Greetings folks. Hope you enjoyed seeing Ann's work. She has quite a collection of wallets, fifteen that I have shared.
Our weekend went well, Mark won a 40" SmartTV at the golf outing. Since we need to replace Carole's old 36", this was great. Except, she wants a 50", even though this is still larger than she had. Does this frost my crabass? You betcha. I just bought her great grandkids new outfits and shoes for school, (love my Kohl's discounts!) and asked her to have the little guy try on the three pair I brought home for size. Two fit. She let them take the shoes home, and two days later he is playing outside in the woods with the new school shoes on. I told her NOT to give them to him now because I know how irresponsible that family is, but she did anyway and let him keep two of the pairs instead of one. When I had to give her my much loved car with the understanding she would take care of it, and then see it filthy, parked in the sun with her oak trees' catkins covering it instead of the garage, I could spontaneously combust. You know, I hate to get upset with her because I keep thinking she may be gone one day, but I am so fricking tired of grinding my teeth down to stubs. So I scream at Mark and he answers with "you know what she is like". So what are we doing? Exchanging the 40" to get her the 50", according to my husband. I am so tired of my family relying on me for everything. How do you stop a situation that has been ongoing for many years, and how do you disappoint one brother, one sister, one nephew, when they are all you have? How do you not feel you are failing your parents who helped her before they passed and asked you to continue? How do you accept the way your gifts are accepted and abused, expected instead of appreciated? Here's how. Grow up! If you can help someone, do it. Do not expect them to take care of what you buy, it is a gift, and it will be ruined shortly. It's now theirs, not yours. If you want to help someone, do it. If you feel obligated instead of generous, get over it. Help is help. Do not expect them to be grateful, just feel good that you were able to make someone happy whether they deserve it or not. If this is continually happening, and you get phone calls all the time asking to look up information online, run an errand, fill out a form, download a manual, fix something, pay for repairs, get groceries, pick up meds, just take a deep breath. Take comfort in the fact that you are 13 years younger, much smarter, thinner, and cuter than they are. And buy a good dental plan.
So now that that is off my non-existent chest, here's what I made today.
Cupcakes for the Italian Home's golf league for husband and nephew birthdays. Last night I cooked a monster cabbage to make halupki and it was in the basement fridge with the cupcake boxes, leaves laid over bowls and mugs so they don't tear. When I opened the fridge, the smell was powerful but the boxes were only in there for an hour so they should be fine.
That's all this crabass has to report today.
I'm going to be selling a few older stitcheries and am getting them ready.
Nothing else involves a needle.
Thanks for visiting.
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