I don't keep on top of the housework lol! Even when I'm not working (I'm part time) I still can't get it done. E.g. I spend 10 minutes washing the dishes, turn around and DD has spilt her drink, grabbed the jam and started eating it with her fingers and put sticky jam hands all over the walls. So I clean up her hands, wipe up the spill, wipe the jam off the walls . . . and DD has tipped her blocks all over the floor, pulled the pillows and blankets off the beds and pulled all of the baby wipes out of the container . . . you see where I'm going with this

I have a philosophy; it doesn't matter if the house is messy as long as it's not dirty. Even if there are clothes and toys all over the floors I try to have all the rubbish in the bin, spills cleaned up, dirty clothes in the washing basket, dishes done etc. Then when I get time and energy to do more, I do. My house is about as clean as it gets tonight and there are still clothes spilling out of the hamper and crap all over the table, toys on the floor . . .