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Phone it in Friday CXXII: YouTube Roundup CLXXXII: House Cleaning

The Portly Politico6 Comments

This week I’m really phoning it in, as the video today is showcasing someone else’s hard work.

My pastor started a cleaning business, Cornerstone Cleaning Solutions.  He specializes in carpet cleaning—and, boy, does he do an amazing job—but  he also does general house cleaning, including my least favorite chore:  dusting.

I had to get my house on the market and it was suffering from seven-odd-years of an overworked man’s routine.  Without a regular feminine presence, the dust had piled  up into thicc (as the kids say) layers.  It was pretty disgraceful, and definitely not fitting for showings.

Yours portly worked overtime for about two weeks to dust and declutter simply to prepare for my pastor to come in and work his magic.  He spent eight hours on his first visit deep cleaning the carpets, dusting, etc.

I’ve hired him to do twice-monthly visits until the house sells (it’s currently under contract, so God Willing, the closing will be soon).  I made this video after his second visit (just three hours compared to the initial one):

Cornerstone Cleaning Solutions Cleans House

Happy Friday!

—TPP

6 thoughts on “Phone it in Friday CXXII: YouTube Roundup CLXXXII: House Cleaning”

  1. Have you ever noticed that on screen, when someone moves out of a house the place is immaculate? You never see them clean, they only ever pack.

    In Stranger Things, Joyce Byers and her family move from Hawkins to California. When they’re moving out, the house looks as clean as a whistle. Think about that. Notwithstanding the trouble with the Demidogs, she has two kids. Nothing drawn on, nothing burnt. There aren’t even scuff marks where the heavy furniture used to be, which is a miracle by itself, and she’s a smoker; there’d be nicotine stains all over the house.

    I want those cleaners when we move. In fact, if everyone used those cleaners, the value of their house would rocket. Something to think about, my friend. 😉

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    • Hahaha, excellent point! I’d never thought about that before, but you’re absolutely right. My house will be pretty clean when I move out, but it won’t be spotless!

      I will say, having a clean house is really nice. I find myself putting in more effort to keep it that way.

      I’ve allowed myself a couple of weeks off from packing and moving, but now I’m going to have to get after it with renewed gusto. I want to avoid a situation where I’m frantically packing the last bits of bric-a-brac the night before the closing!

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      • You’re a planner and I’m more laid back. Maybe a little too laid back! 😂

        I was the same with study, articles too. The latter tends to take me minutes to write but at university, I don’t believe I ever submitted an assignment that wasn’t done the night before. On my last day, I was missing three assignments and a dissertation, all of which were written the night before. Over 12 thousand words and a lot of coffee! I wouldn’t recommend that to anyone.

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        • I finally figured out how to get organized well into my 30s, largely out of necessity—I kept forgetting critical stuff. Writing it down in my planner pretty much ensures it will get done.

          I was the same way in grad school (I was actually a bit more on the ball in college). My marathon writing session was hammering out two twenty-five-page historiographical essays on two consecutive nights. I started after lunch on the first one and wrote all night. I walked down to campus to submit it, then went home for breakfast and a nap. Then I repeated the feat again. Like you said—I would not recommend it!

          How did I do? I got a B-, which is basically the graduate school equivalent of “you almost failed this assignment,” on the paper for my colonial American history course. I made an A on the paper for my American Civil War course. : D

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          • I passed with an upper Desmond which was poor, especially since I’d been mooted for a first when I started. The hedonistic lifestyle didn’t suit me well.

            I’m much better now and it helps that reviews/articles take little time to write. On which score, I don’t know what/when I can send anything, certainly not in the first part of the year. I’ve got some new games to try out and a retro SNES I’m itching to turn on so I might pop some reviews to you. We’ll see.

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