Little Reminders

Ok so maybe since I've been working full time I never find the time or desire to keep my house as clean as it should be. Maybe I start to clean and get frustrated with it all and have to stop cleaning before I lose my mind.
Well today I tried to get some of the rooms looking half decent and Payton kept asking me " Is someone coming over mom?" Do I only clean my house when someone is coming over? Or is it that I just realize what a mess and how embarrasing it is when someone is going to come over? I didn't think my children were keeping tabs on that. I told Payton "No - no one is coming over I just want a clean house". So a little time goes by and Payton says "Mom we shouldn't really be cleaning today - you know - it is a holiday. He is right it is a holiday -but I still wish I could wave a magic wand and make all the mess disappear.