Ok, the ironing thing in reversed in my house:
Mom wouldn't have an iron and ironing board if it wasn't for me! I iron hubby's and my clothes for the week Sunday night while watching King of the Hill & Simpsons. If I didn't, he'd leave for school every morning with wrinkled shirt that had two huge hanger puncture marks on the shoulder! I iron mine while I have the iron out just because I have it out. I used to iron as I needed every morning.

As for other things...
I have color on my walls. And pictures. Lots of pictures. Dad thought walls and trim were supposed to be white. Nothing else. And oh-no!!! A nail hole was the biggest sin! We'd NEVER sell the house because someone put a nail hole in the drywall! Um, dad, thats what spackle is for. And touch up paint. I am always in the middle of painting SOMETHING. I love to paint and repaint something every two years to keep it fresh and clean looking.

I have a royal laundry fetish. Mom used to just toss the clothes in and pull them out. I have eight baskets lined up in the basement next to the washer. As soon as clothes from the hampers upstairs they get sorted immediately. the eight baskets are as follows: white clothes, white towels. jeans, lights, mediums, darks, reds, dark towels. All heck will break loose if you "borrow" one of my laundry baskets to clean up your room. they are sacred and should be treated as such! Yes, I have an emotional problem regarding laundry. some day I'll explain why - its too involved!

The major difference in my house is that I don't cook. At all. Nothing, not even toast. I have a husband who likes to cook and three teenagers. They can do that for me. No food, no siree.


Funny thing is, I'm more like my grandmom when it comes to the house than my mom! If its not usefull, I get rid of it. If its ugly, its gone. I am a lean mean trash tossing machine! You'd call me a bold faced liar if you saw my basement, but thats all stuff I'm saving for that yard sale I intend to have.... some year.

The laundry thing is more like her (if she'd ever thought of it!) than my mom.