Going away for a few days
#195841 - 07/14/05 10:18 PM
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Stephie
Reged: 03/10/04
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Loc: Vancouver, Canada
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Hi guys,
I am going to be going away for a few days, leaving tomorrow morning. I am going to Galliano (not that that will mean anything to most of you.. maybe all of you, whoops!) which is one of the gulf islands off the Vancouver Coast. It is really beautiful there, and my sister is there right now as her in-laws own a B&B there and they are away at the moment.
Just wanted to let you know where I'd gone, that I haven't just dropped off the planet.
Have a good weekend all!
**hugs**
--Steph
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Enjoy your time sweetie...relax... and have your sister play with your new hair cut... I miss those days with my sister!! Thanks for letting us know.... I'll be back Sun night as well...
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GOOD idea...
#195856 - 07/15/05 12:10 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: England
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...you need a break and some time to relax. Enjoy! 
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Have a good time - it'll be nice to have some time to yourself, you need it right now!
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I agree!
#195878 - 07/15/05 05:31 AM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
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Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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Take some time for YOU and try to relax as much as you can! Enjoy!
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Good idea.....maybe a weekend away is just what you need to relax and collect your thoughts.
Enjoy your time away and make sure to check in when you get back to let us know how you're doing.
*HUGS*
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That may do you the world of good!!!!! ENJOY!
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to NOT go where my 6 year old neice is!!!
Okay, so the place I went to was BEAUTIFUL. Probably THE most beautiful place I have ever been, my camera was broken so I couldn't take any pictures otherwise I'd post about a million.
Picture this: The bathroom is on the corner of the house. The two joining walls are all windows, no curtains or anything.. this is because is looks over a huge wooded area leading down to the most gorgeous ocean view, across from which you can see a view of all the mountains. On a raised area made of marble in the corner is a huge soaker/jacuzzi tub. The shower is gorgeous, the sink is this sort of funky/antique-y bowl thing, even the toilet is nice! Heated towel racks, warm lights, huge cozy towels...
I thought you'd all appreciate what a dream bathroom this was, considering how much time we spend in there! 
Don't get me wrong, I am feeling a bit better than I was but I will never vacation with my sister and her daughter again if I am looking to relax.
First, I get there and as soon as her husband leaves, my sister goes to bed (this is like 4 o'clock) so I was left by myself for ages. Her inlaws, who own the place, arrive and I felt really awkward just sitting there in their house without my sister as I haven't seen them in years.
Then we hang out for a bit, and she puts her daughter to bed. Which takes about 2 hours, because she insists on lying with her until she is asleep. (She also does this every time I go to her house to visit, and my neice is 6 now...)
Then she decides she wants to go home early, so I said okay, then she changes her mind but by then I have arranged our ride home and she seems peeved with me about that.
The worst part by FAR though was my neice's behaviour. I was shocked at how poorly she acted the entire time - she never stopped yelling and shouting, interupting every single person who spoke, being rude, bossing everyone around, having temper tantrums and freaking out... It was all I could do not to just walk out of the room at times.
By the time we decided to leave I was so wound up from having 6 year old screech in my ear that I felt more stressed than when I left Vancouver!
Needless to say, I am glad to be home now.
Adrian says that if all this bothers me so much, I should say something to my sister but I definitely think that is a bad idea. I think parenting is one of those things you just don't get to comment on - if she wants to let her little girl scream and shout and get everything she wants, I don't think it is my business to say anything. It does make me sad though because my sister and I used to have such a good time and now it is just such a drag.
Anyway, so things are... I dunno how things are. I love Adrian, and I can't just give up on us. I don't want out, I know how hard things are for him here and I won't turn my back. Not after he moved here, has worked a shitty job, has none of his friends, had his city just bombed RIGHT where he used to work... It's too much to just say 'to hell with him then'. I hope things work out, I don't know if I am making the right decision but it is one I am standing by for now anyway.
I appreciate all the love and support, you guys rock!
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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Aw man!
#196492 - 07/17/05 03:56 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
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Spoilt kids are the pits! What a shame.
Sounds like a fantastic place tho.
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I would have told your niece to "cut the crap. If you want to act like this around your home it is okay, but you weren't going to put up with it." If your sister didn't like it tell her the same. Luckily I get along fine with my brother's kids, but they are all in theeir teens and twenties now. They had their moments though when I felt like putting them through a wall. Aunts have rights too!!!
Auntie
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Sorry you had a tough time with your neice...however I am glad to see you standing by your man!!
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Hi, Pretty Lady!
Let me just say this about that. I was Godmother to my brother's son. I kept my mouth shut while they spoiled him rotten, carefully avoiding any confrontation or "sticking my nose" into their business, knowing that mothers do not appreciate being told how to raise their children. When the boy turned into a rotten 16 year-old who disrespected me, I could no longer keep my peace. I asked his mother if she wanted to speak to him about it or if she wanted me to. She chose the latter. When I reprimanded my Godson, she turned on me BIG time, even though she admitted she had told me to do it, and it ultimately ended my relationship not only with her but with my brother and my Godson. We have been estranged for 8 years now.
I miss my brother something awful, but I refuse to be disrespected by him, his son, and certainly not his wife. Perhaps my mistake was tolerating it as long as I did and not speaking up for myself and "nipping it in the bud" when it first began.
It's a nasty situation. If you choose to speak up, just be prepared for the resulting recrimations. However, don't ignore it and hope that the situation will go away in time, because it won't; in fact, it'll just get worse.
Nip it. Nip it in the bud!
Good luck!
Bevvy
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The only "in-law" I have is my brother's wife, who has always put herself in that position and kept us from their 2 kids (who aren't bad "kids", and are now adults)for no apparent reason. The rest of my family, my husband's family, even my ex-husband's mother, and the family of my future son is considered by me and my family to BE family... sad that so many distance themselves for the sake of petty insecurities when, simply by allowing themselves to be loved, they could become so much stronger. God bless these children who grow up like this, too. I love my niece and nephew to death, and I get wonderful emails from my niece, or we chat now and then, but to talk face to face or over the phone is uncomfortable... don't know what to say. My nephew has been to see my parents twice in the last several months... a first!!!! Bless him, he made their day!! ~K~
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