Comments on: The side-effects could be tiring…. http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527 Thes - Old English for "this", neuter of thes, of West Germanic origin: Mediolanum - old name for Milan: Lif - Old English for "life", of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib 'body' Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1010 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:28:29 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1010 Hi Gail,

It’s just that Italians seem to live in some sort of show home! Nothing out of place, everything so clean.

Well, I have two dogs and not enough storage space right now – so mine is NOT a show home.

But, it will have to do. Cleaner was good – and irons very, very well too!

Love back.

]]> By: Gail Eichinger http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1009 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:31:39 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1009 Hi ANdy-

Ya, if you take it beyond dinner out and have a date to your place there are certain aspect requiring attention – I love that you have housekeepers now! And it is SO true that you learn so much about a person by how they ‘live’ – style and cleanliness and flare – it is all so telling. :-)

You are in this big time!!

Love to you
Gail
peace……

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1008 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:22:18 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1008 :-D

]]> By: TSM http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1007 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:13:53 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1007 I have to say you are spot on about the British being not that fussed about tidyness. When I go to Gran Canaria, I always find that they tidy all my stuff into nice organised little piles. And when I went to Berlin, the maid was horrified when I told her she didn’t need to make the bed. Turns out she actually came back whilst I was out and made the bed for me that same day.

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1006 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:53:14 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1006 Yes, I agree in principle. And I’m British, so we aren’t that bothered unless it is a real pig-sty. However, one thing I’ve found about Italians (and unsurprisingly there are a lot of them about here) is this unhealthy obsession with cleanliness. Added to which I have the dogs and, it seems, within seconds the place is full of dust and dirt!

So the cleaner came and, although not everything is perfect it is, at least, clean! (Not, probably, by Italian standards but there’s only so far I can go with this…..)

]]> By: Cecilieaux Bois de Murier http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=527#comment-1005 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:59:57 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=527#comment-1005 One objection … don’t keep your place too much cleaner than you would really like it to be. I’ve found myself scrubbing my personality so squeaky clean that whoever I dated had no real clue who I really was. I’ve ditched that, If you don’t like me or my place, don’t look.

I like some periodic order, however, so I have a cleaning lady come every two weeks … and, yes, vacuum.

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