All About Life Without Maids
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hi every1…it has been almost 3 mths so far…
lizards: i read if there bugs then lizard will like…food source, warmth etc…
this morning saw 1…n i was like 1 mad women! a fren reko those tapes u put on walls so when lizards crawl they got stuck…
for my menu…i plan ahead…
the onions\garlic i blend n freeze…minced garlic r available…
chic\fish i clean n place in chiller
woke up latest 5 am n here iss the drill:
for my nuggest\fried stuff–>iona roaster…
soup –> thermal
others …normal …stove…
but will make use of the pressure cooker often…
have anyone tried cooking curry\sambal with a pressure cooker? u all put oil or not?
while cooking, i will do the dished\clean the kitchen…
by 6.15 i must finish cooking n doing all the dishes\cleaning…
so far so good…i thing with pressure cooker will save me even more time…
going back…
i only do the dishes(pots)…
water bottles…
coach the kids…
steam iron –> iron the whole sets of uniform of my 3 children…my work clothes for the whole week…
weekend …change bed sheets,iron
hub takes care of washing,vacuum,mop n dishes…
my kids fold\hang the clothes…magic clean…wash their own dishes…shoes …make their own bed etc… -
Linayh, where do u get those sticky tapes to paste on the wall to trap lizards? I want to get some. Also, how to get rid of those tiny ants without using insecticide? I used ant traps but no use.
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Angelight when my maid went back…it was juz 3 mths we clean the whole cabinet but yet i found cockroach n ants…
ants –> i find the source…clean n clean…esp at night…wipe the tables\ kitchen cabinet(top)…
all rubbish dumped…
if i didn’t manage to throw…i make sure i sealed it
as for the lizards my friend told me its available at Sheng Shiong or those DIY shops… i did not buy them…
i read fr the internet…u can cut onions in half n place them in areas u suspect most…pandan leaves…
try to find the area it frequent…i sealed ‘kicthen cabinet holes if any’…
at night my windows r shut… -
My kids will self entertain while i cook.. ds will haf to do his revision as instructed by me while dds will read books or play toys.. usually dd2 will stick ard in kitchen to see me cook..
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M ok with lizards… can’t really prevent them when we have window toilets tat are those panel ones…
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Angelight:
Linayh, where do u get those sticky tapes to paste on the wall to trap lizards? I want to get some. Also, how to get rid of those tiny ants without using insecticide? I used ant traps but no use.
Hi Angelight you can purchae these sticky traps at ntuc. usually I place them where you see their shit(pardon me) is. After they got trapped, you need to remove them.
as for ants, there's this rooster brand of poison which I also got from ntuc. just sprinkle them at a corner where the ants were. leave the poison there and they will all be dead very soon. it's very effective. -
MintyMin:
My kids will self entertain while i cook.. ds will haf to do his revision as instructed by me while dds will read books or play toys.. usually dd2 will stick ard in kitchen to see me cook..
I cook lunch on weekends while hubby coaches daughter...time is not wasted. Son will get revision or other work done. Dinner packet from downstairs.
Kids' responsibility is to tidy house and vacuum eraser dust, set table before meals and bring dirty dishes to the sink. Daughter does help me to put clips on bamboo while I sort clothes. Without maid, there are less quarrels too...bcos hubby doesn't laze around watching tv or playing computer. There's something for everyone to do....save money and hassle w/out maid. -
janet_lee88:
I can understand the hanging clothes part. Putting up/out and keeping in. to me it's a tedious and time consuming job. worse when it rained.
It's a headache thinking what to cook everyday.jasmineong:
After work, I rush back, hardly have time to do all that then need to guide kids with their work. How do you all cope?
When we had a maid back then, she will cook and wash up. Then washing/hanging up wet laundry on bamboo when washing machine beeps, keeping dry clothes and folding them...hubby and I could spend that quality time coaching kids as these non-value added work takes up time.
That was indeed the biggest reason why we missed having a maid.
It's frustrating to have to coach daughter after starting the washing machine and then rushing to hang up clothes in the midst...my morning sun is very strong and that is why I have to wash at night. So with tingkat now, I have one less headache...mornings, I plan what to cook for lunch...usually a soup with meat and vege. Honestly I am still trying to think of a solution not to run off to hang clothes half way while teaching her...disruptive and frustrating to lose momentum.
My sis in law recently gave me a clothes dryer. I find it really useful and makes my life easier. It really help me cut down laundry time and it's esp useful for washing my bedsheet which is big and heavy, hence more challenging to hang it properly. now I also dont have to worry about the weather anymore. rain or shine, I can still wash. After washing and drying bedsheet, I just lay it back on the bed. It saves me time folding too. the only thing is, it consumes more electricity but I have no regret having this dryer
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I don’t have prob hanging clothes…wash towels often and bed sheet weekly for hygiene and to block the sun. Have a dryer but only use it a while to keep it working…but more often when it is the rainy season.
Only put clothes in dryer for 30 min as sun in the morn may not be hot enough. If it is used to dry clothes till ‘cupboard dry’, electricity bill will be very high. Did think of changing to a King size bed but folding bed sheet will be more troublesome…better stick to my Queen. -
Get the kid’s to help with the fresh laundry. I will bring them down from the bamboo pole. Sn would sort our who’s whose - hubby’s will go to the couch, mine will go to the bed, his will end up on his bed. Then he would help hubby to return the hangers to the poles. Hubby takes care of his portion laundry - he folds and keeps them.
Son would then fold his own clothes - sort the socks, pile the underwear neatly like pancakes, fold the pants and singlets. He’s still not that good with short sleeve tees, long sleeves and jackets, so I would handle those. Then he brings each pile and place them into his chest of drawers.
Train them step by step and they would become really great Hellers.
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