Hey Moms! What Did You Get for Mother's Day?

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What did you get for Mother's Day? I hit the jackpot! Giving Gifts

). I took time to find lots of little things for the people I love, which I think made a good impression. I hope it showed each of them how much I loved them.

So, what gifts did you get for Mother's Day?

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a mixed bag

my hubby got me a beautiful wooden sculpture made by a local artist and cards from him and my son. and that was the good part! :-) then i also got something of a flea infestation and a case of severe hatred for sy son's pediatric clinic. it's been an emotional rollercoaster of a day. anyways....i hope your day was wonderful! :-)

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We totally have a flea issue right now too

They are staying on the dogs, but still... my dogs never have fleas, but this spring has been horrid.

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ugh....

tell me about it! this spring has been like a plague!

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One year we had ticks...

A few years ago at my old house we got a sudden infestation of ticks. That was soooooooooooooooo much worse than the fleas. We had four dogs - one of them hairy - and had to pick ticks off one by one.

But pests like that are nasty no matter what.

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ticks...eeew!

did they stay on the dogs? can you imagine finding one on you? eek!

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They did stay on the dogs

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My husband got me an

My husband got me an elliptical. My son's school had a program where they invited all the moms and sang us songs. During one of the songs, they all went into the audience and brought us some handmade "treasure boxes" that had their picture in them. He also gave me coupons for breakfast in bed (one use only-sadly) and hugs (I am taking as many of them as I want, thank you very much). Both of my kids were going to give me plants, but I got a bath set that smells like chocolate instead. And my hubby surprised me with a huge body shimmer brush that has a scented powder in it, and can be refilled. I've wanted one for a while now.

My mom got some lovely hydrangeas and my kids gave her goldfish. MIL got flowers and a phone call since we are too far away to be there in person. But she'll get a week with us very soon.

WOW - you did GOOD!

You got some totally great stuff there! Awesome!
Thanks for sharing.

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Flea sucking

I have been vacuuming constantly today. I read on a message board thhat this can help.....and my hubby bought me a Dyson for our anniversary (not he's not a chauvinist, I have been lusting after one for a looong time!) which is supposed to have the best suction of any vacuum on the market......and they STILL pop out. Bastardi.
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oh, oops, sorry

i didnt mean to post this on your blog.....was gonna post it on my flea one..... sorry!
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That's OK

As far as fleas go, you should treat everything you can at once. Find something to treat your carpets with, even if you just put down Borax, leave it down for a bit and vaccuum it up (it's pretty safe and it kills fleas when they eat the sharp pieces, if I remember correctly). Wash your bedding in hot water, treat your pets, and treat your yard too. I think I remember that your cats are outside only, but if they come in, wash their bedding as well. You may have to redo this again in a few weeks when the eggs hatch...

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Mothers Day

This was my first Mothers Day!!! : )
It was weird because it kind of made me feel weird. I always thoguht of "Mothers Day" being for my mom, never for myself. It never even dawned on me that I get a present too! So yesterday I got a beautiful silver necklas with a contemporary-style silver charm that holds my sons birthstone. It's so beautiful. I love jewelry so that's usually what I get. But i am horrible with anything besides rings! I lose it!

My MIL, who I don't get along with, got flowers. She complained about them. She always compalins about her presents. She said that she doesn't like yellow flowers and that she wanted Iris. Well we went looking for Iris and there wasn't any, so tough luck. Gosh, that woman drives me CRAZY!!

Oh, intricate girl - the bath set sound soooo good!

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Congrats!

The necklace sounds beautiful!

About your MIL, that's crazy. You don't get to say what you wanted. You take what you get! Somebody missed out on some manners somewhere!

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(Psst. Walmart. Don't tell

(Psst. Walmart. Don't tell anyone. HeeHee!)

Oops.

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The bath set I got. Reality

The bath set I got. Reality said it sounded yummy, and I was letting her know where she could find it.

OOOHHHHH

That makes sense. Sorry!

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MIL -

Yeah, my MIL is psyhco. I honestly, truly think she has a chemical imbalance. She's always doing the weirdest things. Sometimes I get so mad but I can look back at the incident and laugh. Like when I found out I was pregant with my son, we told her.

She said, "Well do you plan to KEEP it?"

Hubby and I were like, "Uh...YEAH!"

She says, "Well you're both so young!"
(FYI - I'm 25, he's 24)

Then she says "Well what are you going to name THE THING?"

Hubby says, "We were thinking Luke"

MIL says, "Oh, that's AWFUL! Why don't you name him something from the Bible!"

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So I am totally used to her evil ways. She loves drama. She loves to create drama. I couldn't imagine ever complaining to my children that my Mothers Day gift isn't good enough!

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Oh my!

Yes, she does sound unbalanced. Kudos to you for dealing with her with laughter (at least later!).

What is she going to say when you tell her about child number two????

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"MIL says, 'Oh, that's

"MIL says, 'Oh, that's AWFUL! Why don't you name him something from the Bible!'"

Ok, I know it's been a while since I've been to church, but when did they change the names of the gospel? Matthew, Mark, Clyde(?), and John. lol

That's great!

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Ha! Ha! Ha!

Yeah, that's too funny isn't it?! She's so busy trying to put people down that she makes an ass out of herself! Matthew, Mark, CLYDE & John - Hahahahahaha!!!! That made my day!

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MIL & Baby #2

We told her (MIL) on mothers day about baby #2. Her only response was "So?"

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Wow!

I guess you probably don't let her babysit, right?

Best wishes to you for an easy pregnancy!

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Psycho MIL

Ok, I don;t know if you read the blog I wrote about her, well, I actually wrote two. But anyways, she RARELY sits. I try so hard to make sure my son sees her as little as possible. When he was 4 months old she was trying to feed him icecream with hot fudge!!!! She is just w-e-i-r-d. Hell, she puts the "w" in weird. MIL even plays games between her two grandchildren. She'll pick my son up and glare at er other grandchild, Jenny (3 yeards old) and say, "Luke's my Favorite!" or she'll give Jenny a toy infront of my son and tell her NOT TO SHARE!!! Oh, I get sooooo mad! I try not to go over there except for on holidays.

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Oh my gosh!!!!

You should most definitely keep your kids away. That's the way people get seriously damaged. Geez. Do you know if she takes any medication? Is she married? Has she always been this way? It sounds like she needs medical help.

You poor thing - it's got to be rough dealing with that!

I take it you don't give out your blog info to your family, by the way :)

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OH! I remember that story.

OH! I remember that story. I didn't connect it until now that it was the same person.

Geez. Good luck.

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Family and Blogging

I keep my blogging private. The worst that could happen is that MY parents find it while surfing the net from thir home, but they hate MIL too.
Ironically, she IS married, and to the SWEETEST, nicest man in the world.
She is not on med's, but I truly think she needs help. Especially when she causes scenes at events, like OUR WEDDING!!! She's just freaking weird-o.
She's always been this way. Her entire life. I am still trying to figure out how my husband is so opposite his mother. He's quiet and shy, honest and loving.
The crazy part is, my mothers mom (my grandmother) has skytzophrenia (sp?), so I am accustomed to that kind of behavior. The difference is, my grandmother was never vicious or verbally abusive. She just did bizarre things. I don't know what illness my MIL may have, or even if she really does have one, but it makes me so mad sometimes I just cry cuz there's no way to fight it.

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I'm sure they do hate her

because she makes your life more difficult.

I'm just thinking, if she's married, can't her husband see this weird behavior and convince her to see a doctor?

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Right!

My parents and I always wonder that! Maybe after being married so long he's immune to it!
Oh, and she had Kurts brother when she was 50 years old! That is weird! His parents are older than my grandparents!

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WOW!

Very interesting! Kind of soap opera-ish.

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