Cleaning...

[judith_s]

I've always been a proponent of hiring others to do the work you don't want to do. Occasionally, I decide that it's not financially worth it... so I cancel the cleaners, and we try to maintain the house ourselves. After about 3 months, I just had the cleaners out again. In an hour and a half, they scrubbed the house. There is still plenty to do, but it seems much more manageable now that the base level cleanliness is so much higher. I firmly believe that many a marriage & relationship could be saved if the issue of who cleans up after whom were eliminated.

I'm looking forward to messing up my nice clean house tomorrow with guests.

Comments

[xeger.livejournal.com]

I agree wholeheartedly. So many domestic irritations can be avoided with the regular hiring of cleaners.
[which reminds me that I should see about getting the cleaners through before the baggage finally arrives...]

My only guilt point about it now is trying to find a company that's owned by the people that work for it, and makes an effort to use ecologically friendly cleaning products, having spent a summer working as a housecleaner.

[d3l1r1um.livejournal.com]

We've never had cleaning help, but I think it would be *so* worth it. Unfortunately, we need to declutter our place to the point where outside cleaning help would be meaningful. I may be asking you for references in a few months.

[xeger.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I've found it worthwhile to just have somebody in to deal with the kitchen and the bathroom[s], and run a vaccuum over the carpet, even if they don't actually get into the clutter. It always feels just a touch less cluttered to me when there's less dirt.

[judith-s.livejournal.com]

Don't wait until everything is clean. Our house is always messy too, and just the fact that they stack everything and scrub the kitchen and bathrooms is worth it.

[toxgunn.livejournal.com]

Happy to help mess; I now understand why you didn't bite at the offer to clean beforehand..;)