My new toy

One of the things that we agree on when we came here to Chengdu was that I will do the housework and Gary will bring back the dough.. We will not engage any helper (阿姨 as they call it here) unless I really need it. Even though it's not very expensive to engage one here - approximately 200RMB a month for a once-a-week cleaning, which makes it 4 times a month and they do general cleaning, including toilet and windows; washing and ironing. 

But what will I do if all the housework is done for me already? Besides I enjoy cleaning and I can be guaranteed of the quality of the cleaning (^^).

Now housework is not that bad. It's the ironing that I don't really have a preference for. It's tedious and back breaking work. And the workers didn't pack the big ironing board back home, instead they packed the small one that you can get in Ikea. Don't ask me why.

So Gary being such a sweet hubby, suggests getting a standing steamer iron so that my back won't get hurt or sore, which I usually developed after ironing his shirts with the usual ironing board. You probably have seen it in action in clothes shops.

Tada! This is my new toy:

And look what it can do:

The left side of the shirt is the ironed part and the right side is before ironing. Can you see the difference? The right side is really wrinkled while the left side is straight and ironed!

It's really easy to use and it's pretty efficient once you get the hang of it. Ironing has never been so fun!