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Post by The Home 6 on Dec 23, 2014 22:06:57 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander".
I'll get his wife a gift card to the liquor store.
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Post by Bonny on Dec 23, 2014 23:58:25 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander". I'll get his wife a gift card to the liquor store. I NEED that gift card!
Details to follow (probably tomorrow am).
You are a WONDERFULL wife Home 6!
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Post by Happy prose on Dec 24, 2014 6:15:46 GMT -5
My husband's daughter and her animal-like 4yr old are coming for a Christmas visit on the 27th. My husband really believes that the kid will behave because there are toys. No way!
I don't drink, but I may start. Or drugs would be good too....
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Post by mollyanna58 on Dec 24, 2014 7:07:19 GMT -5
My husband's daughter and her animal-like 4yr old are coming for a Christmas visit on the 27th. My husband really believes that the kid will behave because there are toys. No way! I don't drink, but I may start. Or drugs would be good too.... Pretend she's a puppy and use short commands: sit, stay, good girl, no! Just hope she's housebroken.
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Post by milee on Dec 24, 2014 8:02:57 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander". You should nod, look thoughtful and agree, "you're right; what are you going to get him?"
I'm adopting this model more at home. Mixed results. Let me know how it works for you.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Dec 24, 2014 9:21:43 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander". I'll get his wife a gift card to the liquor store. Are you saying something about the company commander's wife?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 24, 2014 11:59:29 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander". I'll get his wife a gift card to the liquor store. Are you saying something about the company commander's wife? No, but Home 6 may ask the CC's wife for the empty bottle to be returned, so she can brain her hubby for letting her know about this crap on such a small deadline. After all, we all know Home 6 has absolutely nothing better to do than strut her stuff in sparkly heels and eat bon bons all day.
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Post by The Home 6 on Dec 24, 2014 12:19:01 GMT -5
Darling, light of my life, my sun and stars, do NOT come home 2 days before Christmas and say, "we really should get something for the company commander". I'll get his wife a gift card to the liquor store. Are you saying something about the company commander's wife? I'm hoping she re gifts it to me?
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Post by The Home 6 on Dec 24, 2014 12:20:35 GMT -5
My husband's daughter and her animal-like 4yr old are coming for a Christmas visit on the 27th. My husband really believes that the kid will behave because there are toys. No way! I don't drink, but I may start. Or drugs would be good too.... Disregard, it seems that I need to overnight that liquor store gift card to happy prose!
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Post by Bonny on Dec 24, 2014 13:32:31 GMT -5
My husband's daughter and her animal-like 4yr old are coming for a Christmas visit on the 27th. My husband really believes that the kid will behave because there are toys. No way! I don't drink, but I may start. Or drugs would be good too.... Disregard, it seems that I need to overnight that liquor store gift card to happy prose! I asked for it first!
Did you already forget my MIL is here?
Screw the wine. I'm now into the vodka!
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Post by Bonny on Dec 24, 2014 13:44:27 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka!
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Post by milee on Dec 24, 2014 14:02:22 GMT -5
starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". At first I thought you'd borrowed my MIL, but then I realized it couldn't be because she would have followed that up with something like "Does that mean you'll be making proper hot meals now?"
Stay strong, Bon Bon. Smile sweetly, have another sip of wine and say, "Well, bless your heart!"
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 24, 2014 14:06:28 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka! Nuh, uh. Vodka will just make you angrier and angrier. Smoke a couple of joints instead. You'll be too mellow to let her get to you.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Dec 24, 2014 17:38:58 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka! Nuh, uh. Vodka will just make you angrier and angrier. Smoke a couple of joints instead. You'll be too mellow to let her get to you.
Vodka and smokes go together. It's a good thing
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Post by Bonny on Dec 24, 2014 18:07:52 GMT -5
BTW She wants me to contact the next door neighbor (who hasn't lived in her house for 15 years but visits nearly daily) if she will sell her house to MIL. Dear God there's not enough alcohol in this State for me to let that happen. We just did a mini-tour of town where we pointed out some cute neighborhoods. She argued the whole time about how she doesn't understand why I think she should have a single level house. I just make these arbitrary decisions to give her a hard time.
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Post by suesinfl on Dec 24, 2014 18:53:12 GMT -5
Hugs, is there any way to order alcohol from neighboring states?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 19:08:22 GMT -5
starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". At first I thought you'd borrowed my MIL, but then I realized it couldn't be because she would have followed that up with something like "Does that mean you'll be making proper hot meals now?"
Stay strong, Bon Bon. Smile sweetly, have another sip of wine and say, "Well, bless your heart!"
Dang, Milee, you are Southern and didn't know it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 19:15:07 GMT -5
I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Ok, I will admit that this would bother me, Bon-Bon. Although technically they are your DH's baby blankets to do with what he likes, I would hate to think the baby quilts that my MIL made for my kids were now being used by the cats.
But maybe your DH's were cheap, store-bought ones? I know the cats are your "kids," but it would still bother me. I would have given them to a niece or nephew to remember the grandmother by.
My kids hide things from me that they know will upset me. I'll ask, "Whatever happened to ---?" and they say they haven't seen it in years. They always blame it on the divorce, too.
Maybe you should divorce your MIL?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 20:21:17 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka! Nuh, uh. Vodka will just make you angrier and angrier. Smoke a couple of joints instead. You'll be too mellow to let her get to you.
Not necessarily true. Certain people can manage to tick you off no matter what. It doesn't necessarily blow your high. It's a very strange feeling being agitated and mellow all at the same time because they really don't go together. Don't ask me how I know.
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Post by Bonny on Dec 25, 2014 1:07:33 GMT -5
I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Ok, I will admit that this would bother me, Bon-Bon. Although technically they are your DH's baby blankets to do with what he likes, I would hate to think the baby quilts that my MIL made for my kids were now being used by the cats.
But maybe your DH's were cheap, store-bought ones? I know the cats are your "kids," but it would still bother me. I would have given them to a niece or nephew to remember the grandmother by.
My kids hide things from me that they know will accept me. I'll ask, "Whatever happened to ---?" and they say they haven't seen it in years. They always blame it on the divorce, too.
Maybe you should divorce your MIL?
Yes, store bought. 2 of six. Polyester. Nothing special except they were his. We are the end of the line.
Given how MIL treats the Corgis? Unbelievable.
Nieces and Nephews? Of ours? DH is an only child. My family doesn't rate. Of MIL? They are in their 40s and 50s. Trust me no one is interested in our hand me downs unless they are worth $$$. Some of them are but not of his store bought baby blankets.
ETA: I'm an awful liar. I don't do it often and you might as well paint a sign on me. You'd think I'd could get away with "It got lost in a move" given as often as we've moved but they've never lost anything. Just broke a couple of things.
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 25, 2014 10:29:05 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka! I would have put her on the next flight home via Tokyo and Johanesburg. Sayonara. .
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Dec 25, 2014 11:47:40 GMT -5
My brother - you do not tell me I am bluffing as I'll take you to the ropes and put you down. Now give me my money. While I wait, I watch life give you some blows.
DGS1 - you still owe us for that pickup from at least 10 y.a. The bank of gramma closed.
Flavors of the month, I will wait for your put downs. The one who wanted to be a surrogate mother found out what my term a "cesspool" means. That color washing out of your face was so becoming.
Thank you Festivus for letting me spew my venom.
Edit: My feat of strength was cocking my new crossbow.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Dec 25, 2014 12:16:35 GMT -5
Official Festivus youtube.
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Dec 25, 2014 13:46:11 GMT -5
I'll give you an update. MIL's plane was late by an hour. DH brought her home at 10pm. Within 1 hour she tried to pick three fights starting with "The house looks nice. I guess you finally decided to clean it". I ignored her. But when she tried to take DH's baby blankets (DH is 56) that were given to him by his grandmother I put my foot down. We have used them for the cats for the last 15 years. Last night I found her in the garage leafing through our private letters. I asked DH if he told her she could do that. He said no. I went back down to the garage and told her that I was not comfortable with her going through our letters. She threw a fit stomped into her room and shut the door. When she came out later she wanted to know why DH and I accuse her of things. Dear God, please get me through this week...and hand me the bottle of vodka! Mom, is that you? This exact same thing happened in my family last week.. We all went to DSis house in LA to celebrate the holidays & go to her college grad. DGma came down from MN and proceeded to bitch about how dirty the house was, how DSis must be poor because she doesn't have coffee/tea in the house (DS drinks neither), how her toilet seat was too hard and her bed (DS gave grandma her bed) was too soft. Gma went through DS's stuff, including papers from her ex-hubby and all her drawers. Once the rest of us got there, she proceeded to fight with my parents. DSis ended up telling her to leave and she went home after 4 days (was supposed to stay through Jan). Once she got home, our aunt called DSis asking "what happened? Why is she back in MN for the holidays?" When I called her to make sure she got home ok, she denied she had said any of those things and that I was a liar. She would "never stay such things because it is rude and she wasn't raised like that". Ummm, okay... I guess DS, me, my parents, DH, DSSis, and DBIL are all hearing things...
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Dec 25, 2014 20:16:30 GMT -5
Bonny, have you survived today? two days left?
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Dec 25, 2014 20:20:34 GMT -5
facetious grievance: my roots are showing. There is far more grey than when I originally put this color on it. Sigh.
serious grievance: DS#1 eloped last week. DH and I are hurt. I am especially upset because I've decided that they eloped because she doesn't like me and therefore punished DH. I can never fix this. This is the wedding that was supposed to take place this summer. She didn't want anyone from DS's family or his friends to attend then which is why they post-poned.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Dec 25, 2014 21:33:02 GMT -5
serious grievance: DS#1 eloped last week. DH and I are hurt. I am especially upset because I've decided that they eloped because she doesn't like me and therefore punished DH. I can never fix this. This is the wedding that was supposed to take place this summer. She didn't want anyone from DS's family or his friends to attend then which is why they post-poned. But you don't know it for a fact. Maybe they read YM and decided to save money. Maybe they were feeling the pressure that comes with a big wedding and decided to take an easier route. I hope everything works out for the best
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Post by Bonny on Dec 26, 2014 0:51:43 GMT -5
serious grievance: DS#1 eloped last week. DH and I are hurt. I am especially upset because I've decided that they eloped because she doesn't like me and therefore punished DH. I can never fix this. This is the wedding that was supposed to take place this summer. She didn't want anyone from DS's family or his friends to attend then which is why they post-poned. But you don't know it for a fact. Maybe they read YM and decided to save money. Maybe they were feeling the pressure that comes with a big wedding and decided to take an easier route. I hope everything works out for the best Knee Deep in Water Chloe,
I am truly sorry you are hurt but understand.
It's probably not personal but that the bride couldn't handle the pressure. We have very good friends who eloped. They had both been married before and came from big families. My friend (the bride) couldn't deal with all of the drama (again) and made the decision to elope.
Honest to God if I had to do it again I might as well. Too many people who feel it's their right to tell me what to do.
I'd would have liked to give them an e-mail of a middle finger.
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Post by cronewitch on Dec 26, 2014 4:58:17 GMT -5
My husband drives me nuts when it comes to entertaining. He starts messing with the menu, making suggestions for stuff that I've never prepared before (succotash?). Sure, I want Christmas dinner to be the first time I try a recipe. He messed with the menu so much that I almost lost it. I finally said, "Cooking a dinner they will eat really isn't this hard."
Then I had to go purchase a $6 cheese slicer to slice a $1 can of congealed cranberries. What is wrong with a kitchen knife?
Thank God I bought enough makings for two pitchers of mimosas . . . one for them and one for me. Cranberry sauce is easy to slice, open both ends of the can push one end with the lid so a bit comes out and cut it off, repeat until can is empty, slices don't need to be the same thickness and the end of can keeps them even.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 9:09:09 GMT -5
My husband drives me nuts when it comes to entertaining. He starts messing with the menu, making suggestions for stuff that I've never prepared before (succotash?). Sure, I want Christmas dinner to be the first time I try a recipe. He messed with the menu so much that I almost lost it. I finally said, "Cooking a dinner they will eat really isn't this hard."
Then I had to go purchase a $6 cheese slicer to slice a $1 can of congealed cranberries. What is wrong with a kitchen knife?
Thank God I bought enough makings for two pitchers of mimosas . . . one for them and one for me. Cranberry sauce is easy to slice, open both ends of the can push one end with the lid so a bit comes out and cut it off, repeat until can is empty, slices don't need to be the same thickness and the end of can keeps them even. I know how to slice cranberry sauce with a knife. I've done it for years. But my husband is a such a perfectionist that he makes me look like an amateur!
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