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.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
Jesse - May 12, 2010 3:37:39 pm PDT #29092 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Kat - May 12, 2010 4:24:16 pm PDT #29101 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The cleaning lady did a really great job. She didn't do our bedroom (which is for the best), but she did the floors, dusting, degrunging. And she tried to do declutter but that's impossible.