1. Open jar lids that are stuck on tight.
2. Take out the garbage.
3. Remove live (and dead) creatures of the insect variety from the house.
4. Dishes. Scarred on this one from my childhood.
5. Mulch the landscape. Actually, this one gets hired out. It takes them about 1/5 the time it would take me, and they are used to picking ticks off themselves. Me? Not so much.
6. Clean the lowest gutter. This gets hired out once per year, but needs to be done more often. I always volunteer that if he brings out the ladder, I will do the cleaning. But then he does both. *love*
7. Make morning tea or coffee. We split this about 50/50.
8. Pack the suitcase. (He has an excellent geometry brain.)
9. Finish the Amazon order. I put stuff in the cart, and never get around to checking out.
Interesting. Spider removal from the house and dead/half-dead animal removal from the yard is my job.
Posted by: claudia | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 09:18 AM
You guys make a great team. I'm with ya on removing the creatures - most especially the ones who are still alive and kicking!
Posted by: Donna | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 09:30 AM
Teamwork is key to getting jobs done around the house and you two have a good system.
Posted by: margene | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:41 AM
I don't do insects either -- yuk!
Posted by: Lisa | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:57 AM
Hey, what's wrong with insects?????
Posted by: Lynn | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Mow the lawn (yesterday's job of the day)
Posted by: Caroline M | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 11:57 AM
I forgot to say that I am the queen of stuck lids, it is the one thing I learned as part of my degree that I still use on a weekly basis.
Posted by: Caroline M | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 12:14 PM
Totally agree on the bugs. As for packing, I do the suitcases but he fits everything into the car. This was especially helpful back when we were camping.
Posted by: Carole | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 01:00 PM
I'm going to have to try that Amazon deal! ;-)
Posted by: Patty | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 01:34 PM
Okay, I'm curious about the story behind #4...
Posted by: S.Kate | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 01:46 PM
I make him open the jar lids, since he's usually the one who tightens them down too hard to ever open again. I can get factory-tightened lids open, but not Madman-tightened lids...
And I'm curious about #4, also.
Posted by: gayle | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 02:39 PM