All About Life Without Maids

[micollh]

matrix0405:

The dryer can help you a lot. Dryer is abt $400, just 1 mth of maid's salary, ROI very fast. What other automation do you have to cut work load.

dryer $400 ? i paid $1210.. how come ?? i bought the iclebo.. so far clean very well but always cant go back to power base.. and puy wet and dry handheld vaccumm help me to clear those bits from kids' food.

steam iron.. haven start ironing actually.. slow cooker to cook soup. start in the morning before go work.. come back nice pot of soups..

[dasalo]

matrix0405:

The dryer can help you a lot. Dryer is abt $400, just 1 mth of maid's salary, ROI very fast. What other automation do you have to cut work load.

What's ROI?

[Ran1977]

Hi dears,

Is it true that a dryer will sky rocket my electricity bill?

We are a family of 2. I am using twice a week for full-load of clothes (1 on weekday and 1 on a weekend...when I use it on weekend, I throw in my 2 bedroom bedsheets as well). I am still waiting for my first electricity billl....and by what my friends tell me...my bill will be very huge cos of dryer.
:imdrowning: :?:

[puff]

micollh:

matrix0405:

The dryer can help you a lot. Dryer is abt $400, just 1 mth of maid's salary, ROI very fast. What other automation do you have to cut work load.

dryer $400 ? i paid $1210.. how come ?? i bought the iclebo.. so far clean very well but always cant go back to power base.. and puy wet and dry handheld vaccumm help me to clear those bits from kids' food.

steam iron.. haven start ironing actually.. slow cooker to cook soup. start in the morning before go work.. come back nice pot of soups..

I also use steam ironing ... Very fast only use half the time of wat I use in normal ironing. However the first few week of using steam iron is difficult coz not used to it. After getting the hang of it ,it's v easy.

[psle2011mum]

dasalo:

matrix0405:

The dryer can help you a lot. Dryer is abt $400, just 1 mth of maid's salary, ROI very fast. What other automation do you have to cut work load.

What's ROI?

Return on investment?

[psle2011mum]

I am putting in 3 hours of housework before work and 3 hours after work; house is clean and laundry all done with dinner and breakfast homecooked etc but I still can't squeeze in time to get a lunch done for kids :sad: Great to hear from anyone with ideas. Thanks!

[micollh]

Ran1977:

Hi dears,

Is it true that a dryer will sky rocket my electricity bill?

We are a family of 2. I am using twice a week for full-load of clothes (1 on weekday and 1 on a weekend...when I use it on weekend, I throw in my 2 bedroom bedsheets as well). I am still waiting for my first electricity billl....and by what my friends tell me...my bill will be very huge cos of dryer.
:imdrowning: :?:

i also interested to know but no choice as both hubby and myself working.. this can save time ! i bought elextrolux with 3 ticks.. done my part to save the environment as much as we can.. heee

[dasalo]

psle2011mum:

I am putting in 3 hours of housework before work and 3 hours after work; house is clean and laundry all done with dinner and breakfast homecooked etc but I still can't squeeze in time to get a lunch done for kids :sad: Great to hear from anyone with ideas. Thanks!

Thanks for the definition on ROI.

[shine_fs]

matrix0405:

shine_fs:

I will be going maidless after this weekend...so happy..

You can do it. BTW any tips to simplify daily chores: folding and sorting out washed and dried clothing? Any tips to ogranise the workflow to simplifly this manual task?

Hi there,

I don't have tips to share :imsorry:

[psle2011mum]

slmkhoo:

psle2011mum:

I am putting in 3 hours of housework before work and 3 hours after work; house is clean and laundry all done with dinner and breakfast homecooked etc but I still can't squeeze in time to get a lunch done for kids :sad: Great to hear from anyone with ideas. Thanks!

You work very hard and your standards must be high! I am a SAHM with 2 teenagers, I prepare (not 'cook') breakfast and cook dinners, do all shopping and housework, and pack lunches for my kids to bring to school. But I don't spend that much time on it - maybe just 3 hrs a day on average? I guess I must cut a lot of corners compared to you. Maybe you can find ways to reduce some areas so you can do lunch? Often I cook more at dinner and let my kids have thate excess for lunch the next day. That might help.

Thanks for this

No lah, standards not high by any measure. Just clean and neat, got food, can do.

Oh dear! I knew I wasn't very efficient... hmmm... must strive to do double time now and review the work processes!

My cooking is really simple especially for breakfast - scambled eggs, omelettes in various style, make a minced meat topping for store bought chee cheong fun, sometimes sunny side up eggs - that sort of thing.

Do you get complaints from the kids if they eat the same thing for dinner and then lunch the next day? Or do you freeze and serve it up another day or two later?