Mowing the Lawn in the Dark

Tonight was a rare opportunity where I actually got to mow the lawn in the dark. I suppose I took too long at work and we ate sort of late, so I had to mow at sunset and beyond. There is something very fulfilling about doing this in the dark. Like, I could be doing it completely wrong and getting away with it. No one is going to know until tomorrow and then it is too late...

Is this a common practice? Do we think that cleaning the bathroom enough to show effort will actually yield a response of: Oh, look! He really tried!

Or how about vacuuming? Does making the sound alone count?

And yet they seem to discourage us taking three 20 minute showers a day.