I agreed to "take over" the day and time of my friend Libby's cleaning lady when Libby recently had to move to an assisted living center. She was really fretting about leaving her longtime helper in the lurch in this tough economic climate, and was trying to find somebody to take her slot--every other Monday.
I woke up a few days ago, realized that THIS Monday was the appointed day, and immediately went into panic mode. I have been madly decluttering, straightening up, trying to organize the most embarrassingly disastrous areas of my house. It's not so much that I'm "cleaning for the maid," as that I'm trying to make it even possible for her to get to the surfaces that need to be cleaned. Now it's T-minus-24 hours, and I'm still not ready. So yes, I know that i'm ridiculous. And now, Hefty trash bag in hand, I must return to my labors.
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LOL-I can relate. Dennis always wanted me to find someone to clean for us, but I said, no, I'd just wind up cleaning the house before she got here :) Now of course, I have lots of time to piddle and have never had such a clean house (and sore back).
My daughter has a cleaning company come in a couple of times a month and for some reason, she feels no need to clean beforehand-and I thought I'd raised her right :D
Smart girl!
I'm sure this is the ONLY time I'll do this. I just don't want her to take one glance, turn around and leave!!
i wish someone would come every 2 weeks for me. i read an article where a stay-at-home mom defended having a cleaning person every 2 weeks b/c she HATES cleaning and i saves time with her kids. instead of buying new clothing or going on vacations, she pays a maid. good for her and i'm green. i wouldn't clean for the maid, but i would clean in between if BIG BAD things went down, and the dishes etc. my problem ifs that the kid makes messes faster than i cn clean, and my guy doesn't clean anything, ever. when he's here, he's got stuff everywhere, b/c he sees the floor as a giant shelf for his paperwork etc and it's just too much for me to keep up and still be sane.
She is here. She kindly told me that it would take her a few visits, but that she would eventually get things in order.
We had someone come in a week or two before the wedding to clean up the public rooms of the house; she talked the whole time (generally to herself, or Jesus, it was hard to tell which), and said, "I really need to come back about four or five more times to get everything really clean!" We elected not to have her back.
I've been meaning to line up a cleaning person forever. I keep deep cleaning and saying that I will find and have them start asap and . . . don't. I envy that you actually did it.
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