All About Life Without Maids

[babycutie71]

Pecalis,


Thanks for sharing. Where can I get the Tupperware cleaner? How much? And where did u get the Neato robot vacuum?

[micollh]

babycutie71:

Well said. Housework are never ending.....

Just wondering how many kids u have. How old r they?

lucky thing i have only two.. one coming to 5, another 2.. both in childcare on weekday..

[pecalis]

babycutie71:

Pecalis,


Thanks for sharing. Where can I get the Tupperware cleaner? How much? And where did u get the Neato robot vacuum?

I buy my tupperware cleaner from their agents, price is $12.20, I think. 1 bottle can last 9mths to a yr, as only a few drops are needed each time. I have my 2 favourite agents as they'll help me exchange my old tupperware or buy stuff like this - I also use their vegesafe for broccoli, tomatoes and grapes.

I got my Neato from Robovac, Thomas 81254240. There's also Autovac (pricing about the same). You may check out their website. I called him in the morning to make enquiries, then he delivered that same afternoon as we couldn't find other common time. He even obliged me and brought along Irobot for demo, though I'd more or less decided on Neato already.

[babycutie71]

micollh,


I have 2 kids also. One in P2 and one in K2. I placed the K2 in a full day CC. Will be sending maid away this Friday.
Next year both kids will be in morning class. I will need to juggle between housework, marketing, sending kids to & from school and guiding their school homeworks. So am doing my homework now to get equipments to ease my housework.


Pecalis,

Thank you for the contact.

[straffan23]

Hello all… I’m a newbie here, and this topic is very interesting to be because I intend to go maid-less by 2014. My children are 5 and 2 this year, but will be in P1 and N2 in 2014. Plan is to send P1 to private after school care; while N2 in full day nursery.


I started having a maid since my #2 was born. My consideration is that a maid’s salary is $450 to $500 (think of possible increase by 2014). Add in maid levy, food expenses… not forgetting how high the $50 increase in PUB with their endless boiling of water, washing, and ironing! Works up to costing about $1000/mth to have a maid. Is it worth it? What is the value add? Cleaning cut corners, cooking can fill the tummy but can take 10 dishes and recycle until I "ban" those dishes… Ask to water the plants always drown them or dry them… Summore since having a maid it’s been a $40 to $50 increase per year!

My maid cannot even get my 5 year old to take her nap or go for shower, so I don’t envision her being able to even make sure the P1 will do homework!

But hubby’s opinion is that he works late and is home by 9pm weekdays. Weekends too tired to do housework - lucky if got energy to go out with us. So his contribution is to provide a maid. <pengsan>. Up to me.

So I’m reading up and trying to see how people cope, what are the options and alternatives. Hope to join the bandwagon of being "maidless" soon!

[babycutie71]

coralie:

Just to share. I found 2 ant nests in my house on Sunday. 1 nest in a box in my pantry while the other nest inside the screw holes of a cabinet where I kept my kids' milk powder. Used the citronella spray (from kiddy palace) on the ants and nests. Din wanna use Baygon on them. So far no ants. Will check again this weekend

What if not sure where is the nest? How to use the citronella spray? My food on the dining table are always invaded by ants. Not sure where they come from.

[Imami]

coralie:

Just to share. I found 2 ant nests in my house on Sunday. 1 nest in a box in my pantry while the other nest inside the screw holes of a cabinet where I kept my kids' milk powder. Used the citronella spray (from kiddy palace) on the ants and nests. Din wanna use Baygon on them. So far no ants. Will check again this weekend

Hi Coralie, can provide a picture of the citronella spray from kiddy palace? I tried looking for it, with assistance from kp staff but they didnt seem to know this...

[babycutie71]

http://www.dealexpress.sg/eshop/products/%2AIT-Promotion-%252d--Robot-Vacuum-Mop-with-UV-Sterilization.html


Anyone heard of this Divine Robot? It can vacuum, mop & sterilized. Not sure how good compared to other robots in the market.....

[coralie]

I bought the citronella spray some time back. Let me go back and dig it out. Not sure where my hubby left it. It is a white bottle with red sticker.

[coralie]

Haha, found it!


ONE-der Children Anti Mosquito Spray
http://tan-en-hui.blogspot.sg/2009/07/one-der-anti-bacterial-hand-foot-spray.html
Scroll down to 3rd photo


This was the aftermath of spraying on the ants :evil:
http://elodieyeung.blogspot.sg/2009/09/ant-aftermath.html