Yeah, I like this show…I’ve been watching it for a while now. And slowly, gradually and imperceptibly, we’ve gradually gotten most of the house cleared out, cleaned up, and organized. The worst areas are now the hidden-from-public view areas: The Big Lair O’ Computers in the basement, and the garage (which isn’t that bad, just needs more shelving and a good cleaning out after the last frost, when I get the rain barrels set up again).

And today when we get home, the house will be clean, because we signed up with a cleaning service – one we used several years ago, before we moved from the old condo to the house.

I almost balked at the idea, because the cleaning service is one of the ones featured in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreigh. However, they also had the best service, and I liked the owner-guy. So I settled for asking a lot of questions about whether his workers were insured (and not just against damage and theft, but against injury and illness). He gave satisfactory answers, and it reassured me that most of his workers have been with him for more than 8 years.

I have to hope that they like working for him, and not that they feel they have no other choice in order to earn a decent wage. And we really need the help, and also the motivation to de-clutter and de-pile every two weeks.