Family

I feel so blessed to have found this site.It's a great venue for creative expression.We all need an outlet- Somewhere to breathe in and gain perspective. This is what i hope to achieve here. I love to write, though I rarely take time to indulge that hobby. So I have decided I've waited long enough.

I am using this blog to express myself and find the better me. And, as a tired- often cranky- housewife and mom I figured I should start with family as my first topic because it's the most important thing to me. I won't lie- they drive me crazy. But I love them and they keep me grounded.

However,that being said,I do feel its important to vent. Take this week for instance. It's my husband's vacation. We had plans. Good ones. They went like this: go camping on the coast, have fun, eat food, and make memories with the fam. come home, clean house, and make way for a nice visit with the Father-in-law.

Here's what happened: no hot water, no electric. wind blowing campfire smoke in my face ALL weekend. A cousin gets mad. leaves. takes food. buy more food. weather sucks. drive home at midight. fall asleep holding husbands pop. pop spills. Change clothes in parking lot of small town store, and cop drives by. Breathe sigh of relief that cop doesn't see me. get home, sleep in and waste the day instead of preparing for visit from father in law. Karma shows her humorous side and has him show up early. He then has the audacity to act like a guest and makes himself comfortable in MY chair. So not only do I have to put up with his repeat storytelling, (how many times could you hear about a brawl involving two 80 year olds and a reserved table at McDonalds?) I have to spray my chair with Glade to rid it of old man stinkies.

But Through all the negative that's happened this week something good appeared. My realization that even though things didn't go anywhere near planned,we actually had a good time- my kids raved about the great time they had playing on the dunes, my husband got to know my cousins, and they found so much in common that they've made plans to hang out this weekend. while I focused on the minute negatives, my family persevered and saw a great experience. And as far as the father in law..he raved about my dinner tonight. maybe i'll let him sit in my chair tomorrow. for a little while...