Why didn't the Ohio gang just stay at our house?
That was actually the original plan, but it proved to be unfeasible for a # of reasons:
1) I realized I'd have to clean the house (including bathrooms)
2) Not enough beds (the boy's room is upstairs and I didn't want Blanche to have to go up stairs) and not enough sheets
My theory: this is why we have Marriott points, to get me out of having to clean the house shortly before leaving on vacation. I'm embarassed to admit it, but between the two weeklong trips in a month and the cold I've caught, cleaning has really gone to the bottom of my list of things to do.