Message #1106

[countrigal]

Ohhh... you make me miss my maid so much.  I got spoiled for 2 years overseas while I had a maid.  She was such a great help, I wish that I'd had her for the full 3 years I was there.  It took me 1 year to convince hubby that it would be a good investment in us... we wouldn't argue over the housekeeping, I wouldn't have to do it instead of spending time with him, and we had a clean house still.  She did everything!  I originally just wanted someone to dust, sweep, mop, clean bathroom, but she refused to help unless she could do it all "the right way".    She did laundry and everything.  She came in 3 days a week and my floor was always so clean you could have eaten off of it.  With a dog in the house that really says something!    The best part - due to the difference in economy she was paid $60.00 every 2 weeks (oh heck... or was that a month?  It was so long ago now!).  For all the work, it was underpaid no matter what.  But she and I were great friends so I was able to give her extras without her having to report it.  (ie, she had a son who loved Walt Disney movies, so I'd let her borrow mine, then buy her one of her own if her son liked it).



Now I have to go home and do some cleaning on my own.  But hubby's gone for a couple of days, so whatever I do will stay for that long at least.