It's been a looong time....

Been a very long time and for a reason...

My mother in law was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in February of 2009 and passed away this past February.  She will be missed.

A trait passed down from my crazy inlaws to my darling husband...

Terrible gift giving.  My birthday is today and I know it sounds tacky but I give my husband a list every year.  We have been together for 10 years and before the list, it was an ugly scene.  My husband went OFF list this year...UGH, my husband got me a gift card for itunes for my birthday!  Great idea you say?!  Yes, that would b a great idea if I had an ipod!  LOL.

Whenever birthdays or holidays come around, I cringe...

From day one of Joe and I dating, I always cringed when anyone in his family's birthday came up...really only his mom's or dad's.  I think Joe had just moved back to Philly from Chiropractic school and I was at my first job after college making peanuts and his dad, who never golfed, asked for a brand new set of top of the line golf clubs (irons and woods) that retailed for over 1800 dollars!  Well 10 years later, nothing changes!

My sister in-law just wrote me:
"so .. XXX suggested that i call his parents to find out what his dad wants for his b-day. that's fine, he said they might like to hear from me. ok. good idea, keep in touch. so i called the store and got his mom.


well, she would like an amway air purifier for the house (how about stop using those mothballs? and don't keep rotten food around?) - she told me it costs $700.

then she proceeded to tell me that XXX HAS to buy it from amway, b/c other companies don't make good ones, etc etc, and when i was trying to tell her thank you for the tips, but i don't know if XXX will buy from amway b/c we know of some really good ones that we have, she went on to say she would also like the water purifier which is about $450. Ah. noted as well, thank you."
So, the funny thing is that Joe and I had lunch with the crazies last weekend and his mom offered to buy us an AMWAY Air purifier and an Amway water filter!!!!!  We declined of course, but UNBELIEVABLE!

Oh Boy...this should be a good series....

My very good friend just had a baby girl!  (not the baby pictured) Everyone is healthy and happy.  His wife's mother came in from Korea to help out for a month.  They were bringing the baby and mommy home from the hospital yesterday.  Well his mother in-law was basically yelling at him that they didn't need that thing!  You have to HOLD a baby in your arms when you drive home from the hospital!!!!!  None of that baby seat business!  I guess in Korea, they have no baby seat laws!  Oh boy....

How Tacky!

My father in-law called one of my husband's friends to recruit him for Amway!  How tacky!  I guess he ran out of church friends, dry cleaning friends, and family, now he is invading our contact lists!

Same thing...much different people

It doesn't matter if you hate sweaters, love baseball, or have some preferences in life...not when you are in the CRAZY family.  My husband Joe and his brother are very different in a lot of ways, Joe is of a bigger build and likes to eat and drink much different things than his younger brother.  Doesn't matter!  Every birthday and Christmas, "The Crazies" give the both of them the SAME exact thing.  I have been with Joe for ten years now and Andrea and my brother in-law have been together for 3 years.  Don't you know the first Christmas together 3 years ago, Andrea and I got the SAME gift!  They don't care, they just pick things up and say, make that a double order!

Are you sure? Is that Al Jones' Car???

Seriously????  I am sure this is someone's in-law, so I posted it because it made me laugh.  Really, your whole name on your license plate????