Red ice pop splotches on the floor. Sand in every crevice. Dirty socks under every sofa. The hot sticky summer is finally coming to an end, and my house will be pristine again. Or, so I thought.
My daughter's entering middle school this year and she's intent on acting in the Fall musical, which means driving to pick her up way after the school day is done. My son plays soccer; no matter how many times I tell him this is a cleats-off house, he'll clomp around the living room, oblivious to the dried mud clods trailing behind him.
When school starts, I'll be just as busy, and my kids will be the same wonderful messes they always are. Gosh, dang it.
I'm signing up for a cleaning service. The chaos is just too much. I'd always viewed it as a luxury, but then I found Handy, an app that will match you with a vetted Cleaning Professional in your area for an affordable price!
Here's why you deserve a cleaning pro for your home.
1. You need "you" time.
Whoever said "you have as many hours in a day as Beyoncé" was dead wrong. Queen Bey has a chef, cleaners, and a private jet so she can get halfway 'round the world in the time it takes me to drive to the supermarket in rush hour traffic. Get more time in your day by outsourcing your least favorite tasks, so you can finally catch up on Shameless...season five.
2. Kids make more mess.
With kids, you clean twice as much. Twice as many dishes to wash, twice as much trash, twice as many gadgets to dust… Remember the days when you were single? Cleaning your lone plate and fork and then being done? With a cleaner, you can skip scrubbing the milk and chocolate milk spills in the fridge (again).
3. It's not a luxury.
Treatin' yo' self doesn't have to mean caviar and cashmere! Seriously, biweekly or monthly cleaning services won't break the bank when you compare it to your last receipt from Target (which always comes out higher than expected). Next time your sweet angels make a huge mess, you can book an appointment in minutes - sometimes even for next day clean-ups. If you consider the value of your time and erasing the chores sections of your to-do list, then adding Handyto your routine (and signing up for a six month or a year-long plan for a bigger discount) can definitely make it into your budget.
Running a wet paper towel over the microwave just doesn't cut it. Address those yucky soup stains for good with a Cleaning Pro. They're background-checked by Handy, and you can book your favorite top-rated Pro every time. Back-to-school doesn't have to mean that you're back to the same old overbooked routine, so get Handy to help out. You deserve it.
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