Good Morning Campers.
I usually read my alerts first thing in the morning but I am finding that if I do that I run out of time to write myself so doing things a little different here in the tent this morning...writing first.... ;-)
Things are going well here in the Hatfield household. I have enjoyed pampering the FIL. He came round for spaghetti and meat balls last night and a couple of glasses of red wine ;-) I have known him since I was a child and he owned the Laundromat in the village (UK) and drove around in these big old American cars..remember the old Lincoln Continental?? LOL he had one of them..he looked mighty flash driving that down the high street I can tell you! We all thought the Hatfields were rich..they were the only yanks in the village and had many luxuries we brits did not. Including a full size American washer and dryer in there own home. I thought I was the bees knees when I started dating hubby let me tell you...he was extremely popular in school and pretty much the entire fourth form had a crush on him..boys and girls... the boys thought he was Cool Hand Luke and the girls thought he was a dream boat...we spent last night reminiscing about the good old days as you only can with someone who has known you that long...I enjoyed it very much. Even got a bit teary a few times talking about hubbies Mum...I think FIL only feels the freedom to talk like that when his present wife is not around. Speaking of family please hold hubbies brother in your prayers today he is going for a biopsy on his throat..they believe he has throat cancer. this is hubbies oldest brother John Paul. Thanks.
The drama at work continues. The extern called in sick again Monday and Tuesday..her cat was sick. Whatever. We are also struggling with filling the full time MA position as we are obviously not offering it to her now. The new office manager has decided that we can do it with 2 part time positions instead. Not so easy. Double the training for one thing and too many hands in the pot another. Another problem has arisen. Seems the office manager likes to gossip. Also likes a drink or two if you know what I mean ..which leads to..."drunk dialing".. I HATE that.. and who does she call? Not ghostbusters..me! I am trying to think of a diplomatic way of stopping this. her number comes up private so that's not an option unless I just allow the machine to pick up ..hubby doesn't like that option as he needs to be available to his troops..the subject matter of her calls makes me uncomfortable too... why she picked me I don't know ..well I do really..I am closer to her age than the others...lucky me..NOT.... other office news another office baby..Dr's wife this time...a boy...William Boyd...8lb 2oz by C- section Friday night. Welcome to the world little one.
Well I am off to read some alerts..drink another cup of coffee and head to a 12 hour shift at the clinic....enjoy your Hump Day....
L
My five..
1. New babies...
2.. Reconnecting with FIL...
3... Rearranging the furniture..anyone else like doing this?
4.... Signs and sounds of Spring...it was in the 70's yesterday....
5..... Clear nights and stargazing.....was that you last night Mum??
40 comments:
Happy Hump Day...the furniture gets re-arranged here once a month-not my doing either...guess who? lol Hope you have a great day......
your right going over old memories with loved ones can be very moving. Glad you were able to spoil your FIL and hope your BIL gets on ok. Good luck.
Love
Debbie
sounds like a nice nite...reminiscing about old times over a nice meal! I am glad you are able to spend this quality time with your fil. My thoughts and prayers are with your brother in law. Have a good day!!
Maria
sitting around reminising with those you love sounds like a blessing to me....i am so glad you got to do that with your FIL. I can just see your FIL in that car in your town....the stuff going on at your job sounds interesting too....poor poor Lyn. I hope you get yourself out of those phone calls somehow.
love,lisa
You are so right. I have know my husbands family since I was 7 years old. His sister and I often reminisce about 'the olden days' as my kids call it!!! And, this is so unbelieveable... our old practice manager used to do the same thing to me!!! Very annoying but what do you do??? I used to let her calls go to message bank and eventually she stopped calling. Spooky too that I love shifting furniture around. John always says if he goes blind he is never gunna know where things are from one day to the next....lol!!!
Enjoy the rest of your week
Hugs
Wendy in Oz
I've got the candles lit for John Paul. Of course the worse part about biopsies (and I've had a few in my life) is that they scare the crap outta you by telling you that you need one and they make you wait WEEKS (usually) to get the results!
Hope it all turns out well.
I try to read my alerts too ,before I do an entry the results being,sometimes I dont always have the time or the energy to do my own entry ,how lovely to have your father in law to your self and chat about old times ...love Jan xx
I'm so glad you're getting this time with your FIL. It must be nice to be able to go back with your husband and share these memories. I was 19 when I met Chad so other than his family telling me things they're not my memories. What a wonderful blessing you and your dh have!!
I did giggle at the full size washer and dryer! I'm going to guess that England's washers and dryers are similar to Germany's...half the size!
Have a great day and I really hope work gets better with all the craziness. I can understand trying to be kind in breaking off the whole drunk calls, that wouldn't be ok with me either. I'll be praying for you as you try to figure out a way to handle this. I pray God will give you the grace and words in dealing with this unpleasant situation.
I think it's wonderful you have such a warm relationship with FIL. As to the drunk dialing qossip, I suppose you could let hubby answer and you could always be in the shower. ;o) Or you could try, "I'm sorry, but talking about these things makes me uncomfortable." But if this manager holds firing power over you, it could be risky. - Barbara
Sounds like a good time remembering old times. I hope your kids were around to hear the old stories. I love to hear my grandparents talk about the way things were different. Sounds like work is a crazy place lately. Who stays home with their sick cat? What a minute I have a friend who does...She has no kids. She called me one day just devistated. I told her to call when her child was in the hospital with ITP like I was. Oh I do go on!
Traci
soundslike agreat time with your FIL. its interesting hearing about when your youth you saw your hubbys family as rich and how different it was there for you. Imglad your FIL could share about his wife. willkeep the brother in prayers that is ascarry.
Yes its hard to find good workers now days terribly hard
Glad you had such a good time with your FIL. Not many people can say they have such a good relationship with their in-laws. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything turns out ok for your BIL too.
Hope you have a good shift with no drama. As you finish yours I'll just be going out to start mine.....bugger.
Hugs,
A xxx
Sounds like you had a happy time talking about the past Your brother in law is in my prayers as the rest of your family are.
love and hus
katie
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Im glad you are enjoying your FIL's visits!! How nice. What an office manager. Can you just tell her that you dont feel comfortable discussing these topics.....hmm. Thats a tuffie! Have a good day hun
Hugs
Carrie
aww so nice reminincising....prayers for bil love vicky
Nice to hear the FIL visit went well. Love your five. :)
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What does FIL stand for??? LOL Im so dim today!!! Laine xxxx
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Its ok I got it!!! Father-in-law - I really am losing it!!! LOL Laine xxx
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Oh I love rearranging furniture! My DH has never really understood why. So if I needed help with moving something, he would try to explain to me why my plan wouldn't work or wonder why I wanted to move it lol. I finally broke through to him when I said "Sweetie, lots of women redecorate and buy new furniture every 2-3 years. I could be OK with buying some new furniture but would you be happier? I save you big money by rearranging instead. Then it feels like a whole new room. And --- everything is clean underneath and behind it because I clean while I rearrange lol!" He now has a reason to rejoice that I rearrange lol.
BTW, I love the sliders to help with this. They used to sell them only on TV but now can be had in w-marts and home improvment stores. They really do work without harming the floors or carpets and make moving easy!
I am glad you had opportunity to talk about old times and your hubby's mum. I know that is sweet.
I will sure be praying for John Paul and the family. I will also be praying for wisdom for you re the office manager. That's an embarrassing situation to be in.
loving you
karyl
Glad you got time to do an entry Lyn ~ glad you are enjoying pampering your FIL it must be nice for him to reminisce about days gone by ~ shame he has to wait until his wife is not there ~congratualtions to the Doctor and his wife on the safe delivery of
William Boyd ~ Love your 5 good things ~ Ally x
I love rearranging furniture, but in a townhouse, not much room to keep changing. Have a good one.
Missie
I am always trying to rearrange my furniture ;-) Glad you had a good reminiscing time with FIL. That's not good your office manager ringing you like that ~ I hope you can find a way to stop it
Jenny
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Hi Lynn, I love to hear the stories from when you were younger. You must post some more. You must tell us more about how your husband came to be in England. Thats really worrying about your brother in law, I will keep my fingers crossed for him. The new manager at your work sounds strange, I think she probably won't last long. Have a good hump day. Hugs, Terry x
I love rearranging furniture. I think I may be doing that tomorrow. :)
Gillie
I think you are lucky to have someone to talk about the good old days with! I so hate drama, and yet I seem to have a lot of it! I do hope that you get this sorted out.
Kelli
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That is sweet that you got to reminisce about old times. I`m sure your FIL feels very comfortable chatting wit you about it, just the two of you over some good spaghetti and some nice wine. :)
hugs
Penny
So glad you enjoyed your FIL's visit and the spaghetti and meatballs sounds good...I'llhave to make some soon myself! Loved the memories! Although a bit late...you brother in law is on my prayer list. HOpe it went well.
love,
Marie
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I'm glad you could spend some time with your FIL :) My dad use to own one of those big ol cars!
Many prayers going to your hubby's brother!
I hope that you can get your situation at work straightened out.
Hugs,
Gretchen
Happy you had quality time with your FIL (took me ages to figure out what FIL was :x) about the gossip? the drama? I hate both with a passion since I've been the subject of both for many years in many ways, the gossip harms others & usually isn't the truth - drama? I can't say enough yuck blech ughhh about that subject. Will be placing a wish on my altar for your John Paul. Hang in there Lyn, it will be fine. Hugz, Teresa
Awww... I love what you said about the stars... Yes, I believe it would be your mum. Thank you for sharing your memories....
be well,
Dawn
I was going to say, they could hire me I'm dependable and I'm a national certified medical assistant. But, two problems ... I don't want to be one and I LOVE my current job. Okay, Okay ... I have a love/hate relationship with my job. Oh, and I don't know if I could deal with your manager! I wish you the best in getting that straightened out.
Monica
Diplomatic, shmiplomatic. You might be doing her a huge favor by telling her the truth, i.e. "Whether or how much you drink is your business but you make it my business when you call me when you've been drinking, and it makes me uncomfortable. And if you think you may have a problem, I encourage you to check out Alcoholics Anonymous and give it a chance." She;ll probably be apologetic at best or defensive at worst, but you may also plant a needed seed.
I love rearranging my furniture i do really lol !! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and I hope hubbys brother is ok zoe xx
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I think it is a good thing that your FIL has an opportunity to talk of his first wife in such a confortable setting. I'll certainly keep your BIL in my prayers today. Bless. It's really a lovely day here. Mild, soft and the flowering trees have started to open up. All of the daffodils are abloom as are the snowdrops. Just blissful! I enjoyed reading about your early days with hubby. So romantic and fresh!
Love,
Susie
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I hope that your BIL biopsy went ok.......... You may have the results by now. As fro the drunk dialer, pretend you are more drunk than she is lolol.......... ok, maybe not.
Can't you put a block on her number, how come sh has yours anyway?
Love yas G x
Thanks for visiting my journal and leaving a comment there. I'm glad you want to write a poem for me to use in my classroom. Marie has already contributed. Don't know why I hadn't thought of it earlier. Lots of talent writers out here! I have never heard of any Secret, and now my curiosity is piqued. Enjoyed reading your entry about the walk down memory lane with your FIL. Have a wonderful day! bea
Ahhh, who said young love doesn't last forever. I love the fact you get along with your FIL so well. As for the woman who calls while she's in her cups. Just politely tell her you can't take any calls unless it's an emergency, because your husband needs the phone to be available. (Hugs) Indigo
nice that you had a nice dinner with fil.
i love rearranging too :)
makes the house seem "Fresh" lol
ttyl
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Just dropping in to say hello friend. Tammy
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