Wait a minute...
I am the Cleaning Fairy!
Mrs Mop
Don't Laugh! This was the name of one of my side-hustle businesses that generated income whilst I was doing my undergraduate degree.
My kids were 4 and 5 when I went to university, and I drew together funds through a combination of my work for
Social Services Care-in-the-Community,
selling cakes (maintaining a food hygiene business registration),
as well as running the
'Mrs Mop Cleaning Service'.
My kids were 4 and 5 when I went to university, and I drew together funds through a combination of my work for
Social Services Care-in-the-Community,
selling cakes (maintaining a food hygiene business registration),
as well as running the
'Mrs Mop Cleaning Service'.
All that, in between writing essays and caring for my own household.
Ahhhh, the energy of youth!
Ahhhh, the energy of youth!
Then...
25 years of running my clinics, maintaining rigorous clean-field standards in medical facilities.
25 years of running my clinics, maintaining rigorous clean-field standards in medical facilities.
You might say my benchmarks for cleanliness are fairly high.
Others just roll their eyes and consider my penchant for cleanliness, orderliness and tidyness to verge on the level of OCD.
Hmmm.
Others just roll their eyes and consider my penchant for cleanliness, orderliness and tidyness to verge on the level of OCD.
Hmmm.
I blame it on my Mom, she was a clean-freak-neat-freak and my brothers and I have all inherited this trait.
Housekeeper/Caregiver
In a recent position
I was cooking and cleaning and caring for 80 year olds with Parkinsons and dementia
- and on top of all that -
all the delights of sorting through 5000 sq feet of accumulated Stuff-of-Life.
I was cooking and cleaning and caring for 80 year olds with Parkinsons and dementia
- and on top of all that -
all the delights of sorting through 5000 sq feet of accumulated Stuff-of-Life.
De-cluttering
My clients were preparing to downsize, and it has been my great joy to empty jammed-full cupboards and drawers
and to sort the wheat from the chaff - there were many runs to the thrift store donations drop off!
and to sort the wheat from the chaff - there were many runs to the thrift store donations drop off!
Ultra-Organiser
Some people run a marathon, and then there's those who run 'ultra-marathons'.
Well...
that's the level I like to take organisation to.
Well...
that's the level I like to take organisation to.
You know that expression
"If you want something done, ask a busy person"
Well, I'd say that pretty much sums me up.
"If you want something done, ask a busy person"
Well, I'd say that pretty much sums me up.
I am a doer, and I like being busy, and the way I have managed to cram in several lifetimes worth of doing
is by being uber-organised.
is by being uber-organised.
It's my happy place.
True Blue Foodie
I truly LOVE food.
I love working with it, creating something delicious,
I love growing it,
I love preserving.
Food is my other very very Happy Place.
I love working with it, creating something delicious,
I love growing it,
I love preserving.
Food is my other very very Happy Place.
From comfort food to elegant dinner parties -
always delicious,
always nutritious.
Cooking from scratch,
using fresh ingredients:
feeding people brings me joy.
using fresh ingredients:
feeding people brings me joy.
Batch Cooking
I am an accomplished cook,
able to plan extended menus,
batch cooking so that every dish also becomes a meal in the freezer.
able to plan extended menus,
batch cooking so that every dish also becomes a meal in the freezer.
I am able to very effectively plan a single weekly shop,
to keep the fridge stocked, and to lay high quality, nutritional meals on the table 3 times daily.
to keep the fridge stocked, and to lay high quality, nutritional meals on the table 3 times daily.
Providing nutritious delicious meals for my family has instilled
a life-long habit of
cooking once, eating twice,
plus one for the freezer.
a life-long habit of
cooking once, eating twice,
plus one for the freezer.
As my family say -
'"Jani is pathologically incapable of cooking for any less than 8 people".
'"Jani is pathologically incapable of cooking for any less than 8 people".
Food Medicine
Chinese medicine 'dietetics' is the study of food as medicine.
The focus of my clinical practice was acupuncture combined with dietetic diagnosis and prescription.
The focus of my clinical practice was acupuncture combined with dietetic diagnosis and prescription.
My patients loved the way we would hone their diet to exactly match the needs of their constitution
and facilitate genuine transformation in their health and well being.
and facilitate genuine transformation in their health and well being.
