The kitchen hasn't been this clean...
... since it was installed. We're in the process of having the kitchen and living room professionally cleaned -- the cleaners are the parents of one of super_star_girl's new friends from school. The results are impressive -- they even knew what paint to use to touch up the drip pan around the large burner that always gets hot enough to crack the enamel on a KitchenAid cooktop. They'll be finishing up the living room today, and will be coming in twice a month.
I've often suspected that the reason Mom kept her house so neat was she didn't want the housekeeper to see how messy it had become since her last visit. In our case, I didn't want them wasting their time merely tidying up.
Meanwhile, the kids are working on their rooms, with various kinds of assistance. To be honest, I don't really want to know what deals they've made, with which entities, or what they dipped the pen in to sign the contracts.