It has become a bit of a tradition to repost this very special MIL story on Thanksgiving.  This year, I am dedicating this posting to Fixer Mamma.  She has had one hell of a year and always loves this post.  Fixer Mamma, this one’s for you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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So on Wednesday, my mother-in-law showed up at our [...]

I keep waiting for the MIL story to get funny, but it just isn’t.  In all the time I have known her, I have tried to view our interactions through the lens of funny because otherwise I would be a seething ball of MIL-directed anger.  Actually, a seething ball of MIL-directed anger is exactly how [...]

I am still working on the answers to the questions the commenters left for me, but today I am going to take a brief break to send some support to a Sister in the Struggle.  The struggle with difficult in-laws that is.
I don’t write about MIL so much any more because we have come to [...]

Short story.  Really short.
Ok, it isn’t that short, but I need to vent.
My mom and dad want to take the girls to Disneyworld.  As previously documented, I would rather shove glass in my own eye than go there.
I also don’t really want my kids going there for the following reasons (which are guaranteed to offend [...]

I spent the morning cleaning the house.  Who would have thought we could make it so messy in only 3 days?  I don’t know why I am surprised.
We listed on the MLS yesterday.  Right now, Ia m at the library while a realtor shows it to someone.  I also just got a call from someone [...]