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Do you have a cleaning lady?

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Total Votes : 83

miriam

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 11:03 am

I see many women talk about their cleaning ladies. I am just wondering how many of you have them.

Tefila ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 11:31 am

Once in awhile if you count that Smile

Kids and me do better job and is less of a headache for me and some things like snow shoveling and lawn mowing we pay our kids.
Wish I had a jewish opeh though Smile

sarahd ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 12:16 pm

I have such a tiny apartment that it's not a big deal for me to clean it myself. Besides, cleaning women are sooo expensive here - they take over $20 an hour! - that it's quite a luxury to have one. But I must say that I haven't done a really thorough cleaning for ages, meaning polishing the furniture, the silver and so on. My refrigerator hasn't been properly done since Pesach! Windows too. But if I were more organized (and spent less time on this forum) I could probably accomplish all of it myself.

gryp ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 12:19 pm

my apartments also too small to hire a cleaning lady. but iy"h with more babies and a bigger apartment, I would definitely look into getting one.

amother ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 3:00 pm

I have full-time help. I have to admit that it is handy, since I am not a major cleaner, but it's also not the most ideal. Due to our schedules we have an Aupair 8 hours a day. We really don't like the idea of leaving our baby with a [gentile] but in our situation (where we live, etc.) there isn't much of a choice. B"H our baby sleeps about 4 of the 8 hours she is here, but it still isn't what we would want! Luckily the aupair doesn't live with us, so she's out after her work day is done.

Why am I anonymous you ask? Maybe 'cuz I feel kind of guilty to be able to have such help with one child when so many out there can really use it! (BTW we live in a place where labor is very cheap, so it's not that we're paying a lot!)

proudmom ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 3:16 pm

what is an Aupair?

↑ Tefila ↓

Sun, Jan 23 2005, 3:33 pm

Proud it is a live-in nanny/sitter or in her case not a live in!!

↑ sarahd ↓

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 2:22 am

amother, I don't see why you need to feel guilty about having help if you 1) need it and 2) can have it for very little money. Are you afraid people won't "fargin" you? I don't think the mothers here are so mean-spirited!

Pearl ↓

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 2:49 am

dear amother, don't feel guilty at all!
I have somebody come over and clean the "heavy" stuff once a week, 3 hours each time (costs 8 euro per hour...), but believe me, if I could afford more, I would gladly get more help! When I was folding 5 rounds of laundry last night, even my husband said we have a household which justifies more help... Very Happy

I have a friend in another european country, where hired help is half of what we pay, and she doesn't have a washing machine, so I fshe has a lot of guests on shabbos, on shabbos morning her cleaning lady comes in to do the dishes!

↑ gryp

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 6:05 am

a washing machine or a dish washer? they are slightly different Very Happy

↑ Pearl ↓

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 6:51 am

sorry, dishwasher of course... Very Happy

zuncompany ↓

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 7:11 am

I so wish I had a dishwasher! I sprained my wrist last night and I don't know how the dishes will be done!

sara

↑ Pearl ↓

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 7:15 am

sorry to read about your wrist - refuah shlema!
maybe your husband can do the dishes....?

↑ zuncompany

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 8:04 am

he is. plus I called my cleaning lady to come in extra:) I love her! When she was on vacation in Dec. I missed her so much!

Sara

imaamy

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 8:48 am

I would love to have help to get it all done at once. I decided I can either have the upstairs clean or downstairs, but not both at once! I am a stay-at-home mom with kids in school all day, so I should be able to get it all done, and I try. I keep it pretty clean but it takes a lot of time. Also I feel if I had someone I would still have to wipe the counters, spot-clean the baths, and vacuum cause my floors get really yucky almost daily!

Anny

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 9:42 am

I wish we could afford it....

↑ proudmom

Mon, Jan 24 2005, 1:13 pm

I used to have one then it started to get too expensive. So I canceled it.

↑ Pearl ↓

Tue, Jan 25 2005, 12:56 am

My "helping hands" comes in only 3 hours a week, but I also miss her so when she goes on vacation!
Imaamy, why is it that we feel that, when we stay home and the kids are in school, all we have to be busy with is our household?! Of course you can't clean both floors, that would mean that all you would do the whole time is cleaning.... Confused

curlyhead

Tue, Jan 25 2005, 1:35 am

I have a couple come on fridays for an hour. It is a great relief that all I have to do on friday is cook. I hate cleaning so for me I need it. I found ever since my baby is born it is hard to find time for anything. She likes to be held alot.

↑ Pearl ↓

Tue, Jan 25 2005, 4:42 am

Rivky, I don't know how old your baby is, and if you have more children, but holding your child is way more important than cleaning in my book!!! Very Happy

We shouldn't have to apologize for prioritising tending to our children, or our individual needs before cleaning!

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