Typical Weekend

Here's how my weekends usually go:

Weekends generally start on Friday for me. Friday evening, Scott, the boys and I went over to the mother-in-laws house to visit with her and my sister-in-law and two nephews. Of course this is usually a stressful time. The SIL usually nags non-stop at all 4 boys for -something-. This time was no different. Scott decided to mow MIL's yard to get away from the incessant bitching for awhile. After SIL went home (she only left early b/c her bf was on his way home from work) we stuck around and had an enjoyable time with the MIL.

Saturday, Scott spent part of the day doing a little painting in our kitchen and dining room. I mowed the yard. Father in law needed Scott's help moving furniture so as a barter he came over and helped put in some new receptacles and light switches (while bitching about it every 20 seconds). The boys and I tagged along with Scott as he moved furniture 3 blocks. Afterwards we went to check on the food plot we worked so hard at to put in. We noticed a few plants had began to sprout up: lettuce and clover mostly. Meanwhile, MIL and some extended family had been in KC garage sale-ing all day and was on their way back. Scott and I decided to make dinner for everyone. Lemon Herb Chicken, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Corn on the Cob, and Fried Mushrooms. It all turned out well. Everyone was pleased with the menu. I was disappointed in the Corn, a little undercooked for my taste, but everyone else seemed not to mind. As I'm sure you know, I found out last week that I'm having a little girl. :) So the family who garage saled all day bought a TON of little girl stuff (which is appreciated after having two boys). This little girl will be the first granddaughter for both sets of grandparents and 2nd for some of the great-grandparents. :) I'm pleased.

Sunday, Mother's Day, woke up first thing and started going through all the baby items purchased the previous day. Scott and the boys oohed and awed over every little pink outfit. haha They're just as excited as I am. :) Although there are lots of new items I'm still in need of quite a bit...babies require a lot of stuff. While going through all the stuff I got a call from my SIL wanting to have lunch for Mom Day at her place. She was mostly jealous of us having dinner for extended family the night before and wanted a little attention...typical. She hadn't had a plan on food or activities, she just wanted everyone to come out and visit...okay. I had bought a pkg of pork ribs Saturday that had been thawing in the refrigerator and offered to bring those out. Okay...she needed a few things at the store. Completely unprepared to fix dinner for 9 people at her place....okay. To eat ribs for lunch they needed to be started early, so we got around, went to the store for her and headed out to her place...to grill our own meat, with our charcoal, on her grill....? While we grilled the ribs she baked potatoes and made a can of creamed corn. Why we didn't just have dinner at our place is beyond my comprehension. Scott felt he needed to help SILs bf work on a tractor half the day, which is bs, but I won't get into that....LONG story. While the rest of us on a cold, misty day sat inside and watched old VHS tapes on a old console TV with limited seating. Should have told the SIL we were busy and didn't want to have lunch. What a waste of a day. MIL and I decided this was prime opportunity to take a nap. My youngest nephew (nearly 2 now) has a sharing problem. Anything one of the other boys touch, he wants...and he gets. Not exactly fair, but I can't do anything about it without getting the 3rd degree. After several hours of frustration at the entire situation we decided to leave. MIL, bored, decided this was her out, leaving when we left. We came home and watched a few Blu-Ray movies on our HD-TV. I'm not complaining about SILs entertainment system, its just annoying all around that we could have done everything at our place much easier and more comfortably. FIL came over, smelling of Coors Light and cigarettes, was loud and obnoxious. Whining and complaining about everything imaginable....not surprised (roll your eyes and ignore him....). I thought a good way to ignore him was to go to Casey's and get gas in Scott's truck so he could be ready for Monday morning. Luckily when I got back, he had left...huge sigh of relief at 8:30pm Sunday night. The boys, Scott and I sat down together and watched another movie and eventually went to bed.


SO that is a typical weekend in my world.....maybe I'm crazy or just think I am bc I've been surrounded by crazy for nearly a decade...I am looking forward to this week though. My mom and dad plan to come down mid-week for a visit (which is very nice :)) and this is the last full week of school for Colton...6 days left for him, 7 days left for me to drive!!!