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Which fairy would you like to help you?

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vampirequeen Mon 05-Mar-18 09:20:44

Having found myself being the empty toilet roll fairy...yet again....my mind wandered to what sort of fairy I'd like to help me. I quickly thought of and discarded a washing up fairy, a toilet cleaning fairy and a bed changing fairy. Without a doubt I would like an ironing fairy. Wouldn't it be lovely to put the clean washing in a basket and the next morning wake up to find it neatly ironed and hanging on coat hangers ready to be just put away. I'd like the clothes to be in the wardrobe but I don't want to ask too much of my fairy.

notreallyagran Tue 06-Mar-18 14:41:33

A fairy that will clean the floors and the oven and paint the outside of the house, tidy the garden, and all the other things I rarely get round to! Or maybe just an energy-boosting fairy, so that I can be bothered to do it all myself!

HillyN Tue 06-Mar-18 14:44:08

Can I have a beautifying fairy, please? One who'll choose me some flattering clothes and do my hair, make-up and nails to make me look attractive every day.

Sheilasue Tue 06-Mar-18 14:54:34

Definitely ironing fairy and window cleaning fairy (inside ) windows.

Peardrop50 Tue 06-Mar-18 14:56:34

I was thinking of a pedicure fairy to keep my toenails looking pretty but then realised if I wish for Teetimes calorie fairy I’ll be able to do my own pedicure.

oldgaijin Tue 06-Mar-18 15:33:04

An oven cleaning fairy, please! I have one...I part with £60 and it is money well spent.

inishowen Tue 06-Mar-18 16:29:36

Mmmm I'd like a floor cleaning fairy. That includes bathroom and kitchen floors, and all the hoovering. If possible could I have another fairy to clean the insides of the windows.

Willow500 Tue 06-Mar-18 16:49:39

Can I have a work fairy who would let me have a day or two off a week? If not then the one who visits during the night and makes husband's pack up would be greatly appreciated grin

gillyknits Tue 06-Mar-18 17:26:27

I’m with you Daisyboots. I’d love a meal planning fairy. Doesn’t have to cook the food, just decide what to have!

Charleygirl Tue 06-Mar-18 17:33:29

Jalima not a problem but because of my joint replacement and other metal I cannot climb even a small ladder.

I am really good at floor cleaning so grandtante provided you live in a normal house and not a mansion that should be doable.

matson Tue 06-Mar-18 17:36:05

Please can I have the good nights sleep fairy ?

lovebeigecardigans1955 Tue 06-Mar-18 17:45:57

I'd like a chauffeur/car maintenance fairy. The car would be cleaned inside and out, fuel put in and all the other stuff and all I'd have to do would be to sit in the passenger seat and tell it my destination. Bliss.

Hm999 Tue 06-Mar-18 17:59:25

An empty-the-cat-litter fairy please (one who didn't need to be reminded)

GabriellaG Tue 06-Mar-18 18:23:10

grannyactivist
Ah! but is it freehold or leasehold?
Your client would have had the service charges (and rises) outlined in the papers she signed when buying her property and whenever those service rises occured.
As the client's property has, without doubt, increased in value then she must expect that, like everything else, charges go up.
Her weekly shop, holidays, insurance, train fares all go up...why not service charges?
It's just a fact of life.
I let my family home as it's too big for me now and I rent in another county. The landlord has just said that he wishes to put the rent up by £50pm from mid summer so I will raise the rent I ask for my property accordingly so that my income doesn't change. We all have to juggle.

GabriellaG Tue 06-Mar-18 18:30:35

oldgaijin
Why does it get so dirty? There are liners you can put on the bottom which stop spillages and sprays you use when the oven is still warm. Wait 15-30 minutes and it simply wipes clean with a damp cloth. To pay £60 is madness unless it's never been cleaned in years.
confused

Charleygirl Tue 06-Mar-18 18:31:28

Hm999 not a problem, how often would you like it done/ I have mine to a T now but Tara my cat never appears to be grateful.

grannyactivist Tue 06-Mar-18 18:39:26

Hi Gabriella, I wish it were that simple, but of course it's not. This very elderly disabled lady is on benefits and her income has not kept pace with inflation. Her current inability to meet the charges is due to management putting in a new community kitchen without consulting the residents who are being charged for the new one. This has added hundreds of pounds to her bill unexpectedly. All the residents are cross about this, but for this lady the increase may see her homeless.

Saggi Tue 06-Mar-18 19:16:45

Cook!!! All day long my fairy would be a cook! I loathe and detest cooking. I’ve been cooking since I was 13.....first for my family then my husband and kids...and now just me and him. I HATE cooking. If I was on my own tomorrow ...I’d make a saucepan full of soup on Sunday and stick it on fridge and live off it! Also, I don’t much like eating!

Shizam Tue 06-Mar-18 19:50:02

Happy to the parking, reverse parallel is one of my few skills. Can get any car into the smallest space in quickest time. Will also happily do your cooking. In return, hoovering, dusting. But most important, all paperwork and bureaucracy. I just go into brain freeze with it.

curlilox Tue 06-Mar-18 20:52:05

I'd like a DIY fairy to finish all the unfinished jobs around the house please.

langelei Tue 06-Mar-18 23:31:57

A lovely fairy, just now and again to clean my kitchen venetian blinds over the sink, PLEASE. I really struggle with them!

Cadiz177 Wed 07-Mar-18 00:58:24

Nonnie, help!! I need you for the massive task of decluttering and organising my paperwork...but more importantly is there a Good Night's sleep fairy out there??

Charleygirl Wed 07-Mar-18 08:56:35

Cadiz I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat during the day or at my computer and also sleep all night- sorry to make you feel jealous.

charjoy Wed 07-Mar-18 09:55:45

A dusting fairy

Blue45Sapphire Wed 07-Mar-18 19:16:43

A kitchen floor washing fairy. It's the fact of moving everything firsr, and putting it all back again after.

LuckyFour Wed 07-Mar-18 22:43:11

There's no need to do much ironing. I dry all clothes, bedding, towels etc. in tumble dryer and hang them up or fold them immediately on taking them out. With softening sheets, virtually no ironing required. You use less electricity using a tumble dryer than ironing all the clothes. Costs much more to iron than tumble drying.