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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 226418" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>OK so heres how it has been going....</p><p>the kids did wrap every single gift to each other and to dad....and I do small gifts in quantity, not large expensive gifts. I had polled my kids a couple times every year to see if they prefer to get one or 2 large gifts with a couple small ones or a bunch of small ones.they like getting small ones. So after they wrapped them ALL.....they looked at them and began to prod their dad. Dad! Dad! You HAVE to take us to the store.....Mom doesnt have hardly ANY gifts umdeer the tree! Hmm, they never really noticed before. So they ALL piled in the car and left. That was this afternoon. I got the brilliant idea to fabricate a grocery list, which I then handed to them.told them DAD could figure out how to pay, darn man has not been in a grocery store in at least 15 years. (he does not leave our house-- but he had lal the kids and PCs boyfriend with him, both easy child and her boyfriend do drive, in case dad was "rusty" or got lost (he occasionally does- nevermind we have been in this house for 21 years now)</p><p>They did get EVERY item on grocery list! I was amazed. </p><p>Then they came home excited and wrapped some more...they gathered laundry, emptied garbages.....loaded and ran dishwasher! Alas it did snow yet another fooot today!!!!! and no, noone got out to shovel it. </p><p>While they were at store they scoped out open restaurants and came home, got me and took me out. LOL. </p><p>difficult child left one bag out by accident that she was sorta confused, I think.it was not groceries on my list....but it was food type stuff, and I saw it. It was store bought cookies, 2 different kinds of a type we always without fail bake every year. I looked and said "yukky- store bought cookies? you guys do not even really EAT cokies" difficult child looked at me and whispered, "mom, dad saw them and thought maybe YOU missed YOUR cookies, so DAD grabbed those for you" Hmmmmmmm. Well, that IS sweet, so.I might pretend I do like them even if I am not crazy about them.....who knows, maybe they will be good? It was a sweet thought. </p><p>After we went out to eat, this funniest thing happened. First son decided to clear snow and ice off MY bug. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and then husband took my bug and topped off gas tank. </p><p>Then son said mom, for my cooking class, I want to cook our turkey and make mashed potatos. (hemade a chicken roasted the other day, as a way to build up to doing a turkey) Hmm Cool! cuz normally we never have a big meal for Christmas becuz I do not want to cook all day. So normally we have cheese fruit veg trays and our cookies. and we are happy. BUT we did get a turkey at the food distribution and the kids did talk me into a turkey for tomorrow, but with far less sides etc. </p><p>So.....tonite, son got the now thaw turkey and plopped it in our sink to prep it. He was doing everything just exactly right and LOL between me, Alton Brown and PCs boyfriend who is currently IN foods and sanitation class for his job.....we are teaching him might fine, if I do say so myself......(even my girls have yet to tackle a roasted bird and this will be sons 2nd) </p><p>And then he looked in the sink. ROFL. Oh my goodness. He had to leave the kitchen.....he was queasy. I have NEVER seen him queasy. </p><p>He looked at the pink in the sink and said mom? is that......is that......??? He could not say it,.....easy child got queasy at the thought and she left the room......good thing difficult child wasnt there......shes queasy all the time.......I just nodded and said honey.....thats how it is, thats all. Well he did manage to cope and continue, then......BUT as soon as he had the bird all ready and he cleaned up all the surfaces and counters and utensils properly, he said mom? um......do you mind if I um....go take a bath, now? I dont feel so good right now. </p><p>Poor buddy of mine, LOL. But he did great. And he says tomorrow morning he is gonna get it in the oven and handle it. (no, it is NOT stuffed, my kids do not eat stuffing, and I decided to forgo stuffing for simplicity) So the bird is in fridge waiting for morning and my son. Then when he got out of hisbath he peeled potatos and boiled them, mashed them, mixed in cheese and put them in a casserole dish to bake tomorrow. (his idea, we never made cheesey mashed potatos before) </p><p></p><p>So------my cold is abut the same, thank goodness it is not seeming to get worse. YAY! sadly, my RA is hanging on......but it is not getting excessively bad, altho haveing to skip my shot.....makes me nervous. BUT I did not tell my kids I am not super sick, LOL. Desperate times call for desperate measures.....I have never been deceptive before like this BUT......I REALLY need to learn to make my kids do more, and my kids really really do need to learn to do more. Im not sure how much of their willingness to help is the holiday spirit, and how much is me being sick. Becuz see, even tho my medications supposedly trash my immune system.....truth is I never ever have been a person who EVER gets colds, flu, viruses or anything. Never have and not even after starting all these medications, I never did. and since starting all these medications, what almost 2 years ago, now? My RA has not been anissue at all either..quite a remarkable remission, really. It is possible they are a little freaked ut at the idea of my RA creeping back up or me being "sick" Maybe if we are all lucky some of the things they are doing right now will "stick" . </p><p>SO after dinner I let the girls prepare some of the early prep for the snacks for tomrrow. They did pretty good. And now.for a change.ALL are in their beds. (they are ALL nite owls save easy child) </p><p>SO.Im gonna fill the stockings and call it a nite.</p><p></p><p>Wishing you all a very good Christmas. I am hoping a little good magic falls upon you. And thank you for your encouragement and support. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 226418, member: 1697"] OK so heres how it has been going.... the kids did wrap every single gift to each other and to dad....and I do small gifts in quantity, not large expensive gifts. I had polled my kids a couple times every year to see if they prefer to get one or 2 large gifts with a couple small ones or a bunch of small ones.they like getting small ones. So after they wrapped them ALL.....they looked at them and began to prod their dad. Dad! Dad! You HAVE to take us to the store.....Mom doesnt have hardly ANY gifts umdeer the tree! Hmm, they never really noticed before. So they ALL piled in the car and left. That was this afternoon. I got the brilliant idea to fabricate a grocery list, which I then handed to them.told them DAD could figure out how to pay, darn man has not been in a grocery store in at least 15 years. (he does not leave our house-- but he had lal the kids and PCs boyfriend with him, both easy child and her boyfriend do drive, in case dad was "rusty" or got lost (he occasionally does- nevermind we have been in this house for 21 years now) They did get EVERY item on grocery list! I was amazed. Then they came home excited and wrapped some more...they gathered laundry, emptied garbages.....loaded and ran dishwasher! Alas it did snow yet another fooot today!!!!! and no, noone got out to shovel it. While they were at store they scoped out open restaurants and came home, got me and took me out. LOL. difficult child left one bag out by accident that she was sorta confused, I think.it was not groceries on my list....but it was food type stuff, and I saw it. It was store bought cookies, 2 different kinds of a type we always without fail bake every year. I looked and said "yukky- store bought cookies? you guys do not even really EAT cokies" difficult child looked at me and whispered, "mom, dad saw them and thought maybe YOU missed YOUR cookies, so DAD grabbed those for you" Hmmmmmmm. Well, that IS sweet, so.I might pretend I do like them even if I am not crazy about them.....who knows, maybe they will be good? It was a sweet thought. After we went out to eat, this funniest thing happened. First son decided to clear snow and ice off MY bug. :-) and then husband took my bug and topped off gas tank. Then son said mom, for my cooking class, I want to cook our turkey and make mashed potatos. (hemade a chicken roasted the other day, as a way to build up to doing a turkey) Hmm Cool! cuz normally we never have a big meal for Christmas becuz I do not want to cook all day. So normally we have cheese fruit veg trays and our cookies. and we are happy. BUT we did get a turkey at the food distribution and the kids did talk me into a turkey for tomorrow, but with far less sides etc. So.....tonite, son got the now thaw turkey and plopped it in our sink to prep it. He was doing everything just exactly right and LOL between me, Alton Brown and PCs boyfriend who is currently IN foods and sanitation class for his job.....we are teaching him might fine, if I do say so myself......(even my girls have yet to tackle a roasted bird and this will be sons 2nd) And then he looked in the sink. ROFL. Oh my goodness. He had to leave the kitchen.....he was queasy. I have NEVER seen him queasy. He looked at the pink in the sink and said mom? is that......is that......??? He could not say it,.....easy child got queasy at the thought and she left the room......good thing difficult child wasnt there......shes queasy all the time.......I just nodded and said honey.....thats how it is, thats all. Well he did manage to cope and continue, then......BUT as soon as he had the bird all ready and he cleaned up all the surfaces and counters and utensils properly, he said mom? um......do you mind if I um....go take a bath, now? I dont feel so good right now. Poor buddy of mine, LOL. But he did great. And he says tomorrow morning he is gonna get it in the oven and handle it. (no, it is NOT stuffed, my kids do not eat stuffing, and I decided to forgo stuffing for simplicity) So the bird is in fridge waiting for morning and my son. Then when he got out of hisbath he peeled potatos and boiled them, mashed them, mixed in cheese and put them in a casserole dish to bake tomorrow. (his idea, we never made cheesey mashed potatos before) So------my cold is abut the same, thank goodness it is not seeming to get worse. YAY! sadly, my RA is hanging on......but it is not getting excessively bad, altho haveing to skip my shot.....makes me nervous. BUT I did not tell my kids I am not super sick, LOL. Desperate times call for desperate measures.....I have never been deceptive before like this BUT......I REALLY need to learn to make my kids do more, and my kids really really do need to learn to do more. Im not sure how much of their willingness to help is the holiday spirit, and how much is me being sick. Becuz see, even tho my medications supposedly trash my immune system.....truth is I never ever have been a person who EVER gets colds, flu, viruses or anything. Never have and not even after starting all these medications, I never did. and since starting all these medications, what almost 2 years ago, now? My RA has not been anissue at all either..quite a remarkable remission, really. It is possible they are a little freaked ut at the idea of my RA creeping back up or me being "sick" Maybe if we are all lucky some of the things they are doing right now will "stick" . SO after dinner I let the girls prepare some of the early prep for the snacks for tomrrow. They did pretty good. And now.for a change.ALL are in their beds. (they are ALL nite owls save easy child) SO.Im gonna fill the stockings and call it a nite. Wishing you all a very good Christmas. I am hoping a little good magic falls upon you. And thank you for your encouragement and support. :-) [/QUOTE]
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