I've said this before about housekeeping. Once a year we have to pay our town property tax - I always bring in the check on the very day it is due and say, "OK, I pay my taxes, I can keep my house. That's my housekeeping for this year!" Seriously, we are retired and do the basics as needed. Kitchen clean enough to eat in, DH does dishes and most laundry, I cook and do the bills. When company is coming we do a bit of extra spiffing up, dusting, vacuuming, etc., but we just enjoy our lives together, and we each have our hobbies. If someone comes in someday when I've passed on unexpectedly, they can tsk, tsk all they want about what I may not have done. But I hope they will admire and enjoy my work, and remember when we laughed together.