CLEAN ALL THE THINGS
September 22, 2011
We have family coming to visit in about...oh, NOW. Family who have never actually been to our house, live and in person, since we moved here almost five years ago. Which means I have spent the last five hours FRANTICALLY trying to clean and organize everything so it actually looks like we've lived here for five years. Instead of...five hours. It's your lucky day, unlabeled box of mystery that we never unpacked because clearly your contents were never missed! You're finally getting unpacked moved to an out-of-the-way spot in the basement!
They have a three-and-a-half year old little girl. So that's four children, all five years old and younger. Here. In the house that I am now questioning cleaning up in the first place. WELCOME TO HELL, NOW WITH 25% MORE PRINCESS CRAP.
Even the dog got all fancied up for the occasion. By which I mean bathed.
WAT DOIN?
WATER MAKES IMPOSSIBLY TINY LEGS MOAR IMPOSSIBLY TINY
I HAZ NO IDEA WAT JUST HAPPEND
Anyway, I better go take out the last of the trash and re-check that the liquor cabinet is stocked locked.
PRAY.
Ceiba's just too cute. Good luck with the visit!
That dog. We don't see enough of it amongst all those gorgeous boyz.
Good luck!
In love with the Hyperbole and a Half reference...
In love with the Hyperbole and a Half reference...
Awww, Ceiba. It's been too long! :)
Good luck! I'll have an extra drink for you tonight, for good measure. (The things I'm willing to do... eh?).
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Where's Max at?
Vaya con Dios, Amy!
I loathe cleaning - especially the "we're having people over and I'm embarrassed by the filth we live in" kind of cleaning. I feel like I am doing this ALL the time, between grandparent visits and playdates and dogwalker pickups (yes, it's that bad I try to tidy before the dogwalker comes to get our dog). The worst part is, you will clean and feel all good about yourself, and within an hour, it's all gone to shit again. Oh well. Have fun with your guests, and make sure that liquor cabinet is indeed stocked! :)
Clean...*all*....the things?
(I started splurging and dropping the dog off at the groomers...we have a beagle so this really is a splurge. That said, as long as I'm not paying for a blueberrry facial, which yes, they offer, I'm not doing too bad.)
Ceiba!!! I missed her. Her perspective is awesome.
HA! at the first Ceiba pic. Heh.
I'm all for anything that gets us TWO Ceiba sightings in a week. Hooray for visitors!!
Moar Ceiba, plz! :)
Shoot, I just make Wes throw away any boxes that haven't been accessed or unpacked in a year or so. I LOVE throwing stuff away. It's cathartic!
Shoot, I just make Wes throw away any boxes that haven't been accessed or unpacked in a year or so. I LOVE throwing stuff away. It's cathartic!
Shoot, I just make Wes throw away any boxes that haven't been accessed or unpacked in a year or so. I LOVE throwing stuff away. It's cathartic!
Shoot, I just make Wes throw away any boxes that haven't been accessed or unpacked in a year or so. I LOVE throwing stuff away. It's cathartic!
Shoot, I just make Wes throw away any boxes that haven't been accessed or unpacked in a year or so. I LOVE throwing stuff away. It's cathartic!
Go to the bank like a motherf&*ing ADULT.
What *I* hate is you clean and clean. The guests come over and later you find out a comment was made to your *significant other* about what a mess it was.
Not that that has happend to ME of course...
*HATE*
Wesley would just like Ceiba to know that he is totally down with older women....
..... as long as she's ok with neutered guys.
Wesley would just like Ceiba to know that he is totally down with older women....
..... as long as she's ok with neutered guys.
ha ha! Good luck!!!
Relax. It will be fun! And just think of all the stories you'll be able to dine out on for years afterwards. :-)
Last year, my SIL stayed in our 3 bedroom house with her two children in the middle of a wet winter. We had 5 children between us: ages 6, two 3.5 year olds, and two 18month olds.
Absolutely no regrets, but... never again.
The situation at your house is what I call CHAOS - Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome.
Ceiba!
Awww, I miss the Ceiba captions from the days of yore (read: before yo babies came).
Ceiba!!!
Wait. Has Ceiba lost weight???
Oh my gosh, you have the sperm shoes as one of your ads right now! Too funny.
Oh my gosh, you have the sperm shoes as one of your ads right now! Too funny.
Is that a rat or a dog?
Do you read Hyperbole and a Half? Clean All The Things is the title of one of my favorites of her posts. And - She's writing a book! Hooray!
Go to the BANK! Clean ALL the things!
I always clean for playdates and friend visits and then they (aka their kids) trash my place and it takes me 3 days to motivate to tackle it since I am so defeated by all that expended effort for nothing. Sigh.
have fun. 3.5 yr old girls are great and not all are princessy, dangit!
Just stopped by to say that I have the EXACT same bath mat! Go Target!