So my parents came to visit this weekend for the 3 year in a row. It’s sorta become a tradition. They always come for a weekend on October to see the beautiful leaves and see us. Anyway, the last two years I was really prepared and had meals and fun stuff to do planned for the whole time. This year, not so much. So I give you 15 tips for how to host your out-of-town parents for the weekend.
- Go to Universal the weekend before and get really tired so you don’t wanna do anything to get ready for your parents’ arrival.
- Only seriously clean your shower once per year right before they come.
- Start cleaning your apartment the day before they come.
- Take off 2 days of work to sit around and do practically nothing with your parents just because you can.
- Don’t plan meals or anything and just wing it the whole time.
- Send your hubby and/or your dad to the store a couple times per day to get things you forgot you don’t have.
- Don’t plan much to do while they’re here. In fact, you could buy some tickets to the Ohio State game the day before they get here. There’s one day planned.
- Oh, and of course you’ve gotta watch Dancing With the Stars. That’s one night planned.
- Stay up late every night for no reason. Just talking, playing cards, and watching movies. Then sleep in through late morning and then nap on the couch all afternoon.
- Go to Lynd’s Fruit Farm on a Monday when “U-Pick” is closed (we couldn’t pick our own apples) and the market is out of all the good stuff after selling it all over the weekend and hasn’t gotten new stock in.
- Watch Oh Brother Where Art Thou because your dad found out your husband has never seen it and that’s just absurd.
- Have your dad ‘teach’ you and your husband the card game, Rook because that’s what your parents do for fun and it’s more interaction than watching another movie.
- Let your dad drive everywhere. Hey, he would rather be the one driving and you can certainly save on gas!
- Take no pictures for the blog because you’re
too busyliving life. (My mom took the above one at Lynd’s and I took a couple of Pip but that’s it.) - Enjoy every minute with your parents! I sometimes forget how much I really miss them with my busy life. But when they’re around things just seem right, you know?
What do you do when your out-of-town parents come to visit?
Thanks for reading!
Thanks for reading!
