I try to keep it neat. I like a clean house and when my family was younger I would totally stress if anything was out of place. Now that it is just my DH, myself and our dogs I am not quite so anal about cleaning. I only vacuum 3 times a week and dust the same. Mopping gets done maybe once a month. Bathrooms cleaned every other week. I remember my MOm telling me that after she was gone she wanted to be remembered as a good Christian woman not because her house was spotless. Also, as I get older I realize that life is too short to "sweat the small stuff".