Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Others remain

So most of The Others have left, just the MIL and FIL left. They leave on Friday.

All is going ok. The Father-in-Law took it upon himself to defrost my freezer and the Mother-in-Law insisted I try her nail strengthening stuff. I have decided to embrace both of these actions as perks and read nothing into them.

Also they have done a substantial amount of shopping. Our fridge has never seen so much action... ever! There is about 4 litres of milk in there (woolworths, low fat), an exotic variety of yoghurts (woolworths, full cream), a brick of cheddar (woolworths, R60), a massive jar of mayonnaise (woolworths, approx 99% pure fat) and an eclectic mix of salad ingredients, juices and vegetables (all, obviously, woolworths). In my cupboards I have also discovered about 5kg of sugar (woolworths) and much 2-ply (also, yup, woolworths). Our breadbin features a variety of (woolworths) loaves and our cupboard a nice array of brand new (woolworths) gravys, spices and tinned tomatoes.

They sleep with their bedroom door open which is a little creepy coz I never know if they're awake when I walk past to the bathroom. Also, seeing as our room is next door, not much room is left for any.. well .. oh nevermind!

As mentioned previously, the dogs think they have died and gone to doggy heaven. THEY ARE LIVING IT UP IN A BIG WAY!! Always on a lap, or WORSE: in their room with them. No doubt by the time MY folks arrive on Saturday (Yup, the in laws leave and my folks arrive!!!) the room will be filled with fleas. LOVELY!! Also, I bet that by Friday the dogs will be accustomed to Woolworths dog food and will be refusing the cheap stuff they previously loved.

Anyone got any in-law / future in-law stuff to share?

3 comments:

Zee said...

Hmmm in laws. Scary scary stuff. I think that is the thing that really scares the shit out of me....

I dont have any weird stories to tell yet.....

Sweets said...

i married the same guy twice... my in laws love me more than they love their own son... fact (hehe)... i just tried to embrace them from day one, never to know better (huge secret in life... make another person think they know better...*gasp* i sound like a horrible person)... oh and it helps that they live in cape town!!! in-laws can be a huge blessing... but i have it easy, some people are just SO difficult to get along with...

Caz said...

BS: Something to look forward to then! LOL :)

Sweets: You have my respect!! Most mom's think their sons are incapable of doing anything wrong so how you got around that I don't know!!

I must admit, my inlaws are really very sweet and I am blessed - they love me. That being said, a week is long enough!!!!