I have a dish towel on my refrigerator that says:
"A clean house is a sign of a wasted life"! I usually straighten up daily, that way nothing gets really messy. Once a week vacuuming (ugh!!!) and dusting (ugh! ugh!). There are only 2 of us now, so it goes pretty quickly. We are in the process of moving, so I have been a bit lacks on the housework, my sewing room is a wreck! But packing does that, right?