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Originally Posted by curlybenswife

LMAO can we line the men up j and smack them????

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It's not just men CBW. You know of one of the people I want to SMACK!!

Hell lady I'm first in line there is like to shove her crucifix up her watsit

Well, it's a 4 hour drive to my mom's right after work tomorrow.

I'm sure that when we get there, we'll find my sister in the only guest bed, so we'll have to sleep on an air mattress in like the living room or something... where her 5 kids can wake me up BRIGHT and EARLY in the morning (not a morning person). Instead of going to antique stores and hanging out, we're now going to some kids amusement park (the kind with no scary rides, just baby rides) and a petting zoo.

Doesn't that sound exciting to you? Imagine how much fun it sounds when you don't have kids!

I just can't believe my mom just ditched me for grandkids. Okay, I can believe it, but how sucky is it to lose out to 5 kids under 10?

Girl, I'd be staying home. LOL

I will stay out of that one. You guys have a good day.

Guess id cancel and go another weekend lol

Yup, if your Mom is understanding, I would just make another date with her. Let her have time with the kids.

Could you and hubby book into a motel and have yourselves some naughtyness? And do the family thing in the day??

Synnen, sorry about your weekend.

With the budget for saving for a house, we don't really have the extra money.

If I cancel, it's ammunition... my sister gets to say that I'm so selfish that I can't even visit with my mom if she's there. Seriously, mom would be disappointed, but my sister would use it as an opportunity for poison--so I can't cancel, or it will get worse.

As far as rescheduling... this and one other weekend are the only ones we have left open this summer to visit with my folks, and we scheduled THIS one because the next one is my sister and kids, and my brother and HIS kids, and we were told that because we don't have kids, we're being relegated to the tent with the air mattress, since we don't have to worry about kids waking up in the night in a strange place.

I mean... it's bad enough that we can't get pregnant. This just makes me feel like we're second class family because we don't have grandkids to bring with us.

I'm just frustrated. Thanks for listening.

ARe the kids too young that they wouldn't think sleeping in a tent with mom and dad is fun?

Sister sounds sneaky and vendictive. Sorry you have to deal with that. I am real sorry! Maybe it will turn out differently and you might just have a smidgin of fun. Maybe you can ask Mom to come to lunch with just your husband and you while some of the kids are resting?

The tent just isn't big enough... but that's actually one of my concerns! I don't want to be the bad guy that has to say no to the kids who want to stay out there with us, but there are FIVE kids. They're 10, 7, 5, 4, and 2. The last 2 aren't potty trained, and the 4 year old has night terrors, so she has to be close to mom anyway. The other 3 will be spoiled to death by gramma and papa, and we'll be doing everything to the kids' schedules.

I'm just sick and tired of every time we try to spend time with anyone, we have to do it with kids involved too. I'd like an ADULT weekend sometime, where we stay out late, and eat potato chips between meals and have alcohol and don't have to share our lipstick with 5 year olds and can have leftover chinese for breakfast the next morning.

(yes, I realize I'm just whining now. Thanks so much for being sympathetic... that helps TONS)

God no, I understand how you feel!!

When we go to Gulf Shores there are 19 of us, almost to be 21 of us, who stay all together in a small condo. It can get rather stifling.

Omg... 21?

Now I don't feel so bad.

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Originally Posted by Synnen

The tent just isnt' big enough...but that's actually one of my concerns! I don't want to be the bad guy that has to say no to the kids who want to stay out there with us, but there are FIVE kids. they're 10, 7, 5, 4, and 2. The last 2 aren't potty trained, and the 4 year old has night terrors, so she has to be close to mom anyway. The other 3 will be spoiled to death by gramma and papa, and we'll be doing everything to the kids' schedules.

I'm just sick and tired of every time we try to spend time with anyone, we have to do it with kids involved too. I'd like an ADULT weekend sometime, where we stay out late, and eat potato chips between meals and have alcohol and dont have to share our lipstick with 5 year olds and can have leftover chinese for breakfast the next morning.

(yes, I realize I'm just whining now. Thanks so much for being sympathetic...that helps TONS)

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I forgot what adult time meant. LOL I hope the weekend finds you something great that was unexpected! Can't wait to keep my chap stick to myself, and stay out late!

Yup, got a new baby on the way (not me! ) and a soon to be new hubby for the niece. It gets pretty cramped because they are not nearly as clean as me and I die in the mess.

I know the feeling of hating to live in someone else's mess, even for a short time!

Ugh... I just can't get past the 21 people in the same place for more than a few hours. My god... you must have like 4 people to each bed!

Air mattresses all over the place, LOL

The condos we get are usually pretty big and all sofas pull out to be beds, there are usually 4 or 5 bedrooms. But STILL!!

We didn't go this year, LOL

LOL Synn - poor thing... I would be whining too. And I have a child, but that doesn't mean I like other peoples kids all the time... lol. There are times I can't stand my own nephews... so I can imagine. Im sorry your family won't be more understanding.

J- when we go to gulf shores, its all 5 siblings, their spouses, 15 kids (10 are boys), my parents, and typically the dogs as well... lol. I feel you. Its more of a challenge than a vacation... lol.

Well hey think what I will be going through next weekend when we go to bens parents, it's the wedding anniversary party the house will be rammed till heavens knows what time there will be at least 40 people sleeping all over the house the other 60 will go home. Shudder I hate it even when its just the family let alone extended there all so flipping noisey lol

40 people in the house? Ewww, I shudder to think about it. I'd definitely be getting a hotel room.

Oh my goodness... lol... I feel for you..

Fly settling well? Are the other cats getting more used to things?

Fly is doing wonderfully currently scrounging for our dinner giggle.

There partys are legendary but jesus its hard work with small children but there will be a hog roast so I'm really only going for the food lol

Mmm food...

Man, I have been catching up, since I wasn't on at all yesterday and barely any on Tuesday, and I have realized that there are some real nutters on here... none of you of course not that I would say it to your face. :)

Oh, yum. I hog roast!! John did that for me for my 40th birthday. It was grand. As far as I can remember. LOL

Had to have surgery the next day, at the hospital at 4 am, so I was in bed by 8. LOL

I can't seem to figure out how to put my YouTube video on my post. I have tried using both URL and embed options with and without the [YOUTUBE] thingies and nothing works.

Am I missing something obvious??

You sure are them lol would you like a quick lesson??

Em, when you are looking at the address bar on YouTube you will see some letters and numbers behind an equal sign. Copy that and paste it in the red YouTube link here.

click the tube button...
In between the []here []

On the url for you tube at the end there is a = you cut and paste the bits straight after the = and put there where it says here.

Hog roast? YUM! I am so hungry right now I have been cleaning house (AGAIN) and now I am heating up my favorite! Left over sketty!
Good luck on the You Tube!

Thanks for the help! I'm a noob when it comes to YouTube (that could be a Dr. Suess title, no?).

I guess I am a certified redneck, where I come from they are called Pig Pickins, not Hog Roasts!

Here is the beauty that is my daughter in her yearly recital. She is the tall one righ behind the teacher.

They had one for our wedding party and seeing a whole pig on the spit is so cool

That was so cool Emland, Wow, I don't even think my legs would let me stand for that long, lt alone dance that long! Woo hoo. What a sight. You should be proud!

The toddler's always get the biggest applause. I think they are sooo cute!

My daughter and I sat here and watched the whole thing and she was like OMGosh that is so cool, can I do that mom. I said I could look into it. You may have started something for her! LOL If I ever get through football season with my oldest son and wrestling with my second son, I guess we could give it a try!

Irish dancing is soooo much fun! I highly recommend it - I take adult classes, too!

Cool Em, I will definitely get some info from our area, we went to Corvallis Oregon and watched an Irish band last year, everyone was in the middle of the bar floor just going around in circles it was so fun. I would love to go back and be able to show off some of my SKILLS! LOL

There are schools all over. Definitely more in the Boston and New York areas, but you will find Irish enthusiasts all over thanks to Michael Flatley.

Who is that? All I know is that thye have shows here in Oregon all the time with the local dancers and I just love it!