Saturday 5 May 2012

Dashing away with a smoothing iron...





While I was doing all that blogging and reading posts for the A-Z Challenge, I have to admit that the housework has built up a bit.  Something about me:  I do not like housework, but neither do I like dirt.  Ideally, I'd like someone else to do my housework, but - as my husband kindly told me - dream on! 


All my adult life I have, in particular, HATED IRONING!  I am not a great one for ironing anyway - things have to look like a dish-rag to warrant the touch of the iron in this house and I have mastered a 'shake and fold' system that mostly cuts out the need for ironing - BUT something WEIRD has happened...

I have started looking forward to ironing.

It makes me feel peculiar just to see those words there on the screen, but it's true.

I have discovered something about ironing:  it frees my mind. 

The rest of you probably knew that already, but when I was grumbling about doing it in the first place and swearing at the lead that kept getting stuck around the end of the ironing board, it wasn't the most mind-freeing thing in the world.

Somehow, I've had a couple of mellow ironing sessions - just small piles - with music playing and - WOW!  The ideas have come tripping along and I've had to keep dashing off to the pad to note them down. 

I took some of my daughter's clothes off the line today and actually found myself feeling happy that some of them looked awful and would need ironing.  If you knew me, you would know how unbelievable that sounds.

I'm just hoping that soon I'll start finding cleaning the bathroom equally mind-freeing...

When do your best ideas come to you?

9 comments:

Claudia Moser said...

We are very similar, ironing does relax me as well :) and the best ideas I get on the way to and from work in the car!

Dana said...

I feel the same way about folding clothes. So many of my friends complain about having to do it, but I love it! I get great ideas as I fold, and it also calms me. :)

Annalisa Crawford said...

I play loud music and dance while I'm ironing. Unfortately I iron in front of a window which looks onto a busy street. Therefore I sometimes finding myself making eye contact with a random stranger - mostly they smile too!

Can't say I've ever been swamped with ideas - I usually iron to clear my mind!

Rebecca Bradley said...

If you need any more idea's to come to you, just give me a shout and I'll send a load of ironing your way! ;)

Allison said...

That's great that you've found a place of inspiration! I often think up things just before I fall asleep, or while I am reading someone else's writing!

Allison (Geek Banter)

Patsy said...

I do often get ideas when doing something simple and repetitive such as digging the garden. I don't know if ironing would work as the only things I iron are my work shirts and then only in the summer (in winter I cover them with a jumper)

Peaches Ledwidge said...

Almost always in the shower.

Thanks for your great feedback.

Catherine said...

I don't like ironing, but doing the dishes (I'm the dishwasher) is doing the same. What's nice is that I can't stop doing the dishes to write notes down because of my wet hands (I don't wear gloves) so it's nice to just let the mind goes and the idea flows.

And there's always some dishes in the back of a cupboard that needs to be cleaned once in a while, even if we haven't used them lately!

(On a side note, I know I haven't been around in a long time, but I read all your post for the A to Z Challenge and you made me travel, thanks!)

Andrea said...

I tried to love ironing over the weekend.it was a simple tablecloth, and I did a lousy job! This almost inspires me to try again (but I am no pro at dress shirts either) my best thinking is in the car!