[Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently

[Judy Jones]

It wasn't about doing the job, but about teaching children to pick up after 
themselves.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ericka via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:26 PM
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Cc: Ericka
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently

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."

from my iPhone

> On Mar 16, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> Judy
>
> -----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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> Cc: Mike Freeman
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>
> Such carelessness was not tolerated in our household. In fact, we all had 
> separate clothes baskets.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----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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> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>
> You dreamer you, especially if one has a busy household.  (smiles)
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----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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> Cc: Mike Freeman
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>
> You mean they're not? :-)
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray 
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:40 AM
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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
> s
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka 
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:37 AM
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> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>
> 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."
>
> from my iPhone
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sherry
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -----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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>> Cc: Diane Vlasoff
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Keeping House Independently
>>
>> Hi Christine,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Diane Sent using dictation.  sometimes it works and sometimes the 
>> mistakes can be funny.  please forgive anything in between.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Christine
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