Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.

'Get It Done'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Feb 26, 2019 10:59:39 am PST #5330 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This reminds me of a question I have! People who pay other people to clean their house, how often do they come, and what do you do in between?


msbelle - Feb 26, 2019 11:24:24 am PST #5331 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Chris remind me where you are.


Amy - Feb 26, 2019 11:30:57 am PST #5332 of 30019
Because books.

I have to literally invite people to come over so I'll clean. I keep the house picked up a little bit obsessively (clutter makes me really anxious), but actual cleaning I can let slide until I have to elbow dust bunnies out of the way. And I'm still working on how to motivate myself to those deep-cleaning things you should do once or twice a year.


Dana - Feb 26, 2019 11:32:02 am PST #5333 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Howwwwwww is today not over yet.


meara - Feb 26, 2019 12:08:23 pm PST #5334 of 30019

I normally have someone come once a month, to clean, but the past few months since I broke my ankle have someone twice a month. Generally I'd say I "tidy" more than "clean" between times? I mean, I do dishes or take out the trash, and I'll swipe up a spill on the counter, but I don't dust or vacuum or clean the toilet or bath between. Probably I'm filthy but once a month is also probably more than I'd do it otherwise, so... (note that I have neither kids nor pets, so that makes it easier)


chrismg - Feb 26, 2019 12:11:33 pm PST #5335 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

San Antonio, why?


billytea - Feb 26, 2019 12:21:37 pm PST #5336 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

We have a cleaner come by every fortnight (today, in fact). They basically do floors and surfaces. My parents used to have a cleaner who did ironing too, which t wistful sounds nice.

In between, I clean the kitchen each night. (Biyi cooks - I'm home too late - so I get the cleaning.) we generally just leave the floors, they can go a fortnight. However, if we do need some vacuuming in between, because we have visitors or there's been a spill or something, then I'll do that. Ryan helps out with that too sometimes.


billytea - Feb 26, 2019 12:23:02 pm PST #5337 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I hope you get everything shifted ok, Chris. Moving stuff is always a pain, especially under these circumstances.


Gris - Feb 26, 2019 12:38:45 pm PST #5338 of 30019
Hey. New board.

Now that we are in Brazil we have somebody come once a week (which feels crazy but that's the schedule she requested and it's affordable so...). We had somebody every two weeks in Nashville. Much like meara, we do/did a ton of tidying in between (three kids means every day is a tornado) but sporadic actual cleaning and only when it was obviously gross. We did get a robot vacuum which helps manage the day to day popcorn spills before the cleaners come.


Sheryl - Feb 26, 2019 12:48:24 pm PST #5339 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm sorry about Joey, Fred.

We seem to have a fairly even distribution of household tasks here. (Not that we're the tidiest of people, but major stuff gets done.)