I don’t mind a spot of vacuuming myself – a quick whiz around my own house is quite bearable.  I live alone and don’t like to wear out the cleaner so it’s only weekly, not daily.   That’s not something you can pick and choose about when you run an office – especially if you ever […]

Whenever I hear the word ‘cleaner’ I  think of the old fashioned Mrs Mop – images of an apron clad lady of a certain age entering Civil Service offices and uttering the immortal words “Can I do you now Sir? …..”    Things have moved on from that basic lick and a promise kind of bin […]

When you share offices with several colleagues, you get to know them well over a number of years.  You get to understand, though not necessarily enjoy, their funny foibles and when there are mishaps in the kitchen or washrooms, you can sort it out between you.  Or at least that is what grown ups should […]

I have found the best way to keep my house and body clean and fresh in the amazing summer is to deal with anything dirty as soon as possible.  Insted of lazily leaving my breakfast or lunch tray festering on the worktop whilst I am busy on something else, I now train myself some discipline.  […]

Summer holidays are such a strange thing for us all.  We really look forward to them coming and get all prepared.  New garments and special holiday wardrobes set aside that then brings much packing and unpacking, repacking completed just as the taxi arrives for the lift to the airport.  We always set aside this expenditure […]

May brings the start of those lovely summer holiday thoughts.  The weeks are getting lighter and all that ghastly wet and snowy winter nonsense is over for another few months.  In the old days there was a definite move to spring clean around the end of Easter and through to Whitsun – this is now […]

When you get back to the office after any kind of break, there is always that anticipating when you turn the key to he office to see whether  you’d been careful and booked the cleaner or janitor to carry out a thorough springclean of the shared kitchens and washroom facilities.  This can, and should of […]

Easter is early this year and the need to get that spring cleaning underway has never been greater.  The magazines and newspaper articles come out with all the fantatic ideas on best ways to get this cleaned, or that method for uncluttering the office etc.  Spring really does bring recouperative feelings and restores the well […]

The first few months of the year can be a very odd time socially.  The children piling back to schoolafter the christmas and new year break brings a fresh new feeling.  Be it at the office or at home, there is something jolly inspiring about a new spring time.  I help out at a country […]

Ah christmas and new year has finally passed on – it seemed such a nice long summer and the autumn hadn’t been at all bad.  Give or take one or two tremendously wet patches and the odd storm in November.  The winter period is such a good time for bringing the domestic cleaning routine up […]