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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?
- Yes, most of the time we really have fun together
- Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's really dull and aggravating
- Honestly most of the time it's not fun at all, but it's not supposed to be fun
- I really don't enjoy it at all, and wish I could spend less time with them
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Is there anyone on UB who doesn't have a housekeeper, spend hundred of dollars a month on their hair/make-up, go to a top ranked school and have a HHI of 300k plus?
31 replies [ Reply | Watch | MoreHow do you clean? We have 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, I work full-time, and DH works more than full-time. I never feel that I have a completely clean, organized house.
[ Reply | More ]organized is different than cleaning and requires much more mental activity. So - skip that - I clean for one hour a day on weekdays and we ALL clean on Saturday mornings. I often pick a "big project" like cleaning the kitchen cabinets for a Sunday afternoon, but that isn't in the normal rotation.
[ Reply | More ]Good point. How do you stay organized? I have a family calendar, an alphabetical filing system for family papers, pay all bills one day a week, take in drycleaning the first Saturday of every month, etc. Is that the best way to do it? HOw many hours a week do you think you spend cleaning...total?
[ Reply | More ]You should like a natural orgainzer to me. The MOST important rule in organiztion is a place for everything and everything in its place. Few ever achieve that (especially with children as their stuff keeps changing). But that is the focus. I spend 8-10 a week, but dc and dh clean too - so the "man hours" are probably more like 12-16.
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I have a nanny who does housework, get 2-3 haircuts a year for about 100 each, do my own color (the 10 min stuff because that is all I have time for), send my son to public school, and have a HHI of 300K plus. (that makes 2/4)
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No housekeeper, spend maybe 1k a year on hair and make up total (including cuts, I use drugstore color), dc goes to tt, hhi is over 300k.
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me! no housekeeper, get haircut 3 times a year and don't wear make-up (do get pedicures), went to boston college so not bad but not top tier, and am in grad school so our "combined" income is around 80,000.
[ Reply | More ]Yes, but I am totally different from the typical UB poster. Recent college grad, unmarried, and I work as a babysitter 2 days a week. I personally would love to have a housekeeper once a month--scrubbing grimy toilets doesn't add much to my life and I would not be ashamed of having one. Even if a person does have a housekeeper, it still takes a lot of day to day work (dishes, laundry,etc) to maintain a house.
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