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For you really busy people out there - how do you keep up on household tasks?

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My problem with cleaning is getting caught up in the minutia. Every tiny thing gets analyzed, categorized, then put in it's special place, and I don't get anywhere. I'm also kind of hoarder. Not everything, but if I think it might be useful some time, it gets saved. I finally threw out the chain swings from my daughter's swingset this summer. I was saving it cause I thought the chain might be useful. I needed some of that chain last week. That's why I don't throw shit out :^S
 
TheVrolok said:
I have a service that does my lawn, weed management, brush clean up, leaf clean up, etc it's just way more work than I have time to do (certainly other priorities as well). I'm trying to convince my wife to get a cleaning lady, too, but haven't gotten there yet.
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I think for me and the wife it comes down to privacy and trust. While paying someone to do your yard work is nice you seldom worry about them rifling through your things and i do not know of anyone keeping an eye on the maid 24x7.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Oddly, getting a house cleaner actually helps discipline me from leaving clutter around. I want to make sure that when the person comes, the house is organized and all they have to worry about is do the actual cleaning. So I make sure the garbage is emptied, the dishwasher is emptied, the counters are clear, paper mail is sorted out/shredded/recycled as needed, etc.
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Carson Dyle said:
I'm as lazy as anyone, but I keep the place livable. I've often wished it was cleaner and thought that, if I could afford it, the ideal would be to have someone come in to _assist_ me with the house cleaning. Like: "You run the vacuum, I'll gather up all the laundry. After that, we'll tackle the windows and then you can help me dust. You clean the downstairs bathroom, I'll get the one upstairs."

Hmmm.... I just thought of a great new business idea: Like a personal trainer for house cleaning.

"Ok, Mary, now we're going to scrub that bathtub. Go at it hard, don't leave a ring. Really make it shine."

"That's awesome, you're doing great. Really makes a difference, doesn't it?"
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Make Gordon Ramsay the host. 😀

"YOU'RE SO GENTLE WHEN YOU SCRUB THAT SHOWER THAT THE MOLD HAS BECOME LOAD BEARING!"
 
Exterous said:
Since we have a similar concern how does that work when you're trying to convince your wife?
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Poorly?

In truth, I haven't put up much argument because as much as I don't want to clean, I really don't like strangers in my place.

What I think we'll probably get to at some point is maybe having someone to do the first floor with some regularity and then we'll just keep our bedroom, basement, garage, and my office locked. Outside of those areas, there isn't much of significant value outside my TV/receiver. Only tough thing would be the garage door lock, guess I'd need a lock keyed on both sides. Or maybe something digital.
 
Have a maid that comes every other week plus a yard guy.

If it were up to me it would he self done though. My wife is a "Everything must he 100% clean" person whereas I'm a 95% clean person. Point being if you just do tasks on occasion as needed then there is no issue in my mind. I prefer that over cleaning everything all at once just to get 24 hours of satisfaction.
 
We just moved from a 3/2 2000sqft home, to a 5/3.5 3100sqft home -- time will tell, but I suspect we can still manage on our own. I take a lot of pride in my yard, and will never relinquish that duty.

We're expect our first little one in late May, so the above is subject to change 😀
 
Keep all the sex toys locked up in the dungeon room. It's probably inconvenient when the wife gets the urge to peg you, but it keeps all the skeletons in one closet, so to speak, and you don't have to worry about anyone coming in contact with body fluids. You'll have to clean those up yourselves, which is one downside. Or, you could always make the cleaning woman a part of your games. Tell the agency to send someone young and cute and ask for photos before approving her.
 
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JM Aggie08 said:
We just moved from a 3/2 2000sqft home, to a 5/3.5 3100sqft home -- time will tell, but I suspect we can still manage on our own. I take a lot of pride in my yard, and will never relinquish that duty.

We're expect our first little one in late May, so the above is subject to change 😀
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I don't have kids but I know lots of people who do - your free time just went out the window. My condolences... 😉
 
Ns1 said:
isn't this hella expensive? I just can't imagine paying a per pound rate for someone to wash my socks/undershirts. even heavy jeans and towels...
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Not in the least, especially when you consider that they wash, dry and fold all of your clothes for you. Socks and undershirts don't make up any significant weight and in a weeks time I usually have 1 pair of jeans, maybe 2 in the summer. Towels are big and heavy but they don't make up much of my weekly/bi-weekly laundry. My washing machine died and I went to a local coin wash to do some laundry and saw this service and said why the hell not. My clothes were ready for pickup the same day and I never looked back.
 
How do you guys deal with trust issues? Maid = access to personal effects. Virtual assistant / physical assistant = potential access to emails/credit cards/etc.
 
What if you really don't like how the cleaning lady rakes the carpets? Do you fire her, say something to her, or just live with it?
 
mikeymikec said:
My wife is probably convinced I've already done that.
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All men, at least real men, are genetically hard-wired to develop a "switch" in their brain that stops them from noticing their wife's bitching. So when she says "you don't listen to a thing I say" and you respond "Yes, I do!!!" you are only half right. When she is not in bitch mode your brain will turn the switch off but when she starts getting bitchy/whiny your brain will turn it back on and you do the husband version of smile and nod, usually while not looking away from the football game, your computer or whatever it is you were doing.
 
highland145 said:
Nope. She's a clutter pig. Why have papers in one stack when you can spread them around the house....🙄
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I was talking about you failing to turn your kid into an indentured servant which is a right of passage for all children and it prepares them for the real world. Now they know how to do life skills shit they'd otherwise be fucked at. By 16 or so you should start them on cooking entire meals so they know how to do that shit too.
 
Darwin333 said:
All men, at least real men, are genetically hard-wired to develop a "switch" in their brain that stops them from noticing their wife's bitching. So when she says "you don't listen to a thing I say" and you respond "Yes, I do!!!" you are only half right. When she is not in bitch mode your brain will turn the switch off but when she starts getting bitchy/whiny your brain will turn it back on and you do the husband version of smile and nod, usually while not looking away from the football game, your computer or whatever it is you were doing.
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Why marry bitchy women in the 1st place? I must have lucked out. 5 min after she gets mad, she's over it. A friend was complaining that his had been in bitch mode for a week and he had no idea why. My suggestion of asking her was ignored. He said it would last twice as long if he didn't "know" why she was mad.😀
 
Darwin333 said:
I was talking about you failing to turn your kid into an indentured servant which is a right of passage for all children and it prepares them for the real world. Now they know how to do life skills shit they'd otherwise be fucked at. By 16 or so you should start them on cooking entire meals so they know how to do that shit too.
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I'll just teach him man speak, "That cooking crap is for the womenz." And placing blame everywhere but where it really belongs. Tools for creating a chaotic home life. He'll thank me when he picks out my nursing home.
 
Ns1 said:
How do you guys deal with trust issues? Maid = access to personal effects. Virtual assistant / physical assistant = potential access to emails/credit cards/etc.
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I have a nanny. I found one, fired her later because of being flaky, and now we love our current one.

1. It all comes to interviews. You ask many questions as you want and see how you like the person's answers as well as their whole package. Also set the expected responsibilities and duties up front and discuss them at the interview.

2. And as well as see how she executes day to day. The first nanny caused us so much grief because we had to cancel our work. I fired her on the day of because because we were concerned about any kind of retaliation to our baby.

3. Our current nanny is awesome. We trust her very well and she has proven that. Some of my friends installed webcams everywhere or key areas with their informed consent. We did not feel like there was a need to do that on our end. PM me if you have Qs.

You live in LA so you probably have little trouble finding nannies themselves.
 
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I let my standards keep dropping until I'm content with my mess, and then I don't invite anyone over

Works great!
 
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