Hello me lovelies! I know I have been out of pocket lately, and I truly apologize for not commenting on your posts for much of the last week, but I have been at Mither’s and Pop’s. Yes, again! We squirmed and wormed until we found a way for Henrietta to have someone here with her all the time and everyone pitched in to make it happen. Then I left on Friday the 24th of last month and returned on Friday the 31st! A whole week! Alone at my parents house! We had a ball.
Before I left I cleaned house like a mad woman. Swept, mopped, vacuumed, did every speck of laundry in the place, I mean I washed things that I’m pretty sure had never before been washed, like…. baseboards-behind the furniture. I was amping up. So I left and came back home a week later to, this:
This was made the day before I got back…
It was empty when I left and empty when I got back. But of course the sink, counters and stove top were empty when I left, too.
There were stacks of laundry in the floor to be done and a load in the dryer and washer, both. Not to mention the basket of clean that needs to be folded. The two bath mats that were my last load to do before I left and, (shamefully), left in the dryer were on the floor beside the piles of dirty(?) clothes. All they had to do with them was throw them back in the floor in the guest bathroom.
Needless to say I was a bit surprised. I do believe my parting words were, “Pick up after yourselves! You’re not a bunch of two year old’s. The house is perfectly clean, just keep it that way.”
Oh. Did I say “parting words”? I meant famous last words. Like I didn’t really know this was coming. To their credit, the dishwasher was completely loaded, run and unloaded…. twice during the week. For a family of four. I am scared to get close enough to anyone to smell their clothes.
However, I will say this; they did a bang up job taking care of H. She did her usual thing that I warned them about, where she tests the limits of her authority with everything and she did pitch a couple of fits and cried a least twice about things that nobody had any control over. But, all in all, they kept her in line. She has had no complaints about her treatment since I got home. I need to just leave a gag and ropes for her care more often. JOKING! I’M JUST JOKING! Do not call the elder abuse people on me.
I have many more photos of all the wonders that are Mither and Pop’s place and Decatur in general. So stay tuned! They’ll be stories to go along with them!
15 comments
Comment by Nicole on August 1, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I am glad that you had a great time – and I hope it was a good enough time to outweigh the feeling of coming home to the messes that you came home to! Although, two loads of dishes and Henrietta still alive ain’t too shabby!
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: She Is Less Than Amused =-.
Comment by nng on August 1, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Glad you had a well deserved vacation! Cant wait to hear all about it! I missed you funny girl!
Dont worry about the mess! That shit is forever.
Comment by Kori on August 1, 2009 at 8:37 pm
to hell with hoping you had a good trip; I am just terribly glad you are back! : )
.-= Kori´s last blog ..Another Edition of Friday Fragments =-.
Comment by witchypoo on August 1, 2009 at 9:58 pm
If it isn’t their domain, they aren’t going to care aobut the clean as much as you are.
I remember when Ma went away. Whee! the parties!
.-= witchypoo´s last blog ..HoHoHo =-.
Comment by Krissa on August 1, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Your Ma at least got to clean up the easy crap from your parties. Beer and soda cans, liquor bottles, chip bags… all easy shit. I live with a bunch of degenerate, adolescent, pigs.
Comment by grandma j on August 2, 2009 at 8:20 am
I think they interpreted your “parting words” as a dare! LOL
.-= grandma j´s last blog .. =-.
Comment by Jean M. on August 2, 2009 at 4:49 pm
At least they DID run the dishwasher TWICE and some attempt of laundry. If I we’re to leave for a week alone, there wouldn’t be jack done! Glad you had a great time anyway!
.-= Jean M.´s last blog ..What Have I Been Up To? =-.
Comment by Karen on August 2, 2009 at 9:57 pm
You know that while you have to say the parting words, they have to mess with you. Or mess the place up. Or something. It’s the way life works, just to make us lose our minds.
Comment by Susan on August 3, 2009 at 5:22 am
OK, how come if you got home on Friday you don’t answer your phone on Sunday?
Glad you had a good time, you totally deserve it. I’m gonna try and call you again on Tuesday. (that’s not the threat that it sounded like)
Comment by warriorwitch on August 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm
i feel 4 u, i really do.
i leave for a business trip and my friend doesn’t clean up. she does a great job of caring for my 3 furballs but she doesn’t clean up. they all throw up cause it’s summer and they loose more fur at this time of the year.
so when i get back it’s like a mine field at my place.
i like your site – and your humour. i’ll be back.
.-= warriorwitch´s last blog ..they should come with mute buttons, tv remotes do. =-.
Comment by Hyphen Mama on August 3, 2009 at 2:16 pm
What? No vacuuming the carpet with the steam cleaner thingy? I love Nicole’s comment: “two loads of dishes and Henrietta still alive ain’t too shabby!”
Sister… you ARE like a dingle berry… I think of you all the time (and not in a creepy way). I love the daughter stories because I know my daughter (and son!) will be like that, too. I can’t go shopping without thinking of John’s thieves and wonder how in tarnation I could get out of a grocery store with $700 worth of steak and lobster. I listen to my MIL harp at me and know that at least she goes home and I don’t have to wipe her butt and clean her poop. I see on the news how Texas is having the worst drought in history and wonder if that affects you.
Apparently, I need a hobby.
You rock!
.-= Hyphen Mama´s last blog ..Like a hamster on crack….oh look somethingsparkly =-.
Comment by big hair envy on August 3, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I am SO pleased that you were able to get away for an entire week!! There is no one more deserving!!! Cannot wait to hear about your adventures in Decatur!!!
I’ve missed you:)
.-= big hair envy´s last blog ..Fall? Really? =-.
Comment by Ree on August 3, 2009 at 8:56 pm
The house was standing? Quityerbitchin. 😉
.-= Ree´s last blog ..Grace in Small Things: 33/365 =-.
Comment by Roger on August 4, 2009 at 7:09 am
Jenni would SO KILL ME if I did something like that, while she was away. Glad that you had a great time, and welcome home.
.-= Roger´s last blog ..The Natives Are Restless =-.
Comment by Wineplz on August 5, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Glad you were able to get some time away, even if you had to come home to a mess. You definitely deserved the time “off”.
.-= Wineplz´s last blog ..That Weekend, You Know, in Chicago? =-.
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