10 Reasons why I stayed home instead of going to my mother-in-law's with my family
1. I get light headed from the 9 million different scented candles strewn across the place.
2. It bugs me that she stores chips in her oven.
3. I don't feel like talking about a new mattress.
4. The magnetic pull her candy drawer has over me frightens me.
5. I'm still upset about what she said to me the last time we spoke on the phone.
6. She compares me to my sisters-in-law.
7. She treats me like I'm gigantic. I'm 5'4.
8. It makes me sad to see how much she still misses Charlie's dad. She keeps a picture of him sitting on the couch, watching TV, next to her chair. He died of cancer 9 years ago.
9. It gives me anxiety attacks to be around so many people. She always has a house full.
10. I always leave her house with a pounding headache.
2. It bugs me that she stores chips in her oven.
3. I don't feel like talking about a new mattress.
4. The magnetic pull her candy drawer has over me frightens me.
5. I'm still upset about what she said to me the last time we spoke on the phone.
6. She compares me to my sisters-in-law.
7. She treats me like I'm gigantic. I'm 5'4.
8. It makes me sad to see how much she still misses Charlie's dad. She keeps a picture of him sitting on the couch, watching TV, next to her chair. He died of cancer 9 years ago.
9. It gives me anxiety attacks to be around so many people. She always has a house full.
10. I always leave her house with a pounding headache.
@ 10:23 AM
22 Comments:
Chips in the oven?!!!?!
Umm.......... she doesn't actually read your blog, does she?!
Oh, heck no. :)
The only person I know in real life who actually reads this is my friend Jessica.
You are safe enough then.
That chips in the oven thing is really strange though.
Umm is she receiving any form of treatment?
She is one of those people who buys things in excess. Her cupboards-full. Her pantry-full. Her counter top-full. So, she hides her potato chips and such in the over.
She's not the only MIL buying stuff like WWIII starts tomorrow. My MIL has a basement with enough food to support a small army. And she lives alone--WTF is up. Now, if she lived in New Orleans I could understand, but she lives on top of a hill in middle Tennessee. How much food does a 71 yo widow need???
Oh, and she has two, yes two, freezers fully stocked. Som Beeech.
Hmmmmm....... her name isn't Janet by any chance is it Trée?? (my mil's name) They sound like the same person. Maybe twins separated at birth?
JoAnn--maybe the "J" has something to do with it. ;-)
Oh, that's definitely eerie. Janet had a sister that passed away from lung cancer about 11 years ago. Her name was Joan.
Umm Sherri I know that this is going to look odd with this hanging out in the middle of no where with no context for it but if you liked the pic that you commented on then does that mean that you don't like the profile pic. j/k.
And yes you are a nerd. I didn't think that people still started from the beginning of a 4 month old blog. Again j/k, hehe.
What can I say. :) I'm actually still looking at the pictures you have posted. Very scenic.
In the picture that you posted you can actually see your eyes, and your expression. I'm not saying your profile picture is terrible, I just liked the fact that I could see more of your true self in the other one.
omg Sherri, I've just had a thought. Are you turning into your MIL?????!!!!!!?!
Is it contagious, can I catch through a comp screen 5000 miles away. Should I worry? Should I go to the doctor now and get jabs for it???
Are you crushing on me Sherri, j/k. lol.
Yeah they are nice photos. The 10th pic down is where i go to when i want to think about stuff. It is really lovely. You feel as if you are above the clouds!
yes, it's very contagious. The only way not to catch the fever is to end any and all contact with me and my blog.
Dr. Rau's orders.
FOr a mnute there, I thought you were describing my Aunt Helen...I always remember being at her house as a kid and watching my cousins-in-law cringe over all the crap she would say to them....
And then she would say, "Honey, go get me some gingerbread cookies, they are in the dishwasher..."
And all the glasses looked like they had been spit polished cuz of the dishwasher that broke 10 years ago....
No cookies in the dishwasher. :) I did see a can of spam in her lazy susan the last time I was at her house though.
lazy susan ........... is that what i think it is, umm
It's the name of a certain kind of cabitet. It has a circular thing in it that spins around so you can see what's in there without digging everything out. Over here, everyone has a lazy susan in at least one of their cupboards.
thank god for that. i thought it was something completely different, geesh that was close!
funny, yet sad.
The funniest line in Monster In-law is, "You don't slap someone then apologize! Get some backbone!"
Spam on the lasy susan...i love it!And aren't there different types of lazy susans, there is a big one for potted meat products and canned soup, a little one, for spices ans such, and one that Aunt Myrtle uses for dips and chips...
oh, and howabout the hanging three tiered copper baskets?
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