The Big Push

I worked like crazy to get the house in shape so that when Michaela's friend came over, and her mom stepped in the door for a minute, it wouldn't seem like moving day in our entry. There were at least ten boxes, mostly smallish, from Amazon orders and a couple of other things! Also in the entry? A giant pack of paper towels, and a giant pack of toilet paper. 

We've got paper products covered, folks. Just walk in, grab a roll, and head to where you need to be. 

Good grief. 

I tidied up all the shoes, and relocated the paper airplanes, and straightened the hats, and sorted the bags. I vacuumed the stairs and the hallway. I also cleaned the bathrooms. 

Apparently, the impetus for me to clean the house is company. This is unfortunate, because I don't really like to have people over. And that is unfortunate, since it seems that I crave company and an audience a lot of the time. 

The real point of this story is that I tried very hard to make the area which our guest would be in most of the time pleasant. Michaela straightened up her room as well. Then the big girls and Eliana ended up playing in Eliana's room, which outside of my own bedroom, is the messiest place in the whole house. 

Ah well. The best laid plans...a person can only do so much...there's always tomorrow...why do today what you can put off until next week...

Wait. I think I got that last one wrong.

At any rate, my dishes are done for the night (And just for the story of it...I was unloading the dishwasher, which had been half unloaded earlier in the day (most of which had been used), and I looked at a couple of the things that I took out and couldn't quite decide if the washer had actually been run. I finally concluded that it hadn't (I will never truly know, I suppose) and put all the things back in there that I had put away (that I could remember) and finished loading it with what was in the sink and on the counter. Then I said a little prayer that went something like this: "Lord, please let our immune systems do their jobs. Thank you."), and I've got some laundry to switch out, and I really need to get our stuff ready for church tomorrow, since we have an extra person to get out the door in the morning. 

We're so good at leaving for church at half-past-too-late that I'm sure it will not be a problem to leave a bit earlier than we normally need to in order to drop Michaela's friend off so she can go to church with her family.

Now I'm off to do my exercise video quickly (I mean, no quicker than I usually do it, so I don't really know what I mean by that) and take my shower tonight. I am hoping to show you something tomorrow that will prove just how exciting things get around here! You won't be able to sleep now, will you?

Comments

[Wendy]

I just learned that dishwashers have a filter. Maybe you should check yours, especially since you had the glass situation.