My inlaws left early this morning for warmer weather AND THEY LEFT ME HERE TO FREEZE.

Every year they head cross country for warmer climates during the cold months. My father in law is on blood thinners and other things and in the cold weather his blood starts to freeze, it gets cold and sluggish and he is more at risk for a heart attack.

For teh first few years that i knew them, they loaded up the motor home and drove down to Arizona for three months, living out of the motor home, but the last few years they decided to forgo the motorhome insurance and small living space for a room rental. This years rental though, is quite small, its one room, the bed and mini kitchen are side by side.

My inlaws say that the size of the rental doesn’t really matter because they spend most of their time out of it, visiting friends, shopping and just enjoying the NOT -30 temperatures!

I just wish that one year they would take me with them! I hate the cold!!

On Boxing Day we went north to my dads house to celebrate Christmas. Everyone was there, both my siblings, as well as my step siblings, it was great!

Unfortunately, my baby niece has exema, a very bad case of it. They tried a prescription (Thank God for affordable health insurance) cream for it and it didn’t help at all. Right now my sister in law is re-washing EVERYTHING in a special soap to see if the lack of fragrance and dyes will help at all, and the baby has an appointment with a dermatologist to see if they can suggest anything.

I sure hope they can find something to help, she is a very uncomfortable baby!

In other Sad news…. My sister.

OMG, my sister (

Dad and My step mom had 105.00 sitting on a shelf – it was someones registration payment for archery – and she stole it. it was there when everyone went to bed, and gone when they all woke up. My step mother heard sister walking around – she has a distinctive walk, she uses a came and limps, so we know sister dear was up and around during the night.

It’s very sad. I mean. How could she think she wasn’t gonna get caught? Did she think no one would notice that amount of $$ missing? Really?

Sigh. What a dysfunctional family I have

An hour ago my kitchen was a war zone. Boxes, empty and full, papers, breakfast dishes and mittens littered the kitchen table. the counter was stuffed, not enough room to add a spoon to it. More dishes, more boxes, more everything, everywhere you looked.

It was a MESS. the sink was full of dishes waiting for the dishwasher and there was even a half eaten cookie on the floor.

Like I said. A Mess.

An hour ago, at least.

Then I prodded my child franchise into action. i had one boy running things to the proper room it belonged (Toys clothes and other assorted Christmas loot) Another of my sons was busy breaking own and stacking boxes to be taken out and my eldest was loading the dishwasher.

In less time than it has taken me to write up this post, my kitchen went from a disaster zone to clean again.

(Tomorrow I plan on washing the floors – oh my do they ever need it! )