Love my family, hate the drama 
Daughter dear, stop with the grumpiness. There are 11 people staying in our house right now. We need everyone to pitch in! (Why do kids think the universe revolves around them when they werenât raised that way??)
Dear Scrooge⊠Really? You want the thermostat set at 56âŠbecause when itâs set at 60, the furnace keeps you awake??? Really? Every year at Christmas, itâs something new that you come up with âŠthat makes me want to drop kick you off the deck.
Off to buy earrplugs for your stockingâso our visiting kid doesnât end up with pneumonia. Sadly, I donât think I can find some anti- Scrooge pillsâŠ
Happy heart here!
All 3 offspring and the 2 spouses will be here for dinner on the 24th, 25th and 26th. The local married child is doing brunches with the in-laws; the traveling married child is bringing the in-laws to celebrate with us.
I forgot to bring my scaleâŠhope my eye measurement is good enough for not gaining any weight during the winter break.
I love having you home!
Your college has more students in the top 1% in income, than from the bottom 60%, stop telling me you are trying to become more socially economic diverse. Itâs your decision, you decide who gets in. Just admit your more concerned with moving up the US News list and looking for smart, rich kids, and needing financial aid has a big impact on our decision,
Snow! White Christmas! And just enough to be festive without being annoying! First perfect thing this holiday!
Everyone needs to travel for Christmas with three bicycles on or in their car, right? Triathlete lifeâŠ
Why do you tag 10 people on facebook who are not in your post or photos? If they wanted your drivel on their page, theyâd post it or share it themselves.
Please stay stableâŠ
It is truly astounding how stupid and shallow that some people really are.
Merry Christmas USA. Thank you daughterâs boyfriendâs parents for sharing him with us. We are having a wonderful time having him here with us. He is having a wonderful Asian Christmas.
Iâm relieved youâve decided not to go up to Canada with the rest of the family so that I wonât be worrying about you the entire time, but still sad. I miss my son. 
I am relieved. For the first time in my 30 years of married/family life my husband and two kids were traveling on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve. Everyone is home safe. Thank you Master of the Universe.
Cauliflowere pizza crust wasnât bad, but it was too much work and timeâŠgotat stick to coconut + psylliu husk.
What a lovely, lovely Christmas we had!! Christmas Eve at my sisters was the usual hectic, crazy nightâ32 of us including a 1.5 year old and two 2 year olds, all the way up to my 87 year old mom. My brother made stuffed mushrooms, my sisters made cakes and candy and appetizers and main courses.We ate and drank and laughed and compared ugly sweaters. We toasted my niece who graduated last week from Clemson as well as my daughter as she continues to await college acceptances. We chanted âpresents! Presents! Presents!â to call the kids up from the basement to receive their gifts, and sang a chorus of Jingle Bells before giving them out.
I am truly blessed.
i love you, mom. thank you for sacrificing your time, money, love, and happiness to ensure the wellbeing of me and others around you, even when we donât deserve it. i promise to make you proud, for i know you make me proud. youâre a fighter. iâm lucky to have you.
sincerely,
your son
Livid. Just incandescent with anger. You broughtt ill children to a daylong gathering that included a newborn, three elderly people, numerous people with flights to catch and TWO immunosuppressed patients? You are insanely stupid. I said " donât they seem sick? has anyone checked their temp?" and was roundly criticized as a neurotic partypooper.
I get I should be worried about your kid being hospitalized but I am too busy bleaching my house, sending my sons away early for safetyâs sake, and cancelling plans we had with other people. Donât you dare have our mother call me again to âexplainâ you idiot.
i just dont get it.
sheâs broken hearted; i took off work, drove 1000s of miles, held her hand and listened, helped her figure out transferring schools; she gave up her scholarship, is adding an ENTIRE extra year on to her new college program, will be taking out loans, it has scrambled our lives, and iâm paying for her therapy.
and sheâs seeing him tonight because he called her. what?? after all that, are you kidding me? no no no no no.