We employ a service to clean our house every three weeks. The women are pleasant, show up on time and their prices are reasonable.
Before they arrive I run around straightening and clearing up any clutter that we have lazily left about.
I figure the least amount of stuff around, the more time they have to do actual cleaning.
Today is the scheduled day. They arrived 20 minutes early. I was in the middle of my frazzled "cleaning before the cleaning people come". Now, this may sound strange, but I felt as though I had been "caught". Yes, I was a little embarrassed.
I am giggling to myself as I write this because I suddenly realized the reason I felt that way.
Obviously, I wouldn't want the cleaning ladies to think that my house needs cleaning.
Okay here is another admission. After they are done and have left the house, I watch out the window to make sure their car is gone. Then I examine the house. I run my fingers across the furniture, window sills and top of the fridge. In order to make sure they properly cleaned the bathrooms, I check to see if the floors are wet. I stop short of looking under the bed. If and when I find something they missed, I shake my head and tsk, tsk.
But, then I stop and remind myself how much more time I have to write and knit. 
Thank you for cleaning, ladies!
We were pushed to take down our tree just before the cleaner was to come. And then her car broke down... Isn't it nice to have someone do the backbreaking, annoying cleaning?
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is nice. And I agree house cleaning is annoying and backbreaking!
DeleteMy mom was a cleaning lady. Funny thing in that she cleaned other people's homes but rarely did her own. I need to get someone in to do a deep cleaning or a major cleaning. I can keep up with weekly cleaning of bathrooms, kitchen, vacuuming, etc., but the washing of walls, etc., I need the "professionals." I'm grateful there are services available to help in this regard.
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I often wonder if those who clean other people’s houses do the same for their own house. Now I know :)
DeleteI know I would clean up before a cleaner arrived, so I'm putting off employing one for now. I even cleaned my old kitchen units before putting them out in a skip, in case the neighbours saw them!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! It’s funny how much we care about what the neighbors think, right? :)
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