We have family coming to visit us this weekend. I love having company because then the house gets cleaned. This evening I found myself emptying full trash-cans that I didn’t even know we had and dusting corners of the room because I had to stay there until the floor was dry after being mopped.

Why is it true of everyone that when someone’s coming to visit the whole house has to be clean and then we pretend like it’s always that tidy? We all know that it’s not that tidy but we all pretend like it is. You do it to me and I do it to you. And if you don’t mention that ‘wow, you’re house is kept so well” then we get mad that you didn’t notice. Except when you do notice we act like we’re surprised you noticed as if it’s always like this.

So do people that always have super clean houses kind-of mess things up when they have company come over? “Honey, quick, make the couch cushions messy. We don’t want them to think we’re crazy neat freaks.”