My parents (dad and stepmom) are coming to visit next week. Thursday, to be exact. They’ll be here for four fun-filled days of…sitting around and staring at each other. No really, I don’t know what to do with them. To be honest, I know they’re not coming here to see me. I haven’t seen them in two years but I know that they wouldn’t feel the pressure to come visit if not for Brianna. They haven’t seen her since she was six months old!
But you know, even though I’m sure they don’t expect me to entertain them, there’s something odd about having guests for four days and then thinking you’ll just sit around and watch TV (and Brianna). Uh, yeah. That sounds exciting for them. Too bad this isn’t the most exciting area in the off-season.
But the real countdown isn’t quite for when they’ll be here. It’s actually for how much more time I have to get my house in order becuase…dear Lord, it’s a mess. I’m not one of those natural-born housewives whose house is visitor ready at the drop of a hat. No, I need a month notice and even that’s not enough because I’m still lazy and leave it until the last minute. But tonight started Operation Parental Pick-Up with de-cluttering the kitchen. Anyone who’s ever been a FlyBaby (done the whole Fly Lady thing) will understand what I mean when I say I have a major hot zone in my kitchen. And my dining room. And the living room. And the spare bedroom. Uh, yeah. Every room.
To add to the funness (not a word, I’m sure) Josh is working this morning. And gone racing all day Sunday. And we need to go shopping for a sofa sleeper still. And I need to keep up with work because taking four days off…ouch on the schedule. So, pray for me, send the cleaning fairies my way, or hey, say a little magic cleaning spell if you do that type of thing. I could use whatever help I can get.
My whole house is a Flylady hot zone. Today I plan to discover a flat surface. Somewhere.
Well, OC is not that far away. If you plan on coming down this way for crabs, you could maybe make a day of it: drive through Assateague to see ponies, take a stroll on the boardwalk if it’s nice, play some putt-putt (there’s an indoor course around 65th street).
And if you guys get really desperate, my best friend is moving that weekend from Fruitland to OC… I could toss some boxes into the parent’s arms
Hope it’s a great visit!
In the Keys we just take them fishing or snorkeling. If they are not so fit we take them out on the boat at sunset for a cruise after an early dinner. There is always Key West – a place I personaly can’t stand anymore because of the cruise ships but relatives love it. There is no off season here.
The rest of the day is Hammock time.
Cleaning karma coming your way. We take everyone for long drives and show them our everyday stuff. (Here’s the kids’ school, here’s where DH works, here’s where…) We also try to do a dinner one night and invite another couple over (Josh’s folks?) to help conversation and entertainment. You’ll be fine. You’re always entertaining here! : )
I’m with you! My mom called a couple days ago to tell me she’s thinking of coming for a few days in May for a visit…..after my initial “Yeah, my mom’s coming to town!!” my next thought was “oh crap, I have about 6 weeks to make my home semi-normal.” LOL
Wow, I thought I was the only one. I’ve failed over and over at doing the flylady thing. You might as well just slap a big hot zone sticker on my front door.
Good luck with the cleanup… :laundry:
We’ll be having people coming for the soon-to-be-3 year old’s birthday mid-April. So we’re forcing ourselves to clean now, starting at the utility room and working out.
And where do we usually drag people who haven’t visited for a while?
The pyramid in the Georgian Quarter. There’s supposed to be the skeleton of a gambler sitting inside of it, holding a winning hand. He sold his soul to the devil and this is way of beating him :fire:
Kim
I flunked Fly Baby. My house is in demolition red zone, which is why now that we’ve hit Spring Break I’ve told the kids we are getting rid of lots of their stuff. If they don’t have it, none of us have to worry about cleaning it up. Now ask me in two weeks time how many bags of trash I really threw away.