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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Twice weekly housekeeper? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

DP, but what?  Playing a card game with your family is a waste of your time and brain?[/quote]

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