HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-19, Page 9THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
From My Window
On Keeping House
Shirley Keller
Maintaining a house isn't one
of my favorite passtimes. To
turn around a line from one of
last year's Glen Campbell mov-
ies - I forgot which one - house-
work is like sex because you've
never finished.
I don't know about the rest of
you, but my house is a haven of
everything and everyone except
Elbow Grease. I think scrubbing
and polishing is a real waste of
my time and consequently, my
home never has had and probably
never 411 have that band -box
appearance.
I'm the kind of a woman who
can sit down and put her feet up
and watch television despite the
fact there are dishes in the sink.
Depending on the calibre and the
personality of my guests, I'm
not in the least upset if someone
arrives in my home to find it in
a state of complete disarray.
That's just the way I am.
My husband, bless him, isn't
that easy-going. He likes to see
the house neat as a pin and what's
more, he'll actually go to work
to put it that way if I'm having
ANNUAL MEETING
OF
!Zurich Minor Athletic
Ladies Auxiliary
WED., DEC. 2,
8:00 p.m.
ZURICH ARENA
ALL MOTHERS of children par-
ticipating in the Minor Sports
Program are urged to attend.
Your Interest and Volunteered
Services would be Greatly Ap-
preciated.
one of my lazy streaks.
That's embarrassing for me. I
don't mind letting things go for
a day or so at a time but I must
admit, I can't stand seeing my
spouse grab a scrub pail and a
mop. It makes me feel guilty.
Arid that's probably the reason
I'm in such a state at this prec-
ise moment. As you read this,
my house looks as though there
has been a party for three-year
old rough -necks in every single
nook and cranny... and I'm too
tied up at the office and with
outside commitments to go home
and tidy up. What's more, I'm
developing a sore throat or some
other such miserable ailment.
I don't know why I bother you
at all with my problems except
I've learned quite accidentally
that at least one of my readers
is wondering what sort of a house-
keeper I really am. Well lady,
I'll be honest. I'm a perfectly
horrible housemaid and if it was'
nt for my nagging husband, I'd
probably clean up only when I
got the urge... seldom.
There is some comfort in the
fact there are other women who
are as undomestic as I am. Take
my neighbour, for instance. The
other day her little son brought
home an extra guest for lunch and
my neighbour was floored. Not
because she didn't know he was
coming! Not because she didn't
have enough macaroni! My neigh.
bour didn't have a clean plate in
the cupboard• and was forced to
wash one in order to make anoth-
er setting. That's the height of
frustration, believe me, espec-
ially with your husband on deck'
to view the whole unfortunate
incident.
I've discovered that this col-
umn generally reflects the mood
I'm in... and more often than
not, it is about the subject which
is uppermost in my mind. Need-
less to say, I'm darn well bother -
ed by my messy domain and I'm
suffering my own kind of private
hell today because of it.
Do men have any idea how
fortunate they are? They leave
for work in the morning, earn
their dollar and return home at
night to a hot dinner, an orderly
house and a relaxing evening with
wife and family.
When you are a working moth-
er, you can come home to a
sink full of dishes because the
kids have a football game and a
student council meeting; a mess
of unpeeled, uncooked potatoes,
no quick -frying meat and just
25 minutes until zero hour; a pile
of washing and a basket of iron-
ing; a meeting at the school at
8 p.m. ; and a pile of mission
league letters from the church to
address and mail before morning.
Is it 'really any wonder that you
throw up your hands, make a pot
of coffee and go watch the re-
runs of The Hillbillies to settle
your nerves?
Most days I'm on the ball.
Most times I just wade into the
situation and conquer as much
of it as is physically possible.
Today, I'm just not up to it. I'm
having those maddening mixed
feelings of wanting to overcome
and not caring to begin. Let's
hope tomorrow is better!
Form PTA Group
Among Parents at
St. Marie School
A Parent Teachers Association
has been formed at Ecole' Ste.
Marie School, St, Toseph.
Election of officers are as fol-
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lows; president, Clem Regier;
vice-president, Gerard Ducharme
secretary, Mrs. Andrew Rau;
treasurer, Mrs. John Laporte,
social convenor, Mrs, Toseph
Regier; parent councillors; Mrs.
Anthony Rau, Mrs. Matthew
Denomme, Mrs. Gus Soudant
and Mrs. Morris Vermunt; teach-
ers councillor; Mrs. Ann Irwin.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
at 8 p.m.
Dashwood Community Centre
in the form of a Social Evening
Guest Speaker
ROY STEPHENSON, SHDHS Teacher
Topic
"THE ASIAN EXAMPLE" a different approach to life
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Lorna Lee and Jana Stewart
Don McAdams and Adrien Van Raay
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