It is inevitable.  They will come.  Unexpected. Unannounced.  You are woefully unprepared.  You have one hour. Maybe two if you are lucky.  The in-laws are coming, and you need to spiff up your house quick as lightning.  Here are some helpful tips:

• Closets are your friend. Stuff things in closets you know they won’t look in.
• Kids are helpful. Use them. Bribe them with cash and candy.
• Ask your friends to pray for you to keep your sense of humor
• Swiffer Wet Jet is your friend.
• Cram the dish washer as full as it will go
• Hide your dirty laundry in both the washer and the dryer…yes, I have done this.
• Order take out and put it in the dishes your Mother-in-law bought you for your wedding.
• Pour bleach down your kitchen sink drain. Makes it smell like you’ve been cleaning everything.
• Make sure your kitchen towel drawer is perfectly in order. Your Mother-In-Law will check.
• Breathe. The worst thing that could happen is that they will have a worse opinion of you. You know you. You know you rock the world with your love, not your cleaning.
• Give yourself a pat on the back.
• Make the coffee.