I could imagine spending a good few hours cleaning up before they arrived, which seems to defeat the point.
Moi aussi.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - May 12, 2010 3:35:36 pm PDT #29091 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jesse - May 12, 2010 3:37:39 pm PDT #29092 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would really like a cleaning person -- I don't do it enough, but have no problem with straightening. It's the Actual Cleaning I hate.
Kat - May 12, 2010 3:40:44 pm PDT #29093 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I could imagine spending a good few hours cleaning up before they arrived, which seems to defeat the point.
Well it was the straightening that was good for us. Plus we'd like a cleanish start with Grace coming. It's really beautiful.
Strix - May 12, 2010 3:41:53 pm PDT #29094 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I just wish I had someone to do my laundry and to sweep up the cat hair. I don't mind mopping, and I actually enjoy dusting quite a bit. (It's the lemon oil, I think...)
I need a root, and my diamond shoes squeeze.
-t - May 12, 2010 3:46:43 pm PDT #29095 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would love for my house to be clean, but I don't want anyone touching my stuff, especially the stuff that needs cleaning. It's just embarrassing, having dirty laundry and dust bunnies - people who are not me shouldn't really know about that. I'm trying to get over it. More by being okay with people coming over when the house is a mess than by having cleaning people, but it's the same issue at root.
Stephanie - May 12, 2010 3:57:48 pm PDT #29096 of 30001
Trust my rage
I am seriously pondering a cleaning person at our new house when we move in July 1. I want someone to vacuum, dust, clean bathrooms, and wash/change the sheets and towels. I don't know if it will happen, though.
Trudy Booth - May 12, 2010 3:59:36 pm PDT #29097 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I want someone to vacuum, dust, clean bathrooms, and wash/change the sheets and towels. I don't know if it will happen, though.We have a scrub once a month. It makes maintenance inbetween visits much simpler.
sarameg - May 12, 2010 4:12:58 pm PDT #29098 of 30001
Dusting. Someone to dust. And declutter. Sadly, not in the budget right now.
DawnK - May 12, 2010 4:16:29 pm PDT #29099 of 30001
giraffe mode
It makes maintenance inbetween visits much simpler
This. When we lived on the boat, I had a cleaning lady 2x a month. She did the things that I hated to do like dust and oil all.the.damn.teak (beautiful to look at but a PITA to maintain). We were better at keeping things picked up during the inbetween weeks, and it usually only took a few minutes to pick up on Sunday evening when we knew that she would be in on Monday. Man, I so miss that... sort of ironic that I'd have a cleaning lady for a 50 ft boat but not one for a 3,000 sq ft house (but that's more a function of it being my MiL's house and her Alzheimers).
Steph L. - May 12, 2010 4:18:04 pm PDT #29100 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Here's a photo comparison to show how much of my hair is going to clean up oil in the Gulf: [link] (It's wet in both pictures, not manky.)
I can't even begin to say how happy the cut makes me. It was driving me BATSHIT having all that hair on my shoulders and upper back. I keep shaking my head to check that I still don't have it. I actually think I want it a leeeeetle shorter, but -- next time.