Housekeeping is hard Work

I am exhausted! My elder son wants to have friends over tonight for burgers and "hanging out". Of course that means a few parents will also be hanging out. That's all fine. But it means that the house has to be clean-----not just my usual "clean enough", but really clean.

I hit the floor at 6:00 this morning, (on a Saturday!) and started picking up , straightening up, and putting away. An hour later I came out of my bedroom. Stuart did the upstairs, Erin did her bathroom, and AJ helped from his wheelchair with the living room and a few little jobs he can reach, like wiping out the lower fridge shelves. And it took us all morning to get the floors cleaned, the trash out, the bathrooms in good shape and such. Why does it take so long? It did not seem that bad when we started!

Then there are the veggies to prepare, and the dips to make, and the drink fridge to stock.......and the last minute shopping trip to get the things I thought I had, but can't find now so I guess somebody ate them.

So I'm exhausted, and I still have to cook the burgers. At least I have a running start on the cleaning I'll have to do before Bible study on Thursdays. Maybe I'll even get some fall decorating done in the next week.