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Display Name: GNP
Member Since: 9/19/10

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@Takife, its not a job in the sense that when i'm doing chores, whether its dishes or cleaning the toilet, I don't expect for someone to go and give me a check or give me cash money. I'm doing it b/c they're chores that need to be done. If you think staying home all day cooking and cleaning is a "job," then maybe its time to go get a career. Nobody is saying its effortless but just because I come home after working 8-6 and spend 3 hours fixing a leaky toilet, it doesnt make me a plumber and it doesn't mean i have another job now. Its just an every day chore you have to do.

If you're going house to house cleaning people's houses for money then yes cleaning is your job. If you're at home cleaning the house and making food...guess what...a ton of us do that..and we work full time.

And I don't even think that cooking/cleaning is a womans job since I'm a guy and have done both for many years when I lived alone and everyone should be responsible for it. I just don't get the mentality of "I cook and clean so I do a job! Where is ze money!"


Home Ec.: What is Your Housework Worth?
1/27/12 1:52 PM

I got tired of nagging my live in gf to clean up after herself all the time to the point where the mess was driving me up the wall. We tried splitting the chores in half but her half would never get done and it would cause constant friction. So I ended up hiring a house cleaner that I pay for along with the entire mortgage. I guess I'm the sucker here =/

Sorry to disagree with the majority here but cleaning the house isn't a job. If you're a staying at home b/c childcare is more money than you make, then that's totally understandable. Otherwise go to work. Not everything is about money. But a lot of things are.


Home Ec.: What is Your Housework Worth?
1/27/12 1:35 PM

Where's that art above the fireplace from? Looks cool.


Help Ronda Choose a Cooler Paint Shade
8/25/11 4:10 PM

These are heavy on the serene but light on the sexy...there's nothing exciting about them other than maybe the first one.


Sexy & Serene Bedrooms
3/24/11 3:15 PM

I just bought a drum shade from http://www.fenchelshades.com/

I would definitely use them again.


Ideas for a Modern Lamp Makeover?
Good Questions
11/17/10 12:30 PM

I have to agree with lulu1234 who said:
"I believe there are three kinds of people when it comes to pets: Pet lovers who see their pets as family members, pet lovers for whom, a dog is a dog, not a person, and people who generally don't like or think pets belong in the yard."

If you're a person who would give your life for your kid and in another instance you would give your life for your dog, that dog is probably your child.

I would not give my life for my dog, but would give it for my niece and nephew if it came down to it. I think its obvious where I fall in lulu's example.

At the end of the day, the comparison between dogs/pets and human children is pretty weak, although as pointed out previously by numerous people, bad parents are not any better than bad pet owners.

At the end of the day, how you treat your animal is up to you, but not everyone is going to agree with it or like it. This entire article was about being a good host, not being a good pet owner.

macewr82, you've paraphrased four posts in an obvious attempt to ridicule others since opening your account yesterday. What gives?


Hospitable Pet Etiquette for the Holidays
11/10/10 2:27 PM

"Because unlike you, they realize that being afraid is deviating from the normal, not having a dog."

I have a dog, two in fact. And when the guests come over, the dogs go outside till they calm down. If they don't calm down they stay in the back yard for a couple of hours. Big whoop.

They're not out in the arctic, they're in the backyard. And yes my dogs have had obedience training.

People love to make excuses for why its ok for their dog to behave like an annoying drunk, one of which is to say "well if its ok for parents to have kids that are out of control, then its ok for me to have dogs that are out of control."

Its a dog, you're the owner, you run your dogs life, not the other way around. You don't need to beat your dog, but as it is with children, dogs need rules too.


Hospitable Pet Etiquette for the Holidays
11/9/10 5:50 PM

Completely agree with the article.
Untrained dogs are obnoxious. To Icedd, don't invite people over if you don't care that a dog bites or annoys a guest. Dogs get put to sleep over biting people all the time.

If you're having guests over, i'm assuming its because you invited them over, not because they invited themselves to your house.

Unless you're telling them ahead of time that your dog will slobber all over their clothes, bite them and bark incessantly, maybe don't invite people over? Thats not a surprise anyone needs to deal with.


Hospitable Pet Etiquette for the Holidays
11/9/10 5:20 PM

Where are the planted birch trees from? They are so cool.


Taniya Nayak's Update & Kitchen Remodel
Taniya's Note to the Readers
10/27/10 12:47 AM

The horse image is amazing.
I don't see that specific one on their website.


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Store Profile
10/21/10 5:41 PM