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.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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Stephanie - May 12, 2010 3:57:48 pm PDT #29096 of 30001
Trust my rage
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.
Steph L. - May 12, 2010 4:29:05 pm PDT #29102 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I would like a cleaning person to scrub the floors and walls and door frames and other assorted trim. And cleaning services will come in and do a one-time "deep clean," so it's not like we can't have it done. But I'm also on the need-to-declutter-first bandwagon.
Strix - May 12, 2010 4:34:28 pm PDT #29103 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I would like someone to come and bushwhack the yard, and clear out the pile of crap in the back. Also, clean the basement and garage.
Hmm. Basically, all I want is for the ex's stuff to be all gone, then.
Vortex - May 12, 2010 4:34:37 pm PDT #29104 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It was driving me BATSHIT having all that hair on my shoulders and upper back.
grass is always greener. I would kill to have long hair :)
Steph L. - May 12, 2010 4:38:27 pm PDT #29105 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It was driving me BATSHIT having all that hair on my shoulders and upper back.
grass is always greener. I would kill to have long hair
Ah, true enough. And when I've had it short, eventually I yearn to grow it out. I'm not sure why I started getting buggy about feeling it on my shoulders and back, but the actual physical feel of it was starting to make me, like, *angry.* (Yeah, at my hair. I am not a normal kitty at all.)
Mostly, I have to own up to the fact where I'm too lazy to really maintain long-ish hair such that it looks professional at work (or at least not like some damn hippie who just rolled off the Dead tour). Shorter makes me look more like I have my shit together.