house cleaning

I know I claim to be a housewife, but I'm probably the world's worst housewife. Given a choice between cleaning up around the house or hanging out at a keyboard (well you can see the answer to that). So we've got company coming and I felt I really ought to clean the house. A day later, I finally finished (yeah, it was pretty nasty). So what will I have to show for this accomplishment - I'm guessing a dirty house again in a couple of days. Ugh...