tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post116405304395437772..comments2023-10-19T03:40:40.815-04:00Comments on Go Knit In Your Hat: A few timely mattersCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164267387979926862006-11-23T02:36:00.000-05:002006-11-23T02:36:00.000-05:00and I thought I was the only one with fucked-up, t...and I thought I was the only one with fucked-up, toxic relatives....<BR/><BR/>happy thanksgiving, carol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164259555825726592006-11-23T00:25:00.000-05:002006-11-23T00:25:00.000-05:00Apparently there is an upside to being the only ch...Apparently there is an upside to being the only child of parent no longer living, married to a man with one brother who lives 500 miles away and whose parents are also no longer with us. We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner tonight (Wednesday; said husband is a psych nurse who ALWAYS works on holidays -- double and triple pay, ya know) with our 2 sons. Good food, lots of talk and laughter and afterwards we went around the table saying what we were grateful for and 17-yo said "Family and friends" and meant it. Yeah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164245215393621232006-11-22T20:26:00.000-05:002006-11-22T20:26:00.000-05:00You know, Elly had a double mastectomy four years ...You know, Elly had a double mastectomy four years ago, at 79. They sent her home in two days. I was so pissed. She, on the other hand, was sitting up in a chair the day after surgery, knitting, with no morphine, no Percs, no nothing. Still.<BR/><BR/>For a family fraught with mental illness, you'd think we'd all get crazy on each other. I am truly fortunate to have the sanest loonies in the world as relatives. Tomorrow, it will be Elly, brother Rich, daughter Jenn and boyfriend Norm plus my grandson Ian, who gets little press from me and should get more, cause I loves him. My sissyboo has her own wacko in-laws to deal with. <BR/><BR/>You must be hugely grateful to have Tom at your side when feasting with your cracked family. Because I know he has to be good for pithy comments during the meal and on the ride home. That's what love is all about. Ain't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285597626042261061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164243274453531032006-11-22T19:54:00.000-05:002006-11-22T19:54:00.000-05:00Of course, love! How can you not intend to be fun...Of course, love! How can you not intend to be funny when mocking a Tori Spelling movie called "Mother May I Sleep with Danger?"<BR/><BR/>And I'm glad someone got the joke....<BR/><BR/>Mwah.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164234222544900872006-11-22T17:23:00.000-05:002006-11-22T17:23:00.000-05:00Hen, "Mother May I Sleep With Breast Cancer" is ve...Hen, "Mother May I Sleep With Breast Cancer" is very funny.<BR/><BR/>Unless you didn't mean for it to be funny. Then it's not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164222539941601822006-11-22T14:08:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:08:00.000-05:00Oh Carol. If there was enough time, we would band...Oh Carol. If there was enough time, we would band together and stage an intervention at your house. We'd show up with lots of food and drink and not let you, Tom or the kids out of the house until Thanksgiving was over. Not that you'd want to leave once we began performing "The Mikado" in Yiddish.<BR/>Have a safe trip and as good a time as you possibly can.the hanged manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705748701233182866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164221017628210142006-11-22T13:43:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:43:00.000-05:00I just had this vision of you knitting them all mu...I just had this vision of you knitting them all muzzles.MsAmpuTeeHeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733762919331458954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164217810842001772006-11-22T12:50:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:50:00.000-05:00You could memorize all the Robert Service poems, l...You could memorize all the Robert Service poems, like the Cremation of Sam McGee, http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1841.html <BR/>and then of course The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill<BR/>http://litterature.historique.net/service/bill.html<BR/>in which the hero saws off Blasphemous Bill McKie's legs to fit him in the coffin when he freezes to death, the one that starts out "I had to kill that neighbour of mine, honest to God I do" etc. Then walk around mumbling them under your breath. Teach the poems to the kids. <BR/>If it doesn't give you a peaceful day, it should give you a different day at least.<BR/>BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164216006501357952006-11-22T12:20:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:20:00.000-05:00Holidays and relatives... I suggest lots and lots ...Holidays and relatives... I suggest lots and lots of wine.mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981340071876565395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164209256506774752006-11-22T10:27:00.000-05:002006-11-22T10:27:00.000-05:00Have I mentioned before how much I love you guys?Have I mentioned before how much I love you guys?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164208316544102282006-11-22T10:11:00.000-05:002006-11-22T10:11:00.000-05:00Oooh, sounds like you need you paint chickenpox on...Oooh, sounds like you need you paint chickenpox on a kidlet or two with lipstick as soonas dinner is over!Sherry Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103490521732524156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164207741082419362006-11-22T10:02:00.000-05:002006-11-22T10:02:00.000-05:00My grandmother translated the entire Mikado into Y...My grandmother translated the entire Mikado into Yiddish - der Yiddisher Mikado - there's one in every tree!<BR/><BR/>You must take pictures!<BR/><BR/>Have a happy Turkey Day - I'm sure there will be a lot of inspiration for BBF color names - Cranberry Soldiers, Blue AA Chip, Purple Prozac . . .<BR/><BR/>WendyWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892795256613235278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164203975235575962006-11-22T08:59:00.000-05:002006-11-22T08:59:00.000-05:00Yeah, but I'll bet you don't have anyone in your f...Yeah, but I'll bet you don't have anyone in your family who wrote a musical about Nietzsche. Yes, *that* Nietzsche. (And was sober the whole time ...)<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving!Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641404632001445083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164199594762470802006-11-22T07:46:00.000-05:002006-11-22T07:46:00.000-05:00Crap. WITHOUT the in-laws.WITHOUT.Crap. WITHOUT the in-laws.<BR/>WITHOUT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1164199543802491092006-11-22T07:45:00.000-05:002006-11-22T07:45:00.000-05:00I am spending Thanksgiving for the first time in m...I am spending Thanksgiving for the first time in many years with the agressive paranoid schizophrenic brother-in-law, the pickled sociopath brother-in-law, the pickled ignoramus father-in-law, the Munchausen's sister-in-law, the cheerleading sister-in-law who has to bob her head up and down to talk, and the antisocial personality in training nephew.<BR/>They think I'm crazy too.<BR/>Oh Happy Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com