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Laurie Ellen
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 Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:00 Post subject: Sick confession:
I just hired Action Maids.
I just can't keep these 10-hour days up and teach the kids and run and take care of the finances and keep the house the way I need it to be.
So I finally gave in. They'll come in for 2.5 to 3 hours every Friday and:
Vacuum all the rugs
Sweep & mop all the floors
Dust everything
Empty the trash cans
Clean the bathrooms
It is going to be a huge relief, but I feel like I've copped out. I'm a failure as a wife because I can't do it all... at least that's what it feels like.
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kristin31
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:02 Post subject:
I don't think it's sick. When we lived in Ohio, we had a maid who cam once to twice a month. She didn't do laundry, but she did the bathrooms, bedrooms, dusted, mopped, etc.
We needed it. We were too busy to get it done ourselves. If I were you I wouldn't feel bad. It sounds like you have a lot on your plate!
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jrjo
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:04 Post subject:
2.5 to 3 hours of powercleaning a week....hmmm... that sounds.like.me 
Husbands of the boards! Hold your trash bags high! 
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:07 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | 2.5 to 3 hours of powercleaning a week....hmmm... that sounds.like.me
Husbands of the boards! Hold your trash bags high! |
Wow! They are sending TWO WOMEN to my house to do what YOU can do yourself in the same time?? You.are.the.man!!
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:07 Post subject: Re: Sick confession:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | It is going to be a huge relief, but I feel like I've copped out. I'm a failure as a wife because I can't do it all... at least that's what it feels like. |
Laurie Ellen. That mindset is sooooooo 1990's. 
Besides, there are always sacrifices - most career women sacrifice something, whether it be the family or the free time or the clean house. You found a way around that so that you CAN have it all.
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
If you can afford it, I say GO FOR IT! My parents had a maid that came once a week when I was a kid.
My mom didn't work outside the home OR homeschool. I guess she was just lazy. 
just kidding mom
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:09 Post subject: Re: Sick confession:
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | | Laurie Ellen wrote: | | It is going to be a huge relief, but I feel like I've copped out. I'm a failure as a wife because I can't do it all... at least that's what it feels like. |
Laurie Ellen. That mindset is sooooooo 1990's.
Besides, there are always sacrifices - most career women sacrifice something, whether it be the family or the free time or the clean house. You found a way around that so that you CAN have it all.
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...and I did have to sacrifice more than my pride... I gave up my acrylic nails!    
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jrjo
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:13 Post subject: Re: Sick confession:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | ...and I did have to sacrifice more than my pride... I gave up my acrylic nails! |
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:14 Post subject: Re: Sick confession:
| jrjo wrote: | | Laurie Ellen wrote: | | ...and I did have to sacrifice more than my pride... I gave up my acrylic nails! |
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We all have our vices... what's YOURS??
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:23 Post subject: Re: Sick confession:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | I just hired Action Maids.
I just can't keep these 10-hour days up and teach the kids and run and take care of the finances and keep the house the way I need it to be.
So I finally gave in. They'll come in for 2.5 to 3 hours every Friday and:
Vacuum all the rugs
Sweep & mop all the floors
Dust everything
Empty the trash cans
Clean the bathrooms
It is going to be a huge relief, but I feel like I've copped out. I'm a failure as a wife because I can't do it all... at least that's what it feels like. |
I'm with the others on all this...I am very proud of you for letting this go.
Housework is SOOOOO overrated.
As far as failure as a wife, I promise you that none of this cleaning stuff counts in his "Is she succeeding as a wife" evaluation form. In fact, lets ask him after the first few visits. Say, Mr. Laurie Ellen, Mrs. Laurie Ellen isn't running herself ragged... finding she's in a little bit better mood? has a little more energy? I bet your approval rating goes UP my friend.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:36 Post subject:
Well, thanks, everybody! Nice group, you.
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genie
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:39 Post subject:
I hear you, Laur. I've been wrestling with this for a while (and I don't even HAVE kids) and I think it's great that you're doing this to give yourself a bit of a break. You're basically a single parent a lot of the time, with him traveling so much, so you've got no break from the kid-rearing stuff either.....so this is going to be a good thing for you to do so that maybe you'll have a little time to take care of YOU for a change. And bonus points if you can get the nails back! 
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jrjo
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Posted: 05/07/04 - 11:44 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | I hear you, Laur. I've been wrestling with this for a while (and I don't even HAVE kids) ... |
Okay there missy... no kids, no pets..ya work, ya study... WHAT'S TO CLEAN?
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