mlktwins Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 What am I thinking? Why can't I let it go? I am heading out of town tomorrow for 2 weeks and I am CLEANING! Almost done with the floors and then a quick hit to the bathrooms (did them well this weekend). Dusted and changed the sheets yesterday. I wish I could just let it go so I can finish packing!!! Is anyone else like this? Now packing...that's a whole other story :tongue_smilie:. I can't pack light to SAVE MY LIFE! Really needed to vent and now I'm back to cleaning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfcartmama Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 What am I thinking? Why can't I let it go? I am heading out of town tomorrow for 2 weeks and I am CLEANING! Almost done with the floors and then a quick hit to the bathrooms (did them well this weekend). Dusted and changed the sheets yesterday. I wish I could just let it go so I can finish packing!!! Is anyone else like this? Now packing...that's a whole other story :tongue_smilie:. I can't pack light to SAVE MY LIFE! Really needed to vent and now I'm back to cleaning! I don't have to clean. But everything must be picked up. It has to look like it is clean. Drives my kids crazy. This time it drove dh crazy. he's usually at work when it happens. And I can't pack light either. It's the reason I have a small purse. I have to keep putting things in there until it is full. Then it is too heavy to carry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 We're going away for a week in 24 days. I have a 24 day cleaning plan set up so we don't leave the house messy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! My house has to be spotless, too. There's nothing worse than coming home from a long trip to a dirty house .:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! Same here...but I contribute it to OCD :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I wish I had that problem. I have to clean the main areas of the house before we leave for vacation because we have the neighbors come and take care of the dogs. Otherwise, I would leave it a mess. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 My house has to be spotless, too. There's nothing worse than coming home from a long trip to a dirty house .:glare: I agree. That way there are only 2 things to do when we get back home: grocery shopping & laundry. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Oh, yes! I clean like crazy before a vacation. Grass gets cut, floors get mopped, beds get made (unlike most of our days). I figure there's enough to do once I return just getting the car cleaned out and the vacation laundry done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yes, but I use the catsitter as my excuse, since she's going to be coming in every day to feed cats, pick up mail, water plants and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCrazyMama Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I always have to clean before we go on vacation!! But, one of my big reasons is that I would like to have a clean house in case we died or something & someone had to go in our house to empty it out. Yep, morbid. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 My grandmother used to call it "cleaning for the firemen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5kidsforME Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I always have the house clean before we leave for vacation. In fact, I vacuum myself out of the house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yep, I clean before vacation. Because there's nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Absolutely. I even change sheets on beds and put up clean towels the morning we leave (or if we're leaving too early, the night before). Coming home to a dirty house would be the worst thing. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 My house may not always be spotless before we leave for vacation, but I want it ALL picked up, the laundry all done, etc. Re-entry after vacation is hard enough as it is, but it is much easier if one returns to a well-ordered home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Doing a proper springclean before we went on our last holiday was such a good idea - coming home was like an extension of the holiday. I also washed and tried all our clothes before we left the last place we stayed at, so I didn't even have the usual mountain of post-holiday laundry to deal with. I'll definitely do the same again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Do it. Get it done before you leave. I'm home from a not done house and man the feeling is horrible awful disgusting and wormy and exhausting. You are smart to get it done before. Trust me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I even do a big pick-up before we are gone for a day. Even day trips have too much aftermath for me. Five kids + stuff :eek: Packing light isn't a problem here. Clutter just drives me crazy. I may be OCD about clutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yep- I have to clean the house as well. It used to be because Dh liked coming back to a clean house. Now, I can really appreciate it. Just having to do the laundry after a vacation is enough to drive me batty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Agreed. Plus what happens if you die while you are gone? :tongue_smilie: (Didn't your grandmothers put that fear into you all as well? If you die someone has to enter your messy house and find your stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rieshy Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 We just got back from an 11hour car trip with 7 kids. The house was spotless when I walked in. Such a good feeling. It was a wreck 30 minutes later. Oh well. Maybe that's why we clean before we leave? Because we know it will stay clean the WHOLE time we're gone. Actually, any time the whole family is leaving to go anywhere I make everyone clean up on the way out. They want to hurry me so they clean faster.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 :):) I love coming home to a clean house! :):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Same here...but I contribute it to OCD :D Attribute. Sorry...my own version of OCD. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Yes, otherwise you have to come home to a messy house. The best vacations are when I go to visit my dd alone and my hubby cleans the house while I am gone. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missiemick Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRachel Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Yup. House has too be clean. I hate coming home with all our mess from a vacation to a mess. Because usually we walk in the door and are so exhausted we don't want to do anything. So much for vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 My house has to be spotless, too. There's nothing worse than coming home from a long trip to a dirty house .:glare: :iagree: When I walk in the door from vacations, I want to collapse onto the sofa and not move. If my house was dirty, I would feel the need to immediately start cleaning up and I would probably cry. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Wow! I am so glad to see I'm not the only one making myself crazy before vacation!! I feel much better now :lol:. It does feel good to come home to a clean house instead of a mess. We have a washer/dryer where we are going so I'm hoping to not have a ton of laundry to do when I get home either. Everything here is clean except for one load of laundry I hope to get to before I go. It may still be sitting in the dryer when I get back, but I'll take it. Now if I could just finish the packing! We leave in 5 hours :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Always. I really like coming home to a clean house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! Exactly! Coming home to a dirty house just serves to undo the relaxing effect of a vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I clean. I want a clean house when I return. when I return to a messy house, it's very stressful and undoes any good of actually going on vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I MUST leave the house clean or I can't go. It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house!! Me too! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I don't get drastic with the cleaning but I do like to tidy up before I go. Dh insists on cleaning out the car, vacuuming it, and washing it before vacation. Yeah, it's going to get dirty, but he can't relax when the car's already a mess. It's so nice coming home to a cleaned-up house. Especially because we're usually so tired when we get back. I thought everyone did this until I watched my neighbor's pets while they went on vacation. The sink had dirty dishes and the trash bin was full :eek: I think it surprised me because she tends to be tidier on the whole than I am. Oh well, to each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Cornelia Snook Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I try to clean before we leave. It IS nicer to come home to a clean house, but I admit that I'm also haunted by the "what if I died?" question! ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Dh insists on cleaning out the car, vacuuming it, and washing it before vacation. Yeah, it's going to get dirty, but he can't relax when the car's already a mess.n. I'm with your dh on this one! I love a clean car! I also try to pack lightly enough that all of our luggage fits into the way back so I don't have to see them. And, with teenaged boys, we need all the room we can get for legs (and feet)! I clean my house top to bottom before we go anywhere. I don't, however, dust. I figure I'm going to have to do that right away when we come home anyway. With all the stuff I have to put away after a vacation,the last thing I want is to come home with cleaning that needs to be done! Also, I try to double up a couple of our meals before we leave and freeze them so that we have meals for a couple days upon our return! I also have things available for breakfast and lunch for a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I cleaned my house last week before we left, and it was so nice to come home to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I am so glad that I'm not the only who goes crazy cleaning up the house before leaving for vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Definitely not all the way clean the way some people probably have but all the counters are neat, no stray papers on the floor, laundry done, and things generally neater and tidier than they may be going out for a few hours. Also, all trash has to be out of the house too and refrigerator cleaned out. I like to only have the vacation stuff to deal with when I come home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 It drives me crazy to come home to a dirty house. I want to come home, do laundry, clean out the car, and get right into our routine without having to worry about taking care of my home, ESPECIALLY after a relaxing vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Twice I left the house a mess, and twice relatives went into my home. One time we went away for the weekend and my dad and his wife came over to drop off something. Instead of just leaving they got into the garage some way and then into the house. She went on for years about me needing help with cleaning. During that time I was about eight months pregnant, had a handful of small children, and was in the process of packing to move. It was reasonable for it be a mess. All the other times she came over it was spotless, but those times don't count. The second time was when we left for a hurricane. Normally we don't leave but this was a big one, and I had just given birth about three days before it was due to hit (Hurricane Opal, I believe). We packed up and went to my sisters. My husband's parents came by a couple days after the storm went through and again got into my house (I still am not sure how. I really need better locks). It was a mess. The children were small and they didn't do much cleaning (them and dh) while I was in the hospital, and I didn't clean much when I got home (just three days). It wasn't horrific, but it wasn't spotless. Since then - even to this day (been 16 years) - she gives me cleaning supplies, cleaning equipment/machines, etc. The need for cleaning items was never mentioned before that visit. So, yeah, I clean before we leave. One never knows when a nosy, judgmental relative will weasel their way into your home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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