Do you clean your own house?

[1gobluedem]

I just discovered that I'm practically the only woman I know who does. I asked a bunch of women I know professionally if they cleaned their own houses or if they could recommend someone who could come in twice a month and everyone has responded with a recommendation.

Who knew? :shrug:

[Shell Beau]

1. I clean my own house. I wish I didn't have to, but I don't

trust anyone else to be cleaning my house.

[LeftyMom]

2. I do. But it's a disaster- the Red Cross is handing out coffee in my living room.

Once I have a little more money, I should look into hiring somebody to do the deep cleaning every week or two, because I have NO time.

[1gobluedem]

5. That's my dilemma, no time

I figure if I have someone twice a month to do the floors, kitchen, and bathroom I can keep up on the spot cleaning.

[LeftyMom]

7. I can clean up after myself, just not my kid.

He's a champion mess maker, and not real good at cleaning up after himself. He can put the big stuff away and run the vacuum, and that's about it.

[redqueen]

3. Yup. (nt)

[supernova]

4. I do, and badly

I don't understand how one person can create so much detritus in a week. :wtf:

I really should consider hiring someone to come in once a month to do the stuff like floors and baseboards.

[flvegan]

6. I do all the housework here.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Until you ccan find a hot chick from a small family business to do it for you.

[flvegan]

13. I wonder if the lawn folks do windows?

[Strawman]

8. No. Nor does anybody else

[LibDemAlways]

9. Yes. I have no money to pay anyone to do it, so I'm stuck. n/t

[Orrex]

10. I love how so many MSM money-saving tips assume that people use maid services.

"Cut back on costs by having the maid visit only once or twice each week. The savings add up!"

Honesty compels me to admit that House of Kewpie does almost all of the major cleaning around the house, and she does a damn fine job of it. I help out where I can, but I'd be lying if I claimed that the split is 50:50.

:hide:

[vard28]

12. If you're askin' if I have someone else

Nope, no one else cleans our home. When it does get done, I'm apparently the maid for my son and hubby. Go figure. :hi:

[MissMillie]

14. I clean my own house

sometimes, if I blackmail him, my son will help.

[madinmaryland]

15. That is what my wife is for!

:hide:

:popcorn:

[old mark]

16. I order my wife to do it.

She then says terrible things to me - I had no idea she knew such language.

(joke)

mark

[sarge43]

24. I bet you tell her she does look fat in that dress, too.

Yeah, yeah you like to live on the edge.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear 1gobluedem!

Nope, I have a cleaning lady who comes in every two weeks...

I love her!

She's not perfect, but she's honest and trustworthy.

And I hate cleaning...

I do my own laundry, dishes and KP, though...

:hi:

[billyskank]

18. Oh. I was about to answer, "nobody else will do it if I don't."

Then I read what your post was about. No, I don't employ anybody to do my cleaning. I don't even have a dishwashing machine. All by hand at my place.

:hi:

[LisaM]

19. I WOULD get a cleaning woman if there was any way she could clean around our crap

mostly my SO's crap (tiny house, newspaper addict, won't throw anything out......). He's out tonight and I plan to try and do a sweep of some type.

[kwassa]

20. Nature abhors a vacuum, and so do I.

but I push it around anyways ...

[undeterred]

21. No, a tornado comes through and does it.

[Gonzo Gardener]

22. Yes

I clean for my friends and family too.








I'm compulsive that way.:freak:

[Kali]

33. wanna be my friend?

ugh this house...and I have Germans coming on Friday!

[KitchenWitch]

39. Oh dear.

I know about the Germans and the house cleaning thing!

:scared:

[Kali]

56. keeps their minds off my beater ranch vehicles

:P

Actually my friend is fairly atypical but it still comes though on the rule following stuff - especially cars and paperwork:rofl:

[Gonzo Gardener]

41. Sorry about your mess

Can I be your friend for about three months each winter?

I'd love to escape the soggy and gray of Indiana for a gloriously SUNNY and WARM AZ!

B-)

[Kali]

57. well sure! but I guess I should confess that I am at 4500 feet and

this old house in no way can be described as warm in the winter:o

[sarge43]

23. Only when I get a threatening letter from the EPA. n/t

[mokawanis]

25. I clean my house pretty much daily

and do a lot more housework than my wife does because she works more hours (and makes more money) than I do. Seems like a fair balance to me, and I'm not about to pay someone to do the job even though I would love to not have to do it all the time.

[tigereye]

26. yes, but it's a pain with work and other commitments

and I keep planning to see if I can find an affordable "green" cleaning service. I heard about one near here. I hate all those nasty chemical cleaners that other folks don't seem to mind.


I guess I'm tired of it :rofl:

[guitar man]

27. nope

...and nobody else does either :scared:

[Midlodemocrat]

28. I can't. Brenda the Goddess of Housekeeping would put out a hit on me.

[Mutley]

29. My roommate and I both clean the house.

No professional cleaners for us. :(




:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Cleaning lady comes in.

Family has no time or patience to clean--I do believe my mother would let me starve before giving up the cleaning lady. :P

Seriously, though, even with a cleaning lady, our house still looks like a bomb went off in it. My father and I tend to be rather free and easy with our possessions. :D

[littlebit]

31. I cleaned the house when I was home taking care of my girlfriend

Now that I am back in the truck I have someone come over a couple of times a week to help her.

[Left Is Write]

32. Yes, I do.

[rurallib]

34. Used to before the kids left. Now, not so much

try to clear a path every month or so.

[Gormy Cuss]

35. Midlo cleans mine.

That's why she had to hire Brenda the Goddess of Housekeeping to clean hers.

:silly:







(No, don't hire anyone to clean the house. No kids, no pets, no long commutes, no need.)

[Withywindle]

36. My tiny little 1-BR apartment, you mean?

Yup. Not very well, but whatever bugs I miss, the cat will eat. Extra protein for a nice shiny coat.

[Bunny]

37. Yes, I clean my house. I used to dream of being rich enough to have a cleaning service.

Now that I could probably afford a little extra help, I find that I just don't really want someone in my house. I would not feel comfortable having someone come in here to clean while I'm not home, and I couldn't imagine being here and just sitting on my fat ass while a maid did all the work!

However, I am thinking about having someone come in twice/year to do heavy cleaning, e.g., furniture moving, washing walls and woodwork, deep cleaning the carpets, washing windows inside and out, etc. I don't get to these chores very often, and they really need to be done.

[KitchenWitch]

38. Theoretically yes!

:rofl:

I do not have a housecleaner come in. If we could afford it, I would because there are things that I just can't do any more.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

40. We have two people

come in twice a month for 2 hrs each time. I was working so much OT this spring and summer that things weren't getting done.
These folks have worked for my next door neighbor for about the last 2 or so years. They've put Orange Glo stuff on the hardwood floors and they look great. And they take care of the kitchen and bathroom so I don't need to do too much in between.
I don't know if we will need to cut back to once a month (if they will accept that) - we had to have major plumbing work done last week and need to pay it off. Our house was built in the mid twenties and the whole system needed an overhaul. $ Ouch $

[Turbineguy]

42. We get this thing in the mail

from a cleaning service. Their motto?

"Because life is too short to clean your own house!" Bizarre really.

I'm thinking about the people who work for them. Just what kind of lives do they have?

Mrs. T and I share and then go out for dinner on the savings.

When I say "share", she does most of the work, but I help when she wants it and pay for the dinner.

[pitohui]

43. i clean my own house

i suspect that even if i could afford to hire someone else to do it, i wouldn't, i'm a private person

[sniffa]

44. Yes, but rarely

Well, almost daily dishes, but the rest, no.

We need a maid. x(

[NMDemDist2]

45. i do, but just hired someone

I don't get much done working all this overtime.

[Kingofalldems]

46. For the people who answered yes, a question

How do you clean walls? I am serious.

[Rhythm]

47. Gotta do it myself... 'cleaning ladies' don't work for free

There is simply not the money in the budget for such things.

[Haole Girl]

48. Yes...

unfortunately. :-(

[mopinko]

49. my hubby cleans as much or more. kids are finally somewhat useful.

he didn't use to, so i didn't either. it was pretty bad.
finally decided that we bribe the kids to clean, we should bribe ourselves, too. hubby found the broom shortly thereafter.
we finally buckled down and made saturday cleaning day. he never works on saturdays, but i often do. so, he does more than me. the kids also tend to ignore him less than they do me.

sure want a cleaning lady, tho.

[GOPisEvil]

50. I wouldn't say I "clean" it per se...

But it's my responsibility.

[wandathewitch]

51. Mr can't so much as he had a stroke, but I do it all..

I like cleaning, believe it or not, but we are in our 70's and have heart issues and the heavy lifting and outside chores are getting me down now. We don't want to give up our little home, so I will just have to keep going, but don't know how much more suffering I can endure. Now I made you all think sad thoughts, but thank you for letting me complain. Mrs. Moose

[ThomCat]

52. I have someone who comes to clean once per month.

I would much rather clean my own home, but I can't physically do much anymore. And over time I can physically do less and less. So I might as well get used to having people do things for me. I'm lucky that I can afford to have some help at this point. :)

[TroglodyteScholar]

53. No, my cat cleans the house...

...if by "clean" you mean "tracks stinky litter and coughs up hairballs all over" and by "house" you mean "shitty little apartment."

[crim son]

54. Yes.

It's 5000 sq. feet and I still clean it, and always have. I can't WAIT to sell the monster so I can clean a 1500 sq. ft. house instead.

[easttexaslefty]

55. yes, i do

I've never been able to afford to have any one clean my house