Whew. A study recently conducted for USA Today says that I am not alone in employing the time-honored “throw-everything-in-the-closet-when-company-stops-by-unexpectedly” approach to house cleaning.

Over 800 moms were asked to clock their weekly clean up time. The majority of respondents – more than half or 61% - said they spent one to five hours a week cleaning. (Twenty-three percent spent between six and ten hours a week, 7% between 11 and 15, 3% between 16 and 20, and 5% more than 21 hours weekly.) Two-percent don’t