PMS in a Handbasket--Don't be afraid, just bring us food... Part 2a

[Briarmom]

My 5,000th post!

Let's drink!

 

[FroggyinArk]

wait,, 4's you are going to disney next week??


see me 14, no wait, 10, no wait 9 dayss thread.....

 

[L107ANGEL]

Good Morning Sunshines Wheres the sun today

 

[Miss Jasmine]

My 5,000th post!

Let's drink!

Like we need an excuse. Congrats!

Good morning!

 

[phorsenuf]

wait,, 4's you are going to disney next week??


see me 14, no wait, 10, no wait 9 dayss thread.....

Hi froggy!
Yes, we are leaving this Friday. We will be there from the 19th to the 25th. After 10 days of camping, good food, comfy beds and daily maid service is looking reeeeaaaaaal good! LOL


So, my MIL arrived yesterday. Her 3rd sentance to me was "My, you've certainly put on some weight." "Oh, that probably wasn't very nice to say, huh?" "But it looks like you've been eating well."

So I ask my DH later if she said anything to him because last time we saw her that was the first thing she said to him. Not even a hello. He says no she didn't say anything so I told him what she said to me.
He ended up going out (I was inside cooking) and said something to her about it. She says to him "oh, is she sesitive about it?"
he says what woman isn't? (nevermind the fact I am disabled and can't really exercise much) So he goes on and says how he's tired of her being so critical of us all the time, she's been that way since we've been married (23 years). They've always given me a hard time about everything and he's tired of it. She tried to defend herself but didn't get to far.
DH said to me "I hope you're not mad I said anything" I said "no, I can't believe you said anything." I was thrilled he did though. It's about time he stood up to her.
So anyways, my visit with her got off to a roaring start! LOL

C'mon Friday!!

So, what's everyone doing today? I have decided to go car shopping because I want a new one before we leave Friday. DH keeps telling me to go buy one so I think I'll take him up on his offer. LOL

 

[snowwhitesmom]

Sounds like you have a caring, considerate husband, phors - and a MIL who is jealous. Good for your DH! And a new car - way cool! Whatcha gonna get?

 

[phorsenuf]

Sounds like you have a caring, considerate husband, phors - and a MIL who is jealous. Good for your DH! And a new car - way cool! Whatcha gonna get?

Yeah....I got myself a great hubby!

I'm not sure of the car yet. Definately a van or small SUV. I have a dodge caravan now that I really like (I've always had caravans) so I'm partial there. I'm going to head to the Chrysler dealer and check out the Town and Countrys. I want something that will seat 7, even though we are down to 5 but I always have extra kids in tow. Plus I need something will pull our pop-up. So I'm still kinda undecided but will probably end up with a Dodge or Chrysler.

 

[Shugardrawers]

I'm spending ALLLLLL day today decorating a Mickey cake for my sister's birthday tomorrow. I'm not exactly sure why though. Lately, DSis refuses to eat more than a celery stalk and a couple of tic tacs a day so she won't eat the cake. It's starting to seem like a lot of effort for something she won't appreciate anyway.

I don't know why but my mood has been seriously depressed the past few days. I'm tired and nothing sounds like fun right now. I hope it's just a hormonal thing. I could really use that WDW trip but no check yet and all the good codes are expiring before I can make a ressie. Cross those fingers and toes! Wish harder! It looks now like it might be the week after Thanksgiving or first week of December before we can go now. I start school Sept 14 so we aren't as flexible in dates after that. Dh can take vacation any time but I have to be sure I'm not missing anything critical which I can't possibly know until we get much closer to the actual dates.

Oh, and my house is a mess. Now that you are all bummed I'll leave you to your regularly scheduled clique thread

Oh and oh joy!!! DSis gave me a TON of clothes and home school stuff to list on eBay for her. I get 1/2 the profits for my WDW fund but it's so much work! So all that starts Thurs after the cake is all done. It will at least keep me busy and maybe improve my mood.

 

[imsorry]

BRIAR!!! 5,000 posts!!! Whoo Hoo!!!

 

[L107ANGEL]

4s, thats just terrible she said that!! Glad your DH said something!
Shug, I you are a good person to do that for sis!! I hope your check comes in today!

 

[phorsenuf]

Shug, you're going to take some pictures I hope. I can't wait to see it!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

DM3, I'm kind of amazed at that other thread. I can see preferring that kids be at my house because I know what they are doing here, but I have to assume that there are other attentive parents, too. I know there are. I've seen some that obviously supervise groups of kids and then others that I'm sure don't. Some of these kids are so going to break loose in college.

Oh, that reminds me. This summer, on Jake's last day of camp when he was crying because I hadn't signed him up for all the sessions of day camp (9-3) I was thinking about the thread earlier in the summer when people were discussing sending kids to camp vs keeping them at home during the summer. Then a couple days ago I was searching for some thread and came across that thread and realized that it was you who'd started it. So I'll be the first to tell you that Jake will probably be going all next summer, as of now he doesn't "need" to (ie, I'm at home), but since all the neighborhood kids go to camp he has a lot more fun there. Phew, off my chest.

4's, your MIL sounds a bit p like my DH side of the family, especially his brother. I like my BIL, but he doesn't hesitate to make comments about appearances (my MIL does, too, but not quite as bad). He doesn't do it to me, probably because he knows that I would stand up to him and he seems to really care about me liking him, more than his birth family, but he's awful to my husband. He comments on my DH's weights (my DH could stand to lose a little weight, but he's not fat), he's lost a lot of hair, and what he does have has turned pretty grey. BUT, the BIL is obese and he shaves his head, since he's started to lose his hair, which I think looks horrible. A shaved head looks great on some guys, but not this one! And my DH doesn't say anything to him, which drives me crazy. It bothers him--he complains to me about it, but I don't know why he doesn't just tell him to quit telling him to shave his head. Even my kids have wondered why their uncle does this. The good news is that he lives far, far away and we don't see him often. I'm much closer to him than I am to my own brothers, though, and I wish my DH would just tell him to knock it off and I think he would.

My DD had her wisdom teeth out this morning and all went well. She's out of it now and still bleeding, but that will stop eventually and then she can take pain pills and the real fun should begin, right Shug?

Shug, sorry you're having a tough time! At least the good news about going to WDW in early Dec is that it's such a nice time to be there, but I know you just want to know what you're doing. The uncertainty is enough to drive a person batty! You are wonderful to be making a cake like that for someone who might not even eat it. How hard is it to sell on eBay? I have so many things I could sell, but I've never done it. Since I've never done it I'm a little intimidated I guess.

I can identify with what you are going through right now. I feel so overwhelmed with so many things to do for Zach's Bar Mitzvah and some of them things that we should have done awhile ago (invitations ordered). My DH is being no help and I don't know what to think of that. He knows that this is his baby, not mine. I will do what I can to help out, be part of the decisions, be in charge of the house as far as getting things ready, cleaned, figuring out the logistics, etc, etc. But there are other things that are his responsibility and he's basically doing very little and anything he is doing is with tons of reminding.

And I feel that I have my hands so fully just trying to get the house in shape and now still feel sick. I know what I need to do, but can't get up the energy to do it. I think one thing that I'm going to do is to hire a cleaning person for a while before the Bar Mitzvah. I was going to hire one for right before it, but I'm going to hire one for at least 6 weeks before to give myself a chance to concentrate on everything else that I'll be doing. My DH's job situation is pretty bad timing, but we'll just have to bite the bullet. And by then he might be fired and then he'll have more free time.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Tig, it's really easy to sell on eBay. It took some practice but now I have a fairly good eye for what will sell, how much to sell it for and when to do so. It's work, that's for sure. I tend to sell mainly clothes. Those have to be washed, checked for stains and tears (I don't even bother if they aren't in excellent condition, you can get ok condition stuff at good will any day and not pay shipping) then you have to measure everything, take pics, write a creative listing, answer questions and get things shipped promptly. I've improved over the years and now manage to sell about 99.5% of everything I list. We have financed more than one WDW trip on nothing but eBay profits. I'd be happy to help you out if you want to give it a whirl.

Why do we overwhelm ourselves so much? I know I personally just want everyone to be happy and I tend to take responsibility for everyone's happiness. I also tend to think if I'm not doing it, it won't be done properly and in order to be done properly it has to be done perfectly. It's no wonder I'm so stressed out! I'm not sure a WDW trip will be too relaxing either. I have to plan every minute and be in control whereas Dh is a fly by the seat of his pants kinda guy. This trip might just be the biggest test of our marriage yet It's making him nuts that working out ADR spreadsheets already. I'm making him read the UG and pick out restaurants he wants to try and it's all getting very complicated. There's more planning going into this than went into the D-Day invasion!!!

 

[Briarmom]

Wow 4s. Your MIL sounds like mine. Just an unhappy, mean person. That said, we will be at WDW at the same time! How will I pick you out?

Shug-that is very nice of you! Is your sister on some sort of crazy diet?

Auntie Im-thanks for the little party for my posts!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

[phorsenuf]

Wow 4s. Your MIL sounds like mine. Just an unhappy, mean person. That said, we will be at WDW at the same time! How will I pick you out?
QUOTE]

I'm the one that put on weight because I eat well! LOL

Hmmm......lets see. I'll be with 2 boys 14 and 16 and my DH. My DS-16 will most likely be wearing a red shirt and has mutton chops, yes mutton chops (pick your battles! LOL)
I'll be walking with a cane. Maybe I'll see if there is a way to tie a green ribbon to it. If I can work that out, I'll let you know.

Where are you staying?

 

[Briarmom]

Wow 4s. Your MIL sounds like mine. Just an unhappy, mean person. That said, we will be at WDW at the same time! How will I pick you out?
QUOTE]

I'm the one that put on weight because I eat well! LOL

Hmmm......lets see. I'll be with 2 boys 14 and 16 and my DH. My DS-16 will most likely be wearing a red shirt and has mutton chops, yes mutton chops (pick your battles! LOL)
I'll be walking with a cane. Maybe I'll see if there is a way to tie a green ribbon to it. If I can work that out, I'll let you know.

Where are you staying?

Dolphin. I will look for mutton chops.

 

[phorsenuf]

Dolphin. I will look for mutton chops.

We will be at All Star Sports. The free dining was such a good deal we sold some of our points to pay for the entire trip so we picked a value to make it economical since we hadn't planned on going! LOL

How will I know you???

 

[Briarmom]

We will be at All Star Sports. The free dining was such a good deal we sold some of our points to pay for the entire trip so we picked a value to make it economical since we hadn't planned on going! LOL

How will I know you???

I don't know. I have no special characteristics. I will be drinking at Epcot.
If you go to Jellyrolls, the chances are good that I'll be there.
Oh and I will be doing this

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I don't know. I have no special characteristics. I will be drinking at Epcot.
If you go to Jellyrolls, the chances are good that I'll be there.
Oh and I will be doing this

Yeah right.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I'm the one that put on weight because I eat well! LOL

My bet is that Briarmom will NOT comment on the weight.If I'm wrong, beat her with the cane!

BOMB, LOL about Yep, I bet you'll be doing a lot of that.

Jasmine, does she have ?

Shug, I think I'm a perfectionist, which is funny if you saw me right now. Pretty sure I'm ADD, even though I HATE that to be used as an excuse by an adult (I have/had a friend who always used it was her excuse all the time, which was so annoying).

Maybe after the Bar Mitzvah I'll think about eBay. In the mean time, when I'm culling through Jake's clothes, etc, I'll keep what I think might sell. I'll have to get over my aversion to mailing things, though. Obviously if I've contracted to mail something I will do it. That will do me good, actually.