It Was a Beautiful, Beautiful 20 Minutes
In anticipation of my parents' arrival today (!), my husband cleaned our entire house top-to-bottom yesterday.
Well, you know, in the form of a four-man cleaning MACHINE that he hired.
Dudes. You could perform surgery on any surface in my house right now. You know, if you, like, wanted to.
Honestly, there aren't that many people who can out-clean me. I'm German, I have OCD and I'd pretty much put my cleaning skills up against most people's cleaning skills with confidence.
These guys?
WOW. I mean... just WOW.
THis is the kitchen. At one point, I walked in and one of the guys had his head all the way in the sink, checking to see if there was any crud where the granite meets the stainless steel sink.
I've never even thought of that.
See these stripes? This couch HAS NO STRIPES. Those are COURTESY STRIPES, done by a man with excellent vacuum control. (Mercy. Is it hot in here or is it just me?)
Master bedroom.
Jane's room. More stripes.
How much do I love that little toilet paper folded point? Love it. LOVE IT!
Thanks, honey, you did an amazing job and now you're off the hook for household chores for at least the rest of the week. Big smooch.
Well, you know, in the form of a four-man cleaning MACHINE that he hired.
Dudes. You could perform surgery on any surface in my house right now. You know, if you, like, wanted to.
Honestly, there aren't that many people who can out-clean me. I'm German, I have OCD and I'd pretty much put my cleaning skills up against most people's cleaning skills with confidence.
These guys?
WOW. I mean... just WOW.
THis is the kitchen. At one point, I walked in and one of the guys had his head all the way in the sink, checking to see if there was any crud where the granite meets the stainless steel sink.
I've never even thought of that.
See these stripes? This couch HAS NO STRIPES. Those are COURTESY STRIPES, done by a man with excellent vacuum control. (Mercy. Is it hot in here or is it just me?)
Master bedroom.
Jane's room. More stripes.
How much do I love that little toilet paper folded point? Love it. LOVE IT!
Thanks, honey, you did an amazing job and now you're off the hook for household chores for at least the rest of the week. Big smooch.
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I just posted about how the fact that (my) Mark running the vacuum cleaner over the living room floor to pick up the crumbs (mostly), 10 seconds before I get home from work, makes me thankful.
Sigh.
Granted I already have a house keeper. Hubby got a gardener (local laborer we like) so I got a housekeeper (laborer's wife so it works out nice for both of them).
I'm just glad I don't have to clean the bathroom anymore. :-)
Hope you have a good visit with your parents.
Oh and that kitchen? I kind of hate you just a little. But not really, I can't begrudge anyone a lovely kitchen just because mine is a 10x10 closet.
"I get a little joy rush when my wonderful husband orders four hulking strong men with attention to detail to give the white-glove treatment to my house."
There. Now you can go pick up your parents. Unless you have a driver too? ;)
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/toilet-paper-origami.html
So sending my future husband to Coop for training.
I'll be thinking about them for days...maybe weeks.
I did clean for about five hours before they got here because SOMEONE had to put all that C.R.A.P. back into boxes. In fact the house was so clean I thought about cancelling the guys and just scrubbing the place myself. I'm SO GLAD I didn't! I'm telling you guys, it was the best $150 I (Coop) ever spent.
Or just send me the four manic cleaners. I am about 90% packed, and a quarter German, and my OCD can beat up your OCD, except the only place I don't have it is in the realm of housework.
It's not that I think it's beneath me. It's more like, most days, it's beyond me.
That painting you have over your couch, by Kandinsky ( Farbstudie Quadrate) is one of my very favorites in the world. Great choice! Your house looks great...and again...love love the "courtesy stripes".