sailsablazin- I saw a funny suggestion a while ago- put some get well cards out around your house. In case you have drop in company, they will think you have been sick! HaHa!
Like everything else, I think we all just have different levels of comfort regarding house cleaning. I like to have things clean, especially kitchen and baths but I'm not ridged about it. My dad said to me once that my house had that "lived in" look, lived in by what, I'm not sure. Then he laughed and laughed. He was a character ! That was at the time I had 4 young children and was going to nursing school. Probably the most organized I have ever been in my life, really.