The things I hate as a housekeeper

Stainless steel! Textured tub/shower floors Fixing beds/folding sheets (I would rather clean a toilet any day) I hate folding fitted sheets. I suck at it. Not fond of dusting especially pet houses-seems pointless Glass shower doors unless kept up Tile showers unless kept up Granite/marble countertops because you can't tell unless by touch if there's food, etc. Pet hair Glass cooktops Carpeted steps Pet beds or where they lay because I do vacuum it

Things/products I use to clean

Magic eraser is my favorite, a mix of bleach & water w/ LA's totally awesome cleaner mixed in, my homemade toilet cleaner, club soda in a spray bottle, pampered chef scrapers, toilet brush, my homemade shower/tub cleaner, a bottle of LA's totally awesome mixed for use as a degreaser, pitcher for tubs/showers w/o handheld sprayers, toothbrush for scrubbing small areas, squeegee for glass shower doors, barkeeper's friend (great for rust stains left by shaving gel cans), bottle of mopping cleaner, swiffer extended duster, drain cover to let shower/tub soak in bleach while I clean other parts of the house, bottle of bleach (I also squirt it under the rim of toilets), LA's totally awesome brand of CLR, fur Vac attachment, Weiman glass cooktop cleaner, lemon oil for stainless steel appliances, Murphy's oil soap for hardwood floors, lots & lots of rags, Wal-mart bags for trash & dirty towels, my homemade disinfectant, my homemade dusting spray, pumice stone. I love my Bissell revolution pet lift off. I also love my Bissell 3-way stick Vac. It's great for any type of flooring except for carpet & brazillian cherry wood floors. I also use an o'cedar mop & have 10 mop heads. I take them off & wash them after each house. Every house gets a clean mop head. I also have a hardwood floor mop. I do have a steamer but use it very little. I also make my own oven cleaner & use it w/Brillo/SOS pads.I lay aluminum foil in the bottom of the oven after cleaning it to keep it from getting cruddy again. I do like the shaklee scour off for glass cooktops but all shaklee products are quite pricey. My vacuum parts & filter get cleaned regularly. I run the plastic parts through the dishwasher & wash the sponge type filters by hand & replace filters when coming apart. I have bought some of the scrubbing bubbles extend a clean battery powered automatic spray bottles & have figured out how to fill it w/ whatever I want. It works great!

The funny things I have seen as a housekeeper

I have seen some funny things. I responded or posted an ad on Craigslist & got an email from a single in his 50's well to do guy who never checked my background or anything. He gave me his address. The first time I met him was tHe day I cleaned. I arrived & he quickly showed me around, left a check, & went to work. Luckily, I'm an honest, good person. Well, after he left I noticed photographs of naked women hanging in his bathroom in frames. Faces included in some. There was also a garter in a frame. He was a client for a good while. I eventually dropped him because he wasn't regular enough to be worth the amount I was charging. I've dropped clients for different reasons. I don't take on any one time cleanings any more. Too much work for it not to be continuous & then t.hey wait til it's bad again & want me to come back. Well this guy referred me to his girlfriend around Christmas time. His girlfriend had a nativity scene & Ozzy Osborne was Joseph. All the others were normal. At the bar, was sitting a stuffed Santa wearing a leopard bra holding a whip & Jeff Dunham's Peanut puppet was beside of Santa also. I have been to a house where a single guy showed me & the owner of a cleaning service that I used to work for, his bedroom. He had artwork of a man holding a woman sensually & lighting running around the top edge of his ceiling for mood lighting. He had spot lights aimed at the bed. He also had a video camera in the corner on a tripod. He would also leave his Cialis visible when we cleaned. There was one time where we didn't know where he was & we heard "Let's get it on" playing loudly from the garage.that was the only instance I ever felt a little uneasy in all the times I cleaned until I was blatantly sexually harassed by an employee of a company I clean homes for. I now carry a stun gun for protection because the company didn't do anything about the employee except tell him not to do it again. I was very disappointed because I'm not a complainer. I will clean shit off of walls & it doesn't bother me. I do it & move on.

Pet hair vacuum attachment that works great!!

I recommend the As Seen On Tv vacuum attachment Fur Vac. It's grey w/ a flexible orange part w/ bumps on it. If you can't find that which I haven't seen it since I purchased it, I recommend the Bissell pet pack vacuum attachment. It comes w/ a turbo brush & the fur Vac like attachment w/ the accessories that make it compatible w/ any vacuum. I don't like the brush attachment because it gets stopped up w/ fur. The fur Vac doesn't have that problem.

Sister wives...

I'm watching Sister Wives & I'm intrigued at how that many women get along. I have such a jealousy issue & I just don't get along w/ women that well. I prefer men. Women get catty & tend to like to tell me what to do. I think it would be neat if you could have a close family & family you can talk to. I have none of that. For Thanksgiving, I cooked & spent it w/ my husband & 5 yr. Old. No one called or cared to see how we were. It's sad. I get depressed. I have had too many women to treat me crappy & stab me in the back that I just don't prefer to be friends w/ any. This is why I work alone.

How I'm feeling #2.....

My teenage daughter just recently found out that the dad that she thought was her real adopted her. I told her for the wrong reasons. I wanted to hurt her dad that adopted her & I did know I needed to tell her soon because that had been trying to friend her & I on Facebook. I knew when she was 18 they would tell her if I didn't. I wanted to be the one to tell her. This has blown her world up & has brought the past back again. Her bio dad is still a prick & it's devastating that he still acts like a dumbass. His parents seem great but there's still weirdness & tension & i' ve been told in an email that they don't want the past to be dwelled on. I just brought up that it was weird because of past memories. I'm not constantly bringing up the past if I go visit. I just wanted to explain my feelings but nobody really cares. There house is a house where we lived for a time. I remember things. I never did dope to forget about it & mess up those memories. I also have one of those photographic type memories where past memories appear to me so clear like it just happened yesterday. I hate this about me. My daughter was hoping we'd all get along but it's just not possible. I will always be the bitch that terminated their sons rights. My husband will always be the one that came in& took the option of their son being a dad away. I am pissed about this. If the grandparents really wanted to know what was really goin on, they could have called me during this situation or tried to talk to me. There's even a law for grandparents that if they wanted to be involved, they could have taken it to court. This is not my fault that their son lied, turned out to be an ass & always will be. I have felt so much guilt around them about this but I have to let it go so I can move on. I have done what I thought was best for my daughter even though most of the ex's family feel otherwise. At the time this was going on, I was pulled by so many people, feelings, etc. All in my 20's. My daughter is very bright & was diagnosed w/ADHD at the age of 5. She had been doing very well w/o Meds & since this has come up it's like it has come back. She can't remember anything, grades are dropping, & she's turned into a rebellious teen again. I am struggling w/ what to do. I support her education but feel it's not supported by the ex's family as they all have quit school & a GED is about as far as any have gone. I want her to go to college. She has great potential. I don't wish my life on her. Low income sucks. Working manual labor sucks. I could have went to college but chose my ex & was burned badly from it. I can also blame my parents for it as well because they didn't encourage my love for art & for me to do art, i would have had to go to a college away from home. They didn't ever explain to me that that wasn't possible due to finances. I'm now stuck in this rut of a life. I did used to love what I do but due to how people treat people generally, I have lost it. I can't physically handle this job forever either. So then, what will I do?

How I'm feeling...

I am sitting here in my messy living room needing to tidy up so we can have a place for our tree. This is what it's like for me as a housekeeper. My client's houses are well kept except for my hoarding client. That apartment will never be like my others. I just go in & keep it good enough to where the child of the client is not living in a nasty environment & possibly be taken away. I have a hoarding mom. I could have been taken away but it never came out. My mom is in denial & does not admit any of these things. I could never have friends over. My clothes only got washed maybe 3 times/year at the most. The house is falling apart. I can't take my kids over to visit. They only live 10 min. Away.I can never bring this up w/ my mom. My dad has offered to pay me to clean it up. I don't know where to start & it won't solve anything. She'll probably still do it. My mom has said it's my fault that the house is that way. I don't understand this. I do have hoarding tendencies & it plagues me. It's tougher for me because I work such a physically demanding job. I have done 10 hr. Cleanings w/ no break (not even a potty break) because the houses were in such bad shape & I work alone & everyone wants it all done now. I am sitting here wearing a wrap near my elbow because I have tennis elbow from working so much here recently. I pretty much have constant back pain & I'm always tired & hurting. I don't have vitamin d deficiency as someone has said. It's a hard job & wears me out because I do a lot of houses in a week on my own & I speed clean. I am running like my ass is on fire to get done & get out. So, I can go to the next house or just get home. I've done this work for 5 hrs. & it's wearing my body down. I have had people to say they wished they had my job. I would love for people to trade places. Good luck! I don't find too many that are hard workers. I work hard. Damn hard. I have a teenage daughter who is either usually staying elsewhere w/ family or in her room & only emerges to eat or potty. I also have a 5 hr. Old who due to I can't find a babysitter that works w/ me on hrs. & only certain days stays at home & has become a 3rd shift kid. She sleeps during the day. My husband works on 3rd too. She stays up all night. I have been through horrible sitters who change the rules on me or expect me to keep their kids on the only days I have off. I can't afford day care either. My parents don't work but never offer to help me out at all. I do everything on my own. I have 3 turtles, a dog who has heart disease who I love more than about every person I have met. People are just rude & selfish. This has become worse since cleaning. I have had people to not tip around the holidays or even just say thank you. I've had people to have me wash their dog's food & water bowl. This is degrading. I've also had someone to have me take a picture frame apart in front of them & clean it. I've had people to eat in front of me & never offer me a thing knowing it's lunch/dinner time & know I have been cleaning at their home all day. I bring my own drink because I don't just help myself. Offer it to me because I don't just make myself at home. I have had lots of personal things going on & my depression is worse because of it. I think of suicide often but know it doesn't make sense. My kids need me. My dog needs me. My clients' would just go "damn, we have to find another maid!" It sucks having these feelings but this is what people seem to be like.I am only on Facebook for coupons/offers that require you to have one. I think it's a joke that people comment they care. They don't.