Pointless activities anyone?

Me too Patty and Witzend. I so try to change beds and empty bins and tidy up before going away , but that's all. Too busy packing for anything wlse!

We've just got back from helping DD2 and SIL and DGD move house. DH drilled everywhere and I kept littlie occupied.
We have a master list of things to do/take now so we can nip up whenever invited.
This list includes:-
Emptying all bins
Opening doors to washing/dishwashing machine
Turning hot water off night before/cancel papers
Get laundry up to date before we go
Watering plants/arranging (lovely new young neigbours) to water plants indoors and in greenhouse when necessary
Buying long life milk
Bread and meal for return in freezer.

It is good to return to a clean and tidy house and a clean bed but I don't sweat over it-pointless dusting IMHO ?

Oh this is definitely what I do... I always give the house a good clean through before i go away on holiday so when I come home I just have holiday cloths to wash and dry. Past on to my 2 DD as they do same.

I arrange for a cleaner to come in and spring clean as close to our return as possible. That's it!

not everyone can afford to do that though

No, pattie, you're not alone! Our house only gets blitzed, or what passes for blitzing here, when I've got guests coming. Then I have to put my glasses on so I can see the dust. ?
Mind you I never have fussy people to stay anyway.

I swept the attic yesterday (well, the part I had cleared)
[halo]

I like to make sure the house looks clean before we go away, but what is this 'cleaning the oven' of which you all speak??

Pointless activities? Housework!

Clean and tidy and 5 mins later it looks just as bad: untidy husband, rowdy grandsons, dog obsessed with digging to bury her ball and bringing sticks and stones inside ?

May I make two points ?
1. I dont ever dust. I wipe over wooden furniture with a very slightly damp cloth.
That way the dust doesnt float around waiting to settle again the next day.
I use brightly coloured cotton towelling face cloths. (l also use a bright pink very soft nylon "fluffy. This consists of hundreds of anti-static nylon threads on a black handle.) This also collects the dust really well, especially from the tv screen.
2. I dont Hoover. I have two GTech Air cordless vacuum cleaners. Pink for upstairs, nick named Pink Panther and Charcoal for downstairs, nick named
Darth Vador.
If I were still able to go on holiday it would take 20 minutes tops to whizz around all the rooms in the house, on the morning before leaving in the afternoon.
BTW why do ladies call it "hoovering" ??

BTW why do ladies call it "hoovering" ??^
Well, I think a lot of men call it hoovering too Bez1989 and I asked DH that very question the other day, as we have just bought another Dyson. It is a name that has become generic.

So I am trying to call it Dysoning - or vacuuming to be precise!