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My house may actually get CLEAN today!
So, y’all know I am NO homemaker. It’s just not in my DNA. I HATE to clean. HATE!! It’s been a long time since I’ve had a cleaning lady. I’ve been so busy with “there’s a chance this is vodka®” products, that now I honestly just don’t the time.
I contacted a large maid service that several of my friends use for pricing and scheduling. Our conversation went a little something like this:
On a scale from 1-10, with 10 being the cleanest, how would you rank your house?
Uh.. maybe a 4?
Okay.. the first visit is $x.00 per hour. With your square footage, bedrooms and baths with a cleanliness of a 4, it should take them about 3 1/2 to 4 hours to get your house to a 10.
Yeah, let’s go ahead and plan on 5-6 hours.
They can get it done in 4.
I’m gonna budget for 6.
They’ll be here any minute. I”m getting the hell out of dodge!!
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This is such a funny post. Did the lady you scheduled the appointment with cry when you said you would budget for 6 hours LOL. She must have been a bit scared to see what was waiting for her at your house. I am sure it is not as bad as you think
Having a cleaning lady is the best though. I would keep ours weekly if I could but for now it is twice a month. I really enjoy your blog!
Fuck, I’m a little jealous about that 4 right now. Seriously. If I called it would be like, “ummm yeah, can we go into negative numbers?!!”
Lol i want a maid
Damn it – I want a cleaning person! Of course, then I’d have to kill my husband for going all MOM on me and making us clean the house before the cleaning lady comes! (my mother does that. It kills me)
PLease share the results….is it gorgeous?
it looks pretty damn good!!
That sounds exactly the same as my call would sound. Accept last two cleaning services I hired were a waste of money. One even left a toilet brush in my Sink! Kitchen Sink I should add! Good Luck!
http://notgonnawin.blogspot.com/2012/12/suzy-homemaker.html
Read this. It reminds me of your blog. I think you will like it. Also, let me know if you ever need or want a guest blogger.
Christy
Mother of the Year Runner-up.
I define my house cleaning as “you can’t eat off the floor, but you won’t get ‘jiffy feet’ walking around barefoot.” It works for me!
Your not alone I just do it every day because the kids will wreck the house if I dont
Good to know that you hate cleaning.. I thought every mom feels satisfied when they totally clean their home, and you’re different. Well it’s not bad, you may have had a good reason though.
But for me, since I can manage my time well, I clean my house myself instead and spend the cleaning budget on some other important stuff.
I do not mind cleaning my house actually I enjoy it. The problem is when do I have time I have a 12, 9, and 11 week old my house is just a mess. Oh I left out there all boys.
I am afraid they would walk in my house and walk right back out!
Hey you know what worked great for me? The following may or may not be true:
Fed hubby ritalin in cereal on weekend. Made him super efficient and excited to help clean. Kids didn’t recognize him. “What got into you?” “Whaddya mean, I’m the man of this house, and I want it clean!”
That evening it wore off and he was back to the recliner with sports on, but mission accomplished, no one the wiser.
That is absolutely hilarious.. maybe I should give it try here..
giving the cleaning lady a tough time, are you?
6 hours! boy… I’m it cant be that bad!:P