Cleaning Lady

[JJPlaycare]

Soooo I hired a cleaning lady to come tonight and now I am nervous.... LOL or slightly embarassed! I don't know someone comming into my own home to clean! EEK! This was my mothers day gift, sounded good at them time, now I am freaking! Have any of you done this? If so what did you have her do? My daycare is in my home, not a seperate area!! We talked about what she will do and she asked for me to leave a list on the counter, ahhh I don't know, she will be here at 5pm, right after I close daycare!! Tell me this is good, very, very good and I deserve this! I don't know why all of a sudden I am getting cold feet for this.....

[daycare]

when I have my cleaning \lady come I only have her clean areas where i dont keep personal expensive things and also have her clean things that I don't get to clean as often as I would like.
example:.
stove insiode and out
microwave inside and out
wipe down cabinets
clean showers
I have high celings so I have her dust the cob webs if any
basically I have her clean things that take a lot of effort or I don't like doing myself....

i never allow for her to go in my office or my bedrooms

[AfterSchoolMom]

Kitchen, bathrooms, baseboards, and windows, absolutely. SO jealous.

[sahm1225]

I have the cleaning lady do everything! I go around and tidy up and put things away and she does the actual cleaning (example, I pick up the dirty towels and throw them in the wash, she scrubs the bathroom).

you TOTALLY deserve this! It's a great feeling when my house is spotless, and an even better feeling when I am not exhausted from doing it myself

[wdmmom]

If you don't want to use your gift, I'd gladly take it off your hands!

I have a stove that needs cleaned, fronts of cupboards could use a good scrubbing, and a good scrubbing of the floor (good ol' on your hands and knees style) would be great!

Any offers?! ::::::::::

[sharlan]

I loved having a cleaning lady. I wish it was in the budget again.

I had them (4 ladies) do all of the heavy cleaning - 7 ceiling fans, 3 bathrooms, dust all 5 bedrooms and blinds, sweep, vacuum, and mop all floors, bleach kitchen counters, scrub stove and microwave. The kids and I would leave when they showed up and come home when it was all done.

[Michael]

We've had a cleaning ladies (several) over the years. They clean 4 at a time. Never had anything taken but have had things broken. Best to use someone from word of mouth. Once you find someone that does what they are supposed to do, they are VERY helpful and needed.

[missnikki]

I've never had one, but my mom has. She's funny- She always makes sure her dishes are done, because she says she doesn't want the person cleaning her toilets washing her dishes.

I can understand cold feet, it's like a guilt-slash-violated feeling when someone else is cleaning your mess. My MIL used to start up when she came over to visit the kids, I finally told the hubs to ask her to stop. I couldn't hack it.

But PAID help....YOU DESERVE IT!

[ammama]

My cleaning lady was here yesterday. I LOVE it. I go around tidying, doing the laundry etc and de-cluttering, she follows and cleans

[WDW]

I LOVE my cleaning lady and can't imagine not having her! We have daycare all over our home as well, and she cleans everything. She does bathrooms, dusting, sweeping/mopping, vaccuuming, mirrors, baseboards, all that stuff. I was like you at first, kind of embarassed and felt lazy, but once I started it, it's the best money I spend! I LOVE it and it de-stresses me so much! I hope you loved it - and you DO deserve it!

[SunflowerMama]

We love our Miss Rosie!! She comes every other Saturday and it's amazing!! We leave and do a family activity and 4 hours later the house looks amazing.

My girls love her and we love her too! And she's very affordable...$60/visit and she does EVERYTHING!

I pick up before she comes so she can really focus on the deeper cleaning. She'll be here Saturday...can't wait!!

[PitterPatter]

I am amazed at how many people actually use a cleaning lady! I always joke about hiring someone but I don't. I have never had any help with my home. I only have a 3 bedroom home but I would love to have it cleaned by someone else just once. How much does everyone pay if u don't mind sharing? I always assumed it would be too much.

I also just feel bad asking someone else to do my work and clean my toilets so I would probably do the toilets and dishes myself (no dishwasher here) I would have loved some help with the spring cleaning of the curtains and blinds wiping down walls etc. I still have a few rugs to scrub do they do that? What all do the ladies do?

[WDW]

I think for wages it depends a lot on where you live - kind of like the amount we all get paid for childcare. But here in the midwest, I pay $15/hour. I said in my earlier post mostly what she does, but she will do anything I ask her to do. That is what I want done the most, those darn repetitive basics!

[MG&Lsmom]

When I worked out of the home we had a major cleaning company come once a month to do the heavy cleaning. When the first started they did a HUGE cleaning, like for 5 hours. That was over $300, but then we paid $80 a month for them to come in and clean for 2 hours. They did bathrooms, dusting of all rooms, floors, kitchen, baseboards, blinds and shampoo'd the carpet in the living room if it needed it. When I got home from work on those days it was the greatest feeling.

[nannyde]

NO cleaning here except for the kitchen.

I've always hired out cleaning my entire adult life.