May 23 - 337.1

Phew!! I'm whooped!!! The last people just left.

We hosted a get-together at our house. Lizzie was confirmed this morning at church, so my sister flew in from Chicago for the day. Since she was coming, we invited Scott's parents and his brothers and their families. I also invited two other families whose daughters were confirmed this morning, and four neighbor families.

Made enough food for an army. Cleaned all week. Deep cleaning - as in going through boxes of papers that had been there for quite a while. 

So, this morning, we are still sweeping and cleaning. Not sure what Scott did while I was gone all day yesterday but it wasn't cleaning the main portion of the house!!! Ended up tossing more stuff in my scrapbook space. Which is really bad since it was the area I never touched all week. But, the rest of the house looks far better than it has in probably two years.

I started going into my frantic bitch overdrive this morning and really bit my tongue so that I didn't yell at Scott. I'm the one who is home all week. Why didn't I get more cleaning done?

Scott said he actually liked the fact that I had gone into overdrive because for too long I've been far more of the attitude: Oh, well. It seems I'm definitely getting a little more spunk back. Finally.

But, we had 12 adults and 10 children here. All at the same time. They didn't eat nearly enough food!!! But, we had a good time. It was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed getting to visit. My kids got to see four of their cousins whom they don't get to see often. And a couple of the neighbor kids were here. 

And, now, I'm in the afterglow. Everything is cleaned up. Dishes are in the dishwasher. Food is put away. It's time to run the washer and go to bed! Yes, it is only 6pm. But, it's bed time!!!

And, I had absolutely no problems eating only what I should and could. Since I made most of the food, I pre-planned what I would eat and I stuck to it. Wasn't even tempted by the cut cookies my sister made and brought from Chicago, nor the brownies my mother-in-law made, nor the ice cream sundaes that we provided. I had a small bowl of Fat Free Cool Whip and was happy.