some things should just be avoided...
I'm sorry could you be more specific Mrs. Faulkner? Why yes, actually I can. In-laws. I had a friend who had decided that the guy she marries would not have parents anymore. LOL I say good for her!! My in-laws were here visiting a couple of weekend ago. When they were here for Christmas and we were not I came home to find her dirty towels in my laundry pile. What am I a hotel?? You own this dump. Wash your own damn towels. So when they were here a couple of weeks ago again, her towels landed in my laundry pile. I'm not your freakin' maid!! ARGH! So now I have to endure an entire weekend with them again. This time at their one bedroom condo... er apartment. Whatever. So while they sleep in a nice comfy bed in their own room, we have to sleep in the living room on an air matress that leaks five minutes after you lay down on it! Granted we slept on an air mattress when we stayed with my parents in TX, but first of all we had our own room b/c we had my old room second, my parents actually spent a little money and got us a nice Simmons pillow-top air mattress so that we would be comfortable. Comfort and privacy. What more can a girl ask for? I mean seriously am I being unreasonable here? And what do I get from John? I'm not spending $70 a night for a hotel room. So I have to endure Friday and Saturday night and all day Sunday and go to some women's basketball game that I could care less about. *sigh* All b/c my husband is on some kind of guilt trip.
Guilt trip? Yes. OK the first time we went up to Durham to lead worship for the church up there, we went up on Saturday night b/c there was a dinner for Ken & Michelle and John & I given by the church. So John says to me "Let's invite Mom and Dad." Uh..... I don't think so. I dropped the hint that it was at Jenny's house. So he was like "Oh it's at someone's house??" Yeah. So I told him it would be rude to invite not only one but two extra people to something like that. So he was like OK. So the next day we go to church and he's all anxious b/c he told his parents that we'd spend time with them. Problem is that we were there for the church. We invited them to come but they came up with some lame-o excuse as to why they couldn't be there. Whatever. The problem is that our services go for at least an hour and a half sometimes longer and they don't like that. If it's not over and done in an hour forget it. Fine. That's fine for them. But we go to a non-denominational NCMI church. Get over it and deal with it. Anywho, we went to lunch with the church and after we were done eating I told John that I was going shopping with Bonnie and he was going to go watch some game with the guys. He was all like "But..." yeah whatever. So Bonnie and I are at the mall having a really great time and having a nice bonding moment. Then my phone rings and it's John. "Hey where are you? My parents are going to meet us at the Apple store at the Southpointe mall. I'm on my way there now." "What about the game?" "Oh I had to leave b/c Dad called me." What?? So I had to cut my visit with Bonnie short and he had to rudely leave the gathering. I had just started taking metformin and was feeling rather ill that day. I was dragged around the mall by his mother and then dragged to some pizza joint at the mall where I seriously nearly threw up I felt so sick. So then what? Am I told that I should go home and feel better? No. I'm told "Look there's Starbuck's that will make you feel better." Huh?? I'm gonna hurl I don't think sugar, cream and caffeine is a very good combination at the moment. You're a nurse you should know that. But wait, no you're also very selfish and if you had it your way, your sons wouldn't be married! So finally I get to escape. The next time we go up there, I get dragged to their house where I told John we had five minutes b/c had another dinner to go to. (Have you figured out that our church likes to eat together?) Anywayz, we stuck to that and went on to the dinner. Not before John invites his parents again. This time, his mother agrees and his dad is like I have to go to our church. Whatever. So she comes and the whole time she doesn't participate AT ALL! She doesn't sing or stand up or anything. Fine. The service that day happened to last about two hours. By the time we got done with the music and the praying and all that we were all starving. Seeing as how we were there for the church and we had ridden with Mike & Bonnie to church we went where they went for lunch. We were getting ready to leave for lunch and John's dad says "Let's go to Raliegh and find somewhere to eat." Are you kidding me?? "Oh sorry. We're done leading your congregation in worship so we're going to leave now. Oh and yeah I know you were gracious enough to let us stay in your home, but we're leaving our crap there while we go off with these people." Yeah I don't think so. So we all go to Panera Bread (which is yummy if you haven't tried it.) The whole time we're there, John's parents do not socialize with anyone. His dad tried to get us to sit at a table that was like four tables away from the group! *insert REALLY confused look* So anyway they didn't talk to anyone but John. They didn't talk to me b/c I was talking to the group we were there with! We finally get done eating and we had to go back and pack up and get our stuff so we went back with Mike & Bonnie. We told them we'd come by for a bit on our way back home. That was all I knew. So we stayed and chatted with Mike & Bonnie and this other guy Matt. John's dad calls him and is all like "Where are you? We have to be at church at 6." So he's all like "I'm sorry we lost track of time." Well that was the first that I heard that we had to meet up with them by a certain time. If you don't give me all the information then I figure we've got lots of time. Plus if someone allows you stay in their home, you should have the courtesy to spend some time with them. "Tahnk for letting me dirty your sheets and use your water and linens. I'm going to take off now." Again, I don't think so. Which brings us back to the guilt trip. John feels guilty that we didn't spend any time with them the last time we were up there. Oh yes I feel so sad about this. But anyway John's way of making this up to them is to subject me to a weekend in Hell aka his parents living room as a bedroom with a little annoying dog who likes to run around and lick everything in sight. Oh yeah and pee on my rug. :| end rant.....
Onto other things...... we have a Tuesday Morning now. I guess the excitement ranks up there with when end of the earth North Carolina got a Wal-Mart. Um... OK. Anyway, it is a pretty cool store. I found TONS of things that I could easily have snatched up. But alas I have nowhere to put them at the moment and very little money to spare as well. I decided it was so pretty that I wanted to go to the beach. Lovely view. It was really nice. A solitary moment at the beach is a rare thing. Come next month the idiot tourists arrive and the beaches get crowded and the gas prices go through the roof! BLEH!
We had a lovely Valentine's Day though. I skipped my walking class. hee hee Instead I opted to exchange gifts and have dinner with my husband. I gave John the new-ish Sonicflood Gold CD and a box of chocolate golf balls. And he gave me a gift set of Calvin Klein's fragrance Euphoria. It comes with a bottle of perfume and a bottle of body lotion. I absolutely LOVE that fragrance!! And I came home from a quick trip to Wal-Mart to a vase of red roses!!!! =D So I changed clothes, put on my new perfume and we went to dinner. I wore this black velvet skirt that has silver threads running through it and a red fuzzt angora sweater and black strappy heels. I put my hair up and put on sparkly earrings and I was ready to go. I looked hot I have to say. ;P Then we had dinner at Texas Steakhouse. We cheated on our diet. I had one dinner roll and a piece of cheesecake. YUM! For dinner I had a ribeye and a half rack of ribs. And yes, I ate it all. Oh yes and a small bowl of buttery mushrooms. It was SOOOOOO good!!
Holy crap it's after 2 AM!! I need to get to bed. Tomorrow hopefully will be another day to work on my new website. It's been up for like three days and I haven't gotten one referral yet. I've had visitors according to the report. If you get a chance visit it and sign up for something PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE. www.geocities/pay4u2read
OK 'night peoples. *MWAH*
Guilt trip? Yes. OK the first time we went up to Durham to lead worship for the church up there, we went up on Saturday night b/c there was a dinner for Ken & Michelle and John & I given by the church. So John says to me "Let's invite Mom and Dad." Uh..... I don't think so. I dropped the hint that it was at Jenny's house. So he was like "Oh it's at someone's house??" Yeah. So I told him it would be rude to invite not only one but two extra people to something like that. So he was like OK. So the next day we go to church and he's all anxious b/c he told his parents that we'd spend time with them. Problem is that we were there for the church. We invited them to come but they came up with some lame-o excuse as to why they couldn't be there. Whatever. The problem is that our services go for at least an hour and a half sometimes longer and they don't like that. If it's not over and done in an hour forget it. Fine. That's fine for them. But we go to a non-denominational NCMI church. Get over it and deal with it. Anywho, we went to lunch with the church and after we were done eating I told John that I was going shopping with Bonnie and he was going to go watch some game with the guys. He was all like "But..." yeah whatever. So Bonnie and I are at the mall having a really great time and having a nice bonding moment. Then my phone rings and it's John. "Hey where are you? My parents are going to meet us at the Apple store at the Southpointe mall. I'm on my way there now." "What about the game?" "Oh I had to leave b/c Dad called me." What?? So I had to cut my visit with Bonnie short and he had to rudely leave the gathering. I had just started taking metformin and was feeling rather ill that day. I was dragged around the mall by his mother and then dragged to some pizza joint at the mall where I seriously nearly threw up I felt so sick. So then what? Am I told that I should go home and feel better? No. I'm told "Look there's Starbuck's that will make you feel better." Huh?? I'm gonna hurl I don't think sugar, cream and caffeine is a very good combination at the moment. You're a nurse you should know that. But wait, no you're also very selfish and if you had it your way, your sons wouldn't be married! So finally I get to escape. The next time we go up there, I get dragged to their house where I told John we had five minutes b/c had another dinner to go to. (Have you figured out that our church likes to eat together?) Anywayz, we stuck to that and went on to the dinner. Not before John invites his parents again. This time, his mother agrees and his dad is like I have to go to our church. Whatever. So she comes and the whole time she doesn't participate AT ALL! She doesn't sing or stand up or anything. Fine. The service that day happened to last about two hours. By the time we got done with the music and the praying and all that we were all starving. Seeing as how we were there for the church and we had ridden with Mike & Bonnie to church we went where they went for lunch. We were getting ready to leave for lunch and John's dad says "Let's go to Raliegh and find somewhere to eat." Are you kidding me?? "Oh sorry. We're done leading your congregation in worship so we're going to leave now. Oh and yeah I know you were gracious enough to let us stay in your home, but we're leaving our crap there while we go off with these people." Yeah I don't think so. So we all go to Panera Bread (which is yummy if you haven't tried it.) The whole time we're there, John's parents do not socialize with anyone. His dad tried to get us to sit at a table that was like four tables away from the group! *insert REALLY confused look* So anyway they didn't talk to anyone but John. They didn't talk to me b/c I was talking to the group we were there with! We finally get done eating and we had to go back and pack up and get our stuff so we went back with Mike & Bonnie. We told them we'd come by for a bit on our way back home. That was all I knew. So we stayed and chatted with Mike & Bonnie and this other guy Matt. John's dad calls him and is all like "Where are you? We have to be at church at 6." So he's all like "I'm sorry we lost track of time." Well that was the first that I heard that we had to meet up with them by a certain time. If you don't give me all the information then I figure we've got lots of time. Plus if someone allows you stay in their home, you should have the courtesy to spend some time with them. "Tahnk for letting me dirty your sheets and use your water and linens. I'm going to take off now." Again, I don't think so. Which brings us back to the guilt trip. John feels guilty that we didn't spend any time with them the last time we were up there. Oh yes I feel so sad about this. But anyway John's way of making this up to them is to subject me to a weekend in Hell aka his parents living room as a bedroom with a little annoying dog who likes to run around and lick everything in sight. Oh yeah and pee on my rug. :| end rant.....
Onto other things...... we have a Tuesday Morning now. I guess the excitement ranks up there with when end of the earth North Carolina got a Wal-Mart. Um... OK. Anyway, it is a pretty cool store. I found TONS of things that I could easily have snatched up. But alas I have nowhere to put them at the moment and very little money to spare as well. I decided it was so pretty that I wanted to go to the beach. Lovely view. It was really nice. A solitary moment at the beach is a rare thing. Come next month the idiot tourists arrive and the beaches get crowded and the gas prices go through the roof! BLEH!
We had a lovely Valentine's Day though. I skipped my walking class. hee hee Instead I opted to exchange gifts and have dinner with my husband. I gave John the new-ish Sonicflood Gold CD and a box of chocolate golf balls. And he gave me a gift set of Calvin Klein's fragrance Euphoria. It comes with a bottle of perfume and a bottle of body lotion. I absolutely LOVE that fragrance!! And I came home from a quick trip to Wal-Mart to a vase of red roses!!!! =D So I changed clothes, put on my new perfume and we went to dinner. I wore this black velvet skirt that has silver threads running through it and a red fuzzt angora sweater and black strappy heels. I put my hair up and put on sparkly earrings and I was ready to go. I looked hot I have to say. ;P Then we had dinner at Texas Steakhouse. We cheated on our diet. I had one dinner roll and a piece of cheesecake. YUM! For dinner I had a ribeye and a half rack of ribs. And yes, I ate it all. Oh yes and a small bowl of buttery mushrooms. It was SOOOOOO good!!
Holy crap it's after 2 AM!! I need to get to bed. Tomorrow hopefully will be another day to work on my new website. It's been up for like three days and I haven't gotten one referral yet. I've had visitors according to the report. If you get a chance visit it and sign up for something PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE. www.geocities/pay4u2read
OK 'night peoples. *MWAH*