Cranky Jennie ;-p

OK my in-laws live out of state 2,433 miles away (5 hour flight, 3 hour time difference) so we take turns and stay home every other Thanksgiving and Christmas. We spent Christmas 2007 and this Thanksgiving with my husbands’ family.

Here’s my gripe: My brother in-law D and his wife S who lives a 3 hour drive away - have to spend Holidays with both families, S’s parents
live ½ hour from my in-laws. Unfortunately my Mother-in-law wants everyone to have dinner together so we have to wait to eat until they get back from S’s parents house so on Xmas we had dinner at 7:30pm which is 10:30 my time and on Thanksgiving we ate dinner at 6:30pm. Holiday dinners are supposed to be in the afternoon NOT SO LATE!!!!! Besides it’s very late for me since I’m still jet lagged and haven’t eaten in about 7 hours since a late breakfast except for some snacks and I’m very, very cranky by the time we eat.

I need to figure out a tactful way to discuss this besides saying why don’t we accommodate everyone else involved because the rest of us have to wait around all day for these 2 people to come back. Besides everyone was assigned something to make including myself (which I don’t mind because I like helping out) except for my bother-in-law and his wife – no assignment and they come empty handed and don’t even help with the dishes. S even had the audacity to ask my other sister-in-law M maybe you should do dessert now and preceded to sit on her ass socializing and not even help her put it on plates (my mother-in-law assigned thanksgiving at M’s house, although my husband’s sister and mother-in-law made the Turkey and all the trimmings).

Help Please!!

THE BEDTIME RITUAL IS OVERRATED. GENERALLY SPEAKING CHILDREN FALL ASLEEP ON THEIR OWN. A FAIR TIME IS IS 8:00. ANYTHING BEFORE 8, YOU MUST USE YOUR ‘IM IN CHARGE VOICE’. YOU WILL FIND MOST DAYS THEY WILL FALL ASLEEP BEFORE 8. THE WATER THING IS CUTE. THESE LITTLE WIZARDS ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE PULLING ONE OVER ON US. THE TRUTH IS THAT WE LOVE TO MAKE OUR CHILDREN HAPPY. IF NOT - LEAVE THE WATER BY THERE BED.

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