Nobody Does it Better
There’s a James Bond movie with the song – Nobody Does it Better.
I’ve always liked that song. I was reminded of it Friday when I called a close relative to see how she was doing.
I interrupted her while she was doing her housework. She was getting the house “presentable” for the 14 guests who were coming to her home for an early Thanksgiving family gathering. Some of those guests were already there and she was trying to work around them discretely.
It was taking twice as long because of that.
Now I don’t know about you, but I really don’t like to do housework much at this point in my life. Dusting, vacuuming and cleaning toilets has never been my favorite pastime.
I bet there are lots of you out there that feel the same way.
The only reason my house looks half way decent is because I’m not there much to mess it up. No kids running around, no spouse coming in and out with dirty work clothes, fishing gear, etc.
However, the house still needs attention every once in a while.
I tried using a housekeeper several times. It just didn’t quite work. They never seemed to take the love and care of my things that I did…just didn’t clean to suit me. I’ve thought about trying one out again but I think I’d rather have a little dust than to have someone come in.
As I’ve gotten older, I want to clean and keep the yard less and less. Not too sure what that’s about, but as long as I don’t have a health hazard looming in the house, on the patio or in the refrigerator, I’m fine.
There are those of us, however, who have different situations or have a different level of cleaning need.
I visited a friend in Spartanburg earlier this week and she has an immaculate house. It’s one of those old classic homes in a well settled neighborhood. When you walk in her home you feel the comfort and care she gives the place. Even though she recently had rotator cuff surgery, every piece of glass was dust free – as far as I could tell. There was lots of glass in the windows and on the mantle and plenty of places dust could settle if it wanted to.
I asked her if she had a housekeeper and she said “No. They just don’t care about my things like I do.”
She’s right, you know. No matter how good a housekeeper is, they just don’t take care of your things like you do.
The relative and I summed it up in our telephone conversation … “nobody does it better than me.” she said.
You know, she’s right.
So for all you women out there slaving away to make your home nice and clean for the family in your life, or just yourself, hats off to you. Keep up the good work because – nobody does it better!
Now for you men who are doing this as well, kudos to you. I don’t know many of you who do this kind of housework but, for those of you who do, you would get brownie points from me if I knew you.
My wish for you today is that, if you are the person responsible in your home for housekeeping, and you do it well, you have someone who appreciates that hard work and recognizes your efforts. If you don’t do housework, join the ranks of us who do just what we can get by with and keep enjoying life…nobody does it better than you!
~Joellen
PS: I have 10 coming for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday…I guess I better go dust. 🙂