Yeah. we need to get back on the housekeeping situation.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Nora Deirdre - Jun 19, 2011 6:45:22 am PDT #23647 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Trudy Booth - Jun 19, 2011 6:57:41 am PDT #23648 of 30000
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'm thinking about having a housecleaner in at least once after vacation to do a deep clean, because -- sweet Jesus. We are nasty people.
Heh. I feel ya. I'm a slattern living with two guys in their twenties. Horrors.
Scrappy - Jun 19, 2011 7:59:35 am PDT #23649 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We have someone come in every two weeks. It's AWESOME. I use the weekend time I used to use cleaning to work on the garden. Most LA people with a yard hire a gardener, so I figure we save on that end. And I don't have to mop, which I HATE.
Liese S. - Jun 19, 2011 8:06:00 am PDT #23650 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Does anybody use a steam mop? I kinda want one for my tile, but don't know if it'd be effective, plus I know it won't help my grout.
-t - Jun 19, 2011 8:10:58 am PDT #23651 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do, but I don't have tile so I can't address that. Works great on the vinylly stuff on my kitchen and bathroom floors, fwtw. It's the bucket wrangling aspect of mopping that I hate, so the steam mop is great for me.
Zenkitty - Jun 19, 2011 8:19:26 am PDT #23652 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hiring a housecleaner changed my life. Once a week, my house is entirely clean, and this forces me to pick up the week's floating detritus so that the horizontal surfaces are available to be cleaned. She vacuums the whole house, dusts everything including the paneling on the doors (!), cleans the kitchen and bathrooms, and even makes my bed. I hate housework and therefore don't do it, even when I promise myself I will. Lazy Slatterns R Us. For the first time in my life I can have people over with only a quick picking-up before they arrive, and I'm not ashamed of my house! Totally worth it.
meara - Jun 19, 2011 8:33:49 am PDT #23653 of 30000
I keep thinking about getting a cleaning service...even called one that had a card in my local coffee shop. And they never called back! And that took all the motivation, apparently.
Zenkitty - Jun 19, 2011 8:44:36 am PDT #23654 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
meara, I had the same problem with all the independent cleaners I tried to contact. I finally went with a "chain" service, with some trepidation, but I've been quite pleased.
Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2011 8:49:46 am PDT #23655 of 30000
brillig
Good god, the amount of cleaning I'd need to do before a cleaning crew could even get to work is appalling. I think they'd need to access the floor, for one thing.
Trudy Booth - Jun 19, 2011 10:13:02 am PDT #23656 of 30000
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 inherited our housekeeper from the last person who had this apartment. She's been here longer than I have!