Would you believe...

...that the dog ate my homework?

Actually, remember the "one word" email? Well, I transfered all the words into my blog post. I had a nice witty post talking about how much the words cracked me up. Believe me when I tell you, it was FUNNY!

So, I came in here tonight to put the final touches on my masterpiece and when I opened the post...the post was there, the list of words...gone! Poof! The paragraph before the words and the paragraph after the words was still there, but somewhere along the way, the paragraph with all the words, disappeared! I went back to my e-mail, hoping against hope that the deleted messages were still in the deleted file...no such luck!

So, sorry guys, the words disappeared! But I CAN tell you this...they were good! And funny and smart. You are all very inventive and sweet! But, I have to say the best word that came in was...

Are you ready?

The word was...

Supercalifragilisticexpeealladoetious! Thank you Terpsichord!

In other news, the cat is still alive. I appreciate all the concern and advice about the declawing. We will not be pursuing that route at this time. The double sticky tape on all the corners seems to be curing her of that nasty habit. On the plus side, my nephew keeps sticking to the sofa so that is making my job a lot easier! (Can we just keep this between you and me...I mean really, does my sister need to know this information?)

The birthday went GREAT! My son had such a great day. The party was a success! I ate more cake than I care to admit. I'm glad it's over, but again, must we admit that to my son? I think not!

So, graduation is Friday. D is flying in from Vegas. She's doing ok, but she's not progressing as well as the doctors have hoped. The tumor has shrunk, but I think they were hoping it would be smaller than it is. She will have more chemo in July, so for now, she's in a holding pattern.

I know I haven't mentioned the MIL for a while. There really hasn't been anything to report as we had banished her from the kingdom our lives. Turns out, when banishing someone, it doesn't nessisarily mean they disappear. Even though we weren't in contact with her, she was doling out her evil lies to the rest of the family. None of the family buy into her nonsense, but it was stressing D out! As much as D tried not answering the phone, things just kept getting worse with her mother. The MIL was calling her and complaining non stop about how we wouldn't let her see the kids and how she was going to take us to court for visitation. (Oh how I wish she would have done this, I would have LOVED to go to court and point out how WACKO she is.)

Finally, the MIL had the FIL call Bossman and tell him that SHE wanted to see the little man on his birthday. Bossman told his father that if SHE wanted to see the little man, SHE needed to go through him first. SHE would need to call Bossman, listen to what he had to say, AND abide by his rules!

Friday night, the MIL finally called the house. Luckily, the kids were not home, so it was the perfect time to talk to her. Without bothering you with all the details, it's safe to say she was full of poop. BUT, Bossman told her what he expected of her if she was to come back into the kingdom our lives.

So, she came over on the little mans birthday. It was fake and phony, but the kids were happy to see her AND she didn't say anything inappropriate! For once, she was the one on eggshells and we were NOT!

Just so you know, the main reason this was done was because of D. She was really having a hard time of it and the stress of all the "family" drama was taking it's toll on her. She was stressing out on what was going to happen when she came for the graduation. She didn't ask Bossman to make nice with his mom. She understands where he coming from, but Bossman just didn't like seeing his sister under all that stress.

So, for now, the kingdom is at peace. This doesn't mean that the king will be visiting the peasant anytime soon, but she will probably come for the graduation. BUT, after the graduation, there will be very LIMITED contact with her. Actually, since there is nothing major coming up after the graduation, there will probably be NO contact for quite a while. (I hope, I hope, I hope)

After the call on Friday, Bossman was feeling a little spanky, so guess who got a spanking? He used the BS! Horrible. I tell you, that thing is evil and should be disposed off. I threatened to break it, and was told that if anything bad happened to the BS, he was going to buy a bigger, better one. Is there such thing as a BETTER BS? I don't THINK so! But I'm not willing to find out!

As he was spanking me with the dreaded BS, he decided to pull out his cell phone and make a little video. NOW, before you all get excited, I deleted it. Sorry, but as close as I am to some of you, I'm just not ready to go THAT far with you all. I will say though, it was kind of neat to watch that little clip. My butt didn't look as bad as I thought it would and I didn't sound as weird as I thought I would. It was fun to watch, but I made sure that after watching I deleted it! I wasn't taking ANY chances!

So, that's it. I probably won't post again until next week. I have to clean my house and get ready for the graduation and everything else! I'm tired just thinking about it. My daughter got her cap and gown the other day and I bawled like a little baby! I am excited for her, but I'll be glad when it's over.

Have a good week! I know I will.