Today is the day the cleaning lady comes, and I am sure she thinks we purposely see how trashed we can get the house from one week to the next. I'm lucky poor Rosa comes back. I try to be as nice to her as possible. Last week she broke something accidently, and offered to buy a replacement. Yeah, right, like I'm going to make her pay for something...it takes a long time to find a good, reliable housecleaner. If you ever are in the market for someone to clean your house: heed my advice. Find someone who works independently. Do not go through a service like Merry Maids or Molly Maids or whatever trendy name you find in the phone book that you think sounds safe because it's "bonded".
Services have high turnover, pay terrible, and therefore, the people clean terrible. If someone is in it for themselves, they are going to collect all the money themselves, and therefore, going to make sure you are happy with the job. I have never had a problem with anyone who worked for themselves. I have had all kinds of issues with the services. So, there you go. Rosa has been with us for almost two years, and we have never had any issues with her at all. When I lived in Southern California, a few years ago, I used someone independent for a couple years, and she was great. However, before Rosa, up here in Sacramento, I used Merry Maids (and they cost a fortune!) and another chain, and it was new person after new person and inconsistent job after inconsistent job.
Boy, isn't this an exciting post on domesticity? Maybe I'll stop now.
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I love our housekeeper too. She is also in business for herself, and she does an awesome job!
I need a houskeeper...it was between that and a babysitter a few hours a week. I got the babysitter thinking I could clean if I needed to...yeah, right, like I am going to spend my precious few hours alone cleaning!!
No housekeeper here. Boy that would be nice. Just to put the laundry away and the dishes out of the dishewasher boy I would give my right arm for that!!!!!!!
We also have a housekeeper named Rosa. She has been with us for a little over four years (comes twice a month). Although I prefer to think of her as my Sanity Saver. It has a nice ring to it.
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