I hope you all had a very happy holiday. Over here in Graceland, we are spoiled rotten. Everyone got exactly what they wanted. It was a wonderful day. We all got along wonderfully and we just had a really nice time.
The mus*lim came over on Christmas night. She was quite pleasant until she wasn't. That's pretty much how it goes with her. Luckily, Bossman but her in her place and she backed off and we all survived without drama.
The wildchild and her husband left the day after Christmas and The boy and his girlfriend both leave on New Year's Day. I'm happy they are here, but it will be nice to have my house back. I forgot how much work it is to keep the house clean and people fed. So much work!
I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. The new year is almost here and I am ready for a fresh start. I won't make resolutions because that just sets me up for failure, but I am planning on doing some freshening up on my life and my house.
One more things before I go. I mentioned to Bossman that I would like to start some things up after everyone leaves and he agreed and when I asked him if he knew what I was talking about it said, YES! So, there is that to look forward too!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Optimistically yours,
grace
Holiday craziness
The boy made it home. It normally takes 16 hours...it took 24, and they didn't stop. It was bad, bad, bad! I was so happy to see that boy walk through the door.
The boys girlfriend came for the holidays. She is from Indiana. She got here the same day he came home. The wildchild was here already with her husband. She is a wedding photographer and was here to do a wedding. It is a FULL house here.
As Donkey, from Shrek says, it's not Christmas unless someone is crying and well...the day after everyone came home, the boy and the wildchild got into a fight. Oh brother. I thought I was over refereeing my kids fights. My daughter ended up in tears, then I was in tears. It was super fun!
Luckily, the next day, I made them all sit down and make up. I told them they didn't have to like each other but they had to get along for christmas. I didn't want a gift, I just wanted that.
After that, everyone got along fine. They even hung out together.
Whew! Christmas was saved!
So Christmas Eve is at my house. My whole family is coming. It should be a good time. Christmas Day will be just our immediate family. It is going to be a great weekend.
I'll be honest though, as happy as I am to have everyone here, I'll sure be happy when they leave! HAHA!
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. Or whatever you celebrate, I hope you are happy!
Love and good wishes,
grace
The boys girlfriend came for the holidays. She is from Indiana. She got here the same day he came home. The wildchild was here already with her husband. She is a wedding photographer and was here to do a wedding. It is a FULL house here.
As Donkey, from Shrek says, it's not Christmas unless someone is crying and well...the day after everyone came home, the boy and the wildchild got into a fight. Oh brother. I thought I was over refereeing my kids fights. My daughter ended up in tears, then I was in tears. It was super fun!
Luckily, the next day, I made them all sit down and make up. I told them they didn't have to like each other but they had to get along for christmas. I didn't want a gift, I just wanted that.
After that, everyone got along fine. They even hung out together.
Whew! Christmas was saved!
So Christmas Eve is at my house. My whole family is coming. It should be a good time. Christmas Day will be just our immediate family. It is going to be a great weekend.
I'll be honest though, as happy as I am to have everyone here, I'll sure be happy when they leave! HAHA!
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. Or whatever you celebrate, I hope you are happy!
Love and good wishes,
grace
Happy Birthday PK!!!!!
I sure hope PK has a great birthday!
I know you are 60 now. If it's any consolation just know, I'm younger than you!
You're welcome!
Love you!
HUGS!
grace
Me worried? NAH!
So, how are your christmas plans coming along? Are you finished shopping? Wrapping? Cleaning? Cooking?
Yeah, me neither!
In other news, the BOY is coming home. He's 16 hours away and he's leaving today. He's driving with 2 other boys. Here's the problem. It's suppose to snow 4 to 6 inches right on his path home. Needless to say, I'm a tad worried.
HA! Who am I kidding? I'm really, really worried! These boys are california boys. They don't have experience driving in the freaking snow! I am so nervous for them! I am glad they will be together and I know they will be going slow. But, it's a long drive and I will worry until I see his smiling face tomorrow! I mean, I'm a mamma, that's what we do.
If you have a spare prayer today, could you say one for these boys? Thank you!
I gotta run, there is presents to buy, food to cook and a house to clean.
Anything to keep my mind from worrying!
Not-worried-at-all,
grace
Yeah, me neither!
In other news, the BOY is coming home. He's 16 hours away and he's leaving today. He's driving with 2 other boys. Here's the problem. It's suppose to snow 4 to 6 inches right on his path home. Needless to say, I'm a tad worried.
HA! Who am I kidding? I'm really, really worried! These boys are california boys. They don't have experience driving in the freaking snow! I am so nervous for them! I am glad they will be together and I know they will be going slow. But, it's a long drive and I will worry until I see his smiling face tomorrow! I mean, I'm a mamma, that's what we do.
If you have a spare prayer today, could you say one for these boys? Thank you!
I gotta run, there is presents to buy, food to cook and a house to clean.
Anything to keep my mind from worrying!
Not-worried-at-all,
grace
Warning, depressing post.
Ever since I had cancer I've been a little paranoid about health issues. I like to call it canceritis because every pain or weird thing is cancer. (In my mind). One of my biggest fears is having some sort of health problem and not being at home. Things my stupid brain thinks about is...what if I'm on this trip and I have a heart attack? What if I'm far away from home and I need a doctor?
I know it's useless to worry about stuff like that. If it's going to happen, its going to happen. I really don't have any control over stuff like that.
On an even more depressing note. My brothers best friend died on Saturday of a heart attack. He was only 40. I personally didn't know him well, I only met him a handful of times, but, as you can imagine, my brother is devastated. I'm just really sad for my brother. And for his friends family. And really for everyone involved! It's just SAD! Things like this shouldn't happen and it really shouldn't happen right before the holidays. I am terrible at handling sad. I'm sure we are all terrible at it, but it makes me anxious. When I'm anxious I tend to curl in a ball, hide under my blankets. BAH!
Well, that's all I've got. Tomorrow will be better!
Depressingly,
grace
Christmas already?
We've been busy, busy, busy! When you have 17 bins of Christmas stuff, it tends to take many many hours to set it all up. Every evening we are busy doing things. Tonight we worked outside. Our house is coming along, but man, it's a chore! We do love it though, so we aren't willing to throw in the towel yet.
I can't believe it's almost Christmas. It seems like this year has gone so fast. My son graduated, started college. My daughter moved 2 hours from me. Life is crazy.
So, MIL... can we just talk about her some more? She is nuts. I think I've said that before. She called me a couple of days after she came to our house. So, do you have anyone in your life that repeats stories over and over? (Besides me..HAHA). Seriously, I haven't talked to her in 3 years and honestly, she is telling me the same stories she told me 3 years ago. It's sad because it means she has no life!
So how are your holidays going so far? Are any of you as crazy as we are?
Ho, ho, ho,
grace
I can't believe it's almost Christmas. It seems like this year has gone so fast. My son graduated, started college. My daughter moved 2 hours from me. Life is crazy.
So, MIL... can we just talk about her some more? She is nuts. I think I've said that before. She called me a couple of days after she came to our house. So, do you have anyone in your life that repeats stories over and over? (Besides me..HAHA). Seriously, I haven't talked to her in 3 years and honestly, she is telling me the same stories she told me 3 years ago. It's sad because it means she has no life!
So how are your holidays going so far? Are any of you as crazy as we are?
Ho, ho, ho,
grace
We may have a problem...
We have a Christmas problem. We just pulled 17 plastic bins from the attic. 17 bins. Of Christmas decorations! Good grief, Charlie Brown, THAT is a lot of decorations.
I was going to try and defend this travesty but honestly, I love it! Now some of those bins hold our Christmas village. A couple of bins hold my nativity sets. ( I just love collecting them) and quite a few of those bins are for our outdoor decorations.
Fine, just call us the Griswolds and call it a day!!! HA!
Now you know what we've been doing today. How's your Sunday been?
Christmasy,
grace
Crazy MIL
The last 6 months have been so crazy for me. I know I have shared some of it but there have been some developments that I haven't shared.
I don't know how many of you remember, but Bossman has a crazy mother. I mean, the woman is bonkers! A number of years ago she became a mus*limThe woman raised Bossman and his sisters in a strict christian family. Suddenly, she meets some guy on facebook and decides to become mus*lim. I am afraid she would find this blog online if I use the M word so I'll try not to use it much.
In any case, I'm all for people having their own beliefs in life, but her transition to M has just thrown the entire family for a loop. We have gotten used to it, but honestly, she's a old white woman in a head scarf. I know what it's called but I don't want to say it here. Trust me, it's weird. When this all first happened, she was very pushy with her new found beliefs. She would talk about Moha*mmd a lot and it drove us crazy. We didn't want to here it and she wouldn't stop even after asking her to stop.
6 years ago we lost Bossmans sister. It was a traumatic time for all of us but there was a ton of drama when it came time for the funeral. Since then there has been tons MORE drama and for the past 3 or 4 years we have had no contact with my MIL. We have had limited contact with Bossmans dad, and YES, he is still married to the crazy one. But we only saw him at church.
ANYWAY, I tell you all that so I can tell you that in June my FIL had some medical problems and Bossman felt we should go see him in the hospital and of course, we knew we would be seeing HER. We sucked it up and went and everything was ok. Bossman wasn't interested in having a full blown relationship with her, but over the months, they have needed some help with yard work and stuff and well, we've had some contact. On Bossmans birthday, she came over to our house. She hasn't been here for 4 years, so it was a little weird. Everyone got along fine, but they were here late and that is why I missed posting that day.
So, that's been going on and it's a little bit good and a little bit scary because although things are good, you never know when the drama will happen again and Bossman and I are not getting involved in the drama again. I'm praying there won't be drama because I think even though she's bonkers, she is Bossmans mom and she's getting older so...you just never know what will happen in life. Bossman's dad has a bad heart and who knows what will happen if he has a problem. She literally has no one in her life except Bossmans sister and she's pretty useless.
Well, this story could go on but I guess I bored you enough for today.
I am very thankful Bossman and his mom are on speaking terms. And right now that's all I can ask for.
I don't know how many of you remember, but Bossman has a crazy mother. I mean, the woman is bonkers! A number of years ago she became a mus*limThe woman raised Bossman and his sisters in a strict christian family. Suddenly, she meets some guy on facebook and decides to become mus*lim. I am afraid she would find this blog online if I use the M word so I'll try not to use it much.
In any case, I'm all for people having their own beliefs in life, but her transition to M has just thrown the entire family for a loop. We have gotten used to it, but honestly, she's a old white woman in a head scarf. I know what it's called but I don't want to say it here. Trust me, it's weird. When this all first happened, she was very pushy with her new found beliefs. She would talk about Moha*mmd a lot and it drove us crazy. We didn't want to here it and she wouldn't stop even after asking her to stop.
6 years ago we lost Bossmans sister. It was a traumatic time for all of us but there was a ton of drama when it came time for the funeral. Since then there has been tons MORE drama and for the past 3 or 4 years we have had no contact with my MIL. We have had limited contact with Bossmans dad, and YES, he is still married to the crazy one. But we only saw him at church.
ANYWAY, I tell you all that so I can tell you that in June my FIL had some medical problems and Bossman felt we should go see him in the hospital and of course, we knew we would be seeing HER. We sucked it up and went and everything was ok. Bossman wasn't interested in having a full blown relationship with her, but over the months, they have needed some help with yard work and stuff and well, we've had some contact. On Bossmans birthday, she came over to our house. She hasn't been here for 4 years, so it was a little weird. Everyone got along fine, but they were here late and that is why I missed posting that day.
So, that's been going on and it's a little bit good and a little bit scary because although things are good, you never know when the drama will happen again and Bossman and I are not getting involved in the drama again. I'm praying there won't be drama because I think even though she's bonkers, she is Bossmans mom and she's getting older so...you just never know what will happen in life. Bossman's dad has a bad heart and who knows what will happen if he has a problem. She literally has no one in her life except Bossmans sister and she's pretty useless.
Well, this story could go on but I guess I bored you enough for today.
I am very thankful Bossman and his mom are on speaking terms. And right now that's all I can ask for.
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