Today...

Today is a wonderful day. I actually worked up to 4.5 hours as cleaning maid, and better yet, I didn't feel tired with the cleaning. I can keep going and going... I spend a lot of time cleaning up the kitchen because someone seem to be in a cooking mood during the weekend. There are a lot of dirty dishes and such. I decided to do some deep cleaning. I washed most of the dishes by hand because the dishwasher were full. For those are not easily wiped off, I used a spoon to scrap up the bits and bits off the counter. Because I could not find the broom, I just vacuumed up the kitchen floor to pick up all those crumbs I brush off the counters. Of course I vacuumed up the family room. I saw opened large boxes which turned out that they recently got themselves a new toy: Wii Rock Bank Drum! Then I finally tidy up mama's bedroom and bathroom, which was not too bad. Except for a fern plant appeared to be in a shedding mode. I vacuumed up all those loose pile leaves from the carpet. I could keep cleaning because there are laundry needed to be done, (I was ignoring that part while I was cleaning up the kitchen), the boy's bedroom and office to tidy up...

Scott and I will be working at Dirty Johnson's Dog Wash three times a week. Today was suppose to be the day, right after the cleaning maid, but it appeared to be no dogs scheduled for us to do. Oh well. Hopefully we will have dogs scheduled this Thursday. We will be working on Monday, Thursday and Saturday in Dog Wash. As long as there are dogs for us to do, that is. So far things are doing great, though it seems Saturdays works out better because it is the busiest day of the week.

Last week, we worked at Dog Wash on Friday and Saturday. Friday seem to be an "Old Large Senior Dog Day". Two of the dogs are mainly bath and brush while the one are being groomed. Big dogs makes good money. We enjoyed that day since it was not very stressful.

However, Saturday was busy. We had five dogs where nearly all of them are to be groomed. We worked from 9am to 5pm. A cocker spaniel takes longer for me to groom while two shih tzu dogs are quick to groom. The last dog I groomed was a beautiful black female lab. To think I have to groom her is silly because she's fine the way she is for she's naturally short-fur-coated breed! But it was fine anyways because I get paid to do it. Heehe.

Bits and Bits

*HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN*

Couldn't you believe it's October already?!

Cleaning Maid: When I was carrying downstairs the basket full of clean folded clothes, I nearly stepped on Dusty, a dog. He was just laying on the step, never moved out of the way. I was lucky to walk down slowly and cautiously. It gave me almost a heart attack since I could have tumbled down the stairs along with the clothes. *muttering*

Dirty Johnson's Dog Wash: It is really nice to have my husband Scott coming to work with me to help out with all those bathing and washing works, which helped out with the timing better for me to groom the dogs, making things done faster and earlier; We can be able to go home slightly early than 6pm or have extra dogs coming in for extra money.

More Cleaning Maid History

The house I worked at as a maid is a very nice home. The house was mostly decorated with fake leaves and ivy on window stills, top of fireworks, shelves, cupboards, table, etc. In some areas have small collections of dolls, fairies, mushrooms, and gnomes. I noticed that some room such as kitchen and bathroom have wide border wall paper on top and middle with maroon color. The parent’s bathroom is full of beach theme. There are seashells glued around the mirrors, cups, and baskets. There are large sea shells set around the hot tub. The artworks of mermaids are hang on the walls. The kid’s bathroom too have beach theme, but with lighthouse as part of the decoration. There is a candle shaped as lighthouse, few framed pictures of lighthouse on the walls. I liked this bathroom better because the master bathroom decorations are too much. Though, it makes one wonder if the parents grew up as pirates in the sea. That would make it a good story in the book.

I learned new things each time I work there. When I started working there, I noticed couple of things that needs repairing. I figured that it’ll be fixed soon. But it remains partly broken. Allow me to name a few. Couple of the cupboard doors are being hang by one hiedge. One cupboard door is completely off, and been sitting behind the toilet.

I will add more about the Cleaning Maid later because time ran out. Take care.

The Cleaning Maid History

♥ I enjoyed being the Cleaning Maid. Cleaning a house three times a week wasn’t so bad. I learned new things each time I cleaned around the house. The house has three floors: upstairs, ground floor, and basement. I only clean on the upstairs and the ground floor. Once in a while, I would vacuum the basement stairs, and nothing more.

The ground floor contained kitchen, family room, living room, half bathroom, and a bedroom.

The upstairs contained a laundry room, a bathroom, two bedrooms, an office with three computers, and a master bedroom with master bathroom.

There’s another maid who worked in the same house for two years. Her name is Alisha Groo. She is about the same age as mine, and knows some sign language.

♥ The family living in the house was quiet but interesting. It’s rare to see the father home. I have seen mama, a son and a daughter around. With school starting, the house was usually empty, except for a dog and two cats. The dog stays home while the two cats comes and goes. Earlier, the dog named Dusty, looks like a mess. I left a note saying that I’m a dog groomer. Mama asked me to shave him up. I groomed him well, and the family’s happy. Pretty soon, Dusty will need a trim up. One black cat is a mess, too; its fur is matted solid. Your face will curl in disgust if you pet it. I am no expert with cat grooming, so there’s nothing I can do.