Re: Here come Wally and Mary Ellen

On Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27:11 -0700, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary
Shafer)" <reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Fri, 09 May 2008 20:13:56 GMT, "Lesmond" <lesmond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
>
>> But my main bathroom is quite nice, if you don't look too hard at the
crud in
>> the corners.  Which, BTW, is always cleaned up when my MIL is here.
>
>I had a wonderful mother-in-law and I really miss her.  She was an
>immaculate housekeeper, a great cook, and a gracious and lovely
>person.  She never said a word in criticism to me, but I flogged
>myself and my cleaning lady into getting my house spotless before she
>came to visit.  That was my standard, not hers.
>
>I truly don't think she would have cared if my house was its usual
>cluttered self.  It's never dirty, just cluttered, but I tried hard to
>de-clutter it because I assumed she'd be uncomfortable with it.  My
>cleaning lady used to laugh at me, because she knew my mother-in-law
>and though I was being silly to worry so much.
>
>Mary "I really won the in-law stakes; mine were perfect"
> 
You are lucky.  My MIL is the stereotypical southern belle. "I wish I
could be more relaxed about the way my house looks when company comes
over."  "Since you work so much, I'm sure glad I made sure my son
learned how to cook and wash his own clothes."

-- 
QueBarbara