Comments for Elaine Dunham http://elainedunham.com Elaines Views on the World Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Did Anyone Win? by Gretchen http://elainedunham.com/did-anyone-win/#comment-35 Gretchen Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:01:11 +0000 http://elainedunham.com/?p=62#comment-35 Like you, I bought a LOT of Mickey Dee's food to play this stupid game and I didn't win anything at all. I have probably 100 game pieces on my desk and not a single win of anything. I feel so ripped off and I'm sick to death of Mickey Dee's food now. Like you, I bought a LOT of Mickey Dee’s food to play this stupid game and I didn’t win anything at all. I have probably 100 game pieces on my desk and not a single win of anything. I feel so ripped off and I’m sick to death of Mickey Dee’s food now.

]]> Comment on Family by Rachel http://elainedunham.com/family/#comment-34 Rachel Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:49:39 +0000 http://elainedunham.com/?p=57#comment-34 Laundry has a lot to do with standards. I know people who strip the bed and wash their bed sheets every morning. In fact, Jackie Kennedy had the white House maids strip the beds TWICE each day, so don't tell me that she didn't know what John was up to behind her back! But that's not necessary in my house, and probably not yours. Unless they are soiled from something unusual, I only strip the beds on Saturday morning and wash a load of linens and towels first thing Saturday. Another thing about laundry is that I never iron. If the clothing needs to be ironed or dry cleaned, I don't buy it. When I'm doing laundry, the dryer buzzes when it is done and I get there quick to take the clothes out and hang them up immediately so they don't get wrinkled. Another tip - I quit sorting and folding socks. I have a drawer of socks for him and a drawer of socks for me. His are all white tube socks anyway except for a couple pairs of dark dress socks. When folding clothes, the socks go directly into the his or her drawer from the basket. If he can't find a pair in his sock drawer, he isn't looking very hard. All of this saves a little time and makes it easier for the person doing the chores. Laundry has a lot to do with standards. I know people who strip the bed and wash their bed sheets every morning. In fact, Jackie Kennedy had the white House maids strip the beds TWICE each day, so don’t tell me that she didn’t know what John was up to behind her back! But that’s not necessary in my house, and probably not yours.

Unless they are soiled from something unusual, I only strip the beds on Saturday morning and wash a load of linens and towels first thing Saturday.

Another thing about laundry is that I never iron. If the clothing needs to be ironed or dry cleaned, I don’t buy it. When I’m doing laundry, the dryer buzzes when it is done and I get there quick to take the clothes out and hang them up immediately so they don’t get wrinkled.

Another tip - I quit sorting and folding socks. I have a drawer of socks for him and a drawer of socks for me. His are all white tube socks anyway except for a couple pairs of dark dress socks. When folding clothes, the socks go directly into the his or her drawer from the basket. If he can’t find a pair in his sock drawer, he isn’t looking very hard.

All of this saves a little time and makes it easier for the person doing the chores.

]]> Comment on Family by Alexa http://elainedunham.com/family/#comment-33 Alexa Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:40:26 +0000 http://elainedunham.com/?p=57#comment-33 If neither of you have kids old enough to help and just have a lazy husband, here's what works for me. Keeping up with the dishes is easy once you have a new routine and cooperation from hubby. Load the dishwasher with the dinner dishes before going to bed and run it. In the morning while the coffee is brewing, unload the dishwasher. During the day, people, ie hubby, who bring dirty dishes into the kitchen should put the dishes directly into the dishwasher - NOT into the sink. Make it as easy for them to put them into the dishwasher as you can - like leave the door open and the top rack half out, if you have to. Make it hard to put the dishes into the sink - put something large into the sink if you have to - like set the fish bowl over the drain or fill the sink with suds and dog toys that need washing. Make a big deal of it every night with lots of praise when you get home and find the dishes in the dishwasher. But if you find dishes in the sink - refuse to cook and tell everyone they can make peanutbutter sandwiches. When they get tired of peanut butter sandwiches, they will suddenly start remembering to put the dishes into the dishwasher. Worked for me! If neither of you have kids old enough to help and just have a lazy husband, here’s what works for me. Keeping up with the dishes is easy once you have a new routine and cooperation from hubby.

Load the dishwasher with the dinner dishes before going to bed and run it. In the morning while the coffee is brewing, unload the dishwasher. During the day, people, ie hubby, who bring dirty dishes into the kitchen should put the dishes directly into the dishwasher - NOT into the sink. Make it as easy for them to put them into the dishwasher as you can - like leave the door open and the top rack half out, if you have to. Make it hard to put the dishes into the sink - put something large into the sink if you have to - like set the fish bowl over the drain or fill the sink with suds and dog toys that need washing.

Make a big deal of it every night with lots of praise when you get home and find the dishes in the dishwasher. But if you find dishes in the sink - refuse to cook and tell everyone they can make peanutbutter sandwiches. When they get tired of peanut butter sandwiches, they will suddenly start remembering to put the dishes into the dishwasher.

Worked for me!

]]> Comment on iPhone 3G by Wendy http://elainedunham.com/iphone-3g/#comment-2 Wendy Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:40:57 +0000 http://elainedunham.com/?p=6#comment-2 I think it is ridiculous that all the enthusiastic new buyers had to wait in very long lines to buy the new iPhones and then after all that hype and anticipation the people on the back end totally dropped the ball and no one could get activated or upgraded. Their network went into total gridlock. How can all these grossly overpaid high level managers not anticipate a huge network demand? Everyone involved in the gridlock problem should be fired and tossed out with the garbage. For the high prices and expected level of customer service, this was a total farce. I think it is ridiculous that all the enthusiastic new buyers had to wait in very long lines to buy the new iPhones and then after all that hype and anticipation the people on the back end totally dropped the ball and no one could get activated or upgraded. Their network went into total gridlock.

How can all these grossly overpaid high level managers not anticipate a huge network demand? Everyone involved in the gridlock problem should be fired and tossed out with the garbage. For the high prices and expected level of customer service, this was a total farce.

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