Well, I finally did it. I broke down and called a maid/housekeeper/cleaning lady. Now I have to admit I don't know what the PC term is...kind of like server but not waitress and flight attendant but not stewardess. She came today and gave me an estimate for a deep clean. I think I will enjoy spending this money more than I do on buying new shoes! She is a charming, loud, energetic, country woman...a stereotypical red-stater with a Loretta Lynn accent. One of those salt-of-those-earth types who has virtually no internal monologue. Today was the first day we met but I already know all about the women that work for her, that her son is a professional welder but has helped her clean since he was 8, that her daughter has a heart condition, that her husband helps restore her old vaccuums so she can recycle them, that she hates Dyson vaccums because the attachments fall off, and that she is allergic to dog hair (occupational hazard, I guess).
She has an amazing eye for dirt. She walked into our sunroom and looked at the upper windows and said, ooh, you have cobwebs up there-we will take care of that. Huh? I never noticed those cobwebs before...but it was the first thing she saw. I was impressed. Just like ignorance is bliss...if you do not seek out your cobwebs, you will not find them. She will remove the aforementioned cobwebs on Thursday and Friday. I am absolutely giddy!
I feel like a burden has been vanquished, a dusty oppression will be wiped away, and there will be the sparkle of cleanliness throughout accented with the wondrous smell of cleaning products. Ah...I feel like I just had a ninety minute massage followed by hot tea and a sit in the sauna. At least as far as cobwebs go, money can buy happiness.
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It can and it will! The best money we spend is on our once-a-week cleaning lady (that's what I call her, even if it's not all that PC!). She comes for 2 hours only, and as long as I've got clean bathrooms and a clean kitchen I am one happy camper. Of course, the clean kitchen lasts for about 5 minutes once The Mad Hatter is scampering about!
The truth is, I couldn't live without my Ada. With my back recovery, I am not ALLOWED to do housework (gotta love the one silver lining), and poor DH does so much already that we agreed we just needed the help.
You are going to LOVE it!
We have a cleaning lady ... it is a non-negotiable with both of us working. She comes every 2 weeks...which is perfect because I can maintain the house in between.
Though, I'm totally jealous of your cleaning lady. Mine does an okay job...more of your basic cleaning. I still need to go around and do a deep cleaning at some point.
Congrats and enjoy the cleanliness!
this is one of my fantasies - I may just splurge in the next month to get a deep, crazy cleaning. this is truly $ well-spent!
Not sure about the shoes comment! BUT YEA!!! You go girl! :)
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