Erm... it depends which parts of the house we let them see. ^^;

The living room and front entrance is always clean.. the kitchen table--never... my room--don't go there unless you want to never emerge!

Well... we've gotten pretty used to it. It's not that bad. Plus it's better to clean things off every now and then.

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if they don't come near my room upstairs everything is fine

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@ yuna: I'm glad to read I'm not the only one with a kitchen table that attracts things (like piles of papers)!

That is so funny that my house would be clean all the time. When I was a child my mother thought I was obsessive-compulsive because I cleaned her house all the time, really I can't handle a messy room; it's so distracting.

Little by little I have learned to try to deal with having a bit of a mess (as opposed to dirtiness), because trying to chase after a four-year-old and keep a place sparkling is like trying to rake the beach. I'm constantly going between my need to give him attention and my difficulty with distractability from surrundings. I've gotten better!

So, yes, when company comes over, I very often indeed find myself scrambling to get the place presentable.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but one step--Napolean Bonaparte

Usually its not too bad.

@ Chana...No. You can't have a 4 year old AND a totally tidy house at the same time. It would be impossible.

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Actually, it's pretty neat over here. Tho I still tend to tidy things up for guests. However that depends on who's comin actually

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Not really need to be done much to welcome guests

Homo homini lupus ~ the human is a human, a wolf

Dear visitors: Please announce your arrival three days in advance!

We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.

since I'm not really a fan of tidying up I mostly have a mess in my rooms. so I have to clean up before guests could enter my living area - if not they would be shocked
speaking of it, I did it today and it took the hole day to tidy up our 3 rooms because tomorrow I've invited some friends for a barbecue...

If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea.

i can't stand dirtiness. yuck. but at the same time my room is always messy. i like to move things around, touch it all. kinda hyper. so no, they could come over unexpectedly and i wouldnt feel embarrassed.

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My house needs intensive cleaning and tidying before receiving any guests.

It is not WHAT you give, but HOW you give that counts!

Hmmm, well I guess I have "my tidy" and "visitor tidy"...the latter being a lot more intensive in the cleaning stakes.
well not cleaning....dirt is always a no-no...but a bit of clutter always needs to be dealt with before visitors arrive.

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People usually just turn up unannounced, so there's no chance to tidy up. But anyway, if they don't like it they can lump it! It's not horrendously messy or anything anyway.

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yea i tidy up a little if i am expecting guests but depends on who is coming as to how much tidying up that i do

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'

My house usually is pretty clean and neat , except before guest coming to my house , i would prefer to give my house one last touch .. such as .. make sure the coffee table has no marks from 3 years old grubby hands ( my son ) with his finger prints on it .. and i want the pillows on the couch set the right way .. i usually vacuum my house before guest coming even though i vacuum the day before i would still vacuum it again ..

I guess it is fairly neat.. but i do throw things in the closet if people are coming over and lock the cats in bedroom otherwise they would be all over guests especially ones who dont like cats. ".."

Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

~ Leonard Cohen ~

I have to tidy up before they arrive. It's a major ordeal actually!

Well I dont really care if its tidyed before they come. They chose to come, they have to taket it as it is...

Je suis le maitre de ma vie || Je suis prest

Our house is generally neat and tidy

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Generally it's tidy but sometimes there are some things to be put away.

there is always something to do when you have a 7 year old that makes a mess lol

I used to clean up quite well before any guests entered my flat but since my boyfriend moved in with me it's always such a chaos that it's not any use to clean up that much.. I've had to get used to having a messy flat .. and the guests will have to get used to that, too!

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Having visitors is usually the best motivation for doing some tidying up. Just need to know in advance they're coming 'cause hearing the door bell suddenly just doesn't give me enough time.

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my mom always cleans and cleans before guests come.. i never understood that.. they leave the place dirtier then is was!

Eat me !

my mom is really fussy about this. like if she knows there are ppl coming she'd make us clear the place b4 they arrive n i usually get annoyed by this lol. but i guess when i have my own family id b like that too