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To: JenB
Sounds fun! We have a family feud brewing with the SIL over my mom's upcoming Christmas visit. SIL can be difficult (always right, passive aggressive, liberal, etc) and always seems to upset mom. Mom is to the point where she doesn't want to visit at all. She agreed to visit if she could stay the nights at my house instead of their place. Now SIL is playing the 'don't you love us' game and trying to maniuplate her into changing her mind about the arrangements. It's not a matter of love, it's a matter of three very loud, young children and mom needs a break to recharge. Argh.
609 posted on 12/10/2006 6:29:31 AM PST by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper

It was! Of course this is the week we'd decided to go thirty minutes out of town for church. And we won't really have another chance for that before Christmas. So instead of sleeping in sensibly until eleven and getting to a noon service, we're up at 8.

Then again the puppies whould have needed to be up no matter. They were awfully good boys and let us sleep in an hour and a half. And they were good last night. We let them stay and visit while the first two guys were here but when the five younger people arrived and the real partying started, they went away.

It was a great time. We have not had more than one other person at a time over since we were married and really entertaining was fun. I made a plate of one-pan magic cookie bars and a gazillion shrimp wontons and they went fast.

The family stuff sounds like a drag. I am glad there aren't a lot of weirdness in my family yet. Give it ten years though....


610 posted on 12/10/2006 6:42:21 AM PST by JenB
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