The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[JenniferS]

For us it just me, my son, and my daughter. I share interests with each of my kids. I watch sports with my son and I watch things with my daughter that we both like. From there, it stems out into all of just making each other laugh and we have fun. We really like spending time with each other but I worry that I won't get along with their spouses.
I get along really well with my daughter's boyfriend but I don't know if they will stay together and get married and have kids. It's too early for that.
I really admire the way @JenniferS gets along with her sisters in law. I want to have a smooth ride with my in laws.

JenniferS likes a smooth ride.

My MIL was considered a difficult woman. I accepted her for what she was and made it work.
Despite her initial ambivalence toward me, I ended up being the favourite of her five DIL's.

As a result, my kids had a very close relationship with her, and often hopped on their bikes and visited her of their own accord. Other grandkids only saw her at Christmas and family functions. Not my kids. No way.

Sadly, my boys had lost their last grandparent by the ages 15 & 16. Thanks to my ensuring the smooth ride (where necessary) they have wonderful memories of the three grandparents they knew.

Life is too short to nurse grudges. I try to remember that mercy and forgiveness are given to me, in equal measure to the mercy and forgiveness I show others.
Turn the other cheek, and all that.

 

[JenniferS]

I'm kinda in disbelief that the DH has flattened the kid for daring to speak to the Mom like that.

Has or hasn't?

Hasn't - because the cops have already told him he'd be charged.
Hasn't - because I abhor violence.
Hasn't - because as much as I say I "should have beat them more when I had the chance", I obviously don't support beating your children.
Hasn't - because I have convinced him that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It's called adulthood and the fact that one (eventually both) of them will be moving out sooner rather than later.

But mostly for the first reason. No way my Hubby is leaving here in cuffs because of those brats.

 

[JenniferS]

I just had an altogether pleasant 5-minute conversation with Mr. Cranky-Pants himself.
I think I'll go to bed now and end the day on a sweet note.

Good night, Peeps. Be well.

(Food pics tomorrow. I forgot.)

 

[seahawk7]

I think Kate takes it in a different direction than Diana did. Diana always tried to please and conform. Kate and her hubby seem to be aware of the the pressures that Diana had between the twit of husband Elizabeth raised and Elizabeth's interference in their marriage. Kate and hubby seem to ignore Elizabeth and God Bless them for that.

But from what I understand the rules have been soften due to the track record the Royals have had of late with their marriages. Kate was a commoner and she wouldn't have been allowed to marry a royal before.

 

[Figgy1]

That's right FISH ARE FRIENDS NOT FOOD!

 

[Figgy1]

Please plug your ears @JenniferS--- the tomatoes in the salad are like candy, they are so sweet and yummy.

I hope they're still covered! The boys are getting BLT salads for lunch today! I got some lovely tomatoes at the store . Better than candy!

 

[Figgy1]

And I leave in 15 days for WDW and haven't packed or bought a thing! I gots to get movin'!

You gotta move it, move it! I hope you're packed in time! I know someone who's husband forgot their suitcase in the rush out the door, At least she got guilt free shopping!

 

[Figgy1]

Time to get the troops moving! Lunches to pack and I'm walking today! I come to life when the temps hit 80.

 

[MinnieM123]

In our early years we all had fannie packs in our family until they fell out of favor. Beyond useful though, I miss wearing mine.

I can't figure out what the fashion faux pas is, with wearing a f anny pack. They are the most practical accessories and are perfect for a day in the parks. (Actually, I still see people at the parks wearing them, just not as many people as before.) I just take a tiny cross-body bag now, but would like to see the packs make a comeback. Fashion always eventually reverts to the past; it's just a matter of time.

 

[MinnieM123]

Don't you think Kate is already living that?
Same name or no, living in this TMZ generation will be hard on the newest Royals.

True, but just think of the perks that go along with all that: free room and board (and not in a flophouse--we're talking castles here . . .), and delicious food cooked for you, and brought to your table by the castle servants. You'll never have to wash the dishes. And, you'll also get to wear all kinds of nice clothes. I can't imagine that the new princess will ever have to agonize over paying a car loan, paying rent, or worrying about the increase in the cost of the electric bill, etc. All in all, I think she'll come out ahead, no matter how you slice it. Just sayin . . .

 

[MinnieM123]

Yea I'm glad! You will love it. Make sure to tell them you want a booth when you check in that way you can spin slowly. I don't think the tables and chairs option revolves.

It's been years since I had a meal there. I must have been in a booth because I definitely remember the spinning part. It was so much fun to see different views, and it revolves very slowly; so you aren't always aware that it's moving--until you see something different! I didn't realize that part of the floor didn't revolve. Guess my attention was focused more on coloring pictures with Chip and Dale!

 

[Gabe1]

For us it just me, my son, and my daughter. I share interests with each of my kids. I watch sports with my son and I watch things with my daughter that we both like. From there, it stems out into all of just making each other laugh and we have fun. We really like spending time with each other but I worry that I won't get along with their spouses.
I get along really well with my daughter's boyfriend but I don't know if they will stay together and get married and have kids. It's too early for that.
I really admire the way @JenniferS gets along with her sisters in law. I want to have a smooth ride with my in laws.

My MIL is a rough person to endear. Long before I stepped into the picture she was a controller. Her 3 ManKids referred to her as Marie, (Everyone Loves Raymond). Other than size she is smaller than I am she is Marie and the character could have been developed around my MIL.

I said with my DS and his longterm girlfriend, this girl could have a third eyeball in the middle of her forehead and I would embrace her.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

5 days until Mother's Day.

 

[Gabe1]

Eeewwwweee.

*reaches through the screen and pinches @donaldtoo really hard. I see a bruise forming.*

 

[Gabe1]

Pretty sure the majority of ADULTS look exactly what you described while at Disney
I swear that after I returned from Disney (my first trip).. my jaw was sore for smiling so much.

My Dad loved to take photos. Us growing up, then my kids. Took him forever to snap a photo to as he fiddled. Likely why my kids and I use an iPhone for photo's or a little digital camera.

 

[Gabe1]

It is raining and 48. Joy Joy

 

[Figgy1]

It is raining and 48. Joy Joy

Yuck! 60 something and slightly overcast! I already went for my first walk and it's spring FINALLY! So far today I saw some ducks, geese, bunnies my bald eagle, chipmunks a bear and maybe just maybe the last groundhog as I offed quite a few this past winter LOL

 

[Gabe1]

And I leave in 15 days for WDW and haven't packed or bought a thing! I gots to get movin'!

Yep, that is me. I always intend to be on top of all that early. Never happens. When my kids were small I take the day before and do a packfest. As they aged we'd leave on a Monday for our 2 week trips. I'd pack and they'd spend two days plowing through all of their homework and their Dad helping them plow through it. They were always proud to have it done before we left and not to have to deal with all that.

One time when DS was older a language teacher gave him a paperback book to read and a book report due upon return, he didn't get to that. He read it in the car to airport and the 2 hour wait in the airport, wrote the paper on the airplane. One year a teacher gave my DS one assignment for a 2 week trip. Go see America at Epcot WS and Presidents at MK and tell the class about them with differences and similarities. He also had a Spanish teacher who's assignment was to collect all the Spanish printed brochures.

One year when we did the end of the school year trip, missed last two weeks of school, both their teachers said, we're really done. Have a good summer. Though through the years we had many other teachers that buried them with homework too. I tend to remember the teachers that had good hearts and just gave them the homework that kept them current with the happening in the classroom. So that is how I remember my packing, them doing endless hours of homework for a couple of days while I ran around the house.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Agree, Can you imagine the pressure of bearing the name Diana?
I bet the media will be 24/7 stalking the poor girl and comparing to her on every single thing she would do .. with Diana.

Although I will admit that there is a weird, almost over the top fascination with the "Royal Family", she will be a passing fad until she is old enough to create scandal. She is so far down the food chain in the royalty chain, that if she decides to live a quiet life she will disappear from sight and from concern of the general public.

Perhaps when Queen E is around 170 years old she will decide to turn over the reign, all eligible in the line of descendents will be dead except little Charlotte, then we will see her again.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I can't figure out what the fashion faux pas is, with wearing a f anny pack. They are the most practical accessories and are perfect for a day in the parks. (Actually, I still see people at the parks wearing them, just not as many people as before.) I just take a tiny cross-body bag now, but would like to see the packs make a comeback. Fashion always eventually reverts to the past; it's just a matter of time.

I guess I was lucky to be fashion unconscious. I have always worn what I wanted, when I felt like wearing it and always considered that if someone found that funny, rube like or out of date... well, that really was their problem. I was fine. It's sort of the same as how little I care that I have gone bald. Unless I'm near a mirror I cannot see it. Once again... their problem, not mine.

The word f anny isn't even any form of description. Backpacks are closer to being f anny packs then they are. I usually wear it to one side or in front and can easily move it around when getting in and out of a ride. I don't have to take it off every few minutes to get something out of it, or to give me room to sit down, etc. It's a no brainer, as far as I'm concerned. It also helps to discipline yourself as to exactly what you need to carry into the park. There is limited room, so you just take what is necessary. It's right there, you don't have to worry about pickpockets cause it is right there in front of you and access is easy for you, not for others. So, create more work for yourselves so that you can be a sweaty fashion maven, I will stick with what I find comfortable and practical.