tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24945617.post7916537664205017679..comments2023-10-21T05:30:37.737-04:00Comments on Snapshot: OutsourcingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24945617.post-26401505995467490162011-03-12T17:41:50.292-05:002011-03-12T17:41:50.292-05:00I loathe cleaning my house with an unmitigated pas...I loathe cleaning my house with an unmitigated passion. Mainly because as soon as I would get it clean, the kids would mess it right up again. <br /><br />About 20 years ago I hired my first maid service. Lovely ladies. They cleaned my house until I moved out East. It took me a couple of months once here, but I soon hired a new maid service - yet more lovely ladies who come every other week. <br /><br />It forces me to get my house straightened up and sort the mail and put away papers that otherwise would accumulate to a huge unmanageable pile. <br /><br />At this new house we have yard service since my husband does not have the time to deal with the acre+ of mowing. I also hired "the Garden Girls" last year to finally clean the enormous number of garden beds that came with this house (no time to keep up with it). <br /><br />My husband used to do all the work on our cars years ago but that has also been outsourced. <br /><br />As long as I have the cash - I love keeping it in circulation and getting these jobs done so I have my own free time! Now if only I could figure out how to get someone to cook and do my laundry I'd be completely happy. LOL.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943982798071884004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24945617.post-50001770855812820102011-03-11T16:47:45.961-05:002011-03-11T16:47:45.961-05:00Mostly we're for ease. =) Now, the yard we'...Mostly we're for ease. =) Now, the yard we've tried to manage ourselves. However, when we want to plant say, oh, a dozen trees, we don't mind paying someone to come and dig the holes and put them in the ground. (There's only so much we actually LIKE to do.) But, as you say, the break in the rainy season here is short enough that it's not overwhelming. If we had to do the yard year round, we'd probably outsource!<br /><br />House repairs of ANY sort? Outsource! Other people are trained to do it better and it saves time. With the little kids and J having to work, what time he has at home is valuable and anytime we can have to relax is a good thing!<br /><br />When we find a good worker or a good deal, we'll always definitely considering hiring the job out. <br /><br />And I have to say I have given though to a house cleaning crew to come in once before the baby is born. Mostly because the logs in our house have to be dusted and I'm NOT climbing ladders to do it. But it really needs doing. We try but it's a boring, un-fun job that I'd gladly pay someone else to do!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24945617.post-87077970029179332592011-03-11T16:19:00.562-05:002011-03-11T16:19:00.562-05:00People have been bugging me to get a house cleaner...People have been bugging me to get a house cleaner since I went back to work but I just can't justify it. So I clean house and do the yard myself, no pool so that is not an issue. I feel too strapped for money anyway to pay someone for that. I'd rather save for a vacation!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185652495531954589noreply@blogger.com