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.

What's Wrong With Thursday?

$$ For three Thursdays in a row this month of September, I do not have work at Dirty Johnson's Dog Wash. It is making me becoming concerned about my budget for the month. The three thousand dollars were deposit into my mom's account - a payment in buying her car - and my checking account appeared very low. Yup, I'm poor once again. Don't worry, I will get the Cleaning Maid check tomorrow and a Dog Wash paycheck this Saturday. Hopefully it will add up to $300, more or less. $$

Happy Labor Day

Monday, September 1, 2008
Happy Labor Day

 RABBIT RABBIT. Today is Labor Day and the first day of the month. On 4th of September shall be my 25th birthday. An age I’ve been looking forward to and not a bad age to be married. I have two jobs to enjoy while my husband attends Utah Valley of University. We have only been married for over a month since July 22. We love it so far, living together in a sweet simple home in a basement for $550 a month. We will have to pay $200 extra for September because we split the $400 deposit into half when we move-in at the beginning of August. We shall be pretty tight on budget for a while. I believe after September ends, the budget should become better, unless something happens with the Social Security Income. With my two steady jobs and one on-call job, it may not be enough for the month expense. However, it can be taken care of if I add a third day of work at Dirty Johnson’s Dog Wash in South Salt Lake City. I know that they wouldn’t mind having me working three times a week because I’ve heard that customers loved how I did my grooming skills with their dogs. 

 Last Saturday was a great day, even though I worked from 9am to 7pm. A groomer named Mini and I worked with our dogs then worked together with the last three dogs. I groomed five dogs and received $37 tip. I bought myself a strawberry/peach smoothie with protein from Blue Star café across the street with my tip. It was not very stressful and I was happy that things went well, unlike the other Saturday. That day was like a total breakdown. I had few customers asking when I’ll be done with their dog which adds more pressure with the timing while I was juggling with 4 or 5 dogs. Some had to wait because it was still wet or I was in the middle of grooming a dog. It was crazy. By the end of the day, by the time I was finally grooming on the last dog, my mind stopped working/thinking. I was ready to get out of the room and pass-out. It was not a very good day. When I got home from work; Scott surprised me with some new arrangement around the basement -- including a creative desk in the bedroom -- and with dinner ready to be served. He was very sweet! He made a “desk” by using a long flat wood on the two blue storage box and covered it with a sheet and topping it with my laptop, jar of pens, stack of notebooks and Ensigns. In fact, I’m using the desk as I am typing this “blog” in the word document. The two new desk lamps from IKEA today looks fabulous on this desk. Though I know I won’t be using this creative desk very long because mom’s bringing in the desk from grandma’s place on my birthday. 

 It’s almost 9 o’clock and I better join in with my husband in the living room to have a family home evening. I wish you all a good night and a happy labor day!