How to price house cleaning services

Ask FSB’s experts demystify the math of pricing services in the booming home and office cleaning industry. Joe Vitale, New York City I currently own a carpet-cleaning business that is about six years old. I am thinking of expanding into home and office cleaning, but have no idea on how to bid the jobs [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 13:04:50

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Five Questions: Talking McHale, Wittman, and Love with T'Wolves Blog

It's not easy being a Minnesota Timberwolves fan. Early-season ineptitude caused team owner Glen Taylor to finally put his foot down, ... is to clean house and bring in an entire new Front Office of fresh blood. Personally, my #1 coaching ... ever hope to possess. I think a young impressionable team for him to mold would be a decent fit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:55:18

am multi-tasking.

sometimes while i'm supposed to be doing one project (like prancing about hanging decorations and getting the house cleaned and thawing the meat for dinner) i get into another project (like hauling out my crafts and cleaning out my office supply closet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 21:12:00

Reevaluating

After my last post, I have been reevaluating much. I realize it's ridiculous I allowed myself to feel forced to share what I did; ... , calling an atty, cleaning up the mess in the house, taking pictures, locating people who might ... been contacted by the offices political officials I wrote to, who have directed me to appropriate places [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:58:00

I can't feel my toes

It is cold here. Yeah, I know...it's cold everywhere, and certainly colder in some places than it is here. But I'm spoiled ... frigid air into the house, maybe some caulking for the windows. I need to find out how much it would ... just do something about cleaning this office...My niece called tonight to say that she will have another sister [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:05:00

Cats are not Clutter

My new favorite place in the house is my desk. The home office has long been the lone repository of clutter left in my entire house and it's just ... . It was exhausting to constantly clean around all my clutter! All that clutter turned even a basic cleaning job [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 18:42:00

Few More Days Left

…before 2008 officially ends. I only got 2 more working days in the office and I’ll be off to enjoy my week long vacation. We’re not going anywhere as we prefer to spend this one week cleaning the house, catch up with old friends, share in the ministry and basically just hang around the house. I have to list down [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:16:33

Happy Weekend.

Let's hear it for unexpected three day weekends! Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and our office is closed. Fits into the whole it's-too-cold-and-I-don't-want-to-leave-my-house mentality I've got going on this week.This Weekend:• go out with C• finish the painting I'm working on• clean house• wash [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:49:00

In-Home Getaway

JP and I have had a few opportunities to get away since Landon has been born, ... things came together to create the perfect mini vacation: my office was closed for MLK, JP's classes ... the rest of the day running some much needed errands and cleaning the house. JP got three business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:56:00

Breathing now

I'm breathing a bit easier now that the Tennessee legislature swept the vote for constitutional officers ... body dug its heels in and has done all it can to keep the people from voting. Plenty of house cleaning to be done in that portion of the job to be sure.I was happy to see Rep. Jason Mumpower [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:24:00

Happy New Year To All

Happy New Year to all!  We’re up for the big moment in about half an hour ... ! Cleaning House: William Jefferson, Ted Stevens, Rod Blagojevich.  Two will be gone from political ... .  All will rightfully be outsted from their offices.  Clearing out the corrupt ones only helps. So, those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 04:52:20

AVN 2009 - Day #1

Another year, another Convention.  This year was different though in so many ways ... , punctual, etc. Before the drive up I spent all night cleaning my house and making sure my fat cats ... and basically a small kit of my life. I picked up Elena before heading to the office where I got [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:02:31

Win a Free Book (8 Copies Available)!

I'm cleaning out my office and some of you will be the beneficiaries of my effort. Today I'm giving away eight free copies of the book Be Your Own House Contractor. Here's how you can have the chance to win one: 1. Leave a comment below -- any comment. 2. Sometime later [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 19:15:54

Thanksgiving Week Roolz! And: Google Searches!

WOOHOO! I'm off this week and not supposed to be working. Except I am fucking working. I'm just not in the office being stared at by the dirty old man with the bad rug, or being ... at home, thx.Anyhoo, I've been cleaning and preparing the house (read:blogging) for 14 guests [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 15:30:00

Durst: 5 presidents bond in the Oval Office

Club Prez? Power lunch on steroids? Exclusive fraternity hazing? ... of the Middle East and Bill Clinton probably advocated the installation of an in- house dry cleaning operation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:30:36

Sneaker

I left the house after the kids went to sleep and.... came to the office. To work. At 11:00 at night ... to the state. Organize my pile o' crap for taxes.No one works 3rd shift in this building. I scared the crap out of our cleaning people. They were more than a little bit surprised to see me.You [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:16:00

What Your House Says About Your Politics

I’m not talking big house vs. small house — that’s too easy, and simplistic ... of the conservative home, where “bedrooms and offices are well-lighted and decorated with sports ... and despise “ambiguity,” which is expressed by “being more orderly, having more cleaning supplies [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 12:07:45

Top Ten Ways to Green The White House, Inside and Out

Barack is talking about putting in a basketball court. Michelle is picking out china ... efficiency. Plug computers and other office equipment into power strips that turn on and off automatically ... down in the evening and up (but just to 68 degrees in winter) during the day. 4. Make cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 13:04:54

A Snow Snit

I usually love the view out the sliding doors in my office. I get a full view of our yard and the woods behind it ... on it. Do I really want to have to clean off my car for the third time today? Why even bother ... and ears are a small price to pay for playing in the snow.Safely ensconced in the house, my hands [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:57:00

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