Release the Monica within

Before things go any further I think I should just get this out of my system and fully reveal my inner geek.
I have always been a little obsessed by cleaning, but it has got much worse over here.

Firstly, our cleaners.
We had a cleaner for a while in the UK, but I sacked her because she never cleaned as well as me, so what was the point of giving her money???
But the cleaners here are like a little team of angels, or fairy godmothers.
(Speaking of which, I am going to be a godmother to Poppy Laurie - yay!)
Anyway, you book them in, and two or three show up and clean. Until its done. Same price, no matter how long it takes. (So we live by the motto "make sure the place is properly dirty by the time they come".)
If there is laundry in the laundry basket they put it on, they put the dishwasher on and then they clean everything. They take everything off the shelves, dust the shelves and then dust the things before putting them back.
I'm telling you, its a miracle. Even I think the flat is clean whenever they have been.
And as much as I have to admit that I love to clean...I really love to not clean as well!

But secondly, the products.
I am going to bring a whole suitcase full of these things home and set up a market stall because I'm telling you they are amazing.
Swiffers have just about changed my life. There are swiffer dusters and swiffer brooms.
The dusters start off all fluffy and then as they fill with dirt they get kind of matted, so you know exactly when to throw them away, and you know all that dust is going in the bin with them.
The brooms come in many exciting varieties. I just got the standard one to start with and its so amazing I cant even imagine what the fancy ones must be like.
You get dry covers to sweep with, which dust literally sticks to. And then you get wet ones, which mop and freshen and you just chuck them all away when you are done.
Tra la!

The final thing, which I dont actually have yet but have seen in action, is Magic Erazors.
And they are just that.
If you have any marks on walls or floors or doors you just rub them with this thing and, as if by magic, the mark is gone.
Love it.