Archive for November, 2009
Posted by cstone on November 30, 2009 at 23:36 pm
House Cleaning Help
Why is it that what seems like five minutes after you vacuumed, scrubbed, and dusted to the point of exhaustion – the house is a mess again. Sometimes it can be hard keeping up with the housework and precious weekends are spent catching up. Hiring a professional to help with the housework can be a great way to ease some of the load but finding help can seem like a daunting process.
There are several decisions to be made about what kind of help you need. One of these it to decide whether you’d prefer an individual cleaner or a cleaning company. Whether you decide hire an individual or a company it is probably advisable to be at home for the first visit or two to provide guidance as to how you like your cleaning to be done. You should also point out valuable or fragile items or even put them away in a safe place on cleaning days.
Hiring a housekeeper yourself can be particularly daunting. You will need to work on terms of employment—duties to perform, pay, schedule, and benefits—and put them in writing. For most this is too much to take on so hiring a service whether an individual contractor or cleaning company can be easier.
Prices for house cleaning services can vary a great deal. It is worth comparing several companies and options but this can be time consuming. Most companies will not provide estimates over the phone without first conducting a home inspection so arranging on-site visits for multiple companies can be time consuming. The Bidmycleaning online marketplace helps you do this in the most convenient, time saving way possible by providing multiple bids from several local cleaners. Bids are from individual cleaners and cleaning companies and provide all the information you need to help you choose the one that fits your needs.
Posted by Candice on November 18, 2009 at 14:53 pm
Going Green: Cut The Junk
The mail we send and receive is probably one of the main areas where we can make a big difference when it comes to doing our part towards going green. Unlike with plastics where it can be difficult to know which ones are OK to recycle, paper is paper and it can all go into the recycle bin.
Now the US Postal Service is making it even easier to recycle unwanted mail. Their new “Read, Respond, Recycle” program will provide postal customers with a convenient, environmentally responsible alternative to bringing home or discarding their mail. The Post Service recycles more than 1 million tons of paper, plastic and other materials.
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Posted by Candice on November 18, 2009 at 14:53 pm
Thanksgiving House Cleaning
Turkey Day is on it’s way and will be here before you know it. For many of us this means out-of-town visitors coming to stay or entertaining friends and family. If your home is Turkey Day central you will most likely want to have it looking fresh and clean – a task not always that easy to achieve while whipping up a feast delicious turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and whipped cream-laden pumpkin pie.
We are offering a 20% discount coupon that will give you a break from cleaning so you can focus on the feast and fun of the holiday.
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Posted by Candice on November 11, 2009 at 14:35 pm
House Cleaning Chemicals
There is a staggering number quoted for the number of synthetic chemicals registered for use with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – that number is 80,000! While it appears that not all of these are in use there are estimated that at least 3,000 of those are used in high volumes exceeding more than a million pounds a year. The EPA estimates that approximately 9,000 to 15,000 are in active use. One of the main ways a number of these chemicals find their way into our homes is in the cleaning products we use. The Clean Water Fund the average American uses 40 pounds of toxic cleaning products, throwing away 12 percent of their leftovers in landfills and pouring a total of 32 million pounds down the drain.
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Posted by Candice on November 5, 2009 at 23:22 pm
Top Gripes With House Cleaners
Does your house cleaner make you want to tear you hair out? A recent survey of CHECKBOOK.org subscribers revealed the various complaints people have with house cleaning services. Consumers’ CHECKBOOK is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization founded in 1974 with the purpose of providing information to help consumers get high quality services and products at the best possible prices.
The top gripes customers have with their cleaning service were identified.
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Posted by Candice on November 3, 2009 at 23:51 pm
Clean House Helps Reading Skills
Research conducted by the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) found a link between household chaos and children’s early reading skills. Household order was found to have a positive correlation with early reading skills and may include cleanliness, organization, routines. The research document references an earlier study by Dunifon et al. (2001) which found that adults’ education and income were predicted by the cleanliness of their parents’ home even accounting for parents’ schooling, income, and cognitive skills. This clean-house measure reflected a desire and ability to impose order in the household, which may reflect organization in other aspects of life such as work and parenting. The report posits that perhaps household order taps a more fundamental characteristic of parents or households, such as maternal industriousness, planning ability, or conscientiousness, that gives rise to both orderliness and better reading skills in children.
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