Since I'm obsessive about lists, I'm doing an online list of 'things to do' before my in laws arrive tonite.
- Kitchen cleaned? - Check
- Cleaned for the nth time? - Check
- Pantry cleaned? - Check
- Carpet vacuumed for the 5th time? - Check
- Beds made? - check
- New bed spread? - Check
- All traces of eggs removed? - Check
- Finish eating the bread made with eggs? - Check
- The non existent patio clean? - Check
- Laundry done? - Check
- Stuff that makes sure they won't have grandchildren for sometime hidden? - Check
- Easily available hair clips and bands so that I don't have to let my hair loose? - Check
- Bindis in abundance strewn around to show I 'do' use them? - Check
- Look for stuff to wear around the neck and the Diamond earrings for the ear? - Check
-Engagement ring on the finger, and the right finger at that? - Check
- Toe rings on toes - tie with thread to make it tight since my toes have lost weight pushing things off the couch/bed? - Check
- A batch of Idli maavu(batter) in the fridge to prove that I make healthy Desi breakfasts everyday - FAIL - the Idli maavu created red Idlis ( I dunno what to do!)
- All health files hidden? - Check
- Reining in excited husband? -FAIL
- Buy more flowers and random stuff to make the house look like home after 1.5 years of moving in? - Check
- Light the lamp? - Check
- Bangle on one hand - the thinnest one, preferably? - Check
- A watch on the other hand ( so that there is no need for a second bangle, and that I seem to be aware of time and age to be more responsible and more importantly to get up earlier than 10 AM for the next one month)? - Check
*am doing this as I sit on the couch ordering AB around for the above things to get done. So much tension over nothing. sigh.*
Yes. The in-laws will be here in precisely 6 hours. And I cannot sit on the couch anymore and offer precious advice and counselling to all your problems and cannot comment on your love lives for one month. So wonly one request: Don't have fun without me ;)
37 comments:
LOL!! :--) Have fun!
LOL :)
Stuff that makes sure they won't have grandchildren for sometime hidden? - Check This was hilarious!!! J does this every time someone comes home!!!
Sorry about the idli maavu, stupid thing is always hit or miss with me too :(
Have fun with the in-laws!!!
hehe, you ught copyright this checklist and spread it around. Lots more dil's can use it for tension-free in-law stays :-)
LOL@red idlis. Really? ROFL. need picture!
i am going to miss you nandu!
My God nandu...what a hilarious post! can totally relate to it...am expecting my nanad next month and am already checking things off in my mind...sigh! Talking of idly batter...my batter always give rock-like idlis...it is soooo frustrating...lekin lekin lekin...ghabraane ki koi zaroorat nahin...mtr hai na!
Oh no! I forgot about the idly mavu. Amma's asleep now but I will ask her as soon as I get up tomorrow morning and e-mail you!
ROFL!!
Hopefully you will continue showing up online at least once a day!!
Enjoy all the goodies :)
1 month! what am i going to do? my life will be in tatters...
PS: terrible word verification..nearly sprained my wrist typing that abomination
ROFL @ stuff that makes sure they wont have grandchldren for sometime. Only you can do this. Lol
We will all miss you for one month. That means we'll talk endlessly about you.
And is there a chemistry reason for red idlis? I mean something is wrong right? They taste fine though. I've eaten them.
red idlis?? did u use red rice?? anyway, paunch & i live with the inlaws now! what i miss most about our old life is eating breakfast in my night clothes!!
Point 23: Ha! Fraud! :P
Does this mean that I will be left all alone to chat with SJ??? (shuddering!!!)
Stuff that makes sure they won't have grandchildren for sometime hidden? ...lolz..I do the same just that it is to make sure that Saman doesn't find the stuffs that makes him realize he is not gonna have siblings for another decade or two...
Hope you are gonna have a rocking time with ur in laws and get to cook more than A this time around :) :)
You have a great blog. And that was a hilarious post!
ROFL, loved it!
LMAO..I go with SJ n Sakshi..:D
Stuff that makes sure they won't have grandchildren for sometime hidden? - :)
what have you been pushing off sofas eh?
and where is the mangalsutra/thali wotever wotever? prominantly displayed?
i havejust seen the end of aunt and uncle in law today in the morning. whew. as a reaction i want to throw my shoes on the sofa and jump up and down.
Hahaha. Good one. I wish you could come up with a checklist of must-dos that your in-laws might have prepared for themselves before coming to your home. I think that list would include items like:
1. Packed the pair of silk kurtas for son? - Check
2. Packed that gold earring for daughter in law? - Check
3. Packed 2 kg of that famous sweet for son & bahu? - Check
4. Prepared that discourse on the virtues of grandchildren? - Rehearse
5. Not to quarrel in front of son & daughter in law? - Promise
Lol.Cheers!
:) How I relate!
ROFL!!!
Don't worry everything will be fine! Hope you are havin' a great time with them!
Will miss ya! Try to keep coming in and writing your stories... :)
ROFL !
superb
but then is it thAt imp to wear a thaali and toe rings...
sumday they will get used to u not wearing them
@Aditi
it is very very very very important. very.
Thanks all of you :) I'm having fun, but without Internet :| No time. But since my mother in law insists on getting up and doing everything before the dawn strikes my part of the country, I'm forced to do get up before dawn.
I shall be back.
LOL :)
Have fun girl. :)
Thanks for visiting N, indeed enjoyed the stay in Bangalore but DID NOT love the pollution, hard to love that black smoke coming out of big buses when you are right next to it sitting in the autos filled with that was a constant nightmare for me!
I had to replace my powder puff of my compact every third day which would turn black when I powdered my nose everyday. Sitting in the autos, traveling everyday from one friend's home to another was the hardest for me, next time I try and stay home more! Mysore was lot better, loved it.
Replied to your comment at FH. Enjoy the in laws.See you in the Fall! :)
lol!! my corners of my mouth are just too stretched to say anything more.....
enjoy the month!!
First time here. Need I say the very first post I read was hilarious and forced me to comment before I went about reading the rest :D
Oh God! really In-lawed......you freshened up my day with great sense of humor.....
ayayayay! :P
LOL.. Reining in excited husband - FAIL... Good one..ATB
I can so relate to this list of yours...Esp the toe ring bit...i had to hunt for it everytime...now, been married for ages, no toe rings, mil visiting next month, got to search for taali !
A cracker of a read!
I had tons of fun! :)
@SJ : why does J do it everytime someone comes home? Are you guys normal? :D
@ Rads : I should so market myself as 'home' entrepreneur and write a book no?
@ Maami: Pataas daan vedikyum if I didn't follow all this.
everyone uses those contraceptives whats there to hide no? He has OCDC= obsessive compulsive disoder contraceptive, thats why he is the one to do it.
I am normal he is not.
ps- this is between u and me don't tell him all this.
that one cracked me up! hilarious!
ROFL! Loved the list!
And heres a virtual high-five for your obsession over lists! :) I have one too, and I stick mine up on the fridge.. :)
Doesnt it feel awesome to be checking stuff off the list?
Btw, your list is similar to mine.. a lot! :)
[Came here through Max's blog]
You have a really good checklist.
I will inform my sister to follow your way to get rid of the scoldings from my mother...
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