Photo prompt @ A. Noni Mouse
Her husband thought she loved to cook, which she did, but not exactly. He thought she liked the cleaning up after, which she did not, or not for the reasons he believed.
She didn’t correct him. It worked right fine for her that he would sigh contentedly after they had finished eating, and then transfer his happy belly to the den to read the paper or watch some TV.
Washing up gave her the perfect place.
Her neighbor, body glistening, exercising in the room he’d made into a gym, its window facing her sink.
She thought of it as dessert.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
Makes sense to me!
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Isn’t that what one is meant to do with a view? 😉
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Lol. I guess that’s her compensation for doing all the chores that she hate?
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Perhaps, eh? I mean, nothing’s stopping her hubby from offering to do the dishes, right? 😉
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*she hate so much. Great take on the prompt, Na’ama
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😀 Thank you! 🙂 It was fun.
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Nice one, Na’ama.
Myself, while I don’t like the actual chore of washing up, do like the mindlessness. It’s often where I compose my posts. Alas, no hunks to watch out of my window. BooHoo
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I hear ya. I actually don’t mind the washing up at all. There is a meditative sense to it, and it’s pretty immediate-gratification besides. Setting things to order, shining everything up. I don’t mind folding laundry, either. Or hanging it out to dry. Meditative for me. 🙂 No comment about the outside-the-window-extras … 😉
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Moving meditations… the phrase I learned for them. Being in the moment
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Yes! I do not do well in the ‘sitting meditations’ (too much discomfort, too much ‘noise’ in my head and body) but I love ‘walking meditations’ – and I enjoy the calm space of what you called ‘moving meditations’ – the focus on what is being done while simultaneously freeing the mind to roam where it might. Love it.
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I too have a problem with the sitting variety… unless it’s TM, in which case, long years of use.
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To each their own, as long as we can find a place of quietude within us, however it manifests, wherever it takes us. 🙂
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🙂
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🙂
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I guess the kitchen can also be a room with a view.
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For some it sure can do! 😉
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Into every life a little fun must come. Well told.
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One must do what one must do … 😉
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We agree.
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😀
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Na’ama Y’karah,
A woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. This wouldn’t have been your inspiration would it?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwkZ-1fi_H0 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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LOL!!!! Well, the ladies in that ad were just there for the soda pop, no? 😉 I mean, that’s what the ad was FOR, no? 😉
And, yeah, washing up needs to be done, so … as long as her hubby isn’t volunteering, she might as well make the task as … um … enjoyable … as she can … 😉
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As Mary Poppins sang, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…” 😀
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LOL, that she did! 😉
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Hahaha! I remember that one well!
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🙂 And so many men were scandalized … LOL!
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Buahaha!! Poor babies… Finding out women could list as well ..
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😀
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Ha, that would brighten up the daily chores! 🙂
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Seems like it does! 😀
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That made me chuckle
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Chuckling is good for the health … 🙂 Yay! 🙂
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PERFECT! How karmically good the cosmos is 🙂
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Yep … sometimes it can be kind … 😉
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the husband better shape up before he loses her. 🙂
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He may not lose her. I am not sending animosity between them, and perhaps they are accustomed to each other AND she finds the ‘view’ appealing. 🙂
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Ha ha. Delicious dessert. Dirty wife!
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She’s not dirty, she’s CLEANING UP 😉
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There is one way to make the cooking and cleaning more interesting – especially if hubs is non-committal like this one is 😉
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Well, the cleaning up needs to be done, and she can’t help it that this is the room the neighbor chose to make in to a gym … so, what’s she supposed to do … NOT look out of her own window … 😉
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Oh no… I’m thinking her cupboards need cleaning…
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Ahem … perhaps, eh? 😉
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Inside and out…
And then, maybe reorganise the pantry…
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Is there a window to the aforementioned view in the pantry? 😉
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Well… Just saying it needs to be emptied, surely there is a counter near the window…
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I’m sure there’s a solution, yes … 😉
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😏
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🙂
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I guess even the worst chore has its perks 😉
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Well, donnow that I consider the washing up the ‘worst chore’ … but I suppose even rinsing cloth diapers (been there done that) could be made a little onerous if there’s nice view … 😉
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Ha, her little treat to herself 🙂
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😀 Since he’s not helping with the washing up … 😉
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Oh, so sly of her. I laughed out loud. Loved it!
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Ah, yay!!! Best feedback to get! 🙂 Glad it made you laugh out loud! 😀
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It’s a trick to get her to the kitchen sink. Her husband has organised his friend to work out at the exact time.
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LOL!! If so, everyone’s content! 😉
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Wow, what a view! Dessert.
Good story!
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Thank you! 🙂 To each their dessert, eh? 😉
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That’s for sure!
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🙂
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Loved the ‘transfer of his happy belly’.
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🙂 I’m glad this was fun! 🙂
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