All About Life Without Maids

[corneyAmber]

mocharita:

ahem, I don’t know how to iron though (I’m still learning.)

For ironing, I will recommend LauraStar iron.
It costs > S$500 but it is excellent in ironing, only need to iron one side so reduces ironing by half the time. I have never looked back with any regrets with this purchase. You can see the demo at Tangs basement.
Can buy only the iron or the whole system, including the board. Btw, I have no share of this business, just recommending as a user of this for about 10 years. Most likely I will look for an upgrade to the newer technology that they have now. Incidentally, with this iron, I actually love ironing. *husbands should know what to do* :lol:

http://www.laurastar.com/en/discover/

[2ppaamm]

mocharita:

Hey, how about investing in a robot? You can get them at about $800 at Courts and they will clean your house routinely. You don't even need to remind it to clean and your floor is always spotless. I have 5 of these.


If you need help, I will try and get one for you.

2ppaamm,


Thank you

I have checked on the robot before. As a SAHM, I work faster than this robot.

It has nothing to do with housework. Cleaning, dusting and mopping things around the home are not a chore to me. I find this chore rather therapeutic. Floors are dead, furniture-dead, and curtains-dead, laundry-not a problem at all..ahem, I don’t know how to iron though (I’m still learning.) Once you have cleaned them, they are cleaned. It’s the ‘cleaning after someone’ that puts the strains on me.

The living things around my home said goodbye to me one after another. Plants, fish, plants, terrapin, plants..

Thankfully, my kid is still much alive! And my lovely doggie too..teeheehee..

Haha, I deploy the robots when I am out or sleeping.

I forgot about the living things... Plants - keep them alive through the irrigation system. I took 2 days to install them with my bare hands, which ended up with lots of blisters but I thought it was worth it. You can have a great patio/garden with these fantastic stuff. I saw some plant shops selling these in Singapore recently. If you want a garden again, try it. Will you be buying CNY flowers?

I said goodbye to my pet African grey (a kind of bird) as well. I am afraid of pets and had to give it away since DH travels a lot and nobody could clean up after it. Sad, because it spoke like 4 languages, so cute.

I stopped rearing kois. Now, my 2 ponds have tilapias. In case of famine, I will turn to them. I am serious. I rear them for food because I realise I spent too much money on fish food, so I kept the pond for food fish. :lol:

You're better than me! I cannot handle a dog! I am also afraid of dogs and cats. I thought that is even more difficult that anything else! For the kid, give him a cup with his name. In my household, if I don't do that, I'll have 70 cups to wash everyday. They have to wash their cups if they want to drink! Ha ha!

[2ppaamm]

ks2me:

For ironing, I will recommend LauraStar iron.

It costs > S$500 but it is excellent in ironing, only need to iron one side so reduces ironing by half the time. I have never looked back with any regrets with this purchase. You can see the demo at Tangs basement.
Can buy only the iron or the whole system, including the board. Btw, I have no share of this business, just recommending as a user of this for about 10 years. Most likely I will look for an upgrade to the newer technology that they have now. Incidentally, with this iron, I actually love ironing. *husbands should know what to do* :lol:

http://www.laurastar.com/en/discover/

I will definitely go check out this iron next week, during lunch.

[2ppaamm]

EN:

Oh wow 2ppaamm. I seriously thought you have a maid. 5 kids with no maid. :faint:


There I'm complaining to my husband to give another 6 more months before I call it quit & to hire a maid back. I'm maidless for more than a year. Only 2 children. Ya, juggling with work, driving them around & manage household. Already feel like

EN, your youngest is already P3? The problems the maids bring is definitely not worth it for me. Through the years, besides the men-craziness, I had to endure their unreasonable complaints to embassies, MOM and neighbours.

You can imagine it is so easy to complain about me: 5 kids and a big house. They can easily paint a picture of abuse - for some reason. And, the authorities always believe them first. The onus is on me to prove my innocence. Though I have proven myself 3 times, I'm quite tired. It just takes too much time to go up and down MOM. Too many are not here to work. I think there's a message passing around that \"the Singapore employers are suckers. They can't do a thing without us, and they are plain stupid and clueless about what we do behind them...\"

My oldest lost a tooth in a fall when the maid was busy talking to her friends.

If we can cope, let's try. Think about it, there's so much we can teach our children even when we try and manage without maids. The maids do influence our children badly to some extent. Having maids for more 1.5 decades, I know that for a fact. In fact, I grew up having maids around me. If I can live without a maid with so many tasks, so can you!

[mocharita]

ks2me:

For ironing, I will recommend LauraStar iron.

It costs > S$500 but it is excellent in ironing, only need to iron one side so reduces ironing by half the time. I have never looked back with any regrets with this purchase. You can see the demo at Tangs basement.
Can buy only the iron or the whole system, including the board. Btw, I have no share of this business, just recommending as a user of this for about 10 years. Most likely I will look for an upgrade to the newer technology that they have now. Incidentally, with this iron, I actually love ironing. *husbands should know what to do* :lol:

http://www.laurastar.com/en/discover/

Thank you.

Will check it out

[2ppaamm]

ks2me:

hey hey :celebrate: to you, I so agree...

I can put the cleaning robots on and have a wine glass drinking away without someone wanting to drink what I drink.... :celebrate:

:lol: :lol: :lol: I know exactly what you mean. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[girlmum]

Hi 2ppaamm,


I am a PTWM (no maid). Wish I could manage as well as u did (or maybe half) I come home everyday abt 3pm, prepare dinner, cook, clean, mop, do the laundry (washing machine), fold n hang clothes, in between check on DDs h/w. I finished all abt 8.30pm and am dead tired. Just want to relax and enjoy my papers/TV. I :salute: you. :udawoman:

[corneyAmber]

2ppaamm:

1. Cleaning robot. $1000 (with timer) $800 (without timer)
2. Dishwasher: $500-800
3. Washing machine: $200-800
4. Clothes dryer: $400 - $800

The cleaning robot will ensure your floor is hairless and sparkling clean day after day. However, I'm sure how long one will last, my guess is a year or two? The rest last pretty long.

2ppaamm, these cleaning robots sweep only right? So mopping is separate?

[2ppaamm]

ks2me:

2ppaamm, these cleaning robots sweep only right? So mopping is separate?

There are those that sweep, Roomba and those that mop Scooba. But my scooba died on me. I didn't follow the instructions carefully lah. The scooba is too expensive ($1300+), and compared to the mop and pail, is so much more expensive. So I did not recommend it. The roomba will do a good job, and it does leave my floor cleaner than when my maids hand mop it everyday. I only mop it twice a week to upkeep it. There won't be any hair on the floor anyday with the vacuum alone.

Here's the scooba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npl67pnbiU4

[2ppaamm]

girlmum:

Hi 2ppaamm,


I am a PTWM (no maid). Wish I could manage as well as u did (or maybe half) I come home everyday abt 3pm, prepare dinner, cook, clean, mop, do the laundry (washing machine), fold n hang clothes, in between check on DDs h/w. I finished all abt 8.30pm and am dead tired. Just want to relax and enjoy my papers/TV. I :salute: you. :udawoman:

Wah, you are very capable! I 人在江湖身不由己。Some of the tasks I have no choice but to do. Also have to do the work and businesses as it keeps me alive.