I am retired with a not so neat husband. He's a great guy though so I will keep him! I do veggie gardening while he does flowers. I do all the cooking for 3 meals a day. We have two airedales to look after as well. Hubby does the walking especially now that I am in the midst of cataract surgeries.
Our house seems to stay pretty clean especially in the summer when we don't have the wood stove going which makes dust. I keep things straightened up as I go through the rooms at various times of the day which makes it look good. I vacuum once a week usually unless we have company and it needs it before or after.
I have two adorable grandchildren that I help take care of in the summer since they are not in school = 5th graders this fall. My daughter's hours as a physical therapist are great during the school year but in the summer the kiddies go to various day camps that are on my side of the island we live on. My son in law works down the street from us so he drops them off here. We do drop and pickup for camps and lunch. In early afternoon I take them by car to meet my daughter 1/2 way to return my darlings. They are boy/girl twins. They are very active in sports (boy) and all kinds of handwork and cooking (girl). My hubby works partime in the butcher dept. of a local supermarket.
I find various times throughout the day and evening to quilt. Right now I am doing a queen size one in crocus purple/spring green/snow white in a tulip design for my granddaughter. I just finished a top in blue/white which is bears paw and flying geese queen size for my grandson. I also have a queen size hand pieced double Irish chain on the quilt frame right now that I am hand quilting. That one is for me. However, I will probably have to hang it on a large wall in the family room for now because I have two airedales who love to sleep on the bed and there is no getting away from it.
I used to be a cross stitcher but since I retired in Maine I have gotten into quilting and am addicted. I still have one birth sampler to finish for a granddaughter in NJ. Her sister and the two here in Maine all have theirs. That will have to wait til my eyes heal fromt the surgery. Of course I still have two quilts to make for those two girls as well. I have not decided yet when they all will get their quilts - whether at a future Christmas (won't be all done this year), birthday, age 18 or whatever. The oldest is 12 and youngest is 8. The twins are 10.
I am also involved in other things on a volunteer basis and there are so many wonderful things here on Mt Desert Island to do in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Winter is definitely quilting time. Our winters are long. They go from November til the end of April. However, I wouldn't choose to live anywhere else. We are on the edge of Acadia National Park a paradise of green pines, blue lakes and pink granite mountains.