We spend around 18K a month, where does it go?

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Yes, I wonder if you outsource literally everything, what exactly are you doing with your time? Not like scrubbing toilets or folding laundry is fun but I consider some of these activities to be the business of living, so to speak. They give me a chance to think or move around or I play music or talk to DH while I do them.

I can think plenty in the absence of scrubbing toilets and folding laundry. Both DH and I work FT and don't find cleaning and shopping enhances our family time. I'm glad this brings you pleasure though. Maybe if your looking for work you can give my toilets a swirl.

I also won't take advice on running a household from a man who has 5 different baby mammas.

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Sorry, but this is out of control.

Your child costs are way too high. $1000 a month on activities? Really? And they do not need $500 a MONTH in clothes! Your budget should be $3000 a YEAR for clothes total for kids.

Food: $2,000 is high. $3,000 is nuts.

Shopping: $2500 a MONTH? Again, nuts. Drop it to $500 to $800 and that is still a lot.

Gifts: $500 a month is high

Twice weekly housekeeper: Really? $1250 a month. Can you just get a weekly cleaner instead?

Entertainment: you could knock that down $200

Cars: Also expensive. You drive expensive cars if one is 750.

Save on other expenses and buy the next car in cash. You have thousands you could shave and invest and make more in compound interest. The wastefulness with your money is sad.

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Anonymous wrote:another humble bragging thread?

Yep.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Yes, I wonder if you outsource literally everything, what exactly are you doing with your time? Not like scrubbing toilets or folding laundry is fun but I consider some of these activities to be the business of living, so to speak. They give me a chance to think or move around or I play music or talk to DH while I do them.

I can think plenty in the absence of scrubbing toilets and folding laundry. Both DH and I work FT and don't find cleaning and shopping enhances our family time. I'm glad this brings you pleasure though. Maybe if your looking for work you can give my toilets a swirl.

I also won't take advice on running a household from a man who has 5 different baby mammas.

We all work full time. Chores aren’t pleasurable, but doing things for yourself and being competent at running your household should give you a sense of pride or contentment. My parents worked full time and I wasn’t raised to think of household chores as this horrible bane of my existence ruining my life even though my mother was a physician and could have outsourced whatever she wanted to. But she didn’t because she was organized and not accumulating junk constantly and chores did not make her miserable.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, but this is out of control.

Your child costs are way too high. $1000 a month on activities? Really? And they do not need $500 a MONTH in clothes! Your budget should be $3000 a YEAR for clothes total for kids.

Food: $2,000 is high. $3,000 is nuts.

Shopping: $2500 a MONTH? Again, nuts. Drop it to $500 to $800 and that is still a lot.

Gifts: $500 a month is high

Twice weekly housekeeper: Really? $1250 a month. Can you just get a weekly cleaner instead?

Entertainment: you could knock that down $200

Cars: Also expensive. You drive expensive cars if one is 750.

Save on other expenses and buy the next car in cash. You have thousands you could shave and invest and make more in compound interest. The wastefulness with your money is sad.

It sounds like OP helps keeps lots of establishments in business so just keep burning through the cash. It may not be doing much for OP but it seems to helping other folks make a living.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

For instance when I come home on Saturday I'll have all my apples washed and put in the fridge bins. My strawberries will be washed stored and the green removed, celery, cucumber, bell peppers, cut and washed for snacking. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms, cut washed and stored....ready for roasting. The stuff such as Swiss chard, kale, and cilantro will be washed of all the sand and dirt.

Makes is very easy to eat healthy. We hardly ever eat out and never eat garbage convenience food because it is convenient to grab fresh food. I also don't create a mess I have to clean doing prep.

What will I do when I get home from a week of skiing tomorrow afternoon? Not grocery shop, not do laundry, Not run errands, not pick dog up from the dog sitter. It looks to be nice. Will probably go on a bike ride with the family to stretch our legs from the flight, assemble Easter baskets, grill dinner, play an intense game of Phase 10 and then hop in the hot tub with DH with a glass of wine and then get into bed, sex and sleep.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Yes, I wonder if you outsource literally everything, what exactly are you doing with your time? Not like scrubbing toilets or folding laundry is fun but I consider some of these activities to be the business of living, so to speak. They give me a chance to think or move around or I play music or talk to DH while I do them.

I can think plenty in the absence of scrubbing toilets and folding laundry. Both DH and I work FT and don't find cleaning and shopping enhances our family time. I'm glad this brings you pleasure though. Maybe if your looking for work you can give my toilets a swirl.

I also won't take advice on running a household from a man who has 5 different baby mammas.

We all work full time. Chores aren’t pleasurable, but doing things for yourself and being competent at running your household should give you a sense of pride or contentment. My parents worked full time and I wasn’t raised to think of household chores as this horrible bane of my existence ruining my life even though my mother was a physician and could have outsourced whatever she wanted to. But she didn’t because she was organized and not accumulating junk constantly and chores did not make her miserable.

Why "should" this give me a sense of pride and contentment? Your virtue signal is strong. I don't find this virtuous. It's tedious and a waste of my time. Of course I can do all this stuff. It's not rocket science. I can also change the oil in my car. I won't ever do that. It does not spark joy or contentment as you say. I mush prefer spending time with my family, reading a book, or simply watching a movie on a random Wednesday night.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

For instance when I come home on Saturday I'll have all my apples washed and put in the fridge bins. My strawberries will be washed stored and the green removed, celery, cucumber, bell peppers, cut and washed for snacking. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms, cut washed and stored....ready for roasting. The stuff such as Swiss chard, kale, and cilantro will be washed of all the sand and dirt.

Makes is very easy to eat healthy. We hardly ever eat out and never eat garbage convenience food because it is convenient to grab fresh food. I also don't create a mess I have to clean doing prep.

What will I do when I get home from a week of skiing tomorrow afternoon? Not grocery shop, not do laundry, Not run errands, not pick dog up from the dog sitter. It looks to be nice. Will probably go on a bike ride with the family to stretch our legs from the flight, assemble Easter baskets, grill dinner, play an intense game of Phase 10 and then hop in the hot tub with DH with a glass of wine and then get into bed, sex and sleep.

Not bad but get someone else to deal with the grilling and the baskets and the phase 10 and the wine is wasting your time and brain. And still...why so much time and money with all the clothes and gear. Buy better stuff that lasts through more than one kid. Water of time and the constant churn of stuff just creates garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Yes, I wonder if you outsource literally everything, what exactly are you doing with your time? Not like scrubbing toilets or folding laundry is fun but I consider some of these activities to be the business of living, so to speak. They give me a chance to think or move around or I play music or talk to DH while I do them.

I can think plenty in the absence of scrubbing toilets and folding laundry. Both DH and I work FT and don't find cleaning and shopping enhances our family time. I'm glad this brings you pleasure though. Maybe if your looking for work you can give my toilets a swirl.

I also won't take advice on running a household from a man who has 5 different baby mammas.

We all work full time. Chores aren’t pleasurable, but doing things for yourself and being competent at running your household should give you a sense of pride or contentment. My parents worked full time and I wasn’t raised to think of household chores as this horrible bane of my existence ruining my life even though my mother was a physician and could have outsourced whatever she wanted to. But she didn’t because she was organized and not accumulating junk constantly and chores did not make her miserable.

Why "should" this give me a sense of pride and contentment? Your virtue signal is strong. I don't find this virtuous. It's tedious and a waste of my time. Of course I can do all this stuff. It's not rocket science. I can also change the oil in my car. I won't ever do that. It does not spark joy or contentment as you say. I mush prefer spending time with my family, reading a book, or simply watching a movie on a random Wednesday night.

Virtue signaling? Ok, you do you. Very few people can afford to outsource everything, and honestly, taking care of your home is not that hard if you have a decent routine. It honestly seems so wasteful. But keep dreaming of the day you can just lay about and do nothing all day. It sounds like you’re having a blast.

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

For instance when I come home on Saturday I'll have all my apples washed and put in the fridge bins. My strawberries will be washed stored and the green removed, celery, cucumber, bell peppers, cut and washed for snacking. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms, cut washed and stored....ready for roasting. The stuff such as Swiss chard, kale, and cilantro will be washed of all the sand and dirt.

Makes is very easy to eat healthy. We hardly ever eat out and never eat garbage convenience food because it is convenient to grab fresh food. I also don't create a mess I have to clean doing prep.

What will I do when I get home from a week of skiing tomorrow afternoon? Not grocery shop, not do laundry, Not run errands, not pick dog up from the dog sitter. It looks to be nice. Will probably go on a bike ride with the family to stretch our legs from the flight, assemble Easter baskets, grill dinner, play an intense game of Phase 10 and then hop in the hot tub with DH with a glass of wine and then get into bed, sex and sleep.

Girl, how dirty are your vegetables? It takes like 10 seconds to wash an apple 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

How is this different from someone buying Hello Fresh?

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

How is this different from someone buying Hello Fresh?

Good question. Grocery delivery isn’t that much of a luxury. Hmm.

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Clothes budget for adults and kids is inexplicably high. Are you throwing them out every month?

This was the one thing that stood it to me. Everything else I can understand and/or might even do myself if I had the funds. The clothes seem VERY high. You’re spending 6k a year on kids clothes? That’s seems wildly unnecessary. And not even fun, just like it would lead to a ton of clutter.

Same with adult clothes. I could see spending a ton on, say, the Row or something. But not every month. Simplify, girl!

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Anonymous wrote:Twice weekly housekeeper?

How's this dramatic? We have someone who comes 5hrs a day 5 days a week. She runs errands, grocery shops, cleans (we have weekly deep cleaners), meal preps, and organizes. I spends exactly zero time doing things I don't like doing. Well worth thr money.

Omg please how did you find her and how much do you pay.We are dying for something like this.

We pay a flat $500/wk-52 weeks a year, but also pay her and our side of FICA.

She's not working this week because we are on vacation, but she is doing a grocery shopping tomorrow and picking up our Easter catering so we come home to a full fridge of food.

We take 4-5 such weeks off a year.

I found her from a neighbor. She was their amazing nanny who was a household manager practically and the kids grew out of needing a nanny. She splits her time between us and another family. We have her from 12-5 M-F

It's incredible. I don't grocery shop, my fruits and veggies and cleaned and chopped and stored, i don't do laundry and, my closets are organized, my home is clutter free, and she now knows exactly what I need for meal prep. I post a weekly menu and she does all the chopping a cleaning, marinating and measuring. I just assemble stuff.

She also picks us prescriptions, gets oil changes, runs to thr post office, and will take the pets to the groomer.

Even Eddie Murphy goes to dry cleaners and run errands, he once said if I outsource everything what the f@ck do I do all day and I don’t want cold Starbucks. I like errands. I don’t consider them work.

Eddie Murphy did not to spend several hours a day at the salon and other grooming establishments. Unfortunately all the work required to have perfection in hair, face and body cant be outsourced yet.

Also, why do you need someone to store and clean fruits and vegetables for you? What does that even mean?

For instance when I come home on Saturday I'll have all my apples washed and put in the fridge bins. My strawberries will be washed stored and the green removed, celery, cucumber, bell peppers, cut and washed for snacking. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, green beans, mushrooms, cut washed and stored....ready for roasting. The stuff such as Swiss chard, kale, and cilantro will be washed of all the sand and dirt.

Makes is very easy to eat healthy. We hardly ever eat out and never eat garbage convenience food because it is convenient to grab fresh food. I also don't create a mess I have to clean doing prep.

What will I do when I get home from a week of skiing tomorrow afternoon? Not grocery shop, not do laundry, Not run errands, not pick dog up from the dog sitter. It looks to be nice. Will probably go on a bike ride with the family to stretch our legs from the flight, assemble Easter baskets, grill dinner, play an intense game of Phase 10 and then hop in the hot tub with DH with a glass of wine and then get into bed, sex and sleep.

Girl, how dirty are your vegetables? It takes like 10 seconds to wash an apple 🤣

I have no idea, they are clean and cut up when they get to.me! I'm not the one washing them.