Tony is semi-freaking about his folks coming... HELP!

This will be their 1st holiday with us, and he wants everything to be PERFECT for their visit. I don't understand his case of 'nerves', because they're perfectly lovely people, but he's as nervous as a whore in Church. He's done everything but wax the cat, and if he dusts any more, he'll start rubbing the varnish off of things.

Suggestions?

:shrug:

That'll calm him down.

... and he's a very nice cat.

;)

Have a great Holiday, you two! :hi:

All will be well. I assume his parents aren't the type to go around with a white glove. My parents aren't like that in the least, and it is a very good thing. Besides, I suspect no one would complain with the cooking skills that will be evident.

I keep telling him it's OK, but he keeps fidgeting.... :P

;)

:)

do no harm.

Well, let him climb the walls, soon enough it'll be Turkey time!

You two have a nice Holiday,

Lunabush

It works the best. See how it worked for Mittens. A nice shiny coat....

but it'll be deleted ;-).

Maybe it's one of those treatments that needs to be repeated?

:evilgrin:

:P

some of us are just nutters...nothing you can do about it till after the parents are gone :evilgrin:

I'm looking forward to their visit, because I like them both a LOT, especially his mom. Weird, huh?

:)

from yours. you dont have to make her proud of you...he does....

you guys are just such an adorable couple

I'll admit that he while he loves his father, he ADORES his mom. Maybe that's it?

:)

if my dad were coming over i would want everything to be just perfect (even though he wouldnt notice and would love me even if there was a thick coat of dust on my floor)

His mom won't care, either, but try and convince Tony of that.

:P

Just curious. ;)

Pretty nervous? E.g., he's restacked the magazines on the coffee table FOUR times (so far).

;)

...you put your best porn on the top of the stack!

:spank:

Make me sit here at work for another @#$%%&#$#$% two hours!

..getting that "worked up" will all but guarantee you ALL will NOT have a good , relaxed time together...

...failing that drugs/alcohol might help :O)

I've dragged him off.... elsewhere... once, and that helped momentarily. May have to do it again...

:evilgrin:

A friend tells of the first time he tried to wash his cat. Unfortunately he thought about it first. He climbed into the shower with the cat, having prepared in the usual way for a shower. He closed the sliding door, and turned on the water.... The result is left as an exercise for the reader....

The cat did eventually forgive him (bribery helped). He eventually forgave the cat. We presented him with a (matted even) blowup of the garfield cartoon which has John putting on football gear and welding gloves, then in the next frame filling the washtub.

How about having him alphabetise the CD's? Weed the filing cabinet? Catalog all the video tapes? (not just label them, but make a master list of whats on each tape)

Holidays and family coming. Since I'm usually the holiday loon in my house, I'd say just be supportive. And maybe compliment all the little details, the stuff he's been working on for days. Maybe if you make a fuss out of everything that's right, he'll quit worrying about everything he "forgot" to do. Have fun!!

I've complimented him opn how fantastic the house looks, which was easy, because it does, etc. . :)

Those tablecloths and napkins really need another hit with the iron.

Wait - is that a smudge I see on the window? Better do 'em all, to be safe.

You mean your cans are NOT arranged alphabetically?

You know when it says to "rinse the rice" it means each grain, right?

That frig is not gonna clean itself out, buster.

Have you sanitized the lint filter in the dryer lately?

Did you know you CAN vaccuum the driveway?

If there's dust on the lightbulbs, you're not really ready for company.

If you hurry, the fumes from painting the inside of all the closets will be gone by the time they get there.

eileen from OH

:P

I don't have to. I'm a Mom and we Moms can ALWAYS find more things that need to be done. It's our little payback for the labor/delivery thing.

By the way, those Clorox bleach pens and a toothbrush will make that bathroom grout look brand new.

eileen from OH

I did the Soft Scrub with Bleach and toothbrush routine on the bathroom this morning.

:P

I'm mopping my kitchen floor and I'm not doing another damned thing. Now just STOP STOP STOP pointing out eveything else that's dirty in my house!

:)

He already did that, too. :P

My parents aren't coming!

If he waxes your cat, can you send the results by PM? I have 5 that "Wanna go out, wanna go out, wanna go out, LET ME IN, LET ME IN, LET ME IN. :P

Got so bad yesterday, my spouse pitched the Siamese of the back deck into the deep snow. She's extremely pissed at him!! We called it the "feline frosted fur fling" and may make in annual pre-holiday event.................


Have fun with the parents. :hi::loveya::hi: and Happy Turkey Day!

Hope no one's wearing white gloves, toots.

eileen from OH

She's thrilled just to be spending the holiday with us. I doubt she'd care if we were holding it in a barn.

:)

With chill pills.

a fabulous Thanksgiving. Give Tony a couple of shots to calm him down and everything will be just dandy.

BTW is it snowing downstate? It's been snowing here in the southwest burbs of Chicago since about noon and there's at least 2 inches on the ground right now. The oul fella just made me take pictures of the trees out in front of the house. It looks real pretty right now. I just love the first snowfall...

I poured a couple of drinks down his throat, and he's MUCH more relaxed. Yes, we got a little snow and sleet, but we also got 35 m.p.h. winds, with gusts to 50!

:)

Chicago is f'd up big time. Some woman from NBC Channel 5 is trying to get to Detroit, she left her house at 1:30 pm and at 5:00 pm she was as far as Gary on the Skyway.

Oh well, here's hoping you all have a wonderful Turkey Day. I know I will.

Gran just called from Union Station, and reports that a Red Cap has her in tow, so all is going well. Hope yours is special, too!

:hi:

if he has cleaned out the furnace ducts.

He would probably implode on the spot!!!