Used to have a cleaning lady but gave hubby and I decided to give her up.  She wasn't very good so we thought we would use the money elsewhere.  Of course, now all the cleaning falls on me.  (okay, hubby vacuumed the upstairs - only - last Friday so now he has "helped out").



Luckily, my husband is a teacher and will be home the entire month of August.  Maybe if I make him clean the house throughout the month, he will reconsider and decide that it really isn't that expensive to have a cleaning lady after all.



My house is pretty organized but not as much as the office.  For example, I don't store the canned goods in alphabetical order but everyone has their own basket at the back door for hats, etc.