test Part 9

[macraven]

almost midnight.........



sweet sleep

 

[edcrbnsoul]

Good morning everyone.

You all must be sleeping still with visions of sugarplums or hangovers while I'm back at work.


I hope you all had a Merry Christmas.

 

[mickey4ver]

Morning, now that was a day after Christmas sight..

Sorry you had to head back to work today Ed, my day of reckoning will be tomorrow

I would love to follow up my thoughts with smilies, but they don't seem to be working......hmmmm

Everyone here is back to work but me, but I have a ton of laundry to get started on...I'm enjoying the house being nice and quiet....doggie and I have been laying in bed watching TV this morning...now its time to move on and get busy...well, maybe after a few minutes here at the computer...LOL

 

[keishashadow]

did I hear

diamond!?!?

let's talk jewelry (woo-hoo) I got a new charm for my necklace (mickey mouse..tee-hee)

let's talk what happened to the similies while we're @ it?

still haven't up loaded pics..spent my free time trying to figure out how to work the mini photo viewer I got, then middle DS managed to break youngest's Wii...DH saved the day; sort of disconnected everything & fiddled, got it working (talk about a melt-down, both kids were blubbering...it was almost comical @ that point).

glad you all had a great Xmas! We need a loot checkin

Did I mention that one of the guests @ the wedding had the same dress as I (crap on a cracker!). She was the trophy wife of one of DSs football mentors, so I guess I was in good company. This was a dress that I bought over a year ago @ Macy's in bridal/formalwear dept.; thought I was safe...best laid plans of mice & men.

 

[macraven]

that's ok about the same dress keisha, at least it wasn't on the ex's new wife.

and, i bet you looked hot in it

 

[macraven]

i got up this morning and found out the cat threw up on the rug in two different places.


will be off to the store for more rug cleaner later.



ed, i feel your pain.
mr mac went to work this morning also.
but, i like it when he goes to work.

 

[pkasbohm]

morning all!

ed--i'm right along with ya...both dave and i had to work this morning. I figured i better since i took off a few days for aubrey's surgery. Now i'm wishing i would have just taken it off....on friday i thought i was going to have everyone but one family here...today i get 2 phone calls and end up only having 2 kids....not that i am complaining but if i am only going to have 2 kids i wish i would have just taken it off...not worth it to me.

mic--sounds like you had a good x-mas...your dh is the bestest!!!

mac--don't fool around to much on the new computer.....we wouldn't want you to lose us!

ks--that stinks about the lady with the same dress! I bet you looked better in it though!!!

Well, i'm off to take my christmas tree down...i am going to do it today to get my house back and since i am low on kids i can....that way i don't have to do it this weekend!

Have a good day all!

 

[keishashadow]

pam - out w/the tree already, you don't waste any time! I've still got to cook my holiday meal. Even though we dined @ SILs yesterday (ps she's a horrid cook, reminds me of cafeteria food) Family reminded me on the way out her door that I need to cook today lol.

Another gripe, still in disbelief...SIL (while very wealthy) is very skimpy on gifts & usually gets the most inappropriate $ store items. Conversely, I buy what I consider to be decent gifts, spending a few hundred $ on her family (including sons & their wives & girlfriends).

This year she threw an envelope @ my 2 youngest sons (no card, just an envelope w/$20). Looked @ me & said that my oldest doesn't get anything, she just gave him a check for his wedding...which didn't even cover the cost of their dinners btw. Know it's the thought of the gift but, this is the woman who refuses my idea of a Xmas gift exchange/drawing for adults over 18, etc.

Really glad DS was @ his MILs instead! He didn't ask where his present was, DH wants to "cover for her" & put the money in a card & sign her name. I prefer to gift him the money but, say she "forgot". Know his feelings would be terribly hurt. Unfortunately, youngest DS heard her comment & knows the truth. Any thoughts on what I should do?

 

[macraven]

Another gripe, still in disbelief...SIL (while very wealthy) is very skimpy on gifts & usually gets the most inappropriate $ store items. Conversely, I buy what I consider to be decent gifts, spending a few hundred $ on her family (including sons & their wives & girlfriends).

This year she threw an envelope @ my 2 youngest sons (no card, just an envelope w/$20). Looked @ me & said that my oldest doesn't get anything, she just gave him a check for his wedding...which didn't even cover the cost of their dinners btw. Know it's the thought of the gift but, this is the woman who refuses my idea of a Xmas gift exchange/drawing for adults over 18, etc.

Really glad DS was @ his MILs instead! He didn't ask where his present was, DH wants to "cover for her" & put the money in a card & sign her name. I prefer to gift him the money but, say she "forgot". Know his feelings would be terribly hurt. Unfortunately, youngest DS heard her comment & knows the truth. Any thoughts on what I should do?

that has happened to us here in the past.
the last time my parents sent anything for the 3 gsons of theirs was 17 years ago. so, they were too young to remember much but until they were 12 years old, i would give them $20 and tell them it came from the wilson's

yup, i lied

on the other side with the paternal gparents is a different story.
they believe that once a grandchild is 21, no more presents.
so for the few years that one or two of my boys were neglected, i would give them a matching amount of what last son received from them.
and they knew i was doing that.

i didn't want my boys to not love the gparents over their lack of giving them something for christmas.

i would give your son the money gift in a heartbeat.

i would never tolerate that a relative give something to one or two of my boys and neglect one. it is all of nothing in my household.

the only relatives that have ever given the boys anything for christmas or a birthday have been the mr mac's parents.
my folks did briefly a few years and then stopped when they were in 2nd grade.


give your son the money and you will sleep better at night.
it is not worth it for him to have hurt feelings.

next year, tell the relatives you all are doing a name draw at thanksgiving time for 18 and over relatives.

 

[pkasbohm]

for our large family we do a gift exchange. The men buy a men's gift and the women buy a womens gift then we draw numbers and make a fun game out of it... I buy my own kids a "side gift" and everyone is happy.

As for my sis. and bros we draw names and have a $50 limit. We also draw names for the kids and have a $25 limit.

This works very well for our family.


I guess if it were me i would tell my ds what she said. I am sure he took up a loot at his inlaws house and had more fun there anyway if she is like that. Besides if she has been like that every year why would it suprise him?

got my tree almost down. I have it undecorated i just need dave to help me get it apart and back where it came from. It is to big to do it myself.

We do have another christmas tonight at my aunts house. My cousins from Minn. will be back...remember the ones that we went to the wedding in the middle of nowhere a few years ago? That is them!

Anyway, i am off to finishs making my better than sex cake....see you all later!

 

[keishashadow]

mmmm...haven't had better than sex cake in a long time, come to think of it, it's been a while for the real thing too lol. Too many people coming & going, can't relax. Will have to pencil DH in, he got me a few "special" presents that came in a brown wrapper (thank goodness) made me blush.

Going to have a house full of folks tonight for the Xmas dinner I'm cooking (not my SIL, *itch).

My mom forgot it was Xmas & that my DSs were in the wedding. New doctor gave her the tests, even though the CAT scan is still clear, apparently she has early dementia. He agreed with me that it could just be "old age/memory issues", he isn't particularly concerned. Found out a few weeks ago but, have been trying to avoid dealing with it. Dr didn't put her on any meds, just said to keep high wattages in her lightbulbs to avoid confusion/falls, etc.. We went thru this w/my MIL a few years ago, wound up putting her in a nursing home when she started to wander & hallucinate, both of us had to work 2 jobs to pay for it. Hope God spares us that go-around again. Keep your fingers crossed.

Thanks for the input, i shall just give DS the same $ & tell yet another lie to damn my soul...think I shall be forgiven on this one. Still, amazes me that he was expected to come for dinner & gift exchange. So glad, he didn't...I may have done her harm on the spot.

 

[macraven]

keisha, are you ready for 7pm est tonight?

that makes it 6pm for me and that is such a bad time for me to be on the coomputer.
mr mac gets home from work around 6:20 each day from work and it's always a rush to be on the computer at that time each day.

i'll do my best to be on line for the results at that time though.

 

[mickey4ver]

Afternoon all........still busting suds... yak....

Wow, so sorry you have such awful inlaws guys...guess I'm pretty lucky, we all don't worry so much about gifts with each other, we just started back up a few years ago (once everyone's kids were older) giving each other something, and it's usually a "family" type gift. I've been giving a gc for dinner out and then something small, this year a nice tin filled with brittle. My sil gave us a nifty toilet paper storer thingy for the bathroom with different inserts for the 4 seasons...it is "crafty" and cute. Again, sorry you guys have to put up with all that, especially when each of you is so giving, makes me sad.

Pam, you are first up with the tree and first down. Mine will come down this weekend while I'm off. I usually wait for New Years Day, but will most likely do it Saturday or Sunday, so I don't have to rush around on NYD. I'm always a little sad taking the tree down, it means another year has passed.

So, yes, I was a lucky girl, a surprised girl...it was a necklace we had just passed by in the case in Sam's and I said "oh, that is cute"...so he decided he wanted to get it for me. My husband is not a shopper nor does he like it, so for him to get his sis to help him get "in" at Sam's and him to get it for me was quite a big deal I do love it though, and I can never have enough jewelry....

 

[macraven]

keisha, are you ready for 7pm est tonight?

that makes it 6pm for me and that is such a bad time for me to be on the coomputer.
mr mac gets home from work around 6:20 each day from work and it's always a rush to be on the computer at that time each day.

i'll do my best to be on line for the results at that time though.

keisha, in case you did not hear, the results will be announced around 10-10:15 est tonight.

this was announced at 3:39 today.

 

[macraven]

mic, take a pic of that pretty diamond you got.


i wanna see it...............


if mr mac would do something like that for me, i would know he was out catting around............

 

[sweetlovin']

Morning Everyone

I just finished the 12 hour drive home. Everyone as really nice and I had a great time playing with my BIL and SIL at MIL's house Christmas night. It was awesome showing up as the suprise guest at my aunt's house. I even got out with friends Christmas Eve night. We had a blast and saw "The Persuit of happiness" which is really one long tragic moment after the next, until the very end. But, it was goodf to catch up with them. I hadnt seen one since last christmas and the other since Sammie's bapism over 18 months. I asked tTodd if he wanted to go, but he had family commitments. Hopefully, I will catch up with him next trip, as this trip was extremely short.

I was able to meet up with my dad, which was good for my kids and him.

Mic - the diamond pendan t sounds awesome

Keisha - PICS PICS PICS!!! No worries abotu the dress, you were in good company.

Mac - how was the Burger King tradition?

Pam - 5 Chrsitmas's that is alot!! I can't belive you have your tree down. You are wicked fast with that!!

Tony - I'm wicked sorry abotu waking you up at 3am. Lee didn't know what he was doing to he told me to come wake you up.

Ed - glad you were able to check in

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!

 

[sweetlovin']

mic, take a pic of that pretty diamond you got.


i wanna see it...............


if mr mac would do something like that for me, i would know he was out catting around............

better yet..take a pic with you WEARING the diamond so we can see your hair too.

 

[TennVolTony]

Tony - I'm wicked sorry abotu waking you up at 3am. Lee didn't know what he was doing to he told me to come wake you up.

Now THAT is an UNDERSTATEMENT!! See ya in a couple days...

 

[mickey4ver]

Welcome home Momma...ahhh..sounds like you had fun...good for you and the kids....more later....trying to finish up some ironing, back to work tomorrow...I feel like a barrel, I ate entirely too much this week.......back to salads for me..........ick

 

[macraven]

glad to see you made it back home ocm.

yup, burger king for breakfast and dinner was great as usual.
that is if you like french fries and burgers......