What do you do and how often do you do it???

[beckoes]

Since our cat bought a delightful flea infestation into my house i have been forced to vacum every day, this is not something i normally do, i might sweep the kitchen every day, but the whole house gets done once a week.....i was complaining to my mum and she commented on how she vacums the whole house every day!!!!
But then she thinks im very strange cause i wash the bed linen every week...i think she does her every other week!

im curious...What do you do and How often do you it?

[CrazyLady]

Vacuum every 2 days or DD gets to substitute her diet too much, linen once a week in summer and once a fortnight in winter. Mop whole house once a week, Bathroom scrubbed every 3 days (DP's a mechanic so it gets black!), Dishes every morning, dusting once a week or the Kalgoorlie dust stains, 1 load ofwashing every day or 2 if nappies included.

[skybie]

i vaccum every second day, even if it doesnt really need it, i also make the bed everyday. everything else though waits till i can be bothered!!!

p.s frontline or similair behind the neck treatment will kill the fleas in ur carpet too

[Just Me]

I vacuum and mop once a week (we have tiles everywhere except for the bedrooms). I vaccum or sweep through the week as the floor needs it - or when it gets to a point that I can't stand the mess anymore. With three toddlers, I could easily vacuum three or four times a day . I clean bathrooms once a week (unless they need it more often which they seem to during toilet training ). I wash towels twice a week - I only wash them once a week really but I put fresh towels out every 3 days or so and we wash our bedsheets once a week. Twice a year, I do my windows, screens and window tracks and once a year I sugar soap all my walls. Other than those things I spot clean.

[luna moth]

I do nothing.
Every single day.

[Bathsheba]

Ok I'm the grottiest.

I can't remember the last time I vacummed... I think it was last month... but we've been away. I only mop once a month, if that. I sweep as necessary... maybe twice a week, maybe twice a month.... usually only before friends come over. (BTW does anyone other than me still sweep with a broom? LOL)

I'm better with linen: sheets weekly. We all use top sheets but I wash the doona covers once a season.

My excuse for all that is that we have the most amazing wooden floor boards. They camouflage dirt like you wouldn't believe! It's all through the house except bedrooms and lounge.... and wet areas where it's tiled.

I clean the bathroom as needed... maybe once a month.

When we lived in our last house, which was almost brand new, I spent A LOT more time cleaning. We had white tiles through the main living areas and every smudge and crumb showed and would annoy me... so I mopped nearly every night and once a week got down on my hands and kness with some Gumption and an old toothbrush and scrubbed the grouting. The carpet also used to show up the dirt and foot prints along the high traffic areas too... our current older carpet doesn't look much different post vacuum except minus the dirt... previously I think i used to vacuum to get rid of the foot impressions!!! What a waste of electricity! Lord knows how I had the time... ah... that's right! It was before I discovered BB! hehe Oh and I was working part-time and studying... so cleaning was a MUCH higher priority that doing assignments!

[Elocin]

I sweep my floors at least once a day, sometime more (my windows have no screens, so I end up with all sorts of things on my floors). Vacuum once a week. Mop once a fortnight.

Make the bed every morning and change my linen every weekend.

Bathroom is done once a fortnight and kitchen benches are done every night, although stove and sink are done every couple of days.

[Asparagus and Lemons]

yeah I vaccuum/mop maybe once a month. we have shiny floorboards that camoflage dirt as well. I probably do it only because I go to bed with dirty feet after walking on the floor all day. Bed sheets though, fortnightly or every week and a half. Dirty sheets get on my nerves.

[Miss.September]

I sweep everyday, vacuum once a week, dishes are always done, beds are always made. Washing is done as the machine fills up, bathrooms..well I wipe the bench each time I use it, so probably do them properly fortnightly or so. But the oven.......hardly ever never ever!!!!! Our house is 14 squares living, so none of this takes too long. I'm not great with sheets, because I hate going to bed with crisp cold sheets.....unless its a hotel room of course

JM - I must try sugar soap on my walls. The marks drive me batty - where I've cleaned smudges off you can always see the wipe marks.

[*Ang*]

I vacuum every 2-3 days especially around kitchen/dining area. I mop once a week, make beds every day, do bathrooms once a week and clean toilets once-twice a week depending on useage. I dust once a week and change bed linen around once every 3 weeks. Usually at least one load of washing per day whether that be clothes or other items, towels etc and change our towels twice a week.

[Sopdet]

Bathroom and kitchen done daily.
Bed made every day.
Cushions on two couches and bed get tidied daily.
Floors done with vacuum every 2 days, we have moulting pets.
Tiles mopped once a week.
Linen change weekly.

Clothes washed done every couple of days.

[LionsandBears]

I wipe the kitchen bench down every day after use. Wipe/sweep floor if something's dropped on it.

Clothes/linen washed when needed so a few loads a week (linen washed weekly)

Pay a cleaner to do the rest every week.

[Rouge]

I look around daily and think to myself that my house will never be as clean as I want it!

[Just Me]

JM - I must try sugar soap on my walls. The marks drive me batty - where I've cleaned smudges off you can always see the wipe marks.

I never used to use it at all, but I have hand prints and food smears all over my walls around the same height. The door frames get particularly bad because the kids must hold onto them as they turn the corner.

I look around daily and think to myself that my house will never be as clean as I want it!

I think this too. I can't keep up with the mess ... they make it faster than I can clean it. I have an amazing DH who does a lot of our cleaning as well so it is not just my responsibility thank goodness.

I never cleaned as much as I do now before I had kids. I worked before so no-one used our house much 5 out of every 7 days. Now there are 4 of us here all the time. I clean out of necessity really but don't really get to enjoy living in a clean house.

[allycat06]

You are all so clean!

I don't even want to say because I'll sound like a total grot!
We've lived in our new place for 3 months now and I've mopped the kitchen maybe once or twice.

[Early Kids]

I sweep and vacuum 2-3 times per day... feel like I am tied to the damn things! I mop once a week (we have a small kitchen with lino and the bathroom is concrete)
I do dishes everyday, sometimes 2-3 times depending on what I'm doing.
Linen and towels get done once a week or as needed.

My house is always tidy, but it's never clean.

[MrsFabuloso]

I (usually, when I'm not an invalid with pg and back issues!)

do dishes/kitchen daily
load of clothes or two daily (so washing/folding/packing away)
make beds daily
tidy kids playroom daily
general tidy daily
vacuume 2-3 times a week
dust 1x fortnight
change the sheets weekly, towels 2x weekly
mop monthly (only have tiles in the kitchen/hall/laundry/bathrooms) I will spot clean as needed
bathrooms spot cleaned as needed (as in toilets and vanity wiped) done properly fortnightly
I do one room a month from top to bottom (clean walls/skirtings/scrub furniture/move furniture to clean under or behind)...

[Sunny Love]

I like a straight house. It makes me physically uncomfortable when my home is chaotic. I also loathe feeling sand on the tiled floor. Therefore everyday I:
*Vacuum twice a day. Once when I wake up, and again in the late arvo. We ave tiles throughout, no carpet.
*I mop every 2nd day.
*Do 2 loads of washing in the morning.
*Dishes washed as they are used, so I never get a build up throgh the day.
*Quick dust.
*Water the herbs and 'walk them' out into the sunsine.
Looks like a lot, but its really not, its all quick little jobs really
*Linen every week, sometimes every 2nd :/
*Kitcen bench is wiped at least 1 million times a day, and I LOATHE anything on ever!!! Unless im prepping tea