Ironing? I don’t know and I prefer don't learn

Coming back to the river flows and to my life changes I need to talk about housekeeping.

Setting up in London, with a new housekeeper, was an ongoing test for my daily rapid river. In fact, try to imagine the change when you arrive late at home every days and you used to have the dinner prepared, the house clean and the laundry ready… and suddenly, some days passed, you arrived late from work and … Upss!, you forgot to take the meat from the frozen in the morning! You need to dry the clothes! Someone knows where is my blue t-shirt? I can’t find my socks Mammy! Coffee has finished today, Mum! What you are going to prepare for dinning? The gas doesn’t work, could someone phone the concierge?,  I received an email today from them, we have received a new parcel, could someone goes and brings it? I need to pay the housekeeper today!... uff, She doesn’t know how to clean the oven! Sorry!...she doesn’t know how to clean anything. My room is too cold! Did you buy milk? Are you going to iron today? Do you want a beer?... A beer?...A really relaxing beer?... a cold pint of beer?... A blond and refreshing beer?,… please…I need it! My crazy life drive me to it, it’s really a necessity. And missing Naima and someone who helps putting order in my live I drink a beer… No! Don’t worry! It is not jet a waterfall of beer… only a common stress relieve!

Naima has been working and caring my family more than fifteen years: the kids care, nanny and baby sitting, cleaning, cooking, laundering, ironing, moping, shopping, … all the ” ing “ you could imagine, and all for my house and my family

Last January she has changed her cares to her own family and now she has twins beautiful babies. I’m sure she will be a great mother taking care of her new big family.  Good luck Naima! My best wishes for Salma and Ismael. I miss you and I’m really happy about you.

Let me explain more, here in London I had a lady who used to help cleaning our flat in King’s cross, Brenda, but she isn’t a good cleaner and even thought I arrived to a new country I asked for a recommendation to look for a good housekeeper and this is how I meet St Anne Agency: A clever lady, Anne, not exactly “saint”, but intelligent looking for any good business.

She looks for housekeeping services and she meet Betty for my home. Anne received 3.5 £ (plus VAT) each hour that Betty worked and she defined the tasks and the hours that Betty spent cleaning (as more hours she spend is better for  “St Anne”). As Betty was slow cleaning and ironing, Anne, the clever Anne, suggested me to bring the laundry to her favourite laundry shop, of course no doubts about her commission in this service… when Betty needed to travel to her country in January, and Anna didn’t look for a substitute … Could you imagine the most crazy month without help at home? And could you fancy also why I decided to change the clever service from Anne to the real service I need and look for a new housekeeper by myself?

I used care.com to meet Violet who is working in my house. Now, I cross my fingers, I’ve started thinking that I could come back to a normal life. Violet told me in the interview that she likes ironing!.. May it be possible? May someone likes ironing?...but it seems that it’s true … I always remember a good friend that showed us her new house and when we saw the laundry room she told us:

Ironing? I don’t know and I prefer don’t learn

Take account that I have also saved the St Anne commission. This means I´ve more than 70£ per week to spend in other thing.

I can’t complete my post without show you my new bag (paid with the first weeks savings), a Braccialini TUA bag, because for me Ironing? Yes I know how, but I prefer time to take a good beer! And with this bag, I´m going to the pub and I’m sure that every woman can understand me a little bit more... This is a good deal: Change an ironing hour for a relaxing hour in The Founders Arms!