Thanks, Christina! And I'm glad you had a nice visit with your husband's family members.

Actually yes, I had initiated conversations with my siblings about cleaning up our dad's house. I even offered to pay for a cleaning company to come in and do a one-time deep cleaning (w/the possibility of regular work paid by my dad), but my brother doesn't want that. He said he'd do some, but I have my doubts it would be a good job. I didn't bug him much more about that because he was hospitalized for congestive heart failure, at the time. I'll bring it up again.

The worst room in my dad's house is his dining room. My brother has the craziest stuff in there. Everywhere. Honey beekeeping stuff, chicken related stuff (he raises chickens), cooking paraphernalia, electrician stuff, you name it. Dad doesn't have a sit-in kitchen, so the dining room is where he should eat. Dad seems to have lost control of bills and other paperwork. That had been piling up on the table, too. My sister will take that over. I told her I'd buy a darned "in box". If nothing else, it would contain it into one spot.