preparing for the invasion

My parents come in tomorrow for a week, and I am mostly looking forward to seeing them. I am excited to show them more of Portland, take them out to the coast and show them why I love living here. I'm taking off three and a half days from work to show them around and visit with them.

But...a week of my parents, a week of my mother, is a long time. We usually have a hard time finding stuff to talk about after an afternoon with them. Granted, we've been getting along better and having more normal conversations, but that is for just a few hours per week.

I was trying to menu plan for the week and it was so difficult. My mother is such a picky eater of bland things. I honestly don't know how she isn't sick to death of what she eats since she really doesn't eat all that much. I had to buy stuff I pretty much never buy, sugar cereal, orange juice, cookies, just junk I don't usually have in the house. And I feel like there is very little food in the food I bought. Sigh.

We spent today cleaning and doing laundry and buying stuff for the house. Staining our coffee table, making sure the place looks great. All that jazz.

Stay tuned for updates on how the week is going...here's hoping for minimal drama!