I’ve decided that I can’t do it all anymore. I got a flier in the mail yesterday that says “STOP wasting your weekends on housework.” That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Between catching up on the laundry, trying to squeeze in proper housecleaning, lesson plans for work, and spending time with the family as well as cooking meals, working out, and church, I have no time.
Today I called a house cleaning service. I was quite taken aback with the pricing, remembering the $40 I was paid when I cleaned my brother’s house. Granted, he was a bachelor and had a 2 bedroom 2 bath house with a partially finished basement. I have a 4 bedroom, 3 bath house with 3 kids and a dog that seems to be shedding its entire coat all over the kitchen floor daily. I’ll have to do some more calling around. I still remember the feeling of turning around at the door of my brother’s house to see how the cleaning looked and thinking how nice it would be to come home and have the house CLEAN. What a nice thing to come home to.
And you know what? Life IS too short !
you’re right…it mat be time to give my wife the thumbs up to do the same…
i would rather her be doing just about anything other than cleaning the darn bathrooms!
Gosh Deb, I thought you WERE Super Mom. I’ve been thinking about having the house cleaned besides someone other than myself lately.
You bet. Think of it as a day you’ve given yourself a treat. Rather than a spa, you’ve spent it on getting the house cleaned up. Out here luckily, help is cheap so we can laze around and order others to do our cleaning and cooking…which then gets us to another problem, that of needing to work out to lose weight…
The older you get, the more valuable your time is. There are a lot of things I used to do to save a buck, but now I’d rather pay someone else to do them, so I can relax, ride the bike, do things with the kids/grandkids.
An example would be changing the oil in my car. Sometimes I’ll still do it myself, but for a few bucks, someone else can get their hands dirty.
One other thing…you still hold you to the title of “Super Mom” and wife. I never have to remind Ken how lucky he is!