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| MerryMouseWife
Thu 10/25/2007 11:59a | Villians! What a cliff hanger!
Okay, Christmas stuff is mish-mosh. Ornaments the kids have made, ornaments my MIL has made, ornaments from various parts of the country where other family live. And, of course, Disney ornaments that will not grace the upper half of the tree. We always get a cut tree and I think this is what makes Norman crazy. He does not like catnip, but pine makes him squirrely. He also likes to think he is a wild cat and loves to hide in the presents and attack us as we walk by. Never uses his claws though, just playing.
Intervention? Nah, sounds perfectly normal to me. Aren't we all kind of obsessed with Disneyland, too? I think they go hand in hand. |
372
| MerryMouseWife
Thu 10/25/2007 12:07p | I lose patience very quickly with parents who do not have respect for their kids. A child of 11 years knows if they are still hungry, they know that they need to brush their hair and teeth. At that age they are also very modest and to treat them with such disrespect makes my heart sore for them. I'll be she will be the first to shake her head and wonder what happened if they get into trouble in a few years, or become mouthy young teens. Geeze. |
373
| Tinkerbell819
Thu 10/25/2007 12:28p | jeez, another wacky adult for Villains to contend with...I'm just shaking my head...
Again, my jaw has dropped, stealing food from DL, it's just a sacrilege... |
374
| MerryMouseWife
Thu 10/25/2007 12:34p | Yeah, Tink. What is that all about? Heck, my kids have seen me run back into the grocery store because I forgot to pay for a toothbrush left in the bottom of the cart. |
375
| gottaluvdavillains
Thu 10/25/2007 1:21p | Okay class was cancelled so back to my story....
Oh yeah if there's something left in her cart that would be a bonus because they probably overcharged her somewhere else - although I don't know how as she scours her receipts and if it was a penny more she would question it (no not kidding)
So we are at Marie Calendars...She requests separate bills (works for me as I prefer this) so she can use her credit card...
Me, DD9, DS11 order salad bars and the kids get sodas - DS18 ordered french dip and soda - I have water.
They order DN11 burger, DN10 salad but SIL says no get the burger (He should know if he wants a burger or not) DN12 salad bar SIL has french dip w/salad bar so DN10 can still have some salad...No soda's as they are a dollar each?!?!?!
DS11 and I go up to the salad bar - DD9 doesn't come yet so I start making her food - DS11, and I are finishing up and head back to the table wear everyone is very quiet and DD9 has her head down and is crying. I ask what happened - Well my DS18 says DD9 made a rude (sarcastic) remark to DN11 about her writing - but he took care of it and she apologized but now she feels really bad about it and keeps apologizing and SIL is going nuts...Aparently while I was gone at the salad bar (maybe 10min) and all this happened SIL made such a big deal about it even after the apology DN11 started crying - not because of my DD but because she knew her mom was going to continue to flip out and was making such a scene about it with my DD. So when I am filled in about the situation (less the tizzy fit that resulting in DN crying) I talk calmly to my DD and ask if she apologized and why she said it - she said she did apologize and then apologized again - and said she was just trying to be funny and was Dissing (my DN12 favorite activity) DN11 - like everyone else had been doing in the car on there nintendo ds's... SIL keeps trying to but in and is getting agravated that I am trying to talk to my DD and get her to calm down as she is crying harder now - SIL then says well she's been mean all weekend and she was mean to SIL earlier in the day - I say I didn't know anything about that and I am trying to deal with what's going on right then. DS18 keeps saying he took care of it and it's over, but SIL won't let it rest. I take DD to the restroom and as I leave my SIL says as I am just out of earshot in front of 2 of my sons and all three of her kids what a b I am!! Only she uses the word!! My DS18 if fuming when I get back (oh yeah in the bathroom I just washed DD face and told her all was fine that she said she was sorry and felt remorseful so all was good as far as I was concerned). Everyone is again quiet when I get back and DD just looks at DN11 and says she really is sorry and SIL flips a lid - She starts yelling at me - So I tell her I took care of it and what did she expect that I was going to stand there in a restaurant and yell at my kid and smack her? SIL say that what she would have done and flips out more and starts calling me all kinds of names and even says she can see why HER treated us so badly - I simply sit there and try not to engage in this feeling very bad for the waiter who is now bringing the burgers and such plus there are a few other people in our section - DD now runs off crying and DN11 is crying DN12 and DN10 are just sitting there eating and DS11 in just looking at me in disbelief well DS18 was on the last trip when HER was so rude and he goes at it with SIL (who he doesn't really like anyway). They are yelling at one another and I am trying to get his mouth shut and she starts in calling him names (yes she is so mature) SO this goes on for what seems like forever and I get him to stop by telling him to not stoop to her level This then stops her too - so she persists in calling BIL (he and my DH are brothers and he is just waiting for the kids to be older to leave her) and telling him she needs a ride (like he's going to believe I would leave my precious nieces and nephew in valencia for 5 hours to wait for him - her maybe but never them) DS18 says good I don't want you in the truck anyway to which she uses this with BIL that DS18 won't let her go with us (like he has a say it's not his truck). I go up and get containers with DD and say I am ready to go - she says no they are going to eat...Well I am so embarrassed I can't eat and just sit there - My DD is finally calmed down enough to try and eat and SIL takes her kids goes and pays her bill and sits by the door to wait for us to finish - My kids finally get to eat in peace and do so - she keeps sending DN12 to spy on us to see if we're still eating and as the boys are heading to the bathroom they overhear her telling the kids we're just taking our time on purpose!! I had ordered some Chicken strip appetizers also and the kids hadn't eaten them so we packed up and left - DS18 moved SIL stuff to the back seat and got in the front while I was paying my bill was $38 but I figured she didn't tip so I left $12 - I think the people were so happy we left!! The whole ride home was bad!!! I will add that later!
It is well known around here that SIL is psychotic at times - you really have to watch every word you say around her so it can't be used against you later or twisted in some way to be mean - usually when we travel together (we've been going to DL together for about 6 years now) there's not any issues but for some reason this trip it wasn't so!! It's so funny and sad to me because the whole way down and up until the restaurant I had been so nice stroking her inflated ego about how she was right over her 6 bros and sis's and how they are just so mean to her...She can't understand why they are so mean and just all treat her so unfairly, and how it's all them not her (yes I was trying not to choke on my words)!! |
376
| TXDISNEYNERD
Thu 10/25/2007 1:49p | OH MY GOSH!! I can't believe your SIL Villians. What a piece of work. Here I couldn't believe how she was acting before this, and then she pulls this crap on your way home. You definitely need a nice DL vacation with just you and your kids so you don't have to deal with all of these drama queens. I am just in shock that anybody, let alone an adult, would behave this way. |
377
| travellerandquilter
Thu 10/25/2007 2:17p | Sorry girls, I am in the have not bought anything yet. Aussies do not celebrate thanks giving so do not know when it is but I will have to start next. I am a big list person so have a small note book with what I gave to whom since 1997 so I do not double up.
Have bought 1 thing for DD11 which is a Mr Potato Head so she can buy spare parts at DL in Jan 2008. Oh I also have bought her 2 x $25 gift cards- one for christmas and one for her birthday on Dec 26 (sucky day for birthday but you can't stop nature).
Happy to do splinter thing as we have wood fire and often get splinters out although butt very soft!!!
Had busy day yesterday as DD11 was in a school competition for a story/dance thingy that went from leaving the school at 10.30am and returning at 11.30 pm. Huge day and they came second but I thought they deserved 1st but maybe I am a little biased as I made some of the costumes and did hair and makeup.
Have tried to follow all the posts but am running short of time as w**k today and thn away for weekend for a soccer/football (I still think of it as soccer) weekend with DD11.
She seems to get the most mentions but the others are away from home with DS16 at boarding school and the older two at uni.
Read you all on Sun afternoon. Have a good one
TQ |
378
| MOLLYSMOM
Thu 10/25/2007 2:21p | tink...I have seen the "Extreme Christmas" show you are talking about. Those people are in serious need of help.
I'll have to remember to take a pic of my tree this year. For over 20 years I have been doing theme trees every other year, and I have NOT ONE picture of any of them. I never really thought about it until you said something. How stupid I've been.
You HAVE to find the pic of you and mickey to share with everybody...maybe mickey has one if you can't find yours??
TX...I did the ribbon thing on my tree one year. It looked really pretty for about one day. DD has two cats and they thought that it was too much fun to grab an end and pull. I came home to a mess beyond belief. Wanted to kill those cats, but I should have known better. I put glass balls on the tree once...THAT was an adventure. Those little shards of broken glass everywhere.
Funny you mention the fishing tree...my DH is a fishin' fool, and he has a whole room in the house that is decorated in fish stuff. He has a tree in there that is about 3' tall or so that is decorated with fishing ornaments. It's kept up all year.
DD's tree is full of Disney (mostly Tink) ornaments, and the dated Hallmark ones...one for each year since she was born. There's a collection of Sponge Bob, Scooby Doo, the Rugrats, and Curious George ones as well.
So, you're one of THOSE that do the Better Homes and Gardens whole house thing? By the time I'm done with my tree, I'm too pooped to do the rest. I put out a good bit of decorations, but not EVERYTHING. I LOVE the way the whole house effect looks, and I keep saying I'm gonna do it some year, but as of yet, I've wimped out. Maybe you'll inspire me to do it this year. Since we live in the woods, I've always thought it would be so cool to do up the whole house really "Woodland Christmas" looking...lots of pine boughs and such. My home is log and cedar and I have high beamed ceilings and log railings throughout. It's not like I don't have unlimited supplies out the back door! That might be something that DD and I could do on the cold weekend mornings. Build a fire in the kitchen, break out the cocoa and Bailey's and whack up fir trees to make garland and wreaths and boughs. I love the smell.
I have 10,000 things running through my head to say after reading your last chapter villains, but I cannot begin to put them in any kind of order. I am flabbergasted...utterly flabbergasted. For me, this seemed much worse than the trip with HER...maybe because this was with family. The fit she threw in the restaurant is beyond belief, and they way she treats her kids is borderline abusive. While I'm glad you were there to be the good auntie, I feel so bad that you had to be drawn into such ugliness...not to mention your kids being subjected to it. This woman has some mental issues it sounds like. She actually kinda acts like my ex-sil who had a bi-polar disorder...lots of things you spoke of were eerily similar. It sounds like her husband is not blinded by her behavior, and that's good since he is DH's bro.
villains, we all REALLY need for you to have a picture perfect trip next month...you and your kids deserve it more than anyone else I can think of. I am still so upset I can't express myself...maybe after I calm down I won't sound like a blithering idiot. If I know the rest of our pals here, they're speechless with amazement, too. Un freakin' believable. Can we say freakin' here? |
379
| mater4
Thu 10/25/2007 2:36p | Villians you need to leave the thieves at home. How do people have the nerve to rip someone off. I could never consider it because it is wrong but you would think that the fear of being caught would make someone change their mind. Not the case for everyone. I hope your DD is ok. Thank goodness she has you for a mom. Those poor DN's have to deal with that awful woman everyday. I am sure they secretly wish she was more like you. It is amazing how kids are aware of their surroundings and seem to comprehend things better than we think they do. Is your next trip free of stealing drama queens? |
380
| mater4
Thu 10/25/2007 2:49p | The final counts are in for the christmas shoppers. The winner is (drumroll) Late shoppers. We have MM, Mickey, Villians,and RT as early birds. Tink, MMW, TQ,TX, and myself as late shoppers. Yay! Tink we won. |
