House Cleaning

Ups and downs She opened the door, looking disheveled. “I’m trying to pick up for you guys quick.” She said, “I’m sorry it’s cluttered, my husband is traveling and I’m in survival mode”. She lived in a large new construction in a young, growing development. The place was beautiful, an…

You might have a drain fly problem if you’re doing the dishes and notice fuzzy flies the size of a shoestring flying out of your kitchen sink like fireworks on the Fourth of July. — Drain flies, as their name says, reside in drains. Drain flies are around 1/16–3/16 inches (1.5–5 millimeters) long, with six legs, a pair of wings, and antennae, like most flies. Their skin is a pale gray or tan color.

These tips can really work, especially for those who are ADHD! — I hate cleaning house! Why? Because I was raised in a house with hoarders. My mother hoarded on the inside, and my father hoarded on the outside. I spent my childhood trying to clean it all up. My siblings did grow up to be hoarders, and sometimes I find myself…

I’m continually amazed how using social media to find a housekeeping service ends up being an exercise in disrespect and dismissive futility. My most recent provider does not have staff who are vaccinated so we cannot work with them any longer. …

Every now and again I’ll be at a friend’s place for a dinner, and when the meal is done, generally speaking, the women will do the dishes, and the men will hang out and talk. I don’t live in any kind of 1950’s American sit com style mythological universe where…