Look Who's Coming (to take you out) to Dinner?

The thing about unexpected company is that you have to clean your entire house (bathrooms, floors, playroom, kids' rooms, office, kitchen) with no notice. And... I actually did do this today. With about 30 minutes warning that counsins of ours from NC were going to be calling to come over, I started the whirlwind. 30 minutes later, they called to say there were on their way and were 30 minutes away. And they're probably staying overnight. Ok, if you're following, I had an hour to clean up. Quick survey of the house:

kitchen: a wreck, and I had 4 kids over
floors: not vacuumed in about 3 days (dog hair, dog hair and more dog hair)
surfaces: not dusted in about a month, dog hair
bathrooms: cleaned a few days ago, but already atrocious as always
playroom: OMG! (and one of the guests needed to stay on the futon in there- yikes!)
Ethan's (The guest) room: needs clean sheets

While I create a tornedo of cleaning, every other second two thoughts go through my head:
1. If I actually cleaned a little more often I wouldn't be in this predicament, and
2. I bet Tisha's house is ready to accept guests without a second thought about the bathrooms. I wish my house were like that, except I'm not really the clean-y person to achieve it.

All this in 1 hour. Believe it or not, I did it. One of my cousins even asked me if I had a maid. Ha!

(Ethan and Alex were actually hugely instrumental in pulling this off as they did the entire playroom by themselves. I can't remember what I promised them, but I think it was hefty, like lots of candy or money or toys or something. I'll regret that I'm pretty sure.)