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PlacentiaSoccerMom · #76 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:44 pm

Jeff's thinks that the things on the list will happen 24 times between the time that she arrives tomorrow and when she leaves next week.

SportsFan68 · #77 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:51 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:We could just make this the longest thread ever. It's got a good start anyway with the important stuff about Hermillion being safe and sound being the only non-gratuitous post in the thread.
Yeah, she's being quite the slacker. She could contribute some gratuitousness instead of making us do all the heavy gratuiting.

She came around.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #78 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:01 pm

Maddie's number is 33.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #79 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:02 pm

My number is 18.

cindy.wellman · #80 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:45 pm

The promotion discussion was big around here a couple of weeks ago. Sam wanted to know what she would call herself this summer: Is she 6th grader or a 7th grader? Technically she won't start 7th grade until August. After listening to quite a few viewpoints from us and her friends, she finally decided she is a 7th grader because she has officially finished the 6th grade.

OH, and PSM, your mom has to be related to my MIL.

I have always really liked my MIL. I still like her. Now that we live near Eric's side of the family, I am just shocked to see a side of her that others have talked about in the past, but I have not seen. Combining that revelation, with a few other revelations about various family members, made for quite the tumultuous first year in Idaho. Unfortunately, it came down to having to make a rough decision, which was to limit our time spent with the ones causing the trouble. I must say though, our lives have since gone back to being a lot less stressful since making the decision. Eric, Sam and I have grown closer while experiencing these events, and we've also grown closer with the non-mean family members too.

silvercamaro · #81 Post by **silvercamaro** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:49 pm

I remain stunned that my own mother obviously has been leading secret lives with extra families in California and Idaho.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #82 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:59 pm

silvercamaro wrote:I remain stunned that my own mother obviously has been leading secret lives with extra families in California and Idaho.

ulysses5019 · #83 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:02 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Jeff's thinks that the things on the list will happen 24 times between the time that she arrives tomorrow and when she leaves next week.

What's the over/under?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #84 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:17 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Jeff's thinks that the things on the list will happen 24 times between the time that she arrives tomorrow and when she leaves next week.
What's the over/under?

We decided against "Price is Right" rules. The person with the closest guess wins.

JasperSuchard · #85 Post by **JasperSuchard** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:24 pm

silvercamaro wrote:I remain stunned that my own mother obviously has been leading secret lives with extra families in California and Idaho.

Does your mom cackle?

My grandma cackles and it scares me.

Beebs52 · #86 Post by **Beebs52** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:00 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:I remain stunned that my own mother obviously has been leading secret lives with extra families in California and Idaho.

And lying in bed in Florida at the same time. She's quite the shapeshifter.

hermillion · #87 Post by **hermillion** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:57 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:I remain stunned that my own mother obviously has been leading secret lives with extra families in California and Idaho.

And lying in bed in Florida at the same time. She's quite the shapeshifter.

. . . and yet another appearance just outside of Austin, TX. That old gal really gets around!

minimetoo26 · #88 Post by **minimetoo26** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:50 am

I got the cackling m-i-l! But she wouldn't ever in 16,000 lifetimes wake up at 4 am. Idealized parenting? Check.

I suggest you just turn it into a drinking game! Anytime one of those event occurs, you drink. Only the girls get left out and you get on the waiting list for new livers next week....

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #89 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:27 am

minimetoo26 wrote:I got the cackling m-i-l! But she wouldn't ever in 16,000 lifetimes wake up at 4 am. Idealized parenting? Check.

I suggest you just turn it into a drinking game! Anytime one of those event occurs, you drink. Only the girls get left out and you get on the waiting list for new livers next week....

If I drink though, I might be more inclined to say what I really think. That would mean more crying.

tlynn78 · #90 Post by **tlynn78** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:19 am

When she stays with us, she wakes us all up at 4:00 a.m. because rather than using the shower downstairs next to the guest room, she takes one in the girls' bathroom

I suggest that the girls' shower be 'broken' for the duration of her stay. Or do what I did to one of my boys one April first. Remove the shower head and make sure it's dry. Pour in a packet of luridly colored KoolAde. Reattach the shower head. Blame the girls when you mom turns purple.

t.

ulysses5019 · #91 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:54 am

tlynn78 wrote:
When she stays with us, she wakes us all up at 4:00 a.m. because rather than using the shower downstairs next to the guest room, she takes one in the girls' bathroom
I suggest that the girls' shower be 'broken' for the duration of her stay. Or do what I did to one of my boys one April first. Remove the shower head and make sure it's dry. Pour in a packet of luridly colored KoolAde. Reattach the shower head. Blame the girls when you mom turns purple.

t.

So she'd look like this?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #92 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:39 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:
When she stays with us, she wakes us all up at 4:00 a.m. because rather than using the shower downstairs next to the guest room, she takes one in the girls' bathroom
I suggest that the girls' shower be 'broken' for the duration of her stay. Or do what I did to one of my boys one April first. Remove the shower head and make sure it's dry. Pour in a packet of luridly colored KoolAde. Reattach the shower head. Blame the girls when you mom turns purple.

t.
So she'd look like this?

Poor unfortunate souls...

fantine33 · #93 Post by **fantine33** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:52 pm

tlynn78 wrote:
When she stays with us, she wakes us all up at 4:00 a.m. because rather than using the shower downstairs next to the guest room, she takes one in the girls' bathroom
I suggest that the girls' shower be 'broken' for the duration of her stay. Or do what I did to one of my boys one April first. Remove the shower head and make sure it's dry. Pour in a packet of luridly colored KoolAde. Reattach the shower head. Blame the girls when you mom turns purple.

t.

Too much work. Just have Emma poop in the shower stall before she goes to bed. Mom might try to use that one the first morning, but she can probably be convinced to use the guest shower after that. Ha!

Btw, the cemetery trip is announced because everybody has to know where she's going so they can all talk about how thoughtful she is and how she feels so much and how selfless and wonderful she is to do that. Because if nobody knows you're doing it, it doesn't count.

And isn't that the whole point of.....well, everything?

(Yes, I have a mother. Could you tell? Ha!)

kayrharris · #94 Post by **kayrharris** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:54 pm

So how is day 1 going, PSM? Just wondering?

Thanks! Kay

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #95 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:27 pm

kayrharris wrote:So how is day 1 going, PSM? Just wondering?

Thanks! Kay

She's not here yet. She has called me three times today to let me know that she is not here yet.

ulysses5019 · #96 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:31 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
kayrharris wrote:So how is day 1 going, PSM? Just wondering?

Thanks! Kay
She's not here yet. She has called me three times today to let me know that she is not here yet.

Well, you never know. She might be hiding in the girls' shower.