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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Allow me to introduce myself...
I have a beautiful little boy who keeps me on my toes 24/7. He truly is a joy to be with (99% of the time). I have the pleasure of staying home with him and love every minute of it.
I will say this a million times, I love my family and don't know what I would do without them. But, man they can make my blood boil. Not just my in-laws but my regular family too.
This blog will be a great outlet for me. When I have things on my mind, I like to get them out in the open, but don't have an avenue to do so.
Enjoy this bumpy road we will all take together!
phone call fun.... NOT
Then my mother-in-law (m-i-l) says... so are you going to find time to come down here this summer. R very coolly said... nope we aren't visiting ever. We have told them many times that we are working on trying to find a time that we could visit over the summer. Why is it that they can tell us with a week's notice and we have to make our plans a month or more ahead of time? When we told them the dates we are planning on going down, my m-i-l said "you made my month". They then proceeded to tell us again that they plan to teach the boys to swim that weekend... yeah it really ends up being one day that we are there because it's a 3.5 hr drive so Fri and Sun are spent in the car... hellooooo you can't teach someone to swim in a day.
They then told us that they are coming up early on Friday. If R isn't home when they get here, they think they are going to send me out for the afternoon... yeah ... ummmm NOOOO! Even R says no way! So I looked at him and said... so you are taking a half day on that Friday right??
I am so not looking forward to their visit, but I'm dreading the visit down there even more... so much for a fun and relaxing summer!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Not Me Monday
I figure Not Me! Monday, a blog carnival created by McMomma, is perfect for this blog. What is better than complaining about your family in the format of saying it would never happen? Be sure to pop over to My Charming Kids and check out McMomma and all the other great Not Me! Monday posts.
1. I did NOT avoid cleaning my house even though I was having out of town relatives over for a visit on Friday.
2. I would NEVER wish that said out of town relatives were not coming over because well I could care less if I saw them
3. I DIDN'T botch the brownies I was making to serve them because I was leaving to go out to lunch with my hubby.
4. I would NEVER salvage said brownies by making them into a trifle.
5. I did NOT eat the rest of said trifle today after eating salad for lunch
6. I would NEVER get ticked off at my grandmother for feeding C (my 1 year old) some of the chocolate pudding from the trifle AFTER I had given him some and he spit it out
7. I would NOT also give it to my son B (2.5 yrs) and watch him spit it out in his hand too
8. I did NOT feed my family leftover pizza for dinner on Sunday after just having pizza on Friday (yep with the relatives... I would never be so lazy as to serve guests pizza)
9. I did NOT create this blog as a place for me to complain about my relatives without them reading about it
10. I did NOT create the OMG stories as a place for the rest of you to complain about yours too (read the side bar if you're interested)
11. I am NOT hoping that posting on NMM will bring more traffic to my little blog here
12. I'm NOT glad that things are going a bit smoother in McMomma's life so she can have NMM again.
13. I'm NOT going to go visit some of the other NMM blogs to see whatelse everyone is not doing.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
She did what?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Aloha Friday (week 2)
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!
the question is.... Do you trust all of your relatives to watch your children?
I personally do not. My parents watch my children when we are away. R's sister has watched them too from time to time. I do not trust R's parents to watch them. And at this point, R agrees with me which helps a bit.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Motivation
I know I should clean the house and get things ready for the visit, but I just don't feel like it. I don't feel like I care enough to do anything. I wish they weren't coming over, but at the same time I'd rather them come her instead of me packing the boys into the car and driving out there to see them.
Do you ever find that you can't get motivated to get ready when you don't want to do something? Do you have family members who you just could careless if you saw again?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sleep Overs
Your OMG stories
Want to share your OMG stories? All you have to do is send Mommy Vent an e-mail with your story and she will post it on the blog. Think of it as a Dear Abby type thing (without the advice doled out by Mommy Vent). All you have to do is write a "Dear Mommy Vent here is my OMG story" and sign it how you want it posted on our blog. You pick the name... if you want it linked to your other blog... let me know. If you don't it won't be.
Think of this as your place to gripe about your in-laws, out-laws and well all the rest of your family crap, without them knowing what you have to say.
So what do you think?? Like it, love it, or hate it??
I'd like to post them on Thursdays for now... if I get a lot I'll do it more than one day a week.
Send your OMG story to mommyvent@gmail.com
Monday, June 22, 2009
Father's Day
Not me, we stayed home. My parents came over to pick up some stuff they needed. They didn't give us much notice, but they only stayed about an hour, and since they live 45 min away they actually spent more time on the road then here so at least it wasn't us doing the driving I guess.
R called his parents, but we called while the boys were awake... so they were more interested in talking to B than us. Or should I say mimicking B. B has some major articulation issues and most people can't/won't/don't understand what he is saying. They think it is ok to just copy what he is saying and go on from there... yeah NOOOO!
So did anything interesting happen with your family for father's day? Here's your chance to vent and get it off your chest... type as much as you need. Our blog is your blog... post away!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Aloha Friday
Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the Mr. Linky there if you are participating.
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!
And the question is... Do you vent about your family on your blog??
As you can see by my reasoning for creating this blog, I don't post my vents on my original blog as too many family members read that one!
Thanks for playing along... stop by and visit again.... you never know when someone will have a great vent.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
When are you coming down?
R. casually mentioned that we'd booked our hotel for our anniversary trip... one night away for the two of us. Then yet again, his mother put the guilt on about us going down there this summer. We have straight up told her that we are planning to visit over the summer, but we haven't figure out when yet. R again told her... yes we will visit this summer, but we haven't figured this out yet. I muttered under my breath... and if you keep pushing it the answer will change to no we aren't coming down!
The thing that drives me crazy about this is when they come up here we are lucky to get a week's notice and they don't ask if they can come up... they just tell us they are coming. Why do we have to give them notice if they don't have to give it to us? My guess is they are hoping that we come early and then they can try to guilt us into coming down again... yeah NOOOOO!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Another Crazy Mommy Here
Typical
Sure, we'll go....not like I can really say no anyway. So I reply back to count us in and ask what we should bring to the festiviites. She replies back that SHE would really like some homemade pasta salad and specifies not the box kind.
Sure ok. I can try to do that I guess. I usually start with the box kind as my base and then morph into something my own...but whatever.
What irks me is that I will spend the extra time and extra money and you wanna know what she'll bring? Her appetite.
Sigh. I am sure I sound petty, but it pesters me. If this didn't all the time it might not, but it does. Anyone else feel my pain? LOL
Saturday, June 13, 2009
DH Momma Drama
UPDATE: She called me about 30mins ago to apologize. Admitted she was really hurt and po'd about it. I tried my best to assure her there was no malice and had to promise to be more considerate next time (big fat eye roll).
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Phone guilt
Yes, I know they would like us to visit, but their house is not kid friendly nor is there really any place for the 4 of us to stay. The last time we went there, for Thanksgiving, my husband and I slept on couches so that B and C could each have a room to themselves since they've never slept together and C wasn't sleeping through that night at the time. The room that C slept in, we could NOT let B sleep in because it is so messy there is no way they could clean it up enough for their to be a place for B to sleep and not get in trouble for touching everything. Even if hubby and I didn't sleep on the couches there is only a futon in his room and it is soooo uncomfortable to sleep on... or we could sleep on an air mattress... yeah still not comfortable. So neither of us gets a decent night sleep when we are there. Oh and a 3 hour car drive with a 1 year old and a 2 year old... yeah do you see why we don't go there often??
Don't you just hate guilt trips??
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Favorites
I am now a mother of two little boys B who is 2.5 yrs and C who is 1. My in-laws were up this weekend to celebrate C's birthday. This visit solidified a feeling I've had since he was born... in they favor my older son. I have seen them one more than one occasion walk away from C to play with B. They have left C in a room alone because B has walked out to go do something else. They choose to play with B and C gets left out quite often.
This kills me. My husband sees it too, but we aren't sure what to say to his parents about it. I know that in time I will say something because I know what it feels like to be the child who is left out. I know how hard it is to see your sibling get all the attention and love.
I am not analyzing each moment spent. I'm not comparing time together... I'm looking at quality. I'm looking at the love displayed and the respect given. I just want C to be treated fairly. I just want him to feel loved.
My two sons are very different... but they are BOTH loving and caring children who deserve to be loved and respected by their family.