Does that work the other way? for $50 they WOULD lose a W for a while? I didn't realize today was your sons birthday too. Did you update your sig line yet? I was thinking since when does Jesus like cake and IHOP?
Hey, I made croissants yesterday, does that count like rolls? They must. H didn't want any when I offered. He waited until later when I wasn't close enough to make any comments.
Merry Christmas to you. Enjoy the time with your boys.
Thanks pal! I updated the sig line a little while ago! How do they grow up so fast? He's my baby! NOT! It does seem like yesterday, though.
Hmm, have to think about losing wife for a while. A least the immediate stress would go down. I don't really know what I am going to do. Since she has said that she has issues, at some point I will have to ask if she in fact plans to do anything about them. Because I can't. If she says she doesn't know then I really will start to worry about the MLC angle! If she ways yes, that's some hope. If she says no? Not going to go there yet, I want to see how things are when she gets back. But three more years is highly unlikely, so at some point there will need to be a change!
Croissants are most definitely rolls. And I like croissants!
Lin- I don't think I ever thanked you for stopping by! Thanks, and come by any time. I have a serious situation, and I am serious about it, but having a sense of humor about it helps me maintain sanity, so there will be some of that, too, if you had not noticed! And thanks for posting to Lisa. I could be encouraging, but her situation needed some people with real world experience, not just kind words.
Birthday cake for dinner in a bit. With ice cream.
But, W called and talked to boys today. Then a little with me. Mostly about the fact that they have snow up there, and it has to be considered constantly. But, anyway, she also talked about the stress there. Obviously her brother is there. he's very bright, with a 'challenging' sort of personality. My wife, who we know about, her mom, who is softspoken, but easily stessed, and for some reason, W's brother's XW. I think she's there to mooch off of everyone else, if I had my guess. She is a professional spender, and can spend all kinds of her money, imaginary money, and other people's money, at least that's what I've been led to believe, and the evidence seems pretty good. She can do lots of things, but "can't" work because of her back. OK. Anyway, I'm told she goes through everything she gets from W's brother (not a small amount, but I don't know the facts) and then tries to nickel and dime him for more. The point of all this is that I think W is seeing a dysfunctional divorce in action. Maybe, perhaps, this will cause thinking on her part. Or maybe she just thinks it wouldn't be like that for us (and, she's probably right, brother's XW is pretty close to a fruit loop, in addition to having alcohol and/or prescription drug abuse problems, remember the back). But maybe there is something useful there. Of course, if X-SIL was going to be there, why did W and MIL need to go? I think they did not expect her, and brother, did not want XW to be primary source of care. Oh, and W says that cousin is spoiled rotten. I didn't point out that she was ready to assist in that by spending 4 or 5 hundred dollars to appease him yesterday by sending S10 up. Funny how things look different from 1000 miles away, isn't it!
By the way, can any of you fine ladies, or perhaps gentlemen with baking tendencies, tell me why one frosting recipe will cover 3/4 of a cake, while a double recipe will clearly cover six? Then someone has to eat the extra? And I don't like chocolate enough to do that!
Well, that Crocker lady makes a mean chocolate cake! And the guy who made the frosting did ok, too. There were enough vultures around that the leftover frosting wasn't really a problem. The dentist will love us, I'm sure!
I need to catch a second wind, and then wrap the last minute stuff. Each boy gets a box of a cereal they would not normally be allowed the good ones, you know). They know they are coming, but they need to be wrapped. And a DVD for W's dad, and I think a couple other gifts for him, perhaps a jar of special olives? I need to go dig that out.
So, I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but I did get a oouple thing done that I wasn't planning, like ordering my dad's present (it may be late, huh?) So not a bad day. And at least civil, and perhaps usefule interaction with W. And a happy 10 year old. I guess life is good!
