When life hands you lemons...
We visited my inlaws this weekend. Every time we do this I walk away thinking "If I approach things like X next time, the stress will not get to me" and whether I do that thing or not, the stress nearly always gets to me. My MIL is a little hard to swallow for anyone, but for a relatively new mom she can be downright impossible.
With dear MIL, there are two things you can count on every visit.
First, she's probably going out of town the following week. They travel constantly and she can't stay in one place for a long time.
Second, she probably just went to Sam's Club even though she is leaving in two days. Therefore her refrigerator is guaranteed PACKED with food they'll never eat. So begins the game of getting out of the house without too much extra food that we'll never eat.
These two guarantees held true for us this weekend and we did make it out with only a few items from the refrigerator. One such item was a five pound bag of lemons. I guess I'd better go make some lemonade.
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Sounds like your MIL needs a life. BAD.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by JKLD on 5th June 2008
It's not the fear of running out that is my MIL's prob. It's the joy of buying. She's one of those people with closets full of random "must haves" and she's notorious for just buying and buying (I think she's bored). It extends beyond Sam's too, for instance, we have received (in just one year) three different themed sets of towels for my sons bathroom because she just thought they were too cute. Multiply that by 10 grandkids and I think she keeps Homegoods in business by herself...
Flag as inappropriate Posted by BrendaG on 5th June 2008
You could also bake some fish and use the lemon with it .
Oh, and what about using them to refreshen your garbage disposer? LOL
Seriously, I know what you mean. In my parents' mind, you HAD to stock up cause you didn't know what would happen down the road. After they died and I was cleaning out the house, I came across 3 BIG packs of paper plates and oodles and oodles of plastic forks, spoons, and knives, as well as plastic cups. Because they lived in a rural area (and the nearest Sams was 2 hr away), they'd stock up everytime they went in. Problem was, they'd forget what they already have and pick up the same things. :-D
Flag as inappropriate Posted by JKLD on 4th June 2008
Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamajama on 2nd June 2008