Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[JenniferS]

The boys have opened all their gifts, but I put mine and Mike’s back under the tree until he feels up to it.

I did open one gift though, so I could flaunt it in front of Ski.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Merry Christmas everyone! Here is my gift to you guys....a nice children's choir video:

 

[Songbird76]

I’m not sure if it’s a bug or something we ate. My belly is on fire, but no yakking yet. (No one else from last night’s get together seems to be sick.)

Supposed to hit the road on the 27th. Disney on the 29th.

Well, here's hoping you don't start yacking too, and everyone is in top form in a couple of days!!

 

[Songbird76]

Well, we had a great time at the zoo and it was not at all busy, which was nice. The bad news is that my MIL is driving me batty. The good news is I haven't murdered her.

 

[Songbird76]

Just a few pictures at the zoo:
We found Nemo!!


He was with Dory!



We went to see the Bighorn sheep for DS:



And his 2nd favorite animals:



And we tried to get butterflies to land on DD, but for some reason, they were only interested in me, which was a bit ironic as DD had worn blue just to attract them and told me they weren't going to like my red sweater because in nature, bright red means "Stay away from me, I'm dangerous."

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

That is a beautiful table! I know what you mean about china service on a special day.

I'm like that too—I actually have a set of Lenox Christmas china. It's a set that I built up over the years (many pieces were gifts from family to help me build up the set). I use it once a year (you'd think I would have gone for something more generic to get more use out of it—but no—this pattern called out to me).

Makes Christmas dinner very special.

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That’s is pretty China.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I’m not sure if it’s a bug or something we ate. My belly is on fire, but no yakking yet. (No one else from last night’s get together seems to be sick.)

Supposed to hit the road on the 27th. Disney on the 29th.

Feel better soon.

 

[JenniferS]

Feel better soon.

I’m fine, thanks.
Mike, on the other hand ....

I will most definitely make fun of him when he’s “dying” from a cold, but this is different. He really feels wretched, and there’s nothing one can do. He’ll be better, but wobbly tomorrow, and completely fine by Thursday; but today, I feel bad for him.

We’ll open gifts together. Today, tomorrow, doesn’t matter when.

 

[Songbird76]

We also saw the lions, cheetahs, a jackal, and a few other things, but I didn't take pictures of everything. It was more a trip to relax DS...the sheep really make him happy, and he's been so high strung that he needed a reset. We also let him open one present because he was really anxious about it and has been asking all week about this one particular gift. He LOVES games, and we play a board game with him every night as part of his...therapy, I guess you could call it? So I got him this box that has 200 games in it. Chess, checkers, shoots and ladders, aggravation, cards, etc.



So we played a couple of games with him this afternoon, and he was a happy camper.



And there ends the merriment. We always stay the night for Christmas because my BIL lives less than a block from my in-law's and we have to travel to get there, and that way they don't have to wait on us to get up, ready, and get there. So we stay the night before. We came last night already so we were closer to the zoo. But we had been telling my in-laws for more than a week that we would not be eating with them on Christmas day, as the family celebration is going to be tomorrow (boxing day) because that's when my BIL has his son. Since we were going to the zoo today, and we didn't know what time we'd be out of there, we couldn't make plans for dinner, so we told them we'd do our own thing. They made their own plans.
When we were done playing board games, DH went to take a nap, DS got on his computer, DD went to take a nap (she's not feeling great) and I just came upstairs to relax. DH woke up and it was almost dinner time, so we made our way downstairs to get shoes and coats on to go scrounge up dinner. I tell DS to get his shoes on so we can go eat and my MIL completely flips. "NO!!! And here I've spent all afternoon cooking for you guys while you were napping!" I was so confused....I said "But...we told you we weren't going to eat here...." "Yes! But then you were here anyway and so I cooked!"

Now....we ALWAYS help with dinner when we're here. We always have to call my BIL and ask if he's coming, and set a place for him if he is, and he comes, he eats, he leaves, and we do the cleanup. Every time we come. So the fact that we weren't downstairs helping her cook should have been a HUGE clue that we weren't going to be there. Well....the REALLY huge clue should have been the fact that we said multiple times that we weren't going to be there, and when she asked this morning "So you aren't eating with us tonight?" and we said "Nope....we just have no idea how long we'll be at the zoo, so we will do our own thing."

So now she's all ticked off because she's spent the afternoon preparing a meal for all of us together....a meal of something she knows DD and I aren't fond of...and she's mad because now all that work is wasted because we aren't even going to be there, and next time we need to communicate better. No....next time, YOU need to LISTEN and not decide that we are changing our plans. YOU need to communicate better. So then we had to change our plans...and since what she was making was not something DD and I like, we went to get something we WOULD like....and she was ticked because it took too long and they were already ready to eat and otherwise it was just going to get cold, so we would have to cook it ourselves and they would just eat right then. Fine....but why are you ticked at US? YOU were the one who made it necessary!

And this is on top of LAST night when we called and told them we'd be coming sometime in the evening, and no we wouldn't be eating dinner with them last night either. We'd have dinner ourselves and we didn't know what time we'd get there, but it would be after dinner....and then the only reservation we could get at the restaurant was for 7:30, so it was after 9 when we got to my in-laws and they were all worried because we said we'd come "after dinner" and they eat at 5:30...and they tried to call but got no answer. No! Because we were at dinner, not at home!

She's just not paying attention to anything we say, she changes the agreement and then gets mad at US because we didn't know she had changed her mind. And last year, she spent the whole day while we were cooking changing settings on burners, micromanaging everything we were doing, sniping at us for not doing one thing when we were doing 3 other things, meanwhile my BIL was at home waiting for the phonecall that it was time to come eat. Then before dessert, he took off so he wouldn't be there to help clean up, which DH and I did so my MIL could relax, even though we had been cooking all day. Then she yelled at all of us and told us she refused to do all the work again next time, that we were welcome to come to her house, but WE were doing the work....and we reminded her that we HAD done all the work, and then she said yes, the whole speech was meant for the other son and she shouldn't have included us. So I was already not looking forward to this year, and guess who WASN'T here to help cook tonight even though he DID say he was going to eat with them? BIL showed up while we were out getting food for DD and I, after my MIL had already cooked the meal...and she wasn't ticked at HIM for not helping to cook the meal he was coming to eat, but she was ticked at US for not helping to cook the meal she prepared that we had said we WEREN'T going to be there for. Confused yet?

So I sat downstairs after dinner long enough to be considerate, and then I escaped to come on the board and unwind. Rant over. And tomorrow is the actual Christmas meal that we are helping to cook, and that my BIL may or may not help with, but probably not, and MIL will be biting our heads off at every turn because why aren't we doing such and such!? Wish me luck!!

 

[JenniferS]

We also saw the lions, cheetahs, a jackal, and a few other things, but I didn't take pictures of everything. It was more a trip to relax DS...the sheep really make him happy, and he's been so high strung that he needed a reset. We also let him open one present because he was really anxious about it and has been asking all week about this one particular gift. He LOVES games, and we play a board game with him every night as part of his...therapy, I guess you could call it? So I got him this box that has 200 games in it. Chess, checkers, shoots and ladders, aggravation, cards, etc.

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So we played a couple of games with him this afternoon, and he was a happy camper.

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And there ends the merriment. We always stay the night for Christmas because my BIL lives less than a block from my in-law's and we have to travel to get there, and that way they don't have to wait on us to get up, ready, and get there. So we stay the night before. We came last night already so we were closer to the zoo. But we had been telling my in-laws for more than a week that we would not be eating with them on Christmas day, as the family celebration is going to be tomorrow (boxing day) because that's when my BIL has his son. Since we were going to the zoo today, and we didn't know what time we'd be out of there, we couldn't make plans for dinner, so we told them we'd do our own thing. They made their own plans.
When we were done playing board games, DH went to take a nap, DS got on his computer, DD went to take a nap (she's not feeling great) and I just came upstairs to relax. DH woke up and it was almost dinner time, so we made our way downstairs to get shoes and coats on to go scrounge up dinner. I tell DS to get his shoes on so we can go eat and my MIL completely flips. "NO!!! And here I've spent all afternoon cooking for you guys while you were napping!" I was so confused....I said "But...we told you we weren't going to eat here...." "Yes! But then you were here anyway and so I cooked!"

Now....we ALWAYS help with dinner when we're here. We always have to call my BIL and ask if he's coming, and set a place for him if he is, and he comes, he eats, he leaves, and we do the cleanup. Every time we come. So the fact that we weren't downstairs helping her cook should have been a HUGE clue that we weren't going to be there. Well....the REALLY huge clue should have been the fact that we said multiple times that we weren't going to be there, and when she asked this morning "So you aren't eating with us tonight?" and we said "Nope....we just have no idea how long we'll be at the zoo, so we will do our own thing."

So now she's all ticked off because she's spent the afternoon preparing a meal for all of us together....a meal of something she knows DD and I aren't fond of...and she's mad because now all that work is wasted because we aren't even going to be there, and next time we need to communicate better. No....next time, YOU need to LISTEN and not decide that we are changing our plans. YOU need to communicate better. So then we had to change our plans...and since what she was making was not something DD and I like, we went to get something we WOULD like....and she was ticked because it took too long and they were already ready to eat and otherwise it was just going to get cold, so we would have to cook it ourselves and they would just eat right then. Fine....but why are you ticked at US? YOU were the one who made it necessary!

And this is on top of LAST night when we called and told them we'd be coming sometime in the evening, and no we wouldn't be eating dinner with them last night either. We'd have dinner ourselves and we didn't know what time we'd get there, but it would be after dinner....and then the only reservation we could get at the restaurant was for 7:30, so it was after 9 when we got to my in-laws and they were all worried because we said we'd come "after dinner" and they eat at 5:30...and they tried to call but got no answer. No! Because we were at dinner, not at home!

She's just not paying attention to anything we say, she changes the agreement and then gets mad at US because we didn't know she had changed her mind. And last year, she spent the whole day while we were cooking changing settings on burners, micromanaging everything we were doing, sniping at us for not doing one thing when we were doing 3 other things, meanwhile my BIL was at home waiting for the phonecall that it was time to come eat. Then before dessert, he took off so he wouldn't be there to help clean up, which DH and I did so my MIL could relax, even though we had been cooking all day. Then she yelled at all of us and told us she refused to do all the work again next time, that we were welcome to come to her house, but WE were doing the work....and we reminded her that we HAD done all the work, and then she said yes, the whole speech was meant for the other son and she shouldn't have included us. So I was already not looking forward to this year, and guess who WASN'T here to help cook tonight even though he DID say he was going to eat with them? BIL showed up while we were out getting food for DD and I, after my MIL had already cooked the meal...and she wasn't ticked at HIM for not helping to cook the meal he was coming to eat, but she was ticked at US for not helping to cook the meal she prepared that we had said we WEREN'T going to be there for. Confused yet?

So I sat downstairs after dinner long enough to be considerate, and then I escaped to come on the board and unwind. Rant over. And tomorrow is the actual Christmas meal that we are helping to cook, and that my BIL may or may not help with, but probably not, and MIL will be biting our heads off at every turn because why aren't we doing such and such!? Wish me luck!!

Good luck.

 

[Songbird76]

Good luck.

Thanks! Hope Mike feels better soon!

 

[NYwdwfan]

We also saw the lions, cheetahs, a jackal, and a few other things, but I didn't take pictures of everything. It was more a trip to relax DS...the sheep really make him happy, and he's been so high strung that he needed a reset. We also let him open one present because he was really anxious about it and has been asking all week about this one particular gift. He LOVES games, and we play a board game with him every night as part of his...therapy, I guess you could call it? So I got him this box that has 200 games in it. Chess, checkers, shoots and ladders, aggravation, cards, etc.

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So we played a couple of games with him this afternoon, and he was a happy camper.

View attachment 336035

And there ends the merriment. We always stay the night for Christmas because my BIL lives less than a block from my in-law's and we have to travel to get there, and that way they don't have to wait on us to get up, ready, and get there. So we stay the night before. We came last night already so we were closer to the zoo. But we had been telling my in-laws for more than a week that we would not be eating with them on Christmas day, as the family celebration is going to be tomorrow (boxing day) because that's when my BIL has his son. Since we were going to the zoo today, and we didn't know what time we'd be out of there, we couldn't make plans for dinner, so we told them we'd do our own thing. They made their own plans.
When we were done playing board games, DH went to take a nap, DS got on his computer, DD went to take a nap (she's not feeling great) and I just came upstairs to relax. DH woke up and it was almost dinner time, so we made our way downstairs to get shoes and coats on to go scrounge up dinner. I tell DS to get his shoes on so we can go eat and my MIL completely flips. "NO!!! And here I've spent all afternoon cooking for you guys while you were napping!" I was so confused....I said "But...we told you we weren't going to eat here...." "Yes! But then you were here anyway and so I cooked!"

Now....we ALWAYS help with dinner when we're here. We always have to call my BIL and ask if he's coming, and set a place for him if he is, and he comes, he eats, he leaves, and we do the cleanup. Every time we come. So the fact that we weren't downstairs helping her cook should have been a HUGE clue that we weren't going to be there. Well....the REALLY huge clue should have been the fact that we said multiple times that we weren't going to be there, and when she asked this morning "So you aren't eating with us tonight?" and we said "Nope....we just have no idea how long we'll be at the zoo, so we will do our own thing."

So now she's all ticked off because she's spent the afternoon preparing a meal for all of us together....a meal of something she knows DD and I aren't fond of...and she's mad because now all that work is wasted because we aren't even going to be there, and next time we need to communicate better. No....next time, YOU need to LISTEN and not decide that we are changing our plans. YOU need to communicate better. So then we had to change our plans...and since what she was making was not something DD and I like, we went to get something we WOULD like....and she was ticked because it took too long and they were already ready to eat and otherwise it was just going to get cold, so we would have to cook it ourselves and they would just eat right then. Fine....but why are you ticked at US? YOU were the one who made it necessary!

And this is on top of LAST night when we called and told them we'd be coming sometime in the evening, and no we wouldn't be eating dinner with them last night either. We'd have dinner ourselves and we didn't know what time we'd get there, but it would be after dinner....and then the only reservation we could get at the restaurant was for 7:30, so it was after 9 when we got to my in-laws and they were all worried because we said we'd come "after dinner" and they eat at 5:30...and they tried to call but got no answer. No! Because we were at dinner, not at home!

She's just not paying attention to anything we say, she changes the agreement and then gets mad at US because we didn't know she had changed her mind. And last year, she spent the whole day while we were cooking changing settings on burners, micromanaging everything we were doing, sniping at us for not doing one thing when we were doing 3 other things, meanwhile my BIL was at home waiting for the phonecall that it was time to come eat. Then before dessert, he took off so he wouldn't be there to help clean up, which DH and I did so my MIL could relax, even though we had been cooking all day. Then she yelled at all of us and told us she refused to do all the work again next time, that we were welcome to come to her house, but WE were doing the work....and we reminded her that we HAD done all the work, and then she said yes, the whole speech was meant for the other son and she shouldn't have included us. So I was already not looking forward to this year, and guess who WASN'T here to help cook tonight even though he DID say he was going to eat with them? BIL showed up while we were out getting food for DD and I, after my MIL had already cooked the meal...and she wasn't ticked at HIM for not helping to cook the meal he was coming to eat, but she was ticked at US for not helping to cook the meal she prepared that we had said we WEREN'T going to be there for. Confused yet?

So I sat downstairs after dinner long enough to be considerate, and then I escaped to come on the board and unwind. Rant over. And tomorrow is the actual Christmas meal that we are helping to cook, and that my BIL may or may not help with, but probably not, and MIL will be biting our heads off at every turn because why aren't we doing such and such!? Wish me luck!!

Yikes. That’s a frustrating day.

 

[PUSH]

What did everyone get for Christmas??

I got some clothes, some Disney Christmas decorations, a Haunted Mansion cup with a lid and straw, a printer, some stuff for school, and a device that can jump start a car without another vehicle/charge your phone/act as a power outlet/flashlight. And some other less exciting things.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I got a couple disney books, hubs made me a calendar and some disney pictures.

I was also carrying a box down the stairs today while thinking about how good my back was feeling today, then I missed the last step. Fell down, wrenched my back again, banged my knee, scraped my arms, and got my food stuck under the door. But nothing was broken, so I guess that’s good news.

 

[JenniferS]

I got a couple disney books, hubs made me a calendar and some disney pictures.

I was also carrying a box down the stairs today while thinking about how good my back was feeling today, then I missed the last step. Fell down, wrenched my back again, banged my knee, scraped my arms, and got my food stuck under the door. But nothing was broken, so I guess that’s good news.
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Ugh! Ain’t your year, girlfriend.
Mine either.

Cool gifts. (Mine are still under the tree.)

 

[PUSH]

I got a couple disney books, hubs made me a calendar and some disney pictures.

I was also carrying a box down the stairs today while thinking about how good my back was feeling today, then I missed the last step. Fell down, wrenched my back again, banged my knee, scraped my arms, and got my food stuck under the door. But nothing was broken, so I guess that’s good news.
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I liked this for the gifts and pictures. Not for your pain and suffering. That part I guess you would consider a sympathy like.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Ugh! Ain’t your year, girlfriend.
Mine either.

Cool gifts. (Mine are still under the tree.)

Here’s to being clutzy free in 2019!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I liked this for the gifts and pictures. Not for your pain and suffering. That part I guess you would consider a sympathy like.

Thanks. Looking at my cool gifts now make me feel less pain..

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@Songbird76 sorry to hear about the troubles with the in-laws. I have my own in-law woes coming up tomorrow so I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

 

[JenniferS]

I’ve been lying on the couch watching Home Alone 1 & 2, and I keep wondering - why didn’t that kill them? Turns out I am not the only one to wonder such things.

“Harry and Marv are dead.”