My husband surprised me MONDAY by suggesting that we clean house together. Usually he waits until 15 minutes before a holiday starts before he agrees to do anything, and usually that's after a lot of fighting. I think he's still trying to make up for the last holiday he ruined.

We cleaned for an hour Monday, 90 minutes Tuesday and maybe 90 more today. The house is as clean as it's going to get for now. We have an arbitrary division of labor: he vaccuums, cleans the kitchen and washes the downstairs floor; I clean all 3 bathrooms, all mirrors and glass except windows (which no one does ) Dusting is "whoever".

My husband enjoys preparing food so we plan/chop/cook/clean up together.

He's been so helpful I think I have the Stepford clone instead of the real husband. I'm still waiting for the fighting to begin.