d_squared431 0 #1 December 22, 2009 your parents are visiting? There is a difference. Most people will just tidy up a bit but others will spend weeks deep cleaning each room. I just watched my sister steam clean her whole house last week because my mom and step dad are visiting. She even went thru- my niece and nephew rooms and pulled out 4-5 bags of what she said was trash. I swept and vacuumed the floors, stuck the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, and wiped the counter tops. I think that is good. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #2 December 22, 2009 I tell the little woman to get her butt in gear-company's coming. THAT's how it's done.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #3 December 22, 2009 I clean clean whenever I'm expecting any guests... LOL g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glitch 0 #4 December 22, 2009 I don't clean anything, and haven't in years! No seriously... I don't. My wifey does it all, and insists on it. I will occassionally help with dishes or cooking and stuff, but thats just so I can get laid. I can bring folks over to the house most anytime and it will be clean. Slightly lived in w/a 9 and 12 yr old kids running around, but clean where it wouldn't take more than a minute to tidy up. My wifey isn't what I call a 'Clean Freak'; well, not to her face anyway . It took me years to get her to understand that the world isn't gonna implode if she leaves the house w/out making the bed, that it's ok to leave a couple of dishes on the counter and go to bed, and that there really isn't any need to dust the top of door jambs every single day. She takes care of the inside of the house, and I take care of the outside. It might not work for most folks, but it works for us, and has for 20'ish yrs and counting... Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #5 December 22, 2009 Quoteyour parents are visiting? Neither. The cleaning service comes every other Friday. If my parents visit immediately follows that it might be clean. Otherwise it'll be clean enough. The bed will be made because we like what it looks like and that keeps the crums off when we eat in front of a movie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 December 22, 2009 Why the hell can't the cats do some housework every once in a while? I go to work everyday to pay the bills, and they just lay around the house. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #7 December 22, 2009 QuoteWhy the hell can't the cats do some housework every once in a while? I go to work everyday to pay the bills, and they just lay around the house. And shed their fur all over too."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #8 December 22, 2009 Thank gawd for being an Orphan....Never been an issue, Plus with my Rottwieller, visitors are out of the question, I love my privacy in my own home.... The only way I could get this house up to MIL's standards woudl be to bulldoze it, and rebuild.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #9 December 22, 2009 Quote Most people will just tidy up a bit but others will spend weeks deep cleaning each room. I "deep clean" twice a year (over the course of a week) and since this is the time of year when we are likely to have more guests, it is always early December and early June I do that. I spend about 30 minutes every day keeping things clean and then a couple hours once/week cleaning those things even more including keeping up with a rotating "deep clean" schedule of things in between the official semi-annual "deep clean". Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #10 December 22, 2009 Quote Quote Most people will just tidy up a bit but others will spend weeks deep cleaning each room. I "deep clean" twice a year and since this is the time of year when we are likely to have more guests, it is always early December and early June I do that. I spend about 30 minutes every day keeping things clean and then a couple hours once/week cleaning those things even more including keeping up with a rotating "deep clean" schedule of things in between the official "deep clean". Will You marry me? If not,... Maybe, just move in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #11 December 22, 2009 Quote Why the hell can't the cats do some housework every once in a while? I go to work everyday to pay the bills, and they just lay around the house. Tell me about it. Mine even try to stop me from doing housework and cleaning up after them! Zoe' has an obsession with getting "made up" in the bed. Sabre is unphased by the vacuum and will stare at it laughingly as I push it inches from his kitty face hoping he will move. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 333 #12 December 22, 2009 Only time I clean is the night before my house cleaners are coming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #13 December 22, 2009 Leaf blower - if it's someone important, I'll start with the garden hose (Hose Pipe for you southeners).I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #14 December 22, 2009 Quote Only time I clean is the night before my house cleaners are coming. LOL...I used to do the same thing, until my mom commented one night...you clean up for your cleaners?! "Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 December 22, 2009 So...all you people who clean up behind yourselves.... WTF HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE AT THE DZ?????????????My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #16 December 22, 2009 I clean up after myself and everyone else. g "Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xtravrtsoul 0 #17 December 23, 2009 I just clean but if I have a party it is deep clean time. You create life, life does not create you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
