dyslexia wrote:Reyn wrote:Now that you mention it, Eva, was Dys there?
Are you kidding me? The eva lives in Tulsa which is in OklaDAMNhoma. You won't catch me in OklaDAMNhoma! Bunch preverts.(and postverts) Eva does have a lovely son though. He will have to move to another stte to become an adult human being, sad when you think about it.
Sadly, Dys wasn't there. (Would've been a hoot if he had been!) And none of this would have happened if I had stayed in Oklahoma. The in-laws are in <shudder> Texas.
dlowan wrote:THREE DAYS!!! And you didn't even get to ascend to heaven at the end!
Nope. Ascended to Oklahoma.
Close enough. It's Peace on Earth compared with Wichita Falls.
Thanks for the martini. Can I have another?
Eva--
Round about the third week in January--give or take a few days--you are in for a piece of spectacular luck.
I'm lucky--my Barbarians are at the Gates--yours were obviously dominating the Welcome Mat.
Hold your dominion.
Eva can have as many martinis as she likes folks....I have to go.
Bar is open.
Wichita Falls. (1 mi. from in-laws)
Tulsa. (1/2 mi. from my house)
Unfortunately, I'm pretty well aquainted with Wichita Falls. Say no more, I feel your pain.
The good news about Wichita Falls is that is mere hours from the airport in Dallas.
everything i know about witchita can be summed up by this image
True.
Even better, it is 4+ hours from Tulsa.
Is that Philbrook, Eva?
I remember reading a book about Tulsa once that descibed it something like - the diamond in the belly button of the Bible belt - something like that, anyway. I've always thought that was a good description.
Drink your martinie then go roll down the hill at Harwelden. You'll feel better then.
Eva wrote:I do not want to go again, but doubt I can get away with that. Hubby is very sentimental about wanting family together at holidays. <Sigh>
I feel your pain. Tradition can be a real pain!
Oh! Good fortune in January! Great...it'll give me something to look forward to! Am starting a new program about then. Hope this is a good omen.
There is nothing wrong with a gift card, DrewDad, if the giver is unable to shop or hasn't been given any good suggestions. Otherwise, a gift card is a cop-out. In this case, it was a clear sign that they didn't want to take the time to shop. (There were items on my list available at Target, in fact, for the same money. Guess I will go get them myself now.)
Yes, boomer, that is Philbrook. It is my oasis. One of these days, in the not-too-distant future, I want to go through their docent training. I would love giving tours there.
Eva--
All those train tracks and you neither grabbed a freight heading o-u-t of town nor tied your sister-in-law to the tracks with a second hand roll of duck tape! Such restraint!
On the upside, I learned that Triple Sec is a decent substitute for gin in a cup of tea.
Noddy24 wrote:Eva--
All those train tracks and you neither grabbed a freight heading o-u-t of town nor tied your sister-in-law to the tracks with a second hand roll of duck tape! Such restraint!
Yes. I was rather proud that I got through it all without hurting anyone. Especially after brother-in-law invited hubby over for late-night leftovers. Hubby came back entirely too soon and said it was painfully obvious sister-in-law had not been informed he was coming and didn't want him there. She's a real nutcase. Wouldn't even let her out-of-town daughter stay there in her former bedroom. (She had to stay with friends.) Claimed she was just "too stressed out" over the holidays. Pffft. Nobody believed that.
I seriously thought about showing up for Christmas dinner at her house completely plastered. I even started on a bottle of wine an hour before, but hubby talked me out of it, dammit. Would've served her right. I talk loud and giggle uncontrollably when I'm drunk. I would have had a great time, and after all, she had already ruined everyone else's Christmas.
I should have done it.
Eva wrote:I felt very unwelcome. I do not want to go again, but doubt I can get away with that. Hubby is very sentimental about wanting family together at holidays. <Sigh>
I'm not smiling at anyone today.
And you don't have to smile until you really feel like it, Eva. Oh you poor possum, what a wretched time you had!
Um .... did your husband not notice how unhappy you were with the dratted festivities? Or we you putting on such a brave front that even he didn't notice?
Eva wrote:There is nothing wrong with a gift card, DrewDad, if the giver is unable to shop or hasn't been given any good suggestions. Otherwise, a gift card is a cop-out. In this case, it was a clear sign that they didn't want to take the time to shop. (There were items on my list available at Target, in fact, for the same money. Guess I will go get them myself now.)
Do they carry itching powder?
Alternately, you could spike her meal with some Dave's Insanity Sauce.
OK. Refusing to let your own daughter stay with you for the holidays? That
is insane.
The in-law lottery is a game I think we can all sympathize with.
The amusing part is that she probably considers you to be the crazy one....
Eva
Eva, how close are the Oklahoma fires to your area? Been thinking of you since they started.
BBB
