I never had any problems with doing household chores, except vacuuming. I used the one above when I had Samson, my Samoyed, it was perfect for picking up his piles of fur. Then I bought an upright one, which is not all that great.
Errol and I never had a discussion or a disagreement about who was doing what. Things just got done. (I must confess to sometimes reading advice columns where married folks squabble about who's supposed to do what.)
Now that I'm 83 and live alone, I find I must approach household chores in a new way in order to get them done.
Mark, who helps me with outside chores, will wash and polish my floors, which makes a big difference.
The rest I do myself and I have my good days and days where I look around and see that I must have forgotten to dust for a very long time.
To get things done, I have a system where I do a little, then sit and rest for a while. Then go back, do a little more, then repeat until the chore is done.
I'm not surprised to learn that others use the same method to clean their homes. When I read an article about this way of approaching chores, I learned that it has a name: Pacing.
So, now I know. I'm pacing through my chores and somehow or other, most of them get done.
I'm just a little bit proud of this...
