Comments on: How To Pretend Your House is Always Clean When Your In-laws Drop By For a Surprise Visit

By: How to Pretend Your House is Always Clean | Mom Living

How to Pretend Your House is Always Clean | Mom Living — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:08:10 +0000

[...] says she'll be over in 5 minutes for a quick visit with the grandkids. Well now, using these tips from Michelle, you can make the most out of those five minutes! My favorite tip: Swiffer Wet Jet is your [...]

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:33:04 +0000

Michelle – I love how you write with humor. Great tips. I'm not good with people coming to my house (I'm a tad of a perfectionist but too proud to admit I'm a full prefectionist) so I am grateful that Jeremy's parents live in Utah and Chicago and his mom (the Chicagoan) never visits.

By: Lizz @ Yes, and So is My Heart

Lizz @ Yes, and So is My Heart — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:42:01 +0000

Great tips. I've pulled most of them a time or two for various reasons.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:30:22 +0000

Michelle, you're lucky you get any notice, but good tips for speed cleaning. My FIL just shows up at the door. I have said to call first several times.

By: AmyDe

AmyDe — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:29:34 +0000

Oh how funny – only because it's so true! One more tip – run the originally crammed full dishwasher FIRST thing – then you can empty it quickly and cram in all the pots and pans and handwash items in there at the last minute! We have exactly 2 hours and 20 minutes from the time we get the phone call until the time the doorbell rings!