Lainey

Ah, I don't think so, but thanks.

Besides it's really cold here. I'd have to really crank up the heat.

valentine

I hire someone to come in and do the windows and once a year (or so) I have someone come in and do all the carpet, etc. I dust rooms from floor to ceiling when I clean and most of the time its pretty neat. We have our little clutter piles here and there (books, mostly), but I pick up as I go, vacuum at least once a week (downstairs more since the dogs live there) and don't worry overmuch about the rest. I scrub the bathrooms and kitchen almost daily, so they're clean. I like to keep the house neat on an ongoing basis because when spring and summer come, I stay outside most of the day working/playing out in the yard. +1's good about helping when we need to get rid of things and he's very neat and always picks up after himself, never leaves stuff lying around, etc., so its not difficult to keep it neat.

PLYRS 3

my wife takes care of all the house stuff....

SheDrivesIt

Windows? Oh yeah, those things we used to be able to see through to the outside.

SheDrivesIt

Suuuurrre it does.

JonasM

If they are anything remotely like us, then it works for about a week.....

My only hope is to simply rid ourselves of 50% of our stuff.

JonasM

Matt_in_VA

But I am guilty as charged when it comes to stuff in our "computer room". On the other hand: Ask her about our second bedroom*, and her side of the garage (where her car should be) She has so much clutter that one can barely get the people door open enough to get into the garage.

After everything is said and done it has been a fairly "even joint effort" in making our house much smaller than it was twenty years ago when we moved in.

* About twelve years ago I had enough points in a sales contest to order something from a premium catalog. I brought it home and she picked out a very nice tread mill. I was unsuccessful in having it shipped directly to the Salvation Army (where we could have just taken the full tax write off) without having to haul it home and up a flight of stairs into our second bedroom (no bed, just stuff) including the tread mill which has made a fairly sturdy clothes rack over the years.

We are need to do some serious downsizing if we ever hit the road as "full timers" in an RV.

willinathen

[QUOTE=Matt_in_VA,Mar 7 2007, 04:28 PM]

dean

When I was younger and single, I just moved to another house. The sign that it was time to move to cleaner pastures was when mushrooms started growing in the bathroom.

dean

If you position everything just right, you can also use the Bowflex as a catapult to get the clothes somewhere near the laundry room/hamper.