Hiya ladies
Aaaahhh Susan~hugs to you. You are going to find a lot of stuff like that will come up and I think if Rocky is set in his ways with his son on certain things it could be a rocky road ahead. I know V and I have had a few disagreements over the kids because he thinks I spoil them, and maybe I do I don't know, I don't really see it as being spoiled. He was raised different from me and he is not used to living with kids, or I should say wasn't. That was in the beginning. Not to be mean but I think you should let it go. I know it is hard to think about all the money he is spending on Kris but to be honest I don't think there is anything you can say. It does seem extravagant but at the same time he may be spoiled and they give him everything because he lost his mom. You know trying to make up for her not being there. I know because the first Christmas after the kids dad was killed I was fortunate enough that I could do the same. Of course I would never spend $300 on a glove.
I would be thinking about how many other gifts I could buy with that much. But I was trying to make up for their dad being gone, not so much make up for him being gone as much as making the day a happy day. And I did that for a few years after. I just wanted to make sure they were happy. I know that buying gifts can't make a person happy but if they can feel good for a little while, for one day it was well worth it. Also, we bought them a lot because they had no one else to buy for them. So we always made sure their birthdays, and Christmas was nice. However, we did set a limit because it is too easy to go overboard. Although, I must say it is hard to stick to but I do pretty good and if I do go over it is only $20 or $30. Maybe, once you guys are married you can sit down and discuss things like that and you can let him know what you think etc. I have to say I definitely don't agree with your mother. I too think you should discuss everything with him because you are getting married and everything should be out in the open. Okay, I just contradicted myself there. You could talk with him about the extravagant gifts before marriage but I do think that will be a touchy subject. Who knows though, if he knows it makes you uncomfortable he may try to change that a little. But too if Kris is used to all that I don't think he would take kindly to things changing. I just think there are certain things though that you don't really need to talk about before marriage, but that is me. And I am meaning things like that. V didn't really agree with what I spent ont he kids but that is how I did it for years and it wasn't a big deal. See, I wouldn't have stopped the limit thing had he asked, again that is me and everyone is different. Oooo, so many isssues when kids are involved. But I know that love can overcome any and all problems. Sorry for babbling, just wanted to offer my 2cents worth even if it didn't help. Shuting up now.
Ellen~you are so silly.
You do have quite the sense of humor and I think you could give Ellen a run for her money. You guys can have a laugh-off. How about that? I will e-mail
her and tell her.
Anyway...I love her sense of humor and her dancing.
She is too funny. And I love that her mom sits in on every show.
Katy~yeah, Adidas is a fav around here also. Although...I did break down and buy a pair of skechers not too long ago. They are so comfy.
Julie~so did ya rent any good movies? I haven't been to BlockBuster in ages, I don't even know what is out there to rent. Can't remember the last time I rented a movie. Well, hope you got your tree decorated, or get it done tomorrow.
Mindee~had to go to your site and take a gander at the new pics. They are great. The family one is really nice and the one with Brandon and the reindeet is adorable. I have to say though the duck one is my fav! He is just so darn cute! And he is definitely growing. It totally amazes me how fast kids grow. Still seems like yesterday that they were that small. I miss it.
Anyway ladies. I should probably get going as I feel like I am doing nothing but putting my big foot in my mouth.
Will possibly check in in the morning if Susan doesn't hate me.
Don't have any plans tomorrow except to sleep in, hopefully. I say hopefully because I am going thru this where I keep waking up at the same time, too early. So hopefully staying up later I will sleep later. Just going to straighten the house some and finish laundry. Didn't get mine done because had to do DD two comforters because the doggy got mud or something on them, so that added to the pile. She needed those tonight. And then DS wanted to do a load so he would have a wokr shirt to wear. He lets it pile up till he has 3 or 4 loads and then wants to do them all at one time, usually on the day I plan on doing laundry. Of course he doens't know that it is planned. Okay, going to go because it is terrible when one starts babbling about dirty laundry.
See ya