I'm so mad I screwed up my blogger layout. I wanted to do a christmas one, but it just wasn't working out, and I don't feel like wasting anymore time on it.

MIL didn't show up until after 4pm... and I'm in the middle of making dinner.... I take it out... she says I never use glass dishes in the oven. Ok, I really don't care what you use. What was that suppose to mean? Ugh! And she's really bugging us to come to her niece's house for xmas eve. She loves showing off her grandkids. But it's a small house, with too many people... too loud... smokey.... we hate going.... I still have to talk to Jeff about it. We get back way too late, too late for baths, too late to set up all the santa stuff.

It would be easier if the kids were older and could sit in a regular chair to eat, it's going to screw up Stephanie's last nap, ugh... but I still don't like the smokey part of it. I have a big problem with smoke. I HATE IT. Therefore we rarely go to smokey restaurants or anywhere else where I have to be exposed to it. I hate the smell. We never see these cousins other than xmas eve... so obviously they aren't a big part of our lives. But my MIL can be a pain in the ass about the issue.... we've already told her twice we don't want to go and she's not leaving it alone. The damn people live 2 minutes from my house, and have yet to come over, or even send a card with any of my kids. They are not high on the list of people we like.

Had a great bday dinner with a friend. I made meatloaf, julianne potatoes, green beans, and peaches. And I didn't have any birthday cake in the house... all we had were muffins, so I made her some banana nut muffins. Jess colored her a picture and we had a great evening together.

I've been coughing my brains out all day... and I'm sick of it... there is so much drainage I can feel it run down my throat... I'm glad we didn't get that snow they predicted.... even for a picture with a snowman.... there will be plenty of time for that.....

Tomorrow's back to school time... comcast people are coming out to look at why our ON DEMAND doesn't work, and I really should go to the gym.... even if I'm sick.... I've taken off way too much time. It's easy once you get lazy... to remain that way.... although I have done a lot of stuff around the house.

OH well, working on shutterfly, I want to place one more order... they extended free shipping until the 3rd..... gonna order MIL some pics... to update her collages, etc... at her house... my friend took our family pic today... none are impressive... but what can you expect with 3 crazy kids!