Josh, my fiance, and I live about three hours away from our families, both of whom live in our home town in East TX. We have lived away from home for almost a year now, and still to this day it is overwhelming when my amazing soon to be in-laws come to visit.
I don't know about anyone else, but I was raised in East, TX where you drink lots of sweet tea, you cook dinner for your family, and you clean like hell when you have company coming over. It doesn't matter if the company is only stopping by for five minutes or if they are staying for a week, you always clean your home from top to bottom.
I am on lucky woman that my soon to be mother in law is quite literally the sweetest woman to have ever walked the earth. She is like a mother to me, and is always extremely helpful with anything we need. But, unfortunately, that does not change the fact that I must have our house spotless for when she arrives.
Their arrival date is a week away, and she is bringing my soon to be sister in law and my soon to be twin nephews as well. So we are going to have our house full (which I love). But that means I have to start cleaning like yesterday. This post is just to give you a little idea of what that week of cleaning in tells, so hopefully it will help you for when important company is coming over. And after reading this you are going to think I was preparing for the President or Chris Hemsworth himself (my favorite actor hehe).
They will come in on next Saturday, so starting today on Saturday, I will set up the guest room. We just moved in to our new home that we bought (my next post will be about the home buying process), and I have not had a reason to set up everything in our guest bedroom yet. So I will make the bed, hang pictures on the walls, organize the closet, and so on.
On Sunday, I will clean the entire guest bathroom. Wipe down the shower, wipe down the toilet, wipe down the mirror and counter, sweep and mop the floors, wash towels and wash clothes. And keep Josh out of there because that is the bathroom he uses when he is in his "man cave," or the extra room we have left.
On Monday, I will clean up Josh's "man cave." I will move the loveseat we have in there so that we can fit an air mattress on the floor for the twins to sleep on. I will vacuum the floors and dust the T.V. stand, and any extras that are left in that room. I will also have to keep Josh out of this room for the rest of the week, or he will suffer the consequences (re-cleaning the room himself).
On Tuesday, I will start to tackle our room. Now you may be wondering why I am worried about cleaning my own room and bathroom because surely they will not be going in there. True. But it makes you feel better when the whole house is clean, just in case something happens where you remembered you got new curtains and want to show them off. Happens to me all the time. So I start with the master bathroom and closet. I make sure all the clothes are actually on hangers, and the shoes are put up nice and neat. I then wipe everything in the bathroom down, and sweep and mop the floors.
On Wednesday, I clean our bedroom. I dust all the furniture. I vacuum the floors. I clean off side tables and dresser tops. Most importantly I make sure that my sheets are clean. (This is usually the easy day because we try to keep our room clean on a daily/weekly basis anyways.)
On Thursday, I clean the kitchen. I wipe down the inside and outside of the fridge. I organzie the pantry. I clean the oven and the microwave. I wipe down all the cabinets for fingerprints. And lastly I sweep and mop the floors.
On Friday, I clean the living room and breakfast nook. We have a puppy dog, Bevo, that sheds like it's his day job. So I will take off the blankets we keep on the couch and wash them . I will vacuum the couch seats, and vacuum the living room area rug. I will then dust the side tables and T.V. cabinet. Lastly I will sweep and mop. And try my best to keep Bevo off the furniture until after they get here, and then it is free game.
Finally, on the day they are supposed to arrive, I will wake up early and do last minute touch ups on the house, and then get ready myself. Josh tells me everytime his mom comes down that I am overreacting and that his mom doesn't care how the home looks. And logically I know this, but it does not change the fact that I have this is ingrained into my brain.
I hope this helps you when you have company coming over. Its not super crazy, but just a little bit that will go a long way.
Again I am new to this whole blog thing so please comment your constructive criticism. If you liked it then look forward to another post soon.
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