Quick, hide the dust bunnies!
Monday, September 18, 2006
My mom and my step-dad are coming to visit for week and they are getting here on Saturday. Woohoo! I'm really excited. They live over 900 miles away near my hometown. It's probably been about 4 years since my mom has come down to see us and my step-dad has never been. My real dad and his wife have also never come down here to visit. Gees! We've gone back up to my hometown several times since I've lived here, but seems like no one ever comes down to see us. Hhhmph! Oh well, they're coming now, so that's good enough.
DH and I have soooooooooo much to do before they get here. Here is my list:
- REALLY scrub the bathroom good.
- Rearrange our bedroom to make space for the entertainment armoir they are bringing to us.
- Think of somewhat of a menu plan and snacks they might like and then go shopping. Ick.
- Mow the ditches beside our yard.
- Clean patio chairs and sweep gazebo floor (unfortunately, my mom is a smoker, and will need a place to smoke. Ick again.)
- Sweep and mop kitchen floor (and just make sure the kitchen is fairly clean in general)
- Rearrange the boxes in future baby's room to make space for the crib my parents are bringing us.
- Tidy-up the computer/media room. I wouldn't really mind the mess so much, but we entertain a lot in that room and it's sort of embarrassing. Oh my gosh....look at DH's desk....I mean, computer tech lab. Poor guy needs a workshop or something.
- Move hide-a-bed couch a foot or 2 back in media room so we have plenty of space to fold it out for us to sleep on.
- Wash and put away ALL laundry. (I have 2 overflowing baskets of clean socks, underwear, towels, and sheets that have been sitting in the laundry room for 2 months. I just keep adding to them. Whatever doesn't need to be wrinkle-free gets slung in those baskets. DH and I are getting tired of having to dig for matching socks, but I HATE putting away stuff like that.)
- Tidy up the garage a little. Garages are supposed to be messy, so I'm not too concerned about this one....just mainly get rid of boxes and other trash that are in the way.
AND.....I'll try to do these things on Saturday morning right before they get here:
- Vacuum entire house (inlcuding furniture)
- Wash and change our bedding so they have fresh sheets to sleep on
- Dust all furniture
Yikes! I feel overwhelmed....but I'm thankful that DH has the next 2 weeks off work, so he can help me do a lot of the stuff on the list before my parents get here. Oh yeah, BTW, DH got a new job! It's something that he really loves to do and he's really excited about it!
My mom is a total NEAT FREAK. Everything has to be in its place at ALL times at her house. It always looks so nice and clean.....so I feel extra pressure to tidy up our cluttery house before Saturday.
DH and I have soooooooooo much to do before they get here. Here is my list:
- REALLY scrub the bathroom good.
- Rearrange our bedroom to make space for the entertainment armoir they are bringing to us.
- Think of somewhat of a menu plan and snacks they might like and then go shopping. Ick.
- Mow the ditches beside our yard.
- Clean patio chairs and sweep gazebo floor (unfortunately, my mom is a smoker, and will need a place to smoke. Ick again.)
- Sweep and mop kitchen floor (and just make sure the kitchen is fairly clean in general)
- Rearrange the boxes in future baby's room to make space for the crib my parents are bringing us.
- Tidy-up the computer/media room. I wouldn't really mind the mess so much, but we entertain a lot in that room and it's sort of embarrassing. Oh my gosh....look at DH's desk....I mean, computer tech lab. Poor guy needs a workshop or something.
- Move hide-a-bed couch a foot or 2 back in media room so we have plenty of space to fold it out for us to sleep on.
- Wash and put away ALL laundry. (I have 2 overflowing baskets of clean socks, underwear, towels, and sheets that have been sitting in the laundry room for 2 months. I just keep adding to them. Whatever doesn't need to be wrinkle-free gets slung in those baskets. DH and I are getting tired of having to dig for matching socks, but I HATE putting away stuff like that.)
- Tidy up the garage a little. Garages are supposed to be messy, so I'm not too concerned about this one....just mainly get rid of boxes and other trash that are in the way.
AND.....I'll try to do these things on Saturday morning right before they get here:
- Vacuum entire house (inlcuding furniture)
- Wash and change our bedding so they have fresh sheets to sleep on
- Dust all furniture
Yikes! I feel overwhelmed....but I'm thankful that DH has the next 2 weeks off work, so he can help me do a lot of the stuff on the list before my parents get here. Oh yeah, BTW, DH got a new job! It's something that he really loves to do and he's really excited about it!
My mom is a total NEAT FREAK. Everything has to be in its place at ALL times at her house. It always looks so nice and clean.....so I feel extra pressure to tidy up our cluttery house before Saturday.
Labels: family, household chores
posted by Unkempt Mommy at 1:22 PM
1 Comments:
You are so not alone in the not putting laundry away. They sit in baskets forever here and frankly we just take the clothes out of the baskets as needed and then when the basket is empty I do laundry. Not always, but usually.
How exciting for you and hubby to get company and new job! Woohoo!
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