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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a high school only educated nanny, a guy who mowed the lawn, and a housekeeper 25 hours/wk when my kids were little.  It wasn’t cheap, but it wasn’t as expensive as it sounds.

Our housekeeper made $2k/month.  Factoring in the fact that before we hired her we were spending $400/month on takeout and $400/month on biweekly cleaning, that was $1200/month.  I was able to pick up a moonlighting gig (doing the work that I’m actually good at) that covered the additional cost.  It made sense to me.

Now that the kids are older, they do their own cleaning.   If she was a godsend when they were little.  [/quote]

Your housekeeper made meals for you?  That’s like my dream!  [/quote]

She did!  She made great pies in the summer and cookies around Christmas.  And she would make stuff for meal trains whenever someone had a baby or whatever.  
My daughter loved to hang out with her in the kitchen.

My husband got sick and was in the hospital and rehab for several months at one point during the years she was with us.  She would get really pissed at me if I didn’t heat up the meals she made and eat them with the kids.  She kind of held me together (or made me hold myself together) during that time.  [/quote]

She sounds wonderful, PP.  How great for your family!  [/quote]

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