We have a cleaner once a month, and it's worth every penny.

We also have a cleaner come in every fortnight. It is well worth it not to have to worry about it ourselves.

She made the entire trip with a cracked vertebra.

That's some strong stock there, but I suspect you knew that already.

Yes, my major spoiling of myself is having the house 'reboot' every Tuesday. Christina (aka ctrl-alt-del) does the floors, which is my least favorite chore ever and with 3 pets that are inside outside a big chore. She also changes the linens and makes the kitchen and baths clean and shiny. She is our hero. Now that my son and DIL live with us they put up half the cost because they agree heartily that it is money well spent.

She made the entire trip with a cracked vertebra.

She is TOUGH.

I used to have cleaners come every Tuesday, and I miss it. I can never get the house as clean, all at once, as they did.

I need to work on some clutter and then we're going to find room in the budget for a cleaner ever two weeks.

My charger stopped working and then the board stopped working. I was away for too long!

I read an honest to Pete book! And restained some of my woodwork. No I want to restaun all of it. The rest of my books and DVDs to give away are boxed, ready for Aidan to move. I think I can do a better sanding job for some of the restraining, so I might redo.

I need to work on some clutter and then we're going to find room in the budget for a cleaner ever two weeks.

Our issue is clutter. I'd like to have a cleaner come in, even once a month to do the stuff that is actually physically difficult for us at this point (for instance, I can get on my hands and knees to clean around and behind the toilet, but it fucks up my back more often than not) (and that's probably a sign I need to go back to doing the PT exercises for my back). But we have so goddamn much clutter that a cleaner wouldn't be able to do much. Although I suppose I could just tell them "Hey, I just need you to clean the bathroom, kitchen, and baseboards that are accessible. Take my money!"

We need to renovate the bathroom, and can probably do it after the holidays. And I swear that every bit of the renovation is going to be driven by "How easy is this to clean?"

Go, Sophia! I'm so inspired by how hard you're working.

Does anyone want to borrow a 4 year old who won't stop screaming at the top of her lungs? I know she's sick, but this behavior is exhausting.

It is probably a sign of my weird psychology. I am good with getting obsessed and staying obsessed, like the grandfather coach said in Hotel New Hampshire.

I am good with getting obsessed and staying obsessed, like the grandfather coach said in Hotel New Hampshire.

Iowa Bob! Keep passing the open windows.