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" Grand-Prize Winner: Joe Molnar How many husbands would steam-clean all the carpets, then save the water so their wives could see how much dirt they got out? Only one we know: Joe Molnar, a 33-year-old logistics manager from Buffalo, New York, who handles the lion&amp;#039;s share of his family&amp;#039;s housework, every day. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s not an obsessive-compulsive neat freak, I swear,&amp;quot; his wife, Sarah, 30, says reassuringly. Yes, she admits, he did take a lint roller to the cat \u2014 but Bunky seemed to like it. &amp;quot;Keeping things clean gives me satisfaction,&amp;quot; says Joe. &amp;quot;I was one of five kids, and we always had chores. When I got my own apartment, I learned that no one would clean up my messes for me.&amp;quot; Now, with a toddler, dog, cat, rabbit and pregnant wife, messes come with his territory. Joe&amp;#039;s weekly routine: dishwashing, vacuuming, laundering. He not only does floors, he hand-scrubs them. And you know that steam cleaner he used on the carpets? He wanted that so much, he bought it with last year&amp;#039;s tax refund.  Runner-up: Chad Marsh When Chasity Marsh of Sanders, Kentucky, asks her husband why he&amp;#039;s so kind to her, he answers, &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s how my mother would want me to be.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My mother-in-law was an angel,&amp;quot; says Chasity, 25. &amp;quot;So caring and giving \u2014 Chad gets his goodness from her.&amp;quot; When Chad&amp;#039;s mother became ill with stomach cancer, his father, a truck driver, had to be away a lot, working to pay the doctor bills. So Chad signed up for night shifts and spent every day caring for his mother. &amp;quot;I cleaned, did laundry \u2014 whatever she needed,&amp;quot; says Chad, 30. Then came the worst, and the best, of times: On one unforgettable day, Chad lost his mother and learned he would soon be a father. Chasity gave birth to their daughter, Charityn, 21 months ago, and now Chad does whatever needs doing at home \u2014 even after 14-hour days at the trucking and excavating company he owns. Says Chad: &amp;quot;I try to do every little thing I can to help Chasity.&amp;quot;  Runner-up: Ricky Randle Sometimes supercleaners aren&amp;#039;t born \u2014 they&amp;#039;re made. There was a time in the Randles&amp;#039; Kansas City, Kansas, household when Elvira, 45, did all the cooking, cleaning and child care, in addition to working long hours at an insurance company. &amp;quot;My husband would come home from work, eat dinner and relax,&amp;quot; says Elvira. She was getting frustrated \u2014 but Ricky, now 46, was oblivious. Growing up in a family with nine kids, Ricky absorbed his parents&amp;#039; arrangement: His mother did what Ricky came to think of as &amp;quot;all the woman duties,&amp;quot; while his father did the outdoor work, like cutting the grass and keeping up the car. That was all Ricky knew until his wife went back to school for a degree in education. With Elvira no longer around to do the heavy lifting, Ricky found himself stepping in. &amp;quot;He supported me by cooking, bathing the children, helping with homework and cleaning,&amp;quot; says Elvira. &amp;quot;And now he cleans more than I do!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Doing the housework makes Elvira&amp;#039;s life less stressful,&amp;quot; says this reformed husband. &amp;quot;And that makes our marriage a lot better.&amp;quot; Our Contest In February 2006, we announced our search for Mr. Good Housekeeping, a grime fighter who cheerfully does the housework. Thousands of readers argued that their guy should win our prize package, which included furniture from Lane and Wrangler Home; a washer, dryer and dishwasher from General Electric; and a Philips plasma TV. Mr. GH appeared on ABC TV&amp;#039;s Good Morning America in June 2006. We asked women to share their spouses&amp;#039; cleaning tips. Click here to read how these helpful hubbies tackle the housework! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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