My mother-in-law decided that she is going to cook Easter dinner here at my house. She then invited my mom, brother and grandmother. My mom doesn't think that I clean my house well enough, so she came over today to clean my kitchen and dining room to her standards so she would feel comfortable eating food prepared in my kitchen. As I posted in a previous post, I can see her point in that I really am not the best at keeping my house clean. So while at first I was upset that she felt that way, I have worked through that and understand her thinking. Then unknown to me my mother-in-law decided that she needed to come have the kids color eggs today. But first she helped clean the rest of the first floor. All of this commotion was very unsettling for me. I didn't feel like I belonged in my own house. My mom was cleaning in the kitchen, my grandmother was cleaning in the dinning room, my mother in law was cleaning in the living room. The only rooms left are the laundry room, and the computer room. Or the second or third floor. I did go to the laundry room and fold laundry, but that doesn't last all day even with the 4 loads of clothes I had to fold. I didn't feel comfortable hiding in the computer room playing while they were working, so that was out and I wasn't about to relinquish complete control by going to another floor. So I lurked about in each room in turn trying to look like I was helping. Still not sure how that made me feel, other than out of place. Or why it made me feel out of place. Also not sure if I should try to figure it out or just enjoy the clean house.
I went to Curves, gave the kids all school work assignments to do when I was gone and came home to my mom washing all (and I do mean ALL) of my silverware, even what was in the drawer ready to be used. That was a bit of a slap in the face. I mean, does she not believe that I know how to wash dishes. I frequently don't wash dishes often enough, but that doesn't mean that I don't know how to do it. So I am a bit unsettled with that, but other wise, I think I am good with today. I am great with the fact that she pulled the bottom shelf out of my fridge and figured out how to get the glass out and clean under it, because there have been many spills and they kind of collect under the glass on the plastic parts for the drawers and it looks gross, but I have never been able to figure out how to get the glass out to clean under it.
Now for the next dilemma. The screen over the exhaust vent from our bathroom comes out under the eaves just outside the bathroom window. The screen has rusted out and now a pair of starlings are building a nest in the vent pipe. I tried tying some dental floss across the opening, but there was no way to attach it to the side closest to the house so it only partially blocked the hole, now I really need to figure out what to do. The worst part is climbing out the bedroom window and walking across the porch roof to get to the vent. It took me two weeks to work up my nerve to do the dental floss thing, now I still have to work my nerve back up and do something else. Any ideas welcome.
My kids did a great job helping today. Girlie helped when asked, but otherwise stayed out of the way. Red complained about helping at first, but then when he realized that no one was going to let him get out of helping, he was trying to help too much and at times when others were working in the same area. But he did everything asked. Babes helped when asked and then hid outside in the yard and tried to mow with the electric mower, but the grass was too high for the motor so the battery was working very hard and died quickly. But he still helped.
Now it is time to enjoy the peace and read some in my book. Have a great Easter all.
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