05/17/2026
It’s me again!
I know I don’t have to explain myself, but I want to.
Back in August I raised my prices after many years of not doing so.
Inflation going on and moving my family out of a 2 bedroom apartment for 6 years I needed to give my kids a little better of a life then living in a 2 bedroom apartment on food stamps
I also needed to support my own business. Because that’s how I survive so prices were increased.
I don’t get holiday pay, sick pay, vacation pay. Our vacations put us being able to go bowling at the local pizza ranch.
This past week again I had to raise the price
Only to survive I made a budget of how much I needed to make to afford gas, groceries, laundry soap, my kids school supplies, all my cleaning supplies for the business.just the necessities. No savings no extra just survival. I don’t get my nails done or my hair. I don’t get a massage like I would love to because this job is so rough on my body.
I want to get in and out of your house as well. While I LOVE to clean. I love to be at home more with my kids. I don’t try to take a long time in people’s houses. I have other things to do and dead lines to reach like picking all my kids up and getting home so we have time to cook dinner and get showers done. A book to read to them and get them all safely in bed. And during the summer I definitely want to get home so the kids can play outside in enjoy their summer.
I LOVE cleaning for EVERY family that I clean for. I feel like I have made it personal to me. If I go over on time an extra 30 minutes even I don’t charge because I want the families that I clean for to get the best they can get at an affordable price. That’s why I started cleaning at hourly and not by sq foot. Because I want to be affordable for people. Especially in a world like today where everything feels so out of reach.
I don’t think I ask for more than just to pay to live
Sometimes I wish I did get a lot so I could go on vacations with my kids. But I don’t.
I hope everyone who reads this will understand. And I really do thank you for taking the time to read this.
I hate increasing my price. It always gives me huge anxiety. Change is hard for me. Losing my family’s I clean for is hard for me as well. Especially when I’ve been cleaning for the past 5 years in some of th houses. But I have to put survival first. I can’t make myself broke and not being able to afford just the necessary things.
May you have a very blessed Sunday
Thank you again
Maid of the Midwest
Stephanie
