Update on the sister/roommate situation (w/ PIP)

[DotAndBuzz]

Mom and sister invited themselves up.  I was told by my mother, ahead of time, to make sure I complemented my sister on her weight loss because she's worked really hard.  *sigh* ok.  I get it mom, you think I'm a bitch and incapable of being nice to my sister.  Whatever.  Moving on.

They get here, I give them a tour of the house (sister has never seen it, mom hadn't been here since we moved in).  They see the basement.  First words out of Sister's mouth:  "SWEET!  I'll take this corner over here.  When do I move in?"  To which mom replied: "see, it DOES have a kitchen.  Nice little fridge (I interject, mini-fridge, and NO cook-top whatsoever.  And there's a microwave, so things are ready to go."

UM NO.  MY FUCKING BASEMENT.  MY FUCKING HOUSE.  YOU.DO.NOT.GET.TO.LIVE.HERE.

RAAAAAGE.

But God love my H.  He then moves the conversation towards our plans for the house, and talks about what we've discussed doing with the basement over like, 10 years.  Working w/ a designer to make the best use of space, re-working some parts, etc.  Mom's like "oh....you don't think you'd want a bedroom down here?"  No.  No bedroom.  "Really?  It might be nice to have an extra room that is away from the main living area just, you know, you never know."  Yes.  Yes we do know.  And I will not be taking on any roommates. 


My kids are displaying exactly what I wanted to feel like for the whole visit.  I promise, that's only milk in their cups.  They only look drunk/stoned because they were running on about 7 hours sleep and no naps. 




But the positives of the visit: The neighbors did a great fireworks display of giant fireworks in the back yard, so we got to enjoy that on our deck last night.  Some of my dining room furniture was delivered today (slightly damaged by the delivery guys, but apparently it is an easy fix), and my new cleaning ladies came today, so my house is sparkly clean.  Yay!  That was my holiday - I know you were all waiting on pins and needles. 

[Deleted]

i hate that nonsense for you, dude. it sucks to have to say no 10,000 times to the same damn question.

your girls are so cute!

[speckledfrog]

Stay strong! For a couple of women, they sure do have balls.

[bab]

Those girls are STUNNING.

Your mom and sister are off their rockers!!!

[sparkythelawyer]

"No bedroom" comments are not enough here, sadly. They are most likely figuring out how she will manage living on your couch.

[iamgrace]

We have the same family. Omg.

Your girls are adorable!!!

[DotAndBuzz]

OH! And I gave Natalie a little talk about how isn't it nice that our house is nice and clean, and maybe we could try extra hard to keep it this way for a few days. Her reply?

"Well, mom. How will people know you have kids if it looks so nice like this?"

[ProfessorArtNerd]

That's not Natalie. That's some GIRL who is at least 15! Omg. Your girls are lovely. Your family is... Crazy. Sorry about that.

[cereal K]

I love how casual Natalie is! Arm kicked back in the chair. And when did Elizabeth get so big?!

[snickers]

Your girls are adorable
Sorry your mom and sister are being annoying

[zoidberg]

I do not envy you.

[WOT?*]

Jul 5, 2013 18:53:25 GMT -5 zoidberg said:

I do not envy you.

lol.  Me neither.  Girls you're going to have to chase boys from with baseball bats and heavier artillery.  And family you have to restrain yourself from using baseball bats and heavy artillery.

Yay for DH being right.there shutting them down.  Holy smokes that's some cojones.

[saraandmichael]

i honestly want to shout at your mom. why is she always such a condescending bitch to you? it makes me so mad!

[ECB]

Oh dear god.

[DotAndBuzz]

*sigh*

Thank you all. It is ridiculous how big they are getting, and out of nowhere E is like, a KID. No more baby. :*(.

And yes, mom mom and sister are....ugh. My mom is so SO helpful and wonderful with so many things, but on this she just won't let it go. I know she thinks it isn't "fair" that Sister has the life she does, but it isn't my job to fix that. Helping siblings is one thing, but this goes so far beyond that, and is complicated by things she doesn't even acknowledge are issues/exist. Me bringing them up makes me the bitchy older sister who doesn't understand her lyfe. :\

@quesera: no, I didn't. I don't want to make it weird. And I ended up just getting everything she suggested to me in her store-specific design. I looked online and brought home a few other rug samples, but nothing looked quite as good as what she drew up. Its like she's, like, a professional or something! And H got sick of me obsessing and asking him to look at my pintrest over and over w/ my new pins/ideas, and told me to just get it over with already. So I did.

Her website at the store has a number of her rooms that she did as part of her EA portfolio, so I'm guessing she may want to add ours as well (she used a bunch of things she's never done/used before from them). I might try to allude to the possibility of it if she comes over to take pictures. Or not. I'm a wuss.

[livinitup]

Has your sister even been accepted? Had she applied?

[tdk2]

ahhhhhhh. They're crazy. It's so crazy your mom is still like this about your sister. Esp since I know you generally love time w/ your mom and how nice she is from things you've said. (oh, are you still doing the party? random q)


THE GIRLS! OMG gorgeous, so grown up, and absolutely beautiful as always. Ok, we HAVE to coordinate a time to get together. What do your weeks look like. Text or message me sometime soon. I know that July 11 -22 is like insane for me/kiddo. But I don't think I mapped out plans past that for the most part. Also, check out the Zoo concert calendar. I don't know if that time works for you and the girls, but I really want to go to Verve Pipe or Jill Scott w/ C. I probably will. I am fairly certain dh will be working those nights though from how the schedule looks.