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someone to do your ironing

Yep... I have done, in the past, when I was working full time and then some, lol... but also had someone in to clean the house as well... made me tidier, I'd be scrabbling round the night before she came tidying stuff away, lol!!

These days the house and ironing can look after themselves, I am paying someone to help with the garden until I am well enough to be able to play in the dirt and muck again, lol

Love

Daff xxxx

Have done in the past and would do so now if I could find someone. I hate ironing with a vengeance!

Oh and by the way, it's my fault that the weather went all cold again this week as last Sunday I ironed some lighter weight clothes thinking that spring was on the way! Sorry about that!

Jill

Cooeee Daff

hope you are well

I need to do something but i also want to be at home for my 2 so was wondering what others thought lol

xx

If you don't mind ironing then go for it! And don't ask for too little in payment - I used to pay my lovely ironing lady £10 for two hours and worth every penny. Would have happily paid more.

Jill

Thank Jill

It is giving me something to think about....I don't love it but i also don't hate it lol

I love ironing ... strange but true lol!

Particularly more so since I've had my Steam Iron Generator thingy, just whizzes through the hardest of things to iron and cuts my ironing in less than half.

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Our dry cleaners charges 50p per shirt (just to give you an idea)

I'm doing well, now, Julie, thanks... in remission, and no more chemo planned, just have to wait for immune system to boost itself... it is being very slow making new babies, lol!!

My ironing lady used to collect one day, deliver the next... she priced by weight rather than item, so one super-king sized duvet cover cost more than half a dozen shirts, but well worth it!! I love freshly ironed bedding! It was a few years ago, so I can't remember what she charged, but I was always pleased with the result.

Love

Daff xxxx

Tou are lucky Janice, mine charges £1.

My Friend who is a hairdresser
has her ironing done for her , as she says
she doesn't have the time to do it .
her lady comes and takes the ironing one
day and brings it back the next all on hangers if needed
And i think she charges about £10 /£15 depending on
what has to be ironed.or how much there is ...
Hazelx

I would if I could afford to. I have to admit that I rarely iron, I tend to use my dryer so just lift things out and fold them. At the moment it's broke but I still don't iron if I can avoid it. I also avoid buying too much of things that will need ironing. I do iron the kids uniforms though.

Daff maybe your immune system could do with some fertility treatment lolol

Oh yes i do at the mo because of illness..................the lady who does it is worth her weight in gold.

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lol Cat... that is the next step... there is a drug that can be given which is sort of like a bone marrow viagra.... but it can stimulate too quickly and it can be quite painful, lol... not into pain, me!! They often use it it in bone marrow and stem cell transplants. I think I'll go along the natural conception route ;¬))

Sorry Julie... I know we are talking ironing here, and I've hi jacked your thread.

Maybe Poshpixie could give you some advice and pointers? I have a box, and all the mailshots I get, such as carpet cleaners, ironing services, garden services etc, I keep in it... just in case I need them... it might be worth doing a mailshot of your local area first?

Love

Daff xxx

I quite enjoy ironing ,but I have a good friend who takes all his shirts in to be ironed.

I don't have any ironing! We don't have any shirts in this house and that helps of course. Our trick is to hang the damp clothes in the airing cupboard in such a way that they dry crease-free. Now and then an item of clothing does need ironing but only if it is made out of a fabric which creases.
If you sort out which of your clothes you can simply hang up to dry, that should cut down the size of the pile you need to pay to get ironed and save you some money.

Julie
I am getting so tired now of the daily grind that altho I like to see my house looking clean and tidy its getting so much a chore. I would gladly pay someone to come in and do more for me,I do the basics at a pinch and would HATE someone to say I,m not coping BUT the bottom line is its getting too much. I can really see now when someone gets overwhelmed AND i,m only early 70,s
Shirley

Oh yes I dont do ironing I hang things and dont use the tumble dryer for things that may crease and need ironing . Hubby knows if he needs a shirt ironed then the steam press is there for him to use!! we are both retired so fair doos we both can use the iron press.

Why not if you have the cash and would rather be doing other things with your time.

Edit: Only things that get ironed in our house are work shirts/tops, as other have said hanging things to dry on hangers can save a lot of hard work.

I knew a bloke that would save his shirts up and have em all done in one go!! can you imagine 40+ shirts, all "wash and iron"

Bob