I consider cat hair to be a sort of mulch -- it keeps the dust off the furniture.

My general theory of housework is that if you have a lot of interesting things to look at, no one notices that the house is a mess. Friends once described our house as looking like the storage wing of the Smithonian Institution -- I chose to take that as a compliment.

Of course it helps if other things (books, papers, magazine, etcet etcet) are neatly stacked (hiding the floor; sigh) and shiny surfaces are shiny (or at least a few key ones).

And then there's tarps...

Linn