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10-28-2019 07:39 PM
Next year I am thinking of hiring a cleaning service for doing what I not longer want to do.
ceiling fans
kitchen and bathroom floors.... I can't get down on my hands and knees anymore and I don't get the corners good..
wipe down cabinets
move and sweep behind some of the furniture
top of the fridge
Giving the kitchen counters and stove a good clean
bathroom good clean
My house is pretty neat , but I need someone to get to the things I can't.
10-28-2019 07:41 PM
My husband works from home and the morning of cleaning people visit, he runs around tidying up especially after our messy teenage daughter.
10-28-2019 09:34 PM
@Shanus Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I have a lot on my plate so wherever it makes sense (and we can afford it) I enlist the help of others for tasks I would have done myself in years past. The cleaning ladies are SO worth it!
10-29-2019 08:57 AM
Thank you for the clarifications!
10-29-2019 09:05 AM
I do the same thing, @Shanus . We have no kids, but I am still "hiding things" before she comes! My current agency will actually charge if she has to do too much "picking up"! DH also thinks I am crazy!!
10-29-2019 09:38 AM
@Nataliesgramma wrote:Next year I am thinking of hiring a cleaning service for doing what I not longer want to do.
ceiling fans
kitchen and bathroom floors.... I can't get down on my hands and knees anymore and I don't get the corners good..
wipe down cabinets
move and sweep behind some of the furniture
top of the fridge
Giving the kitchen counters and stove a good clean
bathroom good clean
My house is pretty neat , but I need someone to get to the things I can't.
We don't have a cleaning woman, but if we were to ever get one, that is the type of thing I would have them do as well....I hate cleaning floors and ceiling fans....
10-29-2019 09:46 AM - edited 10-29-2019 09:47 AM
@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:
@Nataliesgramma wrote:Next year I am thinking of hiring a cleaning service for doing what I not longer want to do.
ceiling fans
kitchen and bathroom floors.... I can't get down on my hands and knees anymore and I don't get the corners good..
wipe down cabinets
move and sweep behind some of the furniture
top of the fridge
Giving the kitchen counters and stove a good clean
bathroom good clean
My house is pretty neat , but I need someone to get to the things I can't.
We don't have a cleaning woman, but if we were to ever get one, that is the type of thing I would have them do as well....I hate cleaning floors and ceiling fans....
@CANDLEQUEEN Few people love crawling on the floor scrubbing baseboards or climbing to clean fans. I did it anyway when we first married, 2 toddlers (one on each hip) because I had no choice. We couldn't afford household help back then. Now I'm a little "creaky" to do the heavy work.
10-29-2019 10:01 AM
@Shanus wrote:
@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:
@Nataliesgramma wrote:Next year I am thinking of hiring a cleaning service for doing what I not longer want to do.
ceiling fans
kitchen and bathroom floors.... I can't get down on my hands and knees anymore and I don't get the corners good..
wipe down cabinets
move and sweep behind some of the furniture
top of the fridge
Giving the kitchen counters and stove a good clean
bathroom good clean
My house is pretty neat , but I need someone to get to the things I can't.
We don't have a cleaning woman, but if we were to ever get one, that is the type of thing I would have them do as well....I hate cleaning floors and ceiling fans....
@CANDLEQUEEN Few people love crawling on the floor scrubbing baseboards or climbing to clean fans. I did it anyway when we first married, 2 toddlers (one on each hip) because I had no choice. We couldn't afford household help back then. Now I'm a little "creaky" to do the heavy work.
@Shanus . Actually my husband doesn't mind cleaning at all, so right now he does the floor scrubbing and ceiling fans, and I do the other stuff. We have it down to a science. Our house is also small, so really right now no need-now maybe when we are older we may look into it!
10-29-2019 01:44 PM
@Shanus wrote:Oh wow! No kids living here, so no toys laying around. I keep my dishes done (or in dishwasher), bathrooms are never disgusting & clothes in the hamper. I have to live here between her twice a month visits. I even vacuum dog hair on alternate weeks.
The night before she comes, I'm running around making sure everything's tidy for her and the two ladies that clean w/ her. DH walked by and said, "Are you nuts? You DO realize you're cleaning for the cleaning people we're paying to clean."
Anyone else feel obligated to do this?
I don't have a cleaning lady now, but when I did, yes. I cleaned like a crazy woman the night before she came. I'm not nuts @Shanus and I am sure you aren't either. I think I just didn't want her to think we were dirty people, lol.
10-29-2019 02:27 PM
@happycat That's a much better way of thinking about it.
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