At the end of 2013, I was retrenched from my position at a local Timber Mill. I had planned an overseas holiday with one of my mates.
When I returned, my back yard, pool and deck had been given a complete make over. This was a gift from Josephine. She had cleaned the walls of the house, decks, brought in two skips and a garden crew to return my back yard from chaos to order.
I had been feeling pretty low about not having any work to return to, so to come home to a complete renovation of my back yard was overwhelming.

My husband is a shift worker and I teach four days per week. I have 3 teenage children who are very active after school and on weekends. Although Josephine has a teacher qualification, she just loves cleaning and organising my house! The best thing that has happened is that my children are now in a regular routine of tidying their bedrooms because they know that she will be here soon! She reminds them how easy it is to have systems to keep their rooms in order. She also leaves them a funny note that makes them laugh.

Josephine is an old school buddy of mine. I had heard she was involved in a new organising business and started thinking that she might be able to help me. I live on a remote property about 2.5 hours from where she is based. At this point in my life, I felt like I had lost myself. Cooking meals was a chore. My routines were shot to pieces and I couldn’t even manage creating a shopping list – let alone do the shopping. Running the farm was also time consuming. But I did love my job working with kids at risk. This was my one outlet that brought me happiness. So Josephine arrived. We had a walk around. She really admired some of my furniture which I also love and am very proud of. We sat down with a coffee and started making a plan – creating some nice systems that also created some ‘spare time’ for me. My other worry was the state of my home office. In less than 2 hours order was restored! I am much more relaxed, happier and heading back to my ‘old’ self! Thanks!

I needed some help with my 6 year old son’s bedroom in particular. It was completely out of control. His toys were scattered all over the room and from one end of the house to the other. I admit I do spoil him a lot with toys and other things. I had been at work for the day while Josephine worked things out. She had gone above and beyond the call of duty. My son’s bedroom had received a complete make over! Everything was neat and tidy. She also vacuumed the house and tidied up the back yard. She had been working on my son’s room and my house for 7 hours! Initially, I didn’t think much of it really. That was a big mistake! Whatever cleaning she had done seemed to make a difference to my house for weeks after. She had better come back on a regular basis I think.