Needlepoint Fabric

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

lucretia borgia wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:00 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:


Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)


Bratty dear - could you, would you, put a pic up on rctnp of Stan ? I
would really love to see him !

I'm not sure I could get one but picture a 45-year-old Polak with
blondish thining hair and a beard in a teeshirt holding a vacuum cleaner
and you've got it. LOL!

--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

lucretia borgia wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:15:53 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:


lucretia borgia wrote:


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:00 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:



Cheryl Isaak wrote:


Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)


Bratty dear - could you, would you, put a pic up on rctnp of Stan ? I
would really love to see him !

I'm not sure I could get one but picture a 45-year-old Polak with
blondish thining hair and a beard in a teeshirt holding a vacuum cleaner
and you've got it. LOL!



Here I thought that you had found Adonis with Vacuum Cleaner lol

Nope, just a thickening, balding, middle aged guy who has figured out he
can get steadier work cleaning than painting.

Elizabeth
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Dr. Brat" wrote in message
...
lucretia borgia wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:00 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:


Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)


Bratty dear - could you, would you, put a pic up on rctnp of Stan ? I
would really love to see him !

I'm not sure I could get one but picture a 45-year-old Polak with blondish
thining hair and a beard in a teeshirt holding a vacuum cleaner and you've
got it. LOL!

--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and
expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*


I love your description because except for his height (am I right in
thinking you said he was way over 6'?) I was married to a blondish, thinning
hair, slightly pudgy, Polak who had no problem mopping floors for me.

Lucille

Lucille wrote:
"Dr. Brat" wrote in message
...

lucretia borgia wrote:


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:00 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:



Cheryl Isaak wrote:


Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)


Bratty dear - could you, would you, put a pic up on rctnp of Stan ? I
would really love to see him !

I'm not sure I could get one but picture a 45-year-old Polak with blondish
thining hair and a beard in a teeshirt holding a vacuum cleaner and you've
got it. LOL!

--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and
expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*



I love your description because except for his height (am I right in
thinking you said he was way over 6'?) I was married to a blondish, thinning
hair, slightly pudgy, Polak who had no problem mopping floors for me.

My DH is way over 6', but Stan is prolly about 5'11 and more than
slightly pudgy.

Elizabeth
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Dr. Brat" wrote in message
. ..
Lucille wrote:
"Dr. Brat" wrote in message
...

lucretia borgia wrote:


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:00 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:



Cheryl Isaak wrote:


Corollary, anyone that wants to wash your hardwood
floors WEEKLY is shown the door immediately.


Stan washes my floors WEEKLY and I love him for it.

Elizabeth (owned by two dirty dogs)


Bratty dear - could you, would you, put a pic up on rctnp of Stan ? I
would really love to see him !

I'm not sure I could get one but picture a 45-year-old Polak with
blondish thining hair and a beard in a teeshirt holding a vacuum cleaner
and you've got it. LOL!

--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*



I love your description because except for his height (am I right in
thinking you said he was way over 6'?) I was married to a blondish,
thinning hair, slightly pudgy, Polak who had no problem mopping floors
for me.

My DH is way over 6', but Stan is prolly about 5'11 and more than slightly
pudgy.

Elizabeth
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and
expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

That could be my Mel. I guess he was around 5'10 or 11 and was always on a
diet.

"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:09:33 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:


I love your description because except for his height (am I right in
thinking you said he was way over 6'?) I was married to a blondish,
thinning
hair, slightly pudgy, Polak who had no problem mopping floors for me.

My DH is way over 6', but Stan is prolly about 5'11 and more than
slightly pudgy.

Elizabeth

Sigh that is the problem today - nothing is as it seems. How fast we
have moved from Adonis mopping Brats floors to about 5'11" and more
than slightly pudgy !

That's because reality has set in.

Cheryl Isaak wrote:


Finding some one that will do exactly as you want it almost impossible.


I don't care if they do it my way, I just want the chores done that I
tell them to do. Done, not half-assed or ignored completely.

I really seriously doubt that the bimbo who strewed laundry all over my
dining room would do the same in her own house.

They work real well when I'm standing over them. But at some point, I
need to go lie down, and it seems that as soon as I leave the room,
that's their cue to stop working.

The problem is, it's a big city, and if I'm not happy with their work,
they know that I cannot contact all two million people in a 50-mile
radius and tell them all "don't hire Sally Smith". They'll find someone
else willing to pay them.

My worst experiences were with college girls who advertise as
independent cleaners (the agency girls come with too many restrictions
-- most of what I need done, the insurance will not allow them to do).
They get into cleaning because $15 or $20 an hour, starting at 10 AM, is
better than minimum wage for an office job starting at 8 AM, but then
they get uppity that because they're in college, scutwork is beneath
them. They don't want to do anything that might raise a sweat or get
their hands dirty. Checking references is essentially pointless -- I'm
convinced that they have me talking to their best friend, because no
actual client would give such a glowing reference for the quality of
work I got for my money.

They've never heard of "taking pride in your work"; it's all about how
little can I do and how fast can I get out of here. And the fact that I
am actually here while they're here, not at an office downtown, means
that they can't just spray a little PineSol around to make the place
smell clean and spend the next 3.75 hours sitting on the couch watching
TV, or come in just long enough to rearrange a few things and then leave
and get paid for spending the afternoon in the park. If they're not
here for the full 4 hours that I'm paying for, I will know.

--
Karen C - California
Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com

Finished 1/19/08 - Sesame Street group picture

WIP: MLI The Teacher (gift to the library),
Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!!
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel

www.CFSfacts.org -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

If you break something, tell the customer

Corollary: don't do what the customer hasn't told you to do. They don't
want to do what I ask for, so they find something else to do to sound
busy.

One didn't recognize some of my ethnic foodstuffs, and took it upon
herself to decree that these unopened jars in the cupboard looked
"spoiled" and tossed them in the trash. Her family wouldn't eat
anything that looked like that, therefore I shouldn't eat it either.

One rearranged my kitchen cupboards after specifically being told not
to; any of my unusual stuff that she didn't recognize went in the very
back, regardless that some of it is stuff that I use frequently.

Another was quite pleased with herself that she'd had the brains to
organize my living room -- it made no sense to her that I'd have thread
and papers and fabric all in one bag, looking like a jumbled mess, so
she put all the threads in one bag, and all the papers in another, and
all the fabric in a third, wasn't she clever?

Meanwhile, what I specifically asked them to do didn't get done.

My adopted sister, on the other side of the country, works as a cleaning
lady, and is just horrified at some of the stories I tell her. Then
again, she's German-trained and perfectionist; at age 59, she'll still
climb on the kitchen counters to get the last bit of cobweb out of the
corner of the ceiling. The notion that one cleaning lady let the whole
house get covered in cobwebs and didn't do a thing about it made her swoon.

Unfortunately, no one around here seems to know of a good German
cleaning lady.

--
Karen C - California
Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com

Finished 1/19/08 - Sesame Street group picture

WIP: MLI The Teacher (gift to the library),
Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!!
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel

www.CFSfacts.org -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf

"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:37 -0500, "Lucille" lzoltynospam@now at
comcast..net opined:


"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:09:33 -0500, "Dr. Brat"
opined:


I love your description because except for his height (am I right in
thinking you said he was way over 6'?) I was married to a blondish,
thinning
hair, slightly pudgy, Polak who had no problem mopping floors for me.

My DH is way over 6', but Stan is prolly about 5'11 and more than
slightly pudgy.

Elizabeth

Sigh that is the problem today - nothing is as it seems. How fast we
have moved from Adonis mopping Brats floors to about 5'11" and more
than slightly pudgy !

That's because reality has set in.

Oh be quiet you ! It's arctic weather here today and I resent you
sitting in the sun fanning yourself lol


Don't be so quick to resent me. It's been generally crummy weather today,
dank, dark, damp and windy.

Oh-I forgot to mention that it dribbled a little this morning too.

L