Sunday, July 27, 2008

The Maid is Coming---I need to clean house

The LP reminded me the Maid is coming today, so I don't have much time to post anything. I need to clean up the house so the maid won't think the two of us are total slobs. I then will make a trip to the store to figure out what to give Maria and her husband (who does all our pruning of hedges around here, along with general handyman stuff) for lunch. Most likely will go with the ever popular Ham and Cheese sandwhiches from Ralph's Deli, chips and colas or ice tea. On the otherhand why guess, I will just ask Maria and her husband what kind of sandwhich they might like and go get em. and save myself the worry. (I'm glad we had this Lil talk, I feel better already).
It is going to be just another great day here in Southern California. Clear skies, lots of sun, the comfortable whine of air conditioners running in the neighborhood. The bill for the last two months of Electric/Water/Trash removal came ----$548.00----and we haven't even gotten to to August yet, which is traditionally our hottest month. (sigh).
Tomorrow afternoon, meeting with my niece Tish and her boy friend Carl, along with my niece Melanie and her Husband Bill, and doing the tour of the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), which should be interesting. I worked for both TRW and Hughes Aircraft, and so now will get to see how one of the other Major Aerospace firms developed their ends of many of the contracts jointly worked on. I hope to be back home tomorrow by 5pm, if so maybe able to pop in a posting then. Maybe even take some pictures---I suspect however they will not allow cameras inside the place. I know neither TRW or Hughes allowed them to be brought into their buildings.

14 comments:

  1. IF I had the money for a housekeeper, I would spend my time apologizing for not having cleaned it better before she arrived.

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  2. Its beautiful here today!! 75 degrees. Have a great time tomorrow.

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  3. You're cleaning the house before the maid comes? Then why do you have a maid?

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  4. My daughter had a maid at one time and she didn the same thing...cleaned up BEFORE the maid got there! Seems a little idiotic to me ...but what do I know? Have a great time tomorrow Gary. Not sure how I'll survive another "one post day"....guess I'll have to find something else to do!

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  5. hope you have a great time tomorrow,don't worry about cleaning up before the maid arrives, I fix my hair before going to the hair dresser
    see ya

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  6. Hope that you have a great time tomorrow.

    I have never understood people that have maids cleaning the house before they get there LOL!!

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  7. It's been commented on, but if I ever have the chance to have a cleaning lady...I will not clean before she gets here.

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  8. When I had a housekeeper, I always cleaned up before she arrived too. I felt the same way ... didn't want her to know how untidy we truly were.

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  9. Have a good time with your relatives! And thanks for the visit.

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  10. Hi! Noticed your comment on Missy's blog. Where did you used to live in Indiana? I grew up in Indiana and still have family there.

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  11. I always figured the tendency before the maid arrives is to leave more of a mess. Not less of one. But I guess that wouldn't be logical.

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  12. Gary ... it's Tuesday. You didn't blog on Monday or did I just miss it?????

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  13. Missy:--the maid came on Sunday, and your right I did not post anything on Monday, did post today picking up from sunday where I left off-----sorry if I confused ya.

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