tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post5417119647234499192..comments2024-01-23T09:42:56.561-06:00Comments on Rancid Raves : Which would you rather have: a nanny or a housekeeper?Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-5782556303079314842008-07-29T06:48:00.000-05:002008-07-29T06:48:00.000-05:00I'd go with a cleaning service too. I am in a baby...I'd go with a cleaning service too. I am in a babysitting co-op so I have sitting covered. I so wish I had a cleaner. It is so much work keeping the house kind of clean!Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544675666827041726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-903711565592724882008-07-28T17:04:00.000-05:002008-07-28T17:04:00.000-05:00House cleaner hands down. I'd gladly go to the par...House cleaner hands down. I'd gladly go to the park with my kids while someone else brought the sparkle back to my dining room. However, when they were younger, I would have said Nanny. I felt so completely consumed by them when they were babies that having somewhen take them, even if I spent the time scrubbing toilets, was so welcome.<BR/>I can say this for fun, but I doubt I'll have either Zip n Tizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760606219381683552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-66408456345871921952008-07-28T08:40:00.000-05:002008-07-28T08:40:00.000-05:00I think I need a sitter for a while until I can fi...I think I need a sitter for a while until I can find the floor in the office. Then i need the house keeper to come do the actual cleaning. Maybe she can get off whatever that dried up gunk is under the highchair with her magic mop. I just keep Swiffering over it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-43004181206987203662008-07-27T18:52:00.000-05:002008-07-27T18:52:00.000-05:00I would so take a housekeeper over a sitter, but t...I would so take a housekeeper over a sitter, but then both kids will be in school full time in a month, so that factors in. Actually, even when they were both home full time, I'd have taken someone to clean, but working part time, it didn't seem to be something I could justify. That and the fact that I'm too lazy to make the call and interview them and have a schedule when I have to have Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273493776473085128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-20760438645039653872008-07-26T08:35:00.000-05:002008-07-26T08:35:00.000-05:00We are going to do the same in August. Bi-weekly ...We are going to do the same in August. Bi-weekly to begin with. We decided we couldn't afford daycare for 2 kids in 2009, so I told my husband in trade for giving up the idea of a May/June baby I wanted housecleaning and an iPhone. I already got the phone, sweet sweet phone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655779061173009120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-20641509595398910972008-07-25T22:11:00.000-05:002008-07-25T22:11:00.000-05:00Actually, Bethany - that is excellent advice. I n...Actually, Bethany - that is excellent advice. I need to think about doing that on a daily basis. For example, I tend to do a Big Pickup every Wednesday evening/Thursday morning. I need to rethink my system.Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-36602786589550016442008-07-25T22:06:00.000-05:002008-07-25T22:06:00.000-05:00Good for you! :0) I know the last thing you want i...Good for you! :0) I know the last thing you want is advice, but I have a system. I do two main "power cleaning surges" during the day: one in the morning, and one in the evening. Of course this is on top of regular dishes, laundry, etc, but I mean just straightening up. It's amazing what you can get done in 15 minutes if you're not distracted. Like that ever happens since we're mommies. ;0) My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-65767601473859123472008-07-25T22:02:00.000-05:002008-07-25T22:02:00.000-05:00I choose a housecleaning service because you can j...I choose a housecleaning service because you can just lock the kiddos in a closet. They won't even bother you if you line the closet with thick carpet to muffle the screaming, no? ;)<BR/><BR/>Why spend a ton of time doing all of the big-ticket cleaning items if you don't have to?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743902098257745096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-47135497833809256562008-07-25T20:09:00.000-05:002008-07-25T20:09:00.000-05:00I don't have any kids-what's my excuse for being a...I don't have any kids-what's my excuse for being a pig? <BR/><BR/>Have none. <BR/><BR/>I would have a breakdown without my housekeeper. Well, that's exaggerating. But I do a lot of work at home and it makes for a WAY better environment if it's nice and clean. <BR/><BR/>I feel like crap in a dirty house. I AM a slob but I hate living like one. Ergo, I do the best I can on a daily basis and pay Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-23062400354485191072008-07-25T18:37:00.000-05:002008-07-25T18:37:00.000-05:00We are doing project take back our house this week...We are doing project take back our house this weekend and then I will be hiring a cleaning service to keep it up. I just cannot do it anymore and I want to be able to play with my kids instead of griping because I have to clean again that I like the idea of forced cleaning - like when you have guests coming. I work much better under pressure.<BR/><BR/>As for the sitter - the big girl is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-4319278991833353492008-07-25T17:46:00.000-05:002008-07-25T17:46:00.000-05:00don't feel lazy for hiring a cleaning service. Tha...don't feel lazy for hiring a cleaning service. That is the first thing I'm going to do when I inherent lots of money. Because i would rather play with my kids than clean the toilet..which is why you should probably pee outside at our house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-66100082849673101792008-07-25T15:59:00.000-05:002008-07-25T15:59:00.000-05:00Anjali,Well, I feel incredibly lazy hiring a clean...Anjali,<BR/>Well, I feel incredibly lazy hiring a cleaning service. Oh, wait, because I AM INCREDIBLY LAZY. Sigh.Cagey (Kelli Oliver George)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13691589813815058981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624110.post-29055698535823852412008-07-25T15:56:00.000-05:002008-07-25T15:56:00.000-05:00We've had a cleaning service for the past few mont...We've had a cleaning service for the past few months. It's a godsend.<BR/><BR/>(Though in the 6.5 years I've been a mother, I've only had an occasional babysitter for 9 months. So a sitter would be nice, too!)Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469613639032593194noreply@blogger.com