I used to have a maid who came in every other week to do the "heavy" cleaning: mopping, all the vacuuming, most of the dusting. I would do lighter dusting and vacuuming and the general straightening up in her off times. It was a great arrangement, and I liked her a lot. Unfortunately, she had to cut back drastically on her clients because she started having a lot of trouble with her knees. She had surgery on both of them, so I ended up being one of the clients she dropped -- which I can understand, as I was one of the last she took on, and our house has a LOT of stairs. I've never managed to replace her. But ... I do agree that I probably need to do that. I just hate cleaning with such a passion. >.O