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[lolakimono]

On 2/2/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:

She also concluded that Mary's fidgeting was because she had a little bottle of booze concealed in her cleavage. Needless to say, Mary didn't return.

Sounds like she got "busted."

[lolakimono]

On 2/2/2014 Deadeye Daisy said:

When our kids were very small, (had 4 under 5 years of age) we had a lady (wife of a migrant worker) come in when they were in town. She would come one day a week to clean; also did our ironing - only reason she did it for me and four friends was so she could watch her soaps every day while she ironed as she didn't have a TV. Also, made THE BEST sweet potato pie EVER.

You haven't seen or read "The Help", have you?

[ilovedaisies]

Yes, we found here through my BFF, and I feel completely easy about trusting her. Every other Monday, she and her aunt come and clean this place "like a white tornado". They do everything but change the sheets ( she would if asked ), including cleaning all the appliance inside and out, mopping, dusting, scrubbing the bathrooms, wiping down the cabinets, vacuuming, etc. She does everything except my husband's "man cave" because he insists on doing that himself. She is a real blessing to us. I am in a walker and can do very, very little and my husband keeps it clean between visits, but now the whole burden isn't on him. He still has a full time job and does all the cooking, laundry and shopping. That's enough for him to do. I feel awful that I can't do anything to help now.

[ID2]

I don't have a housekeeper. No one can clean my house like I do. I know I'd clean it all over again once she left. I feel a stranger just ""goes through the motions"" and doesn't deep clean like I do. More power to me!

[Mominohio]

On 2/2/2014 ennui1 said:

I have three. Me, myself, and I.

Wow! I seem to be employing the same folks!

[Deadeye Daisy]

On 2/2/2014 lolakimono said:

On 2/2/2014 Deadeye Daisy said:

When our kids were very small, (had 4 under 5 years of age) we had a lady (wife of a migrant worker) come in when they were in town. She would come one day a week to clean; also did our ironing - only reason she did it for me and four friends was so she could watch her soaps every day while she ironed as she didn't have a TV. Also, made THE BEST sweet potato pie EVER.

You haven't seen or read "The Help", have you?

Actually, no. Why do you ask? It's been on my Kindle for a long time, but haven't gotten around to reading it; too many other good books to read, and not enough time.

DD says I'm also the ONLY person on the planet who hasn't read 50 Shades of Grey; she commented on that one because Halloween 2011, I wore grey slacks and sweater with 50 grey paint samples all over.

[apple1964]

No.. Never had the need for one.

[CookyJ]

I had a housekeeper every week or every other week for many years. She was very thorough and trustworthy. She dusted, vacuumed, mopped, cleaned bathrooms and kitchen top to bottom, etc....it meant DH and I could spend more time at our jobs and still have some free time together that didn't involve housework. When DH retired a couple years ago he took over the home duties and we no longer needed a housekeeper. She cried when I told her....

[CookyJ]

I had a housekeeper every week or every other week for many years. She was very thorough and trustworthy. She dusted, vacuumed, mopped, cleaned bathrooms and kitchen top to bottom, etc....it meant DH and I could spend more time at our jobs and still have some free time together that didn't involve housework. When DH retired a couple years ago he took over the home duties and we no longer needed a housekeeper. She cried when I told her....

[Deadeye Daisy]

I live by myself now, and still have someone come in once a week. God didn't put me on the planet to clean house; otherwise, I would be doing it for a business and make lots of money doing so.

When we were younger, it was a necessity - we had small children, went to school and worked. Took planning so that one of us was always home when they came in from school and for meals. Later, when it was just us, having a housekeeper gave us a lot more free time.

When we both retired from corporate (I've always continued to work and go to school; I still work as a PA, CDE, and PC even though I could just goof off; I don't know how NOT to work - been working since I was 10), a housekeeer gave us more time for each other and to travel. It was our theory that if either of us died the next day, the dirt would still be there, so we kept housekeepers to keep the house livable.

When our kids were living at home, we went places with them. Weekends were NEVER a time to clean or do household and yard chores; it was a time to spend as family. When our youngest died at 24, we were always glad to have had those free weekends to spend with him when he was growing up.