Maid. But what I really want is a household manager.

COOK!!

Maid!

Hi Glenda! I'd like a maid to do the things I hate. Lol. I don't mind the day to day or weekly stuff. It's the more labor intensive things I'd love help with. But I'd probably pick a gardener. Because I'd love a beautiful yard, but I'm terrible at it. Everything dies.

I'd like a housekeeper. I haven't heard the term maid said in many, many years where I live. Maybe cleaning lady has replaced it.

Cook, I love cleaning house. Hate the cooking. Great to see you Glenda.

Maid (or as maggie says, housekeeper) once every two weeks for sweeping all floors and dusting all surfaces.

If I had a gardener, I'd be following him/her around the whole time and wouldn't really get any rest. Altho someone to pull weeds would be great.

time back with my kids and grandkids

A gardener. A real one who continually maintains and updates the landscape as needed, not one of those mow and blow guys who call themselves gardeners.

the 2nd row.

I want a wife. You know, someone who takes care of all the 'small stuff'.

None of those things....since I can do and enjoy doing all of those myself, and I hate having other people underfoot. Had my helper here for two days and nights...there is a bed in the office and he slept there...and was so glad when he was gone. He's a good worker and fixed a lot of fence, but if I am around, he never shuts up. A lot of drama in his family. None in mine and it is difficult for me to feign interest in someone else's. Plus his girlfriend had already texted the details to me. Wore me out. I spent most of yesterday in bed.

Instead of a gardener, I could use a FREE landscaper! ♥ Herringbone paver pathways, wrought iron enclosure, sprinkler system....maybe a waterfall-pond feature. Yeah Baby....!

(Hello Glenda!)

Definitely gardener. I hate groundskeeping. I don't like dusting either, but it's easier for me to do.

Do any of them play cards?

Definitely a gardener who is also a talented landscape designer.

Boy I could have used a nanny when my DD was little - all the way until jr. high - childcare was so difficult to find, and expensive for those 12 hour shifts and weekends! Could have used a maid also.

Now, a once a week housecleaner would be nice.

A gardener, I have too much gardening to do.

A cook, i am so over cooking these days!

Struggling between maid and cook.....

A cook for sure!

For me, definitely a maid. If I was choosing for DH it would be gardener/ landscaper. We have sooooo much to mow and weed whack and I can't do it. My allergies are just too severe.

Great to see you posting Glenda!

I just heard Whoppie say " People keep asking me why I don't get married and I tell them because I don't want anybody in my house . Plain and simple."

I don't need a nanny (no kids of any age), and my husband takes care of all the rest. He spoils me.

I'd take the maid to help with VgQn's indoor chores, and as for a gardener I've just have them mow the lawn and do the weed eating, the rest I enjoy doing myself.

A cook for sure.

I would like Mrs Bridges & Mr. Carson.

None of the above, I would like a handyman on call. For all those things that come up such as something too heavy to lift, or too high for me to climb, or minor plumbing, replacing a small pane of glass, replacing a rotted section of wood, etc.

Cook

Cook! although i love to cook, its so time consuming. planning, buying, prepping, timing everything to be done at some time, setting the table, cleaning up.

so yeah, a cook/chef would be divine!!

Maid. If I had one, I could enjoy cooking.

A Chauffeur I think. I would like someone to clean my house, but I do not want anyone lurking around my house, touching my stuff. I do not mind driving but prefer riding when I can.

A cook for sure. As Sprt noted above, there is lots more to meal preparation besides the actual cooking. And I would determine the menus! lol!

A maid for sure. I have a shopper if I want one. Signed up for Wal-mart delivery for a year last year.

A cook! One that would plan the meals, do the shopping and clean up.

I'd take the gardener if he/she did landscaping as well.

Otherwise, housekeeper.

Personal shopper or chauffeur. I really dislike shopping and driving equally. Or maybe the nanny if it could be for me only. :)

Maid.

A gardener/landscaper, as that is what takes the most time. I prefer to enjoy the garden rather than work in it.

My friends in Mexico City had a maid, a cook, and a gardener, and the cook did the grocery shopping.

A gardener who is willing to be a chauffeur when needed.

What I would really like is a Yeona's helper. I enjoy cooking but would like a sous chef to help me. I enjoy a gardening but sometimes I need an extra pair of hands and digging doesn't always go well when I do it.

Cleaning goes much more quickly and is wonderful when you're conversing with someone so I would love someone to help with that too. I would love someone to divide up with to do the grocery shopping.

Plus have someone to walk the dogs with.

I would love someone to help me clean my kitchen every night.

I want to do all these things but I always think oh I wish I had someone with me to make it go quicker and be more interesting. Of course there's no such thing.

Gardener. Just can't walk enough to do much and it's looking kind of shaggy this year.

Marilyn C, that sounds like my painter. Longtime friend of DD is our painter, but I have to leave the house for him to stop talking and paint.

A maid and a cook!

Maid / housekeeper.

A maid, definitely. I HATE housework.

I would like someone to clean my house, but I do not want anyone lurking around my house, touching my stuff.

I'm the same way. Thought I was alone in the world like that...

I did have a handy man for a few yrs (several yrs ago) I always had a list for him. He'd come over on Sat or Sun (or both) and go thru the list. I really trusted him (still do) and he could come by and start in on it even if I was out running errands. I miss him! There were family changes in his life and he had to discontinue weekend work.

My grandmother had a wonderful handyman. He fixed things on the inside and outside of the house, had a workshop, worked out in the large yard, and they spoke the same old-world language. She’d ring the bell for him to come in for coffee, lunch, and afternoon coffee. I don’t know how often he was there, but he seemed like a fixture at the place. There was a gardener’s cottage on-site but he didn’t live there.

For me, definitely a household manager. Someone I can say, “let’s do xyz” and they will make all the pertinent phone calls and get it done.

"I would like someone to clean my house, but I do not want anyone lurking around my house, touching my stuff."

I agree! I like my privacy, I don't want to feel like I have to make small talk with someone, so definitely a maid! But one who would come just once or twice a week to take care of all the 'bigger' jobs, do what needed doing, and then be on their way.

Rusty

I think those are all the same person, a housewife and mother.

a gardener please