How good a housekeeper are you?
#61
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 724
Lets see ... I have a full time job, own my own business, a full time husband, several large long haired dogs ... take a guess what my house looks like.
That said ... I vacuum EVERY day (see above "several large long haired dogs").
Dusting however only seems to happen when I brush up against something.
That said ... I vacuum EVERY day (see above "several large long haired dogs").
Dusting however only seems to happen when I brush up against something.
Last edited by diamondee; 04-08-2012 at 09:25 PM.
#63
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,200
It is amazing just how long it takes to get a house ready for sale. Not only clearing clutter and dust bunnies-but getting rid of tonnage (sewing room is excluded from tonnage- there is no junk in there) Who wants to move tonnage when it can be cleared out- old files with info that is no longer relevant or required to retain and shredding if need be. We have been doing this for awhile as well- getting floors refinished, powerwashing sidewalks, patio and driveway, cleaning the outside fixtures, changing out light fixtures, taking stuff to Goodwill, book resale stores, redoing the garage so it looks great, consignment shops, removing wallpaper, painting, scheduling pick of old refrig in garage (our electric company will pick up and give us $35 for it since it is a power hog), etc... All the things new buyers will see that we choose not - probably because I would rather be sewing.
#64
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: chicago, IL
Posts: 9,589
Mom in law is coming the 25th, and step daughters are coming May 14th...I HAVE to get off my duff and get some things done, but I don't wanna! William does the basics most of the time, but it's not my idea of "Mom clean"...and since this is the first time the daughters have come, it needs to be spotless as I'm sure they'll be reporting back to their mother, and I don't want to give any "ammunition"!!
#65
Have to say I've always been a pretty good housekeeper, clean and neat but not obsessive about it.
Age and arthritis have taken their tolls - the house still is clean and neat looking but the dust does build up on the furniture, hamper is overflowing, rugs haven't been vacuumed in awhile, the closets are jammed packed with lots of old stuff that needs to be given or thrown away but I prefer to spend most of my time quilting or doing stuff out of the house like lunch with friends. I'll get to that other stuff sometime soon, I think.
Age and arthritis have taken their tolls - the house still is clean and neat looking but the dust does build up on the furniture, hamper is overflowing, rugs haven't been vacuumed in awhile, the closets are jammed packed with lots of old stuff that needs to be given or thrown away but I prefer to spend most of my time quilting or doing stuff out of the house like lunch with friends. I'll get to that other stuff sometime soon, I think.
Last edited by May in Jersey; 04-09-2012 at 05:10 AM.
#67
How good a housekeeper am I? Well, my 6 year old grandson and I were sitting on the couch and I noticed some dust on the coffee table. I leaned over and "blew" the dust away. Grandson said, "Grandma, with all that dust you need a leaf blower". He's 19 now and still asks me if I bought a leaf blower yet. Cleaning?? Just the bare minimum so the Health Department doesn't show up!
LOL
When my daughter was little, and down at Grandma's, Grandma had a visitor she was talking to. Somehow the conversation went to the housekeeping topic. My little girl, knowing interrupting was not polite, tugged on Grandma's pants, and when acknowledged, asked(in a quiet whisper)
"Grandma, what's dusting?"
That story so demonstrates my cleaning philosophy
#69
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
Lets see ... I have a full time job, own my own business, a full time husband, several large long haired dogs ... take a guess what my house looks like.
That said ... I vacuum EVERY day (see above "several large long haired dogs").
Dusting however only seems to happen when I brush up against something.
That said ... I vacuum EVERY day (see above "several large long haired dogs").
Dusting however only seems to happen when I brush up against something.
#70
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Centerville, WA
Posts: 1,254
The only time I worry about cleaning big time is when I don't want anyone over. They never come when it is clean. The rest of the time I say excuse the mess, it is always like this. Besides, if they don't like it, then they can leave. I kept a better house when the kids were home. Now I just tell myself I'll do it later. Would rather spend most of my time quilting.
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