{"id":1358,"date":"2010-07-28T08:31:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:47:25","slug":"ipod-rocks-for-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"iPod ROCKS (for chores)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love my iPod Touch but I’ve never really used it much for playing music.\u00a0 Primarily because I only have about 4 songs on it!\u00a0 Then I learned how to rip my cd’s onto my computer and select certain songs to put into my iPod.\u00a0 Theeeen I found one of my favorite old songs on iTunes.\u00a0 ‘Mug’s Game’ by Soft Cell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, bam!\u00a0 I learned to love my iPod Touch for its music. <\/strong><\/p>\n

See the reason we dislike chores is not because they are hard, its because they are boring.\u00a0 Its the reason women congregate in the kitchen to cook & clean up.\u00a0 We’re trying to make it interesting.\u00a0 Well, and faster!\u00a0 Sure its easier to avoid the chores and relax the day away.\u00a0 But you can only do that so many times before the chores catch up to you.\u00a0 Try explaining THAT to a kid.. (or a husband!)
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Cooking dinner is my bane.. I’m good at it, I just dislike doing it.\u00a0 And lately, tending my wild English Garden hasn’t appealed to me, either.\u00a0 Last week I needed to mentally escape but couldn’t spare the time to watch t.v. and no one was online to chat with.\u00a0 So I slipped my headphones on and set my iPod to play Mugs Game. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instantly my mood is light and happy.\u00a0 (Cuz that’s how great that song it!) \u00a0 I’m dancing through my chores without a single resenting thought.\u00a0 I did two hours of gardening that way,\u00a0 turning an arduous chore into an evening out. (Because I tend to garden in whatever I’m wearing and that’s usually shorts and heeled sandals!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It occurred to me that this might translate very well into getting your teenager to do chores.\u00a0\u00a0 Load their iPods up with their favorite songs and then take it away.\u00a0 Informing them this was their chores music… they could only listen to it when they were working.\u00a0 Sort of a “will vacuum for iTunes” kind of thing!\u00a0 Hey, whatever currency works I say use it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

But first get one for yourself!\u00a0 After all, you’ve earned it just from changing their diapers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And with my music blasting in my ears its like they’re not even home!
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