about 3.5 hours

That's how long it took me to clean the house yesterday.    I pretty much got all the furniture dusted, bathrooms clean, carpets vacuumed, floors swept, vacation/suitcases unpacked and everything put in its place, laundry sorted and started (didn't finish...), kitchen counters cleaned, dishes done, changed the sheets on all the beds, and swept the back porch.  It seems like I'm leaving something out, but you get the picture...basic cleaning stuff.

What did I not do?  Any of the boys chores.  I cleaned my son's bathroom floor, but saved the cleaning of the actual bathroom for him.  The dusting on the main floor is left for my youngest along with cleaning the bathroom down in the basement.  I tidied up the boys bedrooms when I changed the sheets on their beds, but the actual cleaning is being left for them.  And then there's the laundry....it really never is finished.

So, it took less time to do everything that I expected it to and it was really nice getting it all done in a day.  I think I'll keep doing it this way as long as I have a day to devote to it.  It's nice knowing that except for general cleaning and laundry that I'm done for the week.  Maybe by Friday I can sit and do some scrapbooking!