The Unexpected House Guest

Have you ever had someone call and say they’re on the way over to your house with short notice? Well, that happened to me recently. Ed’s mom called and said she wanted to have Saturday night’s dinner at our house instead of their house.

When Ed told me that his parents were coming over on Saturday for a full dinner, I could have panicked and looked around the house saying “We can’t have company over, the house is a mess!”

Luckily, I remained calm. Why? Because the house was already organized. At least organized enough where all I needed was 20 minutes or so to put some stuff away.

One of the things I think is funny is how we “rush” to clean-up our house when company comes over, yet, a lot of us aren’t rushing to clean-up when its just us.

If company deserves to visit an organized house, don’t we deserve to live in a clean and organized house? After all, we are the ones living in our house 100% of time while company only visits a fraction of the time…

I always say, “keep your house organized for you.” Just because you might not have visitors scheduled on the calendar doesn’t mean you should let the house slip knowing nobody is coming over and nobody will see your mess. Keep it organized for you. You deserve to live in a tidy environment more than your occasional visitor deserves to see your tidy environment…

However, use the thought of the “unexpected house guest” visiting as motivation to keep the house organized (if you need motivation)… That’s my thinking.

So anyway, that’s what happened recently and that’s what were doing on Saturday.

As far as “last minute meal preparations” – we aren’t having a fancy meal. Ed’s in charge of the main dish, Ed’s parents are bringing a salad, I’ll make a side of veggies, and for dessert I’ll make vegan cheesecake squares (sounds complicated but it’s super easy and tastier than “real” cheesecake!). If there is time, I might make a pitcher of sangria.

Anyway, that’s my thoughts on this week.