If you follow me on Twitter, or visit my blog on Friday for Happies and Crappies you probably heard that the lovely Sarah (my H&C partner in crime) came to visit me this weekend.
Let’s be honest here. My house isn’t always perfectly clean. There- I said it.
During the week I’m extremely busy. I student teach at least 40 hours a week and also have to work on lesson plans during the week/weekend. Not only that, but I attempt to have some sort of social life with friends, spend as much time as I can with Mathew, cook, blog, etc. It can be A LOT. So yeah, maybe I decide to leave dirty dishes in the sink a night or two, or don’t fold my blanket on the couch, or leave a pile of freshly washed towels on the couch. Why? BECAUSE I CAN.
So when friends tell me they’re coming over, I do the “quick!- company-is-coming” dance and clean the house like a mad woman. You’ve done it before, right?
Friday night Sarah was supposed to arrive and I cleaned our entire place in about an hour and it was pretty sparkling. Not perfect, but pretty good considering I did it alone. I even found the time to dust. I laughed about it to Sarah on the phone while she drove into town. Hey- at least I’m honest! I thought it was hilarious that I was randomly dusting on a Friday night all because I had a friend coming over.
The phone call with Sarah got me thinking though- how many other people do this? I can’t be alone, can I?
Anyway, my question for today is:
When you know company is coming over, are you able to somehow clean the ENTIRE house in 1 hour (or even a swift 30 minutes) instead of the usual 4-5 hours it would take you if no one was coming over? Why do you think this is?! This baffles me!
Girl…I spend an ENTIRE day cleaning! I don’t like it when people decide to pop over the same day…it freaks me out! LOL!
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I too put off the cleaning because I have zero time in the evenings. On a normal Saturday I spend the most of the day cleaning the house. But you let someone call and say they are coming over and I can get it done QUICK. I think I can even clean up the house from the time someone turns on my driveway until they knock on the door HAHA!
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Since I’m home most days, I don’t have to typically do a full on cleaning like you mentioned. BUT, yes.. when I find out that someone is coming over, if my house is a mess it’s suddenly a mad rush to get it all picked up and put away. It’s usually toys and kids stuff, but yeah.. I can clean it all up so fast when I only have a little bit of time. Then again, I’ve always worked best under pressure. haha
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I totally do this! Even when it’s just family coming over:) I even do a real quick race around the house before the hubby gets home. It helps keep me motivated. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
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You just described my life to a “T”. I don’t actually clean my house until friends/company come over.. which is actually quite often ha ha But I love that when pressured I get more done! xo
I do this too!! Deadlines have a funny way of making us way more efficient… But selfishly, I would much rather do a quick surface clean that’s “good enough” for company, and then do a deep clean after they leave just so I can enjoy a clean house for myself. 🙂
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I clean like a crazy woman all day before company comes over! My kids always tell me not to let anyone come over because I get so crazy! Hee hee!
I think when company is coming over we really go all out with the cleaning instead of getting ourselves side tracked by other things (like computer and tv!). Maybe I need to invite more people over so I have the motivation to clean quickly…ha!
I TOTALLY do that! Actually, my in laws are coming to visit on Friday and I’m pretty sure that the only reason that I’m doing this whole house clean is because of them! Whoops.
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