A Cure For A Small House

This last week our family hosted two 16 year old Japanese girls. The house got dirtier every day and the kids got more tired.....and we haven't had this much fun in a long time.
There's nothing like having two strangers live in your house to make you look at your house under the microscope......
I wish we were farther along in our Lifetime Renovation Plan. Like, at the end.
I am sure that that rug was clean(er) yesterday!
Where did that dust bunny come from!
Who pooped in the toilet and didn't flush!!!!!!

That's right, here comes Momma.....flush that toilet. Be quieter! Please go to bed, it is midnight! I know you don't know what that is on your plate, but eat it anyways...
The girls spent the week at school, in our car, in our shopping malls, and in our house. They ate our food, used our bathrooms, sewed a bag and a pillowcase, made cards, jumped on the trampoline, had s'mores, played with the dogs....and finally left, scrapbooks in hand and email addresses exchanged.
Then I cleaned the house.
NOT>
I booked a hotel in Great Falls Montana, and took the whole family there to get away for 24 hours. The shopping sucked, the weather sucked, the sleep sucked, and I was never happier to get away.
Thing is.....I always clean up when people leave. Always.
But this time, the dirt didn't matter.
Time with my husband and my kids did.
I could have chosen to stay home, clean up, get everyone helping, and be grumpy.
But I chose to spend some time away, so I could come home and be happy to do it.
Travelling can do that for me.

Take some time for the people that matter, before you go and do the things that have to be done.
Then thank God for those people.
Then go clean that toilet....