seen a Karmann Ghia with a bra and it made more sense when I read you made it yourself. You did a GREAT JOB with it! I can only imagine how your fingertips felt after hand sewing it. I’m thinking a thimble became your closest friend! Love the eyes… no eyelashes though, Oh yeah I was forgetting it was your dad’s car, he must’ve had to approve the pattern. When did he get rid of it and how on earth was it not given to YOU?
I’ve always been into vintage cars, I’d count down the years until my beloved 69 Camaro became an antique. Lol I cherished that car more than anything!
The factory air and power windows made it that much more special to me. I liked being unique!
Vroom Vroom…
@Kyeh@Lynnerizer@mycya4me@therealjrn@yakkoTDI Ok, get out your tiny violin. To make a short story long, I bought a motorcycle with the excuse that I would reduce the miles on my Dad’s Ghia. HOWEVER, I wrecked the Ghia while buying parts for … my motorcycle. Can you spell irony?
Obviously I was distraught. The insurance company didn’t give me what the car was worth. I couldn’t let go, so I went out and got another white Ghia of very very very very low quality. One night the stereo was stolen. I was driving South on the 110 at night with 2 friends. The bra was stored in the storage compartment behind the rear rumble seat. As I was driving and suddenly everything went quiet and all I could hear was the wind. Turns out the engine had caught fire. No body got hurt but I made no attempt to save the bra.
I think it was a blessing in disguise. The insurance company was forced to pay me again at the value I had just paid a few months before. If the skinflints had paid what the original Ghia was worth, then I am sure I would have gotten one in better mechanical condition. I gave the money from the second Ghia to my Dad.
I should never have gotten the second Ghia. I should have started a Ghia savings account and built up funds for getting one “someday” in great condition and … giving it to my Dad.
@cfg83@Lynnerizer@mycya4me@therealjrn@yakkoTDI Sad that the original car got wrecked, and the shark mask burned up. I guess you were pretty lucky having both those things happen without getting hurt, though.
For a short time the second Ghia was a fun little dog of a car. The front was lowered in the most ghetto way you can imagine. They took a bag of cement, soaked it in water and put it in the “frunk”. Kind of GENIUS because 100% backwards compatible.
In the first Ghia I had a FANTASTIC no-name exhaust. It had 4 chrome tips in a conical shape. The sound made the Ghia sound like it had a monster Porsche engine in it.
I transferred the exhaust to the second Ghia. When I would rev the engine in neutral, the car would backfire like a gunshot, .
@cfg83@Lynnerizer@mycya4me@therealjrn@yakkoTDI Shenanigans! It sounds like you had a blast playing with those cars. It’s amusing to think of all this being done to Karmann Ghias though, instead of the regular kinds of muscle cars or whatever.
@Kyeh@Lynnerizer@mycya4me@therealjrn@yakkoTDI
The bug culture in SoCal was such that I could have dropped a 2 liter Porsche engine into it, assuming that was my goal.
Today I would probably electrify it.
I keep my house clean always.
Unfortunately, I currently have a male roommate who keeps his room like he’s still a teen boy. About once a week when we’re nearly out of bowls, glasses, and utensils he’ll bring them all out of his room and wash them.
Never again will I rent a room to a man. After he moves out, if I don’t kick him out first, I will rent to women only.
@kittykat9180
That’s disgusting. I would tell him that is unacceptable. Just bc you rent a room doesn’t mean they can take everything and hoard it in their room till it grows mold. I would set up some ground rules for kitchen and cleanliness etiquette. Sounds like my brothers old roommate
@Star2236 we’ve had a discussion about his dog’s poop a couple times and I still have to keep asking him to go outside and pick it up.
I’m about ready to give him a 30-day notice.
The problem is that I’m gonna be gone for nearly the entirety of March (and also part of this month) and I don’t want the house to be empty for a month.
@kittykat9180 That’s how I feel about male cats. HOWEVER, it’s not that they’re messy, it’s that they can’t be trained to WAIT for me to wake up for breakfast. At least that has been my experience to date.
/showme Disgruntled male orange male tabby cat with sign that says “Your mileage may vary”.
@cfg83 That’s the opposite of my situation today. I have a pair of bonded siblings and the boy is much more chill and polite than his sister. She’s not quite a brat, but she’s a little pushy ha ha.
That’s a bummer when you get stuck with a crappy roommate! That’s just unacceptable! I don’t know that I’d rule out all men though, I’ve had male friends who are cleaner than me! I’ve also seen some pretty disgusting females! I’d maybe do a surprise inspection of the potential roomies old place if at all possible. Did you get references for this guy? I mean anyone can talk a good game when they’re trying to get something, like a good roommate in a nice home.
I understand you don’t want a empty home when you go away but is he someone who is able to “look out” for you because it doesn’t sound like he can “look out” and care for himself. A house sitter is always another option too…
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
@cfg83@Lynnerizer
I’d much rather have the male cat than this guy. Thinking about it, both cats I’ve had were female.
This guy lived with his parents for about 1.5 years before moving in here (moved back with them after his divorce). He’s a nurse at one of the local hospitals, you’d think he’d be more responsible. His dad comes over occasionally, and when he asks me questions he looks at me with an “I’m sorry” look in his eyes. It’s like he knows his son is lazy, but he just won’t say it out loud.
I have had to ask a female roommate to move out before because she didn’t meet the cleanliness of the household. After her, I decided to leave that room as a guest room. The male roommate I had before this guy decided to have a crush on me. When I declined his advance, he moved out without a word while I was out of town.
@cfg83@kittykat9180
Yes, it’s tough finding the right roommate! I feel for ya! That guy with the crush, what a jerk! Like it’s not bad enough to overstep but to then act like a jilted lover leaving in the night is just immature, and unnecessary! He sounds like a real drama queen!
One time 40 years ago I didn’t move into a roommate situation because it was obvious that the guy liked me like THAT. He just wasn’t my type but he was nice and would have been a great roommate! He hooked me up with his twin brother though, he just happened to be looking for a house to share, he was gay so no worries there. It turned out to be one of my favorite places I ever lived. About a month ago I just reconnected with them, the one who liked me tracked me down on social media.
@cfg83@kittykat9180@Lynnerizer
You seem to have bad luck with roommates. Like @lynnerizer said maybe a house sitter would be best for when your out of town? Or a friend that could pop over a couple times a week?
@Lynnerizer@Star2236
I lived with my best friends in college and it was the best of times. We had so much fun together.
The benefit of renting out a room means they pay most of my mortgage, allowing me to travel as much as I do. I could probably only travel 1/3 as much if I didn’t have the extra income and had to pay for a house sitter.
I am hoping to move to Spain this summer (they have a very easy digital nomad visa) and am preparing the house to rent to a family. I hope to have it ready by early June (that’s when most families move, including military PCS). I’m currently putting in custom storage systems in all the closets and the pantry and installing automatic water systems in the spring for the roses and fruit trees (drought tolerant plants won’t be included).
Hah, I lived with my best friend from high school for a year in college, and it was a disaster. She was a nonstop talker, which was okay when we weren’t roommates, because I was pretty shy, so a big personality didn’t bother me. But she’d follow me into my room still talking and it drove me crazy. Plus she’d leave the shared dishes & utensils etc. sitting in the sink for days, with stinky empty tuna cans in there as well. Kind of spoiled the friendship.
@Kyeh
León as it has some of the most mild weather.
Another option I’m exploring is Brașov, Romania. But Spanish would be much easier since I’ve been exposed to Spanish and know a tiny bit of it, versus 0 Romanian.
Most of my life I have lived in shared houses, mostly with strangers, and I’ve never been the one on the lease - rather I was the roommate (or one of several). Only once did an asshole live there who’d take our furniture from other parts of the house and lock it in his room (5 of us lived in that house). One place I kept a set of dishes in my bedroom as dirty dishes were the norm (we rotated who cleaned what and not cleaning often enough or well was what many of the housemates did) and wore flip flops in the shower for the same reason.
Then, finally, I made enough money to rent my own place. And then… adopted a kid nearly 10 so now sharing a house with a kid. The advantage I had was I was the leaseholder and the perks that came from living in that free hotel were not ones she had money to duplicate.
Putting things away was not her forte. In her bedroom I’d have her pick up everything off the floor and out of the other rooms in the house that belonged in her bedroom, pile it all on the bed (that made it easier for her to then put things away as the rest of the room was clear of stuff), vacuum and then put away everything on her bed. That would need to happen nearly weekly.
Then as a teen she stated she did far more work around the house than I did. So I made a list of every single thing that that needed done including pay the bills, go to work, do homework, etc. and sorted it into what needs done daily, twice a week, weekly, etc. I told her to pick X number of things from each column on the list. Once she was done I asked her whose list was longer - hers or mine. Begrudgingly she admitted mine.
The best part of doing that was I then knew what she hated the most to do. Besides cat dirt boxes another thing she didn’t pick was clean the toilet. I asked her if she was cleaning the entire rest of the bathroom why not do that. She stated it was too gross. Bingo. The consequence she suffered if I had to drive to her school to drop off something she forgot was that she owed me twice the time it took me doing that in whatever chores I picked and she had to do them when I told her to (eg - when the boys were in the street playing basketball in front of our house became the assigned time). Well guess what was always on that list - cleaning toilets along with cat dirt boxes, etc. Amazing how a couple of rounds of that resulted in her never forgetting what needed to go to school with her that day.
@Kidsandliz
I never minded living with others. I’ve lived with roommates and significant others and by myself.
I knew since age 13 I didn’t want kids. But I did have my nephew for a summer during COVID (my parents asked me to take him because they needed a break) and I took him to Disney world for a few days when he was 16.
It sounds like you did well teaching her personal responsibility.
@Kidsandliz Neither I nor the inferior felines are susceptible to being made to work. We shred what we will, not what some foolish servant might want destroyed.
Pressure washer or firehose.
Call the cleaning lady.
@hchavers This. I can’t do it, so we have cleaners take care of it.
@hchavers
“That was no lady, that was my wife.”
Georgie Jessel
@hchavers Don’t even need to call - Lena the Cleana comes every other Tuesday.
@heartny yep that’s the Truth, I do have several Booby Traps!
@heartny @mycya4me OMG! NOOOOOOO!!!
Don’t use traps. Boobies should be free!
@heartny @mycya4me @yakkoTDI
Umm, nah - I better not…
@heartny @yakkoTDI
@heartny @mycya4me @yakkoTDI
I am sure this won’t work but you can do the imagination thing …
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That was very objective!
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That cat must be a teenager @Kyeh, complaining all the while doing their chores
@mycya4me @therealjrn It does seem pretty annoyed.
@mediocrebot @therealjrn Talk about neural network whackiness!
@Kyeh @mycya4me It makes me wonder if it’s emergent behavior or trained. Maybe the cat watched Karate Kid too much.
@cfg83 @Kyeh @mycya4me
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@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn Well played, grasshopper.
@cfg83 @Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn
Wax on wax off was for the cars. The floor got sanded.
@cfg83 @Kyeh @mycya4me @yakkoTDI
I was just matching the sample video posted, do try to keep up yes?
@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
Ohhhhh yeah. Back when I was a sullen teen, I rented a floor sander and resurfaced my parent’s wood floors. We had removed the 1970’s “Yeti-shag” to find lots of damage. I couldn’t repair some of it without sanding a hole in the floor, but at least it was better than before.
My genius trick was actually transporting the floor sander. It couldn’t fit in my Dad’s 1971 VW Karmann Ghia. Sooooooo, I removed the passenger seat. This is a trick I have repeated to this day. Your car becomes a SPACIOUS micro-transported when there is no passenger seat.
@cfg83 @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI Oh, I used to think I wanted to have a Karmann Ghia when I got old enough to have a car.
@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
I still miss my Dad’s …
@cfg83 @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI That’s terrific - did you and/or your dad make that shark mask yourselves?
@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
I cut the vinyl teeth and sewed it on with my Mom’s sewing machine. It was wayyyyy to thick to run the sewing machine motor, so I used the sewing machine wheel to “spike” the needle through. I do remember breaking at least one wheel.
I made up a product idea in my head where sullen teens like me could buy one of these car bras for our boring old K-Car, for example. We could have fun and cruise at night, and go back to normal during the day. Everyone wins!
@cfg83 @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI Really clever! You didn’t go through with it, though, huh? Marketing & distributing etc?
@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
I was 19 and not very on-tron-pen-oh-real. I had the idea, but I didn’t have a biz-dude friend.
There was another one made for a friend with a 65 Mustang. It was made by an auto repair place. The guy cursed the difficulty of doing it. He charged $100, but it was probably 5x the labor in all. A production version would probably be painted versus sewn, so it would wear off over time. HOWEVER, if it’s just for cruising, then it’s temporary decoration versus wear and tear.
I know it was hard because it was agony for me to do it, BUT I was doing it for me and it was the only one in the country (world?) at the time, so it was totally worth it. The Ghia also had the perfect not-car nose to pull it off.
The black “angry eye” covers are black suede attached with velcro, so easy-peasy to remove at night.
@cfg83 @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI That looks even better from the front! Very cool - what eventually happened to it? Were your friends jealous?
@cfg83 @Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
VERY COOL! I was going to say I had never seen a Karmann Ghia with a bra and it made more sense when I read you made it yourself. You did a GREAT JOB with it! I can only imagine how your fingertips felt after hand sewing it.
I’m thinking a thimble became your closest friend! 
Love the eyes… 
no eyelashes though, Oh yeah I was forgetting it was your dad’s car, he must’ve had to approve the pattern. When did he get rid of it and how on earth was it not given to YOU? 
I’ve always been into vintage cars, I’d count down the years until my beloved 69 Camaro became an antique. Lol
I cherished that car more than anything! 
The factory air and power windows made it that much more special to me. I liked being unique!
Vroom Vroom…
@cfg83 @Kyeh @therealjrn @yakkoTDI Just miss my Dad, his advice, His presents, His unique nature. (Went Home May 17, 2016) & My Mom (July 10, 2024)
@cfg83 @Kyeh @therealjrn @yakkoTDI so who are you trying to Blame?
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI Ok, get out your tiny violin. To make a short story long, I bought a motorcycle with the excuse that I would reduce the miles on my Dad’s Ghia. HOWEVER, I wrecked the Ghia while buying parts for … my motorcycle. Can you spell irony?
Obviously I was distraught. The insurance company didn’t give me what the car was worth. I couldn’t let go, so I went out and got another white Ghia of very very very very low quality. One night the stereo was stolen. I was driving South on the 110 at night with 2 friends. The bra was stored in the storage compartment behind the rear rumble seat. As I was driving and suddenly everything went quiet and all I could hear was the wind. Turns out the engine had caught fire. No body got hurt but I made no attempt to save the bra.
I think it was a blessing in disguise. The insurance company was forced to pay me again at the value I had just paid a few months before. If the skinflints had paid what the original Ghia was worth, then I am sure I would have gotten one in better mechanical condition. I gave the money from the second Ghia to my Dad.
I should never have gotten the second Ghia. I should have started a Ghia savings account and built up funds for getting one “someday” in great condition and … giving it to my Dad.
@cfg83 @Lynnerizer @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
Sad that the original car got wrecked, and the shark mask burned up. I guess you were pretty lucky having both those things happen without getting hurt, though.
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
Yes, it could have been worse. The second Ghia would have been a curse.
For a short time the second Ghia was a fun little dog of a car. The front was lowered in the most ghetto way you can imagine. They took a bag of cement, soaked it in water and put it in the “frunk”. Kind of GENIUS because 100% backwards compatible.
In the first Ghia I had a FANTASTIC no-name exhaust. It had 4 chrome tips in a conical shape. The sound made the Ghia sound like it had a monster Porsche engine in it.
I transferred the exhaust to the second Ghia. When I would rev the engine in neutral, the car would backfire like a gunshot,
.
@Kyeh @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
Blame? Society. Always Society.
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@cfg83 @Lynnerizer @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI Shenanigans!
It sounds like you had a blast playing with those cars. It’s amusing to think of all this being done to Karmann Ghias though, instead of the regular kinds of muscle cars or whatever.
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer @mycya4me @therealjrn @yakkoTDI
The bug culture in SoCal was such that I could have dropped a 2 liter Porsche engine into it, assuming that was my goal.
Today I would probably electrify it.
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@chienfou Order
@cfg83
Verb or noun?
@chienfou Yessss …
Replace “Narn” and “Centauri” with “Verb” and “Noun”, respectively.
I keep my house clean always.
Unfortunately, I currently have a male roommate who keeps his room like he’s still a teen boy. About once a week when we’re nearly out of bowls, glasses, and utensils he’ll bring them all out of his room and wash them.
Never again will I rent a room to a man. After he moves out, if I don’t kick him out first, I will rent to women only.
@kittykat9180
Yep. Unfortunately there’s a reason stereotypes are stereotypes…
@chienfou
@kittykat9180
That’s disgusting. I would tell him that is unacceptable. Just bc you rent a room doesn’t mean they can take everything and hoard it in their room till it grows mold. I would set up some ground rules for kitchen and cleanliness etiquette. Sounds like my brothers old roommate
@Star2236 we’ve had a discussion about his dog’s poop a couple times and I still have to keep asking him to go outside and pick it up.
I’m about ready to give him a 30-day notice.
The problem is that I’m gonna be gone for nearly the entirety of March (and also part of this month) and I don’t want the house to be empty for a month.
@kittykat9180 That’s how I feel about male cats. HOWEVER, it’s not that they’re messy, it’s that they can’t be trained to WAIT for me to wake up for breakfast. At least that has been my experience to date.
/showme Disgruntled male orange male tabby cat with sign that says “Your mileage may vary”.
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@cfg83 That’s the opposite of my situation today. I have a pair of bonded siblings and the boy is much more chill and polite than his sister. She’s not quite a brat, but she’s a little pushy ha ha.
@kittykat9180
That’s a bummer when you get stuck with a crappy roommate!
That’s just unacceptable! I don’t know that I’d rule out all men though, I’ve had male friends who are cleaner than me! I’ve also seen some pretty disgusting females! I’d maybe do a surprise inspection of the potential roomies old place if at all possible. Did you get references for this guy? 
I mean anyone can talk a good game when they’re trying to get something, like a good roommate in a nice home. 
A house sitter is always another option too… 
I understand you don’t want a empty home when you go away but is he someone who is able to “look out” for you because it doesn’t sound like he can “look out” and care for himself.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
@cfg83 @Lynnerizer
I’d much rather have the male cat than this guy. Thinking about it, both cats I’ve had were female.
This guy lived with his parents for about 1.5 years before moving in here (moved back with them after his divorce). He’s a nurse at one of the local hospitals, you’d think he’d be more responsible. His dad comes over occasionally, and when he asks me questions he looks at me with an “I’m sorry” look in his eyes. It’s like he knows his son is lazy, but he just won’t say it out loud.
I have had to ask a female roommate to move out before because she didn’t meet the cleanliness of the household. After her, I decided to leave that room as a guest room. The male roommate I had before this guy decided to have a crush on me. When I declined his advance, he moved out without a word while I was out of town.
@cfg83 @kittykat9180
That guy with the crush, what a jerk! Like it’s not bad enough to overstep but to then act like a jilted lover leaving in the night is just immature, and unnecessary! He sounds like a real drama queen! 
He just wasn’t my type but he was nice and would have been a great roommate! He hooked me up with his twin brother though, he just happened to be looking for a house to share, he was gay so no worries there. 
It turned out to be one of my favorite places I ever lived. About a month ago I just reconnected with them, the one who liked me tracked me down on social media. 
Yes, it’s tough finding the right roommate! I feel for ya!
One time 40 years ago I didn’t move into a roommate situation because it was obvious that the guy liked me like THAT.
@cfg83 @kittykat9180 @Lynnerizer
You seem to have bad luck with roommates. Like @lynnerizer said maybe a house sitter would be best for when your out of town? Or a friend that could pop over a couple times a week?
@Lynnerizer @Star2236
I lived with my best friends in college and it was the best of times. We had so much fun together.
The benefit of renting out a room means they pay most of my mortgage, allowing me to travel as much as I do. I could probably only travel 1/3 as much if I didn’t have the extra income and had to pay for a house sitter.
I am hoping to move to Spain this summer (they have a very easy digital nomad visa) and am preparing the house to rent to a family. I hope to have it ready by early June (that’s when most families move, including military PCS). I’m currently putting in custom storage systems in all the closets and the pantry and installing automatic water systems in the spring for the roses and fruit trees (drought tolerant plants won’t be included).
@kittykat9180 @Lynnerizer @Star2236
Wow! Where in Spain?
Hah, I lived with my best friend from high school for a year in college, and it was a disaster. She was a nonstop talker, which was okay when we weren’t roommates, because I was pretty shy, so a big personality didn’t bother me. But she’d follow me into my room still talking and it drove me crazy. Plus she’d leave the shared dishes & utensils etc. sitting in the sink for days, with stinky empty tuna cans in there as well.
Kind of spoiled the friendship.
@Kyeh
León as it has some of the most mild weather.
Another option I’m exploring is Brașov, Romania. But Spanish would be much easier since I’ve been exposed to Spanish and know a tiny bit of it, versus 0 Romanian.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @Lynnerizer @Star2236
Most of my life I have lived in shared houses, mostly with strangers, and I’ve never been the one on the lease - rather I was the roommate (or one of several). Only once did an asshole live there who’d take our furniture from other parts of the house and lock it in his room (5 of us lived in that house). One place I kept a set of dishes in my bedroom as dirty dishes were the norm (we rotated who cleaned what and not cleaning often enough or well was what many of the housemates did) and wore flip flops in the shower for the same reason.
Then, finally, I made enough money to rent my own place. And then… adopted a kid nearly 10 so now sharing a house with a kid. The advantage I had was I was the leaseholder and the perks that came from living in that free hotel were not ones she had money to duplicate.
Putting things away was not her forte. In her bedroom I’d have her pick up everything off the floor and out of the other rooms in the house that belonged in her bedroom, pile it all on the bed (that made it easier for her to then put things away as the rest of the room was clear of stuff), vacuum and then put away everything on her bed. That would need to happen nearly weekly.
Then as a teen she stated she did far more work around the house than I did. So I made a list of every single thing that that needed done including pay the bills, go to work, do homework, etc. and sorted it into what needs done daily, twice a week, weekly, etc. I told her to pick X number of things from each column on the list. Once she was done I asked her whose list was longer - hers or mine. Begrudgingly she admitted mine.
The best part of doing that was I then knew what she hated the most to do. Besides cat dirt boxes another thing she didn’t pick was clean the toilet. I asked her if she was cleaning the entire rest of the bathroom why not do that. She stated it was too gross. Bingo. The consequence she suffered if I had to drive to her school to drop off something she forgot was that she owed me twice the time it took me doing that in whatever chores I picked and she had to do them when I told her to (eg - when the boys were in the street playing basketball in front of our house became the assigned time). Well guess what was always on that list - cleaning toilets along with cat dirt boxes, etc. Amazing how a couple of rounds of that resulted in her never forgetting what needed to go to school with her that day.
@Kidsandliz
I never minded living with others. I’ve lived with roommates and significant others and by myself.
I knew since age 13 I didn’t want kids. But I did have my nephew for a summer during COVID (my parents asked me to take him because they needed a break) and I took him to Disney world for a few days when he was 16.
It sounds like you did well teaching her personal responsibility.
@kittykat9180 @Star2236
Well that sounds very nice, you definitely have it figured out! What are you going to be doing in Spain?
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
That’s awesome
POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!
@Lynnerizer @Star2236 hang out, learn the language better, travel around Europe and Africa cheaply.
@kittykat9180 @Star2236
Very very nice! How exciting!
I clean only myself. Everything else, I either eat, sleep on, decorate, play with, use for necessary functions, and/or shred.
@FreyaCat You don’t assign your cat to shred what needs shredded? Mine are very good at that. They practice that a lot on all sorts of things.
@Kidsandliz Neither I nor the inferior felines are susceptible to being made to work. We shred what we will, not what some foolish servant might want destroyed.
Please call the cleaning staff
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