For some reason I just don't get Bonnie Hunt. I don't find her at all entertaining.

We usually have the same kind of sick humor. She cracks me up BIG TIME.
DU,
Remember she is family and you cant murder her Maybe you can assign her to clean up duty...Just befor the partys over, tell her you have to go out for awhile, then go catch a movie or something.she should have everything cleaned up by the time you get home.
Catering is a great idea!
Happy Birthday to your MOM

RIGHT! The
ONLY thing she promised to do was steam clean the carpet on the stairs....THATS IT!

So for 2 weeks now, she keeps saying she is gonna do it.
Sooooooooooooooo yesterday am, after getting stuck at work, then having to go do to minor food shopping I finally got home at 10:30....to a complete fiasco. Dad wrote down that he gave Mom her DuoNeb breathing treatment at 10:00. Mom was begging for it, and he wouldnt give it to her, cause he already did.
ONLY he didnt. The tube she uses was next to the sink bone dry from the night before. If he had gave it to her, he never cleans it out, and if he did,...it still sould have been wet.

So I get Mom all calmed down, then I noticed he had all her dirty clothes in the laundry room!!!!
He has been TOLD A MILLION times to leave her laundry alone. (he dont use soap!

) So he tells me he is leaving it there for the caretaker. He has been told a million & half times DONT TELL THE CARETAKER WHAT TO DO. (I leave notes everyday of what needs to be done...but he trys to overide it!!!
BIG PROBLEM with the Caretakers.
(I am getting to my sister cleaning point...bear with me)
Sooooooooooooo I put the groceries away, gave Mom breakfest, gathered the laundry to bring back upstairs...and got the

of the day. My sister "SPOT CLEANED" the rug on the stairs with BLEACH!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole staircase rung and upstairs hallway is completely ruined. SHE DIDNT REALIZE until she finished that she was using CHlorinated Bleach...she "THOUGHT" it was NON CHLORINATED!!!!!
She didnt get why I WAS FLIPPEN OUT

. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF "noncholrine clorox"????????????????????
I wont even tell you about later that night she spilled a whole can of cola on the ottoman. YES it was the same ottoman I just steam cleaned over the weekend...because my father keeps spilling MOM's duoneb medicine on it.
Here is the kicker the ottoman is over in the corner of the LR, out of everyones way.!!!!!!!
WHEW!
So NO i wont trust her to clean ANYTHING. She cant go shopping either. If I ask to pick up Quart of whole Milk & Gallon of 2% and a loaf of bread. She comes back with 2 Juices and THE MOST EXPENSIVE BREAD EVER MADE...and never see change from the $20!
I vote for this one!!!!
DU - good luck with your BIG party....reminds me of all the work i need to do / hire for Ry's grad party....uggghhhhh
I will be MORE THAN HAPPY to come out and HELP!
Have Makies 2nd Bday to do too on Nov 15hy, then of course Thanksgiving.

Her Mom cracks me up!
Must be the Chicago-connection/Midwest-thing. She talks about coming home every weekend, which I guess she does. What I DON'T like, are actors saying they're from Chicago, and they're from a suburb. It just bothers me for some reason. Apparently, Bonnie Hunt DID grow up in Chicago, but from what she says now, her family is NOT in Chicago anymore. Same thing with her guests, even today, Joe Mantegno (sp?) said HE was from Chicago, and then he spilled that he grew up in Bellwood! Somewhere I wouldn't even visit! Far outside of CHICAGO! Sorry, it just bugs me.

YIKES
I AM NOT FROM CHICAGO...dont hit me!