Clean House

Believe it or not, I'm not a particularly sociable person. Whenever we go out to eat with a group of friends, Allan usually ends up doing more of the conversing than I do. So it's rather surprising that I've found myself enjoying entertaining folks at our own home. We've hosted our church's "Four Course Connection" for a couple of years, and have hosted several home karaoke and game nights, both at our previous apartment and in our current home.

I'd always thought that having folks over to our place would be too much work, but it hasn't felt that way at all. It's actually been kinda fun, taking advantage of our spacious living room and huge front deck.

Best of all, it keeps our place in tip-top shape. We try to do house cleaning every week, but sometimes that falls by the wayside, or we just do the bare minimum (like laundry) when we'd rather relax on a lazy Sunday. Expecting company really jump starts a frenzy of thorough cleaning that our house wouldn't ordinarily get, at least not on ay kind of regular basis.

And after we've given the house a thorough once-over, and company has departed? Well, we try to vow to continue to keep it clean (since maintenance is always easier, right?), but in reality, that usually lasts all of... one day. Maybe two ;-)

So, these days, I welcome regular company. Keeps us on our toes, cleaning-wise!