Cleaning

It's cleaning day here at the old Price household. It's also our last day of school. I need the school day to be over even more than the boys need the school day to be over. When I was little, I was so ecstatic to have Christmas break. Little did I know that the teacher is the one who does all the work and the teacher is who really needs the break.

It's times like these when I really, really wish I was a neat-freak. I wish my house was always sparkling. Oh yeah, and I don't want to be the one who does it. I want a magical fairy.

My in-laws are heading this way this weekend. It takes them two days to get here, so that leaves several days for me to clean and cook and clean. Oh, did I already say clean?

The carpet in the living room is in serious need of cleaning. I think I will rent the carpet cleaner today and get cracking on that after bedtime tonight. Surely the new, little dog won't pee on freshly cleaned carpet, will she?

It is times like these, when everything needs cleaned and everyone's bedroom looks like a tornado tore through, that I need the kids gone for two days. Dang it, where is that magical fairy when I need her?