[Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently

Thu Mar 17 03:26:41 UTC 2016

Lucky you had kids to do the job. I'm solo here. Unfortunately the cat is no help. My ex-husband wasn't either and he had 20/20.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

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> On Mar 16, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Well, the optimum of course was to have socks picked up, and most of the time the girls did, but one might show up MIA, been dropped from a laundry load, the dogs might grab one, one fall out of a gym bag unnoticed right away, whatever.  It's the occasional one that would wind up behind a couch cushion or under the couch.  Sometimes, one would come up truly missing.  We would always claim it to be in sock-heaven.
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> Or, there's the scenario where you find a sock, does not look like your kids', and you find out it actually belongs to the girl that spent the night last night.  Socks have a life of their own.
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> When the girls were toddlers we had a system of matching socks with outfits, but by the time they got in grade school, my sister told me she only bought white socks for the kids in school.  What a relief, I started doing that, too.
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> Judy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:00 PM
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> Such carelessness was not tolerated in our household. In fact, we all had separate clothes baskets.
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> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:44 AM
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> You dreamer you, especially if one has a busy household.  (smiles)
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> Judy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:36 AM
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> You mean they're not? :-)
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> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via blindtlk
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> It might not always be a question of laziness. Besides, if you aren't lazy, you would crawl around and make sure cords, socks, and sacs were all picked up.
> Cindy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via blindtlk
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> LOL I wouldn't want one because this thing can't tell the difference between a piece of paper sack or anything else. It's just bumps into things. I can bump into things and eat socks with my vacuum cleaner plus good exercise. Why be that lazy? 
> 
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
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> from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Sherry Gomes via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> You can all laugh at this, but I'm absolutely terrified of a rumba and would never want one. It comes from reading too much Stephen King, because I keep imagining it turning itself on in the night and chasing me around my condo! Or just sitting by my bed staring at me. Yep, too much Stephen King. 
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>> Sherry
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy 
>> Jones via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:13 PM
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>> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
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>> Very cool.  My daughter has one of those.  How well do they work?  How long do you leave one on to prowl the room?  Does it go from room to room, or how does it work?
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>> Thanks.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Diane 
>> Vlasoff via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:10 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
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>> Hi Christine,
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>> It's all what you feel comfortable with. You've gotten a lot of really good advice from a lot of the other people. From my perspective I bought a Rumba because I had to two dogs,  a  guide dog and a retired dog and two cats in the house and I wanted to vacuum my house a minimum of once a day preferably twice and I didn't want to take the time to do that. So the Rumba was an absolutely fabulous solution for me. Find out what you're comfortable with and go for it.
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>> Diane Sent using dictation.  sometimes it works and sometimes the mistakes can be funny.  please forgive anything in between.  
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>> On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Christine Olivares via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> I just wanted to get your opinion about keeping house independently. I used to have someone come in once a month just to help with things I may have missed, but I am debating whether to do this still or not. I did get some rehab training with cleaning, but I am not the best at it. My main hangup is using a broom, as I just can’t figure out how it is done. I just invested in a Swiffer so I hope that helps.
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>> I was wondering if you keep house independently, or if you have someone sighted come in once in a while to make sure things are kept nicely and are not dirty. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
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>> Christine
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