And let me just say, Thank heavens for that! Yeah, it's all nice and great and wonderful to spend the day with your family eating and joking around. It's even better when you don't have to go anywhere to do it cause they come to you. But let's face it...it's nice when it's all over. There's a huge amount of stress put on people who host Thanksgiving Dinners. In our case, with my in-laws coming for dinner, there was even more stress cause my dear Hubs insisted that the house be near to spotless.
See, there's my problem. I'll admit it, I'm not the best housekeeper in the world. In fact, I pretty much suck at it (that's not to say my house is filthy, it's just cluttered). My kids know this. Their husbands/boyfriends know this. I even think my in-laws know this cause they do drop by on occasion without calling first. But my Hubs is a neat freak. So, he had us scrubbing the house. We had to go buy furniture polish for the tables, we bought new candles for a nice fall scent through the house (I didn't mind that AT ALL, since I love candles burning in the house). We moved furniture around. He even wanted me to clean my desk off *gasp*
Then, the hoards descended. We ate. We laughed. We picked on Jenna. We watched Jesse write words on the calculator and laugh about them like he was 12 (he's 21). We didn't have much cleaning to do since we ate on paper plates (I'm not all ding-batty ;0) ). I was thankful for my family. Then, everyone left. It was a good day. And I'm even more thankful it's over :)
See, there's my problem. I'll admit it, I'm not the best housekeeper in the world. In fact, I pretty much suck at it (that's not to say my house is filthy, it's just cluttered). My kids know this. Their husbands/boyfriends know this. I even think my in-laws know this cause they do drop by on occasion without calling first. But my Hubs is a neat freak. So, he had us scrubbing the house. We had to go buy furniture polish for the tables, we bought new candles for a nice fall scent through the house (I didn't mind that AT ALL, since I love candles burning in the house). We moved furniture around. He even wanted me to clean my desk off *gasp*
Then, the hoards descended. We ate. We laughed. We picked on Jenna. We watched Jesse write words on the calculator and laugh about them like he was 12 (he's 21). We didn't have much cleaning to do since we ate on paper plates (I'm not all ding-batty ;0) ). I was thankful for my family. Then, everyone left. It was a good day. And I'm even more thankful it's over :)
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