Oh how I hate having my mother in law and sister in law in the same room.
Not only is there some sort of ancient beef between the two of them, they tend to team up on others with their default hostility.
So, last Thanksgiving was a tense time inside the central air conditioning of my home. It was my first time hosting the holiday. The fact that we live way down south and they live way up north has enabled me to get around hosting holidays. But now, it was time for them to be in our home for like five days. So it was battle stations for me and my hubby. We live simply and comfortably. Our home is smaller than most but it’s just the two of us. However, we have the latest in residential HVAC and HVAC technology. When we bought this house, that was the first thing that we chose to replace. And we went deep when it comes to getting the sort of quality heating and air that we wanted. But my hubby’s family is more high end and big money. They tend to have this sort of built in condescension towards us because we choose to focus on joy and not money. And so that meant that we had to put on our best face. That meant getting the house in tip top shape as well. To that end, I even called the HVAC company to come do the ductwork cleaning and ductwork resealing. While all the HVAC equipment was new, I had no idea if the ductwork cleaning had ever been done. Well, our house was perfect and we were authentically us. It went about as well as expected but at least the indoor air quality was excellent.