I have someone come in to clean every other week whenever I have a second job. Its a luxury I’ve had to give up recently, but I was used to it not being the norm for me anyways but boy I love it. I always keep my kitchen and bathrooms clean enough for company, no dishes in the sink, bathroom sinks and toilet area clean. I also keep the clutter to a minimum, especially easy now that no kids (or husband) is here full time. But, I am really bad about the deep cleaning…baseboards, moving furniture to vacuum, dusting anything.
@NJSue , we had one of the original roombas and it was worthless. Didn’t get under our furniture and with multiple pets…well I wasn’t impressed. The one we have now is programmed to do a sweep every morning while we sleep. We mostly have hardwood and laminate floors and I reluctantly admit that it is making my life easier ( I told my husband that I didn’t want it ) I have 2 corgis and a golden retriever so the hair is pretty much constant . I have two Electrolux vacuums and I haven’t use my downstairs vacuum once since Christmas.
Even with what I thought was a good vacuum , I always needed a damp sponge to pick up the hair imbedded in my braided rugs. Not anymore 
I tell people I wen back to work full time because I hate vacuuming. And I’m not kidding at all. I’ve never met a vacuum I like.
I spray the Bona onto the mop (the one special for it), then mop. Maybe I am doing it wrong…
I, too, am a Flylady fan. I don’t get the emails from her any more, but I use that method of focusing on a room a week, and little sprints every day instead of saving it up. But I also kind of hate housework. I play podcasts while I work. And admit to any excuse to not do it (having some blisters on my hands right now, that is a perfect excuse not to clean the bathroom. 
There are a whole lot of things I’d give up before I would let the cleaning service go. A whole lot!
My mother gave me housecleaning one year, and I’ve never looked back. But this is what happens in our house:
Everyday:
Kitchen counters and sink are cleaned and we do all the dishes
If toilets look dirty I scrub them - this would not be an issue if I could persuade the menfolk to use the toilet brush when they leave a mess.
Recycling and garbage if they are full
Once a week:
I pick up the house so housecleaner can actually clean
House cleaner does toilets, bathtubs, stove, countertops, vacuums
She empties all the trashcans and takes out recycling
Makes the bed and changes sheets if I put out the new ones
Laundry (we do it)
Occasionally:
Dusting, cleaning around light switches usually done by the housecleaner
Degreasing kitchen exhaust fan (done by me - it takes an hour or more and is a miserable job)
Mathmom, sounds a lot like our house.
I’m sooooo happy that we can afford our every-other- week lady now.
It makes me tidy up and put everything away in its place before she shows up, because she is great at putting stuff away but it takes me 6 months to find it again. (And yes, I know the term “first world problem”, but even Mother Teresa said there was nothing holy about cleaning your own toilets. )
Once you’ve done your own grout scrubbing a couple of times, you get more invested in wiping or squeegeeing down the shower each time you use it. I have a small towel that I do it with, then spray with that shower cleaner stuff afterwards and run the bathroom fan for a while to help it dry out. My ambition is to never have to scrub grout with a toothbrush again,
I have a cleaning crew once a month to do the real scrubbing and vacuuming. Other than that we just use a broom once in a while. I use those Lysol toilet wards weekly. And wipe the counters down when I’m in the mood. That’s it.
The only big jobs I do is twice a year cleaning of my shower grout which with the method I use is actually fun. You buy the type of rolled cotton that they use when you get a manicure. The kind that’s reinforced with plastic. It’s availabke on amazon called reinforced cotton coil. You pour bleach into a bowl, soak some cotton strips in the bleach them place the cotton on the grout ( it will stick because it’s wet from the bleach). Leave it for about 12 hours ( I usually do it on a Saturday night when we’ve got no plans and then use the guest bathroom that night. ) In the morning remove the cotton. Super clean and shiny grout. NO SCRUBBING.
OP - you can cut down on a lot of cleaning by just having a shoeless house. Have a nice big tray to collect all the sandy shoes at the door and provide clean flip flops for wearing inside.
Or slippers or something…
Most HI folks walk around barefoot indoors.
@Hoggirl I am the type of person who cannot just sit. I have to be doing something. So, I make cleaning my time to listen to podcasts or lectures, etc that I really want to listen to that won’t ever get listened to with me just sitting there. Since I do a lot of laundry and cleaning, that is a lot of hours of listening. 
(Peter Kreeft has some good free ones if you want to give it a try. I love Kreeft and his lecturing style. His one on Til We Have Faces prompted me to buy and read Lewis’s book. I also love Lewis, so that gives you an idea of his perspective.) I also listen to a lot of TC/GC lectures.
I am not giving up my canine companions, despite the impossible mess they share with us.
DH will hand wash every bowl, pot and pan and will load the dishwasher with glasses, silverware, and plates. The bowls and pots take up too much space in the dishwasher, so we run it every 4-5 days or so. I usually put away the pots/pans after they air dry the next morning. We take turns emptying the dishwasher.
I let him think he does a better job than I do when it comes to sweeping/vacuuming/mopping, as I don’t like it, but the man is 52 years old and cannot seem to learn to dust properly in under an hour. So I usually do the dusting weekly. He sweeps the kitchen nightly, as he has learned I don’t like to come down in the AM to a pile of unwashed dishes and a floor full of animal hair.
I would happily get a Roomba to vacuum but for us, the worst is the carpeted stairs. DH does a great job with this, pretty much every week, after he changes the sheets. He usually can get the sheets/vacuuming and mopping done in the time I get the windows/bathrooms/dusting/plants watered - about an hour or so.
Due to my medical issues, there have been many times he has had to step up and take my share as well, in addition to waiting on me (he calls it playing nurse). I took years training him on how I want things cleaned - in his family, cleaning was not expected from the “boys”. Even though I sometimes think he intentionally does things wrong so I won’t ask him to do it again, I try my best to remain patient and realize that the way I learned was also overkill - my mom not only ironed sheets, she emptied the closets monthly to dust the closet shelves and wash the closet walls.
We share laundry duty - but he puts all his own stuff away, and I’ll put my own clothes away.
Teamwork makes it happen.
We used to have a cleaning lady every other week until July when she retired. Since then DH and I have done it ourselves. He’s more diligent and conscientious than I am. We may hire someone to come in once a month if I can convince him since I don’t feel that the house is as clean as it used to be.
Mathmom: I straighten up for the cleaning people too. My H thinks it’s nuts that I have to “get ready” for the cleaners
^^^ I get that, though. You are paying them to clean, not tidy/organize.
Ever wonder why public places have those long carpet runners as you come in the door (or outside)–it’s to clean off your shoes so you don’t track in dirt. They work for homes too. Put BIG floor mats outside every door and inside the door as well (rugs work well). Easier to shake out a mat or vacuum a small rug than a whole room. Makes a big difference! (especially with sand).
How can they clean if you don’t pick up and clear floors, surfaces, whatever? 8-|
Having the right cleaning “tools” helps a lot. Dusting in particular. I have a couple of cleaning mitts made of microfiber from Flylady that make it fast. I also have a feather duster I use for baseboards (just shake outside every few minutes).
A longer handled brush makes scrubbing the tub much easier on your back, too. And I’m a fan of those Lysol wipes for some quick bathroom cleaning.