Let The Stress, Errr Season, Begin!

Yep! It’s that time of year again. And this weekend starts it all.

Yippee! It’s the Holidays.

Kids arrive home bearing “gifts” that smell.

In-laws from both sides come for a visit. Some stay too long; some not long enough. You know the saying about fish and relatives, right? They begin to smell after three days.

Households might be a little more stressed than usual for the next six weeks…Or possibly not and never in my house, for sure ;-)

I thought I’d leave you with a short saying that might hold some truth.

I don’t know. 

Just throwing it out there.

(From Change the Topic's Facebook page. I don't know where Mrs. Bird got it originally)

Stream of Conscious Sunday: One Crazy Day Early!

 Stream of Consciousness SUNDAY

This is an “it is what it is” kind of post today and all the time I can spare…and totally unedited and I don’t think I will even go back and re-read. Quite possibly, I just need to vent so lucky you, Blog of mine!

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Holy Cats!

It’s been a while since I’ve been this crazy busy, for many more reasons then I have time or desire to spell out here. I really don't care for the feeling, at all.

Two extra adults descended happily and thankfully on my home yesterday and two guests are arriving soon (Father-in-law and newish wife which isn’t so easy because my mother-in-law was on of my best friends but she’s been gone a long time now).

I suppose I’m the one to blame for my craziness. I’m the one who invited my in-laws for the weekend. Sometimes I question myself, “What were you thinking?” I guess I asked because it’s a holiday???

For whatever reason, a lot of people come to stay with us (mostly in the summer).

Some houseguests are so easy that you hardly notice them in your day-to-day life and I mean this in a good way. They fit in. They help out, they bring me their sheets and towels when the leave. This is all good!

Others…the benefits of them staying here FAR outweigh any minor inconvenience they may present. They add the “fun” factor.

And then there’s the high maintenance ones who you spend most of your time feeding, entertaining, picking up after, and they overstay by a few days. They're on vacation for goodness sakes. You get the picture.

The third kind of guest is soon to arrive. House fluffed and buffed, groceries purchased, lunch ready, flowers by their bedside, fresh towels in their bathroom, cribbage board sitting out, The Master’s Tournament playing in the background (I hate the TV on, by the way!), etc., etc……

I'm sort of feeling like a brat and I don't like that. On Monday or Tuesday or whenever they decide to leave I will be ready to accept my Academy Award for Outstanding Performance!

Am I the only one who doesn’t get super excited when high maintenance houseguests named in-laws come for a visit?