BYC Café

[ronott1]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is on. I've got lots planned for today.
That lazy window breaking oaf of a nephew of mine installed 3 whole entire deck boards and 3 whole entire plants!!!!!! WOW! That is about 40 minutes of work for me.
I plan to crack the whip on him today. He surely needs it!
Everyone wants mom in her new house but no one wants to help get the work done to get her in there.
Oh boo hoo, it's so hot. Pu-lease! I've been sweating buckets all day long for hours on end, day after day down there. And he is 2 decades younger than me. Suck it up, Buttercup... can anyone guess why I never wanted kids?

Your own kids are different though.

I hope you can get some work out of the nephew!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe getting hot here today made another pot it is ealy here

 

[Shadrach]

Miracle of miracles... Jr. called DH tonight and asked to talk to me. This was at the the salon while I was getting a haircut mind you.
So... Jr. apologized for the way he handled things and what he did and said that the reason he did it was because he "heard me tell his father that he (Jr.) wanted to institutionalize him (dad)".
W
T
F
??

NEVER said anything to that effect. But that would certainly explain his reaction.
What I do remember is DH not liking that Jr. wanted to talk to me and he was getting very upset so I gave the phone to DH so he could talk to his son. At some point DH said something along the lines of "well, I know I'm not going in a home" and I replied something along the lines of "no on said you were going in a home". Very vague memories of the whole discussion.

Jr. completely misunderstood what was being said and got scared.

Ultimately, we cleared the air and everything is fine between us now. DHs sister... don't see it happening. I basically let Jr. know that I've seen through her facade from the beginning and she's not fooling anyone but her brother (DH).

At any rate, it was nice to have an honest conversation with Jr. and straighten things out.

DH will be going to his very sweet sister's house for a late B-day celebration this Saturday (his B-day was 9/6) and will stay overnight and come home later on Sunday. All I asked Jr was that they keep the sugar to a low roar as it really affected DH badly when he came back from the wicked witch of the east sister's house with a bag full of Oreos, homemade brownies, cookies, Cheez-its and cheese cracker packets that he'd been eating when with her. All that crap did him not one bit of good. There are many studies siting how bad refined sugar is for the Azheimer's brain. I noticed the difference when he got home from Candyland.

If jr believed you would do that without consulting to some extent at least with the rest of his family then he didn't trust you then and no matter how patched up things may look, he doesn't trust you now.
Just saying....

 

[Shadrach]

41. Ironically, that was part of the conversation. He told me that he thought we got along pretty good and that he felt he was my biggest advocate and was always defending me with other members of the family. The "other members of the family" would be his mother and DHs wicked witch of the east sister.
DH is the youngest of 7 and she is really the only one I have an issue with among his siblings. You know when you first meet someone and right off the bat you can tell they don't like you before they've even met you? That's her.

Don't fall for it DL.

 

[room onthebroom]

Good morning, Cafe, there's a freshly brewed pot and some day old cinnamon rolls.

@DobieLover - As in all things proceed with caution.

Don't fall for it DL.

This is where my mind is too. Any bridge is better than no bridge. Just tread cautiously on those made with twigs.

 

[room onthebroom]

Day old cinnamon rolls is about the best offer I’ve had in weeks.

 

[Shadrach]

Day old cinnamon rolls is about the best offer I’ve had in weeks.

Oh, sweetheart

 

[Shadrach]

Good evening Cafe.
Tea made by rotten old cynic is on the counter.
In and out dodging the storms here. Those clouds up there are hacking around.
Getting some green back on the ground.
I managed to break the log splitting maul. Not very clever. The log tipped and the handle snapped.
Never mind. It means I won't try to split any more for a few days. Need to look on the bright side every now and then you know.

 

[sourland]

Day old cinnamon rolls is about the best offer I’ve had in weeks.

Nuke them for ten seconds, and they are fine.

Good evening Cafe.
Tea made by rotten old cynic is on the counter.

For a realist cynicism comes easily.

 

[cheepteach]

poor Shad! splitting wood by hand ruined hubby's shoulders. log splitter was a great invention