Still on Housekeeper Issue

 As soon as hubby and I decided to fire the housekeeper, we have been discussing on how to settle our house cleaning issue. It might not be a big deal, but I prefer us to split up the chores and know how to work things out at home. I suggested that we get a part time housekeeper, at least once a week to do the major cleaning like cleaning the windows, balcony, scrubbing the toilets and etc.

I know that my neighbor is hiring one, and when I walked over to ask her more about it, hubby suddenly came to her house and said, “We are just asking, we will think about it and let you know.” O.o Apparently, my superman here wants to clean the house by himself, and he said let’s try and see how we can manage without a housekeeper. He said that it should be easy. But somehow, I can see myself cleaning the house like a mad lady every weekend and I will be very exhausted for any outing with the kids.

Furthermore, due to my experience of staying with the same guy for 10 years, I know his “housekeeping skills”. He might do the chores, but just for the sake of doing it. He will surely tell me that “no need to sweep and mop every day la, just do when it’s dirty.” And I tell you, he won’t even think the floor is dirty, even if it’s not mopped for 5 days (ya, my housekeeper skipped mopping the floor thinking that I won’t notice), and it’s still clean to him. How to “tahan” walking on sticky floor like that? Sure you will mop by yourself right? But I know my hubby well, he can’t mop the floor nicely!!!! That means it’s all going to BE MY RESPONSIBILITIES. But if I really want to ignore the dirty floor, I will just walk around in my Walking Boots and forget about my kids lying and playing on the floor. Argh!!!!

Anyway, since we told SIL that we are not satisfied with her maid and don’t want to hire her next month onwards, we can see a lot of improvement in the housekeeper. My house has been very clean for the past 3 days, and surprisingly, she comes everyday to do her job. I’m quite pleased with her changes, and last night, I asked her if she still wants to work for us. To me, everyone deserves a second chance, if she is interested to make that money. But she said she will think about it. I guess she knows well that it’s hard for her to maintain her “job performance” all the time, and she might want to do lesser job now. So, I won’t force her. At least we told her that she still has a second chance.

If she decides not to work, then you might see more rants here on this blog.