She dusts pictures, baseboards, vacuums or sweeps, straightens linens, wipes off counter tops and fronts of appliances.

Okay, well I need:
Pick toys up out of every room’s floors, clean toilets, wash laundry 24/7, bathe dog, change cat box, pick shoes up out of foyer and deposit in correct rooms, run dishwasher 3+ times a day, clean peanut butter off every downstairs surface and a few upstairs ones.

Personally if all I needed was my baseboards dusted, I would consider the place clean. Pictures don’t need dusting so often, it’s bad for the image. My appliances are fine, wash the freaking dishes! You are going to have a hard time vacuuming with those dirty clothes, shoes, dog toys, kid toys, blankets (kid and dog)… in the middle of the floor.
I did clean the fridge off this week and the tops of the doors. Got a new microfiber dust mitt. This thing is great for doing the tops of doors and it’s washable. Got it at Walmart for $2.50.
I clean our fridge on the inside weekly and the fronts of the appliances as well. Takes 5 minutes. Can’t see paying someone $60+ to do that.
I already clean these 5 places. Can’t stand fuzzy toilet paper rolls. LOL
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need Merry Maids, I need Alice.

I never fail to be amazed at how frequently people with spotless homes have refrigerators and microwaves that are absolute health hazards. But even the really clean ones forget this: the drain pan under the fridge. It is a breeding ground for nasty mold!

One day my husband was watching me clean the house and he asked me, “why do you clean the door frames? They’re never dirty.”

“Oh.”

Bless his heart.

Our faucet handles are white, and while I’ll clean behind them, I’d forget to clean the underside of the actual handles. Then they came a little unscrewed so the bottoms were on the top and ohmigod they were gross. So now I’m anal about cleaning all that too.