[rtsmom]

Was it last night or is it tonight???

Janet

[sugarbabysmommy]

Ah yes, she's strangely quiet, maybe we should start a bail fund

[AwaitingBeloved]

uh oh... wonder if she puked on FIL?

[Sunshine Mom]

Has there has been a spike in liquor sales in CA today???

[LisaCA]

rofl, guys. no bail money needed as of yet. they have arrived in town, but we are now awaiting their arrival to the house. spent the past 24 hours cleaning (actually the past week, but that's the wife's typical job).

the plan is that I'll skip dinner, along with dd. dh's excuse: he wants a dinner sans child, and robin has graciously volunteered to babysit so he can enjoy his dinner and family . Eventually I'll have to have dinner with them-they're not leaving til the 12th, but we'll see. Dh is only taking thru monday off, so we'll have to see how it plays out during the day. Dd seems okay today, rather hyper but not overly so. They'll get to spend lunch with her,so my guess is that not having her at dinner might actually sit well with them, lol.

thanks for thinking of me and for organizing the bail fund . Look for tons of post about just how awful this experience is. How you all do this family thing is beyond me. Of course it helps if you have civilized people taking part, lol. It's a perfect example of why we all need manners! Poor dh looks like he's ready for a job interview-apparently, it's not fun for him to have his family all together .

haven't decided how to do the "card thing" (the comment that I'm a "strange girl" to my mom at xmas). poor dh tried to hide the card, but I have it in my grubby little hands. I'll be good til he stops being good (probably within the first ten minutes). then we'll see. keep that bail money handy!

Lisa

[Hopp]

Hey Lisa,

Just for fun...take a pix of you with the inlaws! we want to see! LOL! I envision a pix with the 2 of them in front smiling with you in the back with your toung sticking out at them, your dh looking stressed, and this beautiful family portrait posted on the internet. LOL LOL

Keep us posted and let us know where you need the bail $$ sent off to and when.

[AdrienneG]

Why not blow up the card and have it as a poster on the wall in your home?

[AwaitingBeloved]

Diann and Adrienne, you are both too funny!

Lisa, can't wait for more updates. Your IL's, well, they really do take the cake.

Good luck, chicky. We're thinking of you! And glad it's not us (not this week anyway!!) hehe

[LisaCA]

Day One is over. It was painful, but I avoided most of it. I faked a migraine (actually I just hid in the room during dd's nap and dh lied and said it was a migraine), came out, said little but was polite. FIL commented when they left that I seemed quiet- he he he. Dd warmed up to them slightly, actually approaching the part of the room they were in. No touching allowed, but she did stare at them.

hey, only one semi racist comment from FIL about "A-rabs" (sigh). he must be under the weather. I refused to be drawn into conversations about politics or anything that might remotely be problematic. so far, so good.

they actually offered to babysit-like I'd actually leave any vulnerable living being with them. I said no thanks, dd wouldn't like it. they countered that she wouldn't notice. I just said no thanks and left it at that. I think they think we're overprotective, and yeah, i am, esp when it comes to them. Now I'll leave dd with the neighbor, and actually dh brought that up, right after I said no to their babysitting offer! What he was thinking I'm not sure, maybe some passive agressive thing, but more likely just cluelessness (dumbest smart guy thing).

they are threatening to do a dinner out this sunday, so we'll have to find a good lie out of this one too. It's fil's bday. wonder what dh will come up with there (probably that both wife and daughter have migraines-he's an engineer and thus not too imaginative unless it's a satellite, lol.)

it will be a very long week. I would rather go to the dentist daily,lol.

[bromanchik]

Lisa,
I won't leave my kids alone with the in-laws either. Stand your ground!

[LisaCA]

thanks brenda. they don't meet my basic requirement anyway-a recent (within one year) certificate of child cpr. Nor do they meet my other requirements of being decent folks, but that's not the excuse I'll use. They've watched their other grandchild endlessly, as they like to mention. But i'm pickier I guess. There's that overprotective thing again, not to mention the "strange" .