My grandmother (who was a very wise woman) always maintained that "it's just as easy to pick up three weeks of dust as it is two". A neighbor (who cleaned almost every day) one day told my grandmother that since she says that often enough, she should put it on a pillow. So, she did!! And, I had it until 1993. Those certainly were words to live by. No, my house isn't dirty, but I suppose it could use a dusting, and the wash might need doing. I have more important (to me) things to do!!