We are hosting Thanksgiving again this year. I am excited about it. It is my favorite holiday. I like the cooking, though I hate the cleaning prior to hosting (anything).
This weekend we had only one major task for ourselves: to steam clean the carpets. We split the work. The honey picked up and returned the rental, vacuumed, and moved the necessary furniture. I ran the machine myself in order to not drive either one of us crazy. Mainly by not fussing at my honey over not doing it right. I am a pain about such things and rather do it myself instead of inflicting pain.
It seems to work for us. Get out of the way babe. I'll call you when I Need you. So today I sit in my living room feeling very proud. We tackled the carpets and the bathrooms ahead of our usual frantic leave it to the last minute "schedule".
I know my in-laws could care less about how the house looks, but I was raised the old fashioned way. Present a tidy house for company, especially for the parents! This will be our 4th Thanksgiving in a row that we host and I am feeling pretty relaxed about it. Especially because somehow I managed to schedule vacation and am working only one day this week.
Things seem to be working out perfect! I even found a great table cloth online to fit our extra large dinning table and it arrived a week ahead of schedule. After the last three stressful months at work taking time off for the holiday, despite taking on cooking the extra large meal, will be extremely relaxing.
I'm the same way, but my mom also does this, even though I really don't care. My mom will clean her house to a spotless shine and still apologize when we come over that it's "a mess."
ReplyDeleteWell my mom always acts suprised that it's clean when she comes over. I guess she still thinks I am the teenager with the messy bedroom. I tell her that her drilling me good habits finally stuck! Funny thing is that in her old age her priorities have changed and her house isn't the mirror it used to be at ALL TIMES. Now it feels lived in which it's cozy when we go over.
DeleteOhhh, so that's the old fashion way. See and here I thought it was shoving all the clutter into closets and extra bedrooms.
ReplyDeleteHappy Turkey Day :-)
That kind of cleaning is for when friends come over, but family tends to open closets; at least mine does..
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