VW & CBD sitting in a tree... Yippee for whirlwind. Couldn't happen to a nicer gal!
Fay, sounds exciting. Hope ya get some movie work out of it. That would be cool.
Omnis, do you mean tchotchke?
YES! I spelled it completely wrong. Shocker, huh? Considering I only know NYC Yiddish words, and most probably in slightly wrong context. I'm not going to change it, lest it make you look foolish for giving me the same spelling ;)
Many of my friends joke about the darn maid not doing her job and what do we pay her for anyway??? (they, of course, do not have a maid)
I've never had one. But will when I move to Dallas. The complex I am moving to has a group discount service, like $42 a visit or something! I was thinking about it. But now, seeing the state of this place now, I'm TOTALLY going to do it. My god, I missed the lesson on dusting. And the Long Beach (port) dust, extra ick. Not grey, buy black and gritty. Eeeew.
OK, time to weed out clothes. Final purge stage I think. Cross your fingers it stays cool again. It doesn't sound like it will.
Oddly, I may actually be hiring someone (a friend of a friend) to clean, soon...we'll see...what do people think the going rate for cleaning is, anyway? I think she's selling herself short. Not, I suppose, that that's a bad thing for me. And I suppose if she has a couple hour minimum, depending on how often I had her come (probably not more than every couple weeks), it'd be fine. I've never hired someone, but I think it'd be good, but weird. But possibly necessary. And suspect it would help keep me *tidy*, as well as clean.
Here in DC, I paid $50 every other week for her to dust, clean the floors, and the kitchen and bathroom. It was good because it forced me to tidy up every two weeks.
We pay a ridiculous amount here ($150 a visit), mostly because my housemate wanted to use a service that didn't exploit its workers. However, they are awesome.
DH keeps saying we should have a gardener -- but that is what I like doing. I say extra money = house cleaner. and 2x a month is usually cheaper than 1 a month
Yay, one month, vw!
We're in the car, headed home. Sigh.
Huh. Sounds like maybe she is charging a reasonable amount then--she said $20/hr if I supply the cleaning products. (especially since she's not working for a service or anything, and it's under the table). Now if I only could've arranged it so we'd had this conversation earlier, and I could've got her in here before my friend was coming to stay with me tonight. Doh.
Has anyone watched White Noise 2? The trailer was on Knocked Up and the Fillion/Sackhoff combo is hard to resist.
I've never even heard of it!! But the adorable coziness of smonster and amyth living together sounds AWESOME!
I met him four weeks ago today
Oh my goodness! That is rather whirlwind!
Good luck with the extra-ness, Fay!!
We pay a ridiculous amount here ($150 a visit), mostly because my housemate wanted to use a service that didn't exploit its workers.
Exactly. My housekeeper was independent, she kept everything. I considered her an independent contractor, so taxes and such were her responsibility. she didn't make enough money for me to do an I-9, so it was all above board.
Huh. Sounds like maybe she is charging a reasonable amount then--she said $20/hr if I supply the cleaning products.
that sounds about right. if you're going to hire her on a regular basis, you might want to think about going flat rate, though.
We have someone come in twice a month and it's $85/visit. OMG worth every penny.
Oddly, I may actually be hiring someone (a friend of a friend) to clean, soon...we'll see...what do people think the going rate for cleaning is, anyway? I think she's selling herself short. Not, I suppose, that that's a bad thing for me. And I suppose if she has a couple hour minimum, depending on how often I had her come (probably not more than every couple weeks), it'd be fine. I've never hired someone, but I think it'd be good, but weird. But possibly necessary. And suspect it would help keep me *tidy*, as well as clean.
Here in DC, I paid $50 every other week for her to dust, clean the floors, and the kitchen and bathroom. It was good because it forced me to tidy up every two weeks.
Exactly. My housekeeper was independent, she kept everything. I considered her an independent contractor, so taxes and such were her responsibility. she didn't make enough money for me to do an I-9, so it was all above board.
This is my situation, too. I love my cleaning person and she's been extremely reliable and does great work. She quoted me a flat rate, handles her own insurance and taxes. She likes the flexibility the work gives her and I'm happy to pay for what she does. I am glad that it forces me to pick up everything and put it away before she comes in so she can do the heavy cleaning jobs that I really can't get to on a regular basis.
{{{Teppy}}} I don't trust your employers to not fuck you over further. I worked for a non-profit who used the amorphous benchmarks to set someone up for a firing and I left shortly after that. Seriously, watch your back. And send out resumes.
Aims, Olivia got about ten compliments on her wardrobe this weekend.
The roomies and I are getting someone once a month for three hours. We figure the $20 each is worth it for peace on earth.
