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Darter50516 67M
5668 posts
5/26/2022 7:27 pm
Averted... Luckily!



Bloody Revolution has been averted here !



I came home and started helping my gal.... dang near forgetting it was Thursday and I had payroll to do !!!!!!



She got all the cob webs and dust bunnies before our friends Max & Alex get here tomorrow (weather permitting )


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/26/2022 7:33 pm

She came this morning and got started. I told her I might be late getting back if she needed anything just call. Even showed her the "Magic window" with no screen you may shake rugs out of and dump the vacuum thingie out of so you don't have to run downstairs. The Master suit looks perfect and the other bedrooms well appointed.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
5/26/2022 7:53 pm

Glad you got the payroll out and averted the catastrophic revolution. That would not be good.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
5/26/2022 7:56 pm

Your webs of cob and dusty bunnies are things that always reappear, unfortunately. It is good that your cleaning gal got things all tidied up for M & A's weekend visit. I hope the weather cooperates so they can jump in their airplane and fly to your small airport. I know you will have a good time, even if you are "booted" and "walkered".


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
5/26/2022 7:57 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    She came this morning and got started. I told her I might be late getting back if she needed anything just call. Even showed her the "Magic window" with no screen you may shake rugs out of and dump the vacuum thingie out of so you don't have to run downstairs. The Master suit looks perfect and the other bedrooms well appointed.
I like your magic window idea. Why don't I have one of those?


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/26/2022 9:59 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Glad you got the payroll out and averted the catastrophic revolution. That would not be good.
CRAP !!! I'd end up like the Czar!


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/26/2022 10:01 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Your webs of cob and dusty bunnies are things that always reappear, unfortunately. It is good that your cleaning gal got things all tidied up for M & A's weekend visit. I hope the weather cooperates so they can jump in their airplane and fly to your small airport. I know you will have a good time, even if you are "booted" and "walkered".
This gal is phenomenal.... unlike so many of her generation. The old Plantation is now well kept, neat and orderly !


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/26/2022 10:04 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I like your magic window idea. Why don't I have one of those?
It's in the guest suit bathroom.. center is an old fashioned UP & DOWN flanked by a pair of crank outs with screens. TOO handy to [put a screen on it.


StarCandy1 69F
1843 posts
5/26/2022 10:32 pm

U r too funny ! Enjoy ur weekend !


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
5/26/2022 11:04 pm

I don't have a magic window. Your gal seems like a little whirlwind around the house, lucky you.

Enjoy the weekend with your friends.


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/27/2022 5:54 am

Mmmmm Fridays around here can get pretty Freaky This little gal has my best recommendations for work.


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/27/2022 5:58 am

    Quoting Maudie1:
    I don't have a magic window. Your gal seems like a little whirlwind around the house, lucky you.

    Enjoy the weekend with your friends.
My dad was one of those white glove USMC Officers who even expected things around the house to be kept in a clean and orderly manner.... I try but don't always excel... my current disability has our guest entertainment in jeopardy..


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
5/27/2022 8:51 am

If I had a big house, I'd get me a house keeper too, but I don't, so I have to do it all myself. I do one room a day instead of the whole house at once, takes about 30 minutes for each room. That's the only way I'd keep up with housework. The kitchen is cleaned everyday because it's always in use.

I'm sure your guests will understand that you're not quite up to par yet.

This evening I'll be replacing a toilet seat in the guest bathroom. These wild people that come to my house broke it this past weekend.


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/27/2022 2:50 pm

    Quoting Nileyears:
    If I had a big house, I'd get me a house keeper too, but I don't, so I have to do it all myself. I do one room a day instead of the whole house at once, takes about 30 minutes for each room. That's the only way I'd keep up with housework. The kitchen is cleaned everyday because it's always in use.

    I'm sure your guests will understand that you're not quite up to par yet.

    This evening I'll be replacing a toilet seat in the guest bathroom. These wild people that come to my house broke it this past weekend.
Oh MY GOSH !! Acrobatics on a toilet seat !!! Who'd ever think that ? The guest suit was once the servants quarters... times changed and we don't have the resources to maintain a permanent staff


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
5/27/2022 7:51 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    Oh MY GOSH !! Acrobatics on a toilet seat !!! Who'd ever think that ? The guest suit was once the servants quarters... times changed and we don't have the resources to maintain a permanent staff
LOL, I don't know what happened, I'm thinking it was my grandson standing on it again. That's what happened the last time the hinge broke.

What? Not even a butler? Times have changed!!


Darter50516 67M
3857 posts
5/28/2022 8:31 pm

    Quoting Nileyears:
    LOL, I don't know what happened, I'm thinking it was my grandson standing on it again. That's what happened the last time the hinge broke.

    What? Not even a butler? Times have changed!!
The age of self sufficiency..... I do have a sweet gal come in to assist keeping this big old house clean.... She treats all the stuff with the kind of care as if it were her own. Staff like that are hard to come by since my guy; Martin's mom has so many health issues. I'd rather just have her over to cook a meal for us from time to time. I love Tex / Mex