Honestly how often do you clean...

[Brandi]

Never. But the maid cleans once a week.

LUCKY!!!!!!

[Brandi]

You know with blanket's I am just not sure. i used to wash them once a week. But Now water costs so much I try to do them once a month. I am like some of you with my bathroom. I wipe it down every few days. Mainly cause of the paw prints on the sink. The cats love to play in the sink and we have white counter tops in the the bath.

[short cut sally]

I grew up in a household where mom always wanted it spotless. She started working when I started school. We all had chores to do when we got home. As I got older and being the youngest and only child at home, I got to do all the work. Punishment if there was a dust bunny was washing all the walls and curtains in that said room. Is my house spotless today because of all that cleaning. ABSOLUTELY...not! Its clean to a point. I've seen messier and cleaner houses than mine.
I scrub the bathroom every other week (or whenever a funky smell develops-whichever comes first). I try once a week but it just never makes it. My cat's litter box is cleaner than the bathroom.
I vacuum the bedspread to help save on washing. Bedspread gets washed when the cats been in the grease in the shop and there is lots of prints on the bed, or you can tell where the cats been sleeping d/t the greasy residue spot. In the summer, sheets get changed once a week, if I make a valid effort. Winter time, I will have to do research on that one, winters a few months off.

[Irulan]

I did the flylady thing to develop some better housework habits. A little regular maintenance does a lot to eliminate tons of deep cleaning.

[LBTC]

Boy, do I ever miss having a cleaning lady. If DH gets a raise....maybe???

I was also youngest girl in a picky-mom's house. All the cleaning every Saturday. I never liked weekends!!

Our house is usually not terrible, but it's not great. Bathroom once a week, when we're not too busy, but sometimes it gets a quick cleaning because someone is coming over.

Sheets are usually once a week, sometimes longer if our weekends are too busy. The duvet cover not very often since the pets are no longer allowed on the bed. (I LOVE our new bedroom, but the dogs and cat would not agree)

Worst thing in our house is the light coloured carpet and the 2 border collies. It only takes a few days for the carpet to look like it needs to be combed!

Was at someone's house not long ago and the boyfriend made a comment about how he'd spent the day cleaning. I used the washroom and was nearly afraid to touch anything it was so dirty. Our bathroom has rarely, maybe never, reached that stage of dirtiness. Maybe if we were both sick for a week and it had already gone too long or something.....

I'm so relieved to know that those picture perfect houses are not the way everyone lives!! Yay!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Irulan]

I may hate vacuuming worse than I hate doing the bathrooms!! We ripped up bout 1600 ft sq of wall to wall and put in hardwood in the last few years. I actually LIKE doing my floors now!!! If you have carpet, I don't care how often you vacuum or shampoo, it's really really gross. You have no idea how much crap gets ground in until you've got hardwood and can SEE the dirt/dust/doghair/crumbs every day!!!!

Another thing that affects attitude: new/old. We redid the oldest most hard used bathroom and it's so nice an shiny, it's nice to keep it that way. Our master is up next, and it was needing a redo when we bought the house. We have a huge calcium problem here, and lets just say it's not inspiring to clean an old funky bathroom where it doesn't make any difference.

Every thing we put in we try to do for "easy to clean" as one of the requirements.

[Tuckervill]

I never clean the bathroom. Hubby does it.

I do plenty of other cleaning, though. I always mop the kitchen and I always scrub the kitchen like there's no tomorrow. He doesn't even KNOW how often I clean the kitchen.

My house is a dust magnet, though. Something wrong with my furnace, I think. The one room where the return air vent is is always always thick with dust and grit. If I could just get off my duff and dust more often, I'd be happier.

Sheets and blankets, about once a month or when I know I've gotten in them without showering. I forget to do DS's bed and he never considers it too dirty (unless the dog throws up or something), so about every 3 months for him.

Karen
Karen

[bambu101]

Once a week for the bathroom, changing the sheets, vacuuming, and laundry.

Not to be rude, but I cannot imagine sleeping on the same sheets for a "few weeks". Sounds nasty to me, but to each her own!