How often do you clean?

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  • Bernadette60614
    Bernadette60614 Posts: 707 Member
    What do those of you who are very clean and organized do about your very messy and disorganized significant others?

    One quarter of our house is taken up with stuff my DH says "I'll be able to use one day"..and I feel as if I'm constantly picking up after him.
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    I clean once a week, top to bottom. I also keep it tidy during the week and have certain organization projects periodically. It's only my daughter and myself so things never get too messy but I'm kind of a neat freak.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    Kitchen/dining room and normally the main living area is daily, bathrooms and vacuuming is a weekly thing for me.

    Yard stuff is maybe monthly or whenever I have a rent inspection.

    I clean out my boyfriends cage every other day, and he gets fresh blankets if he hasn't tried to get out
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    We keep a generally clean home, but the clincher seems to be right before we're expecting company.
  • Janet4Art
    Janet4Art Posts: 7
    I do enough to keep things not too embarrassing. I raised four children and found that when I kept things real clean all the time, I was taking time away from them. I lightened up and spent more time playing and reading and making art with my children.

    Today the kids are grown, and my husband and I are both retired and want to do other things besides clean. So, things are ok around here, but the priority is each other. We've both had illnesses that could have killed us. And man alive when that happened, we got a good look at our priorities. Maintaining the house is important, but to have it be a sparkling clean showplace, not so much. When I was young, it embarrassed me a bit. Today nothing is more important than having each other.
  • EmilyEmpowered
    EmilyEmpowered Posts: 650 Member
    Because of my work schedule, we dont spend much time at home anyways. My house is normally pretty tidy, I only really "clean" on Sundays. The rest of the week, we just do what HAS to be done- Clean up in the bathroom, load the dishwasher, clean counters and tables, pick up any messes the kids make eating...maybe a load of laundry. I mean, we literally spend 3 waking hours at home a day during the week. So, not much to mess up in that amount of time!! Sundays I do everything-- its my favorite day, especially in warmer weather, I open windows, turn music up load, put food in the crock pot and just clean all day with breaks to play with the kids in between chores. :)
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    I clean out my boyfriends cage every other day, and he gets fresh blankets if he hasn't tried to get out

    You're nicer to your boyfriend than I would ever be!
  • 1Kristine1
    1Kristine1 Posts: 697 Member
    I clean everyday, too. As soon as I pop up out of bed, that sucker gets made. And all the other stuff you named sounds pretty much like what I do daily. I hate dirt and despise clutter.
    I wish I had this attitude lol. My laundry doesnt get done unless a) I have no more clean clothes or b) I can no longer see the floor of my bedroom.
    I still live with my family so common areas are cleaned frequently due to pets and my moms need to be busy, but my room is 90% of the time a disaster...
  • maiaroman18
    maiaroman18 Posts: 460 Member
    Please, America, legalize same sex marriage so I can make this woman my wife!

    (For as bad as I am at cleaning, I will make up for it in the bedroom)

    Hey, it's legal in CT. My fiance is down with the three way. :smokin:

    Legal in WA. 4way?

    Oh also I clean a lot. And I bake. I'm like level 60 housewife.

    I don't think one person should be allowed to just stake ownership of you. I feel we need an auction so everyone has a fair chance.
    If you're going to cohabitate with me, don't you think this should be a joint agreement? Bad kitty. No more grilled cheese for you.

    I literally have a cleaning schedule. I got tired of wasting an entire day doing laundry and cleaning the house, so I split it up fairly evenly throughout the week. One room, one load of laundry, half hour every day. It makes my life easier.

    I do dishes daily (no dishwasher), pick up every night before bed, and do yard work as needed.
  • cheryl3660
    cheryl3660 Posts: 182 Member
    I clean everyday, too, but I have 6 people in my house, one which is a baby, and 4 more who do not pickup after themselves everyday, sooooo . . . it doesn't look like I clean everyday, but I do some form of cleaning every day and some form of yelling at people to pickup or do their chores. It's a never ending battle. I can't work full-time and pickup after everyone and find time to watch what I'm eating and find time to exercise and find time to just have a life all in the same day. LOL. That **** all gets spread out over the month and if I am lucky I have a few days where the house is uncluttered.
  • cheryl3660
    cheryl3660 Posts: 182 Member
    Please, America, legalize same sex marriage so I can make this woman my wife!

    (For as bad as I am at cleaning, I will make up for it in the bedroom)

    Hey, it's legal in CT. My fiance is down with the three way. :smokin:

    Legal in WA. 4way?

    Oh also I clean a lot. And I bake. I'm like level 60 housewife.

    I don't think one person should be allowed to just stake ownership of you. I feel we need an auction so everyone has a fair chance.

    If you mean dandelion, she offered up her services. No auction needed :smokin:

    Maybe we could do a lottery system where she spends one day a week at each of our houses. LOL.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I'll kick out my husband if you marry me lol legal in Canada!
  • imakimm
    imakimm Posts: 839
    I clean/tidy up everyday. I vacuum and dust weekly.
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I do power cleans once a week.

    Owait, wrong thread ...
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  • sangeyvang
    sangeyvang Posts: 182
    I feel like I clean everyday since I've gotten married. Haha. When I was still single, I hated hated cleaning. I was the laziest person ever!

    But since I've been married, I kinda hate seeing dishes in the sink so I will do dishes before I cook, while I cook, after. etc etc. My husband on the other hand never helps me clean or cook! :( Okay, maybe once in like two months lol.
  • Kagemori
    Kagemori Posts: 88 Member
    I clean my house once a week, aside from nightly dishes, but when i clean, i CLEAN. I have OCD so i spend the entire day cleaning, dusting, reorganizing, sweeping moping shampooing the carpet doing every piece of laundry in the house and everything, i mean absolutely EVERYTHING gets a once over with disinfectant.
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    What do those of you who are very clean and organized do about your very messy and disorganized significant others?

    One quarter of our house is taken up with stuff my DH says "I'll be able to use one day"..and I feel as if I'm constantly picking up after him.

    Smack him around a bit. That usually works. lol In all seriousness, I don't work, so I don't expect him to do anything atm, but when I was working, I was on my feet 8 hours a day so I made sure he knew he had to pick up after his damn self, haha.
    I'll kick out my husband if you marry me lol legal in Canada!

    If you kick him out I can bring mine...he's kinda smelly but he's great in the sack! :love:
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    I clean my house once a week, aside from nightly dishes, but when i clean, i CLEAN. I have OCD so i spend the entire day cleaning, dusting, reorganizing, sweeping moping shampooing the carpet doing every piece of laundry in the house and everything, i mean absolutely EVERYTHING gets a once over with disinfectant.

    I have OCD as well, but I manage it with medication. That being said, there are some things that stuck, like cleaning, but it has no longer become so bad that it interrupts my daily life. The OCD side still loves it. This thread is like mental porn for me.
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    The dishes and kitchen get done every day, as does the sweeping, swiffering, vacuuming and cleaning the litter box. The bathroom is cleaned 2x a week and I change the linens once a week. Laundry seems to be an every other day sort of thing... I wish I could say the furniture dusting and window washing happened weekly, but it's more like once a month. I'd like my house to be spic & span all the time, but with a toddler and a baby due in 2.5 months, I'm content with keeping the floors and kitchen clean!
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    Please, America, legalize same sex marriage so I can make this woman my wife!

    (For as bad as I am at cleaning, I will make up for it in the bedroom)

    Hey, it's legal in CT. My fiance is down with the three way. :smokin:

    Legal in WA. 4way?

    Oh also I clean a lot. And I bake. I'm like level 60 housewife.

    I don't think one person should be allowed to just stake ownership of you. I feel we need an auction so everyone has a fair chance.
    If you're going to cohabitate with me, don't you think this should be a joint agreement? Bad kitty. No more grilled cheese for you.

    I literally have a cleaning schedule. I got tired of wasting an entire day doing laundry and cleaning the house, so I split it up fairly evenly throughout the week. One room, one load of laundry, half hour every day. It makes my life easier.

    I do dishes daily (no dishwasher), pick up every night before bed, and do yard work as needed.

    *points to my counter full of dirty dishes that span onto the stove and microwave*
    *whistles innocently*

    I will clean every inch of the house perfectly every week and do laundry, if you'll just do the damn dishes. I HATE dishes.
  • JamieG8991
    JamieG8991 Posts: 1,203 Member
    I do some cleaning everyday, but I do a thorough cleaning once a week.
  • fakeplastictree
    fakeplastictree Posts: 836 Member
    Like Clean and Jerk? lol. well about twice a week.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    My boyfriend does most of the cleaning in our apartment. It's just the two of us. He's super-clean and I'm tidy-ish. He cleans up like every other day and does a full clean in the apartment once a week. Not saying I don't clean at all, but that's the regular routine. I clean up when I have a chance or when I notice I should clean something. :p
  • kindasortachewy
    kindasortachewy Posts: 1,084 Member
    My fiance and I have a maid who comes twice a week - we both work full time and its just easier this way
  • TheDevastator
    TheDevastator Posts: 1,626 Member
    I clean and jerk dozens to hundreds of times per week.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    Housekeeping is not my strong suit. We have a cleaning team that comes once every two weeks and is pretty thorough. Other than that, it's minor upkeep and taking care of spills. Dishes and laundry I do every single day, though.
  • Queen_JessieA
    Queen_JessieA Posts: 1,059 Member
    I do laundry daily. And I keep my kitchen clean. It comes in spurts, but I will be honest I don't have a schedule. My husband is a clean freak...so he helps alot!
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
    I just had a baby three months ago, so I am faced with a problem: I'm too tired to clean all the time, but my baby shouldn't be living in a dirty house. Every 7-9 days, I have a serious laundry day; when I start tripping over too many toys on the floor, I pick them up; when the trash gets full, I take it out; when the kitchen gets too dirty, I clean it (minimum of once every other day).

    I have two kids and a dirty husband. I would pass out from exhaustion if I really tried to keep up with all of their messes. Plus, they don't allow me enough time to do it! Funny thing is, though, that my father-in-law seems to think that I keep the house ridiculously clean. But he's the type of person that only does dishes once a month (blech) and doesn't care about living in a place that was infested with vermin. Ugh.
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
    I do as much cleaning as my kids will allow! We try to keep a relatively tidy home. I vacuum twice a week, clean the bathroom once a week, and do about 3 loads of dishes every single day. I hate to have a messy kitchen so it's probably the cleanest room in the apartment lol. I don't dust all that often (even though I want to) simply because I don't have time. Between the preschooler and the infant, my time is limited.

    Here ya there :D

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