I'm at the inlaws.

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

And I love my inlaws. I really do. And I love my parents, who are 3 miles away and probably wondering why I am here today and not there.

But I am seriously scoping out bridges to jump off. I am researching legal separation laws in TN. And I am wondering how a grown woman got to this point, where I feel absolutely adrift surrounded by the very people who love me best. Crazy.

Do you think anyone in this town would notice and report back to my parents if I went out to the Kroger and bought some Mike's? I'm not much on drinking alcohol to make my life easier, and in fact, I drink pretty infrequently, but this week? I'm considering stocking up. :001_huh:

But people would *notice*. And *comment*. And I'm Just. Not. Up For It.

(And I'm sorry I'm ignoring those of you who I'm supposed to be paying attention to. You know who you are. Hugs, all around.)

[E_Edgerton]

Sorry and Cheers! There is nothing wrong with a 'little' self medicating! HEHE!:)

[Elaine]

And I love my inlaws. I really do. And I love my parents, who are 3 miles away and probably wondering why I am here today and not there.

But I am seriously scoping out bridges to jump off. I am researching legal separation laws in TN. And I am wondering how a grown woman got to this point, where I feel absolutely adrift surrounded by the very people who love me best. Crazy.

Do you think anyone in this town would notice and report back to my parents if I went out to the Kroger and bought some Mike's? I'm not much on drinking alcohol to make my life easier, and in fact, I drink pretty infrequently, but this week? I'm considering stocking up. :001_huh:

But people would *notice*. And *comment*. And I'm Just. Not. Up For It.

(And I'm sorry I'm ignoring those of you who I'm supposed to be paying attention to. You know who you are. Hugs, all around.)

Well, if you find a bridge that can hold two, I'll meet you there.;)

:grouphug:Pam:grouphug:

[*anj*]

Oh Pam-my-Pam,
What an unfun way to spend an evening. How long will you be there? Can you steal away for awhile? Is the whole family with you? Can't you just excuse yourself and go visit your parents for a bit?

:grouphug:

[PiCO]

And I love my inlaws. I really do. And I love my parents, who are 3 miles away and probably wondering why I am here today and not there.

But I am seriously scoping out bridges to jump off. I am researching legal separation laws in TN. And I am wondering how a grown woman got to this point, where I feel absolutely adrift surrounded by the very people who love me best. Crazy.

Do you think anyone in this town would notice and report back to my parents if I went out to the Kroger and bought some Mike's? I'm not much on drinking alcohol to make my life easier, and in fact, I drink pretty infrequently, but this week? I'm considering stocking up. :001_huh:

But people would *notice*. And *comment*. And I'm Just. Not. Up For It.

(And I'm sorry I'm ignoring those of you who I'm supposed to be paying attention to. You know who you are. Hugs, all around.)

I know exactly how you feel. The only place I drink anymore is my in-law's. Fortunately, fil keeps the downstairs fridge stocked. (They live in a small town also.)

Don't stay too long! Remember- fish and visitors start to smell after 2 days.

[Brigitte]

Tell them you are going to Kroger and drive here instead. :D

Seriously though, get the Mike's. Sit back and try to let it all roll off.

I'll be thinking of you dear. :grouphug:

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Awww sweetie, here are lots of :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: . Let me know what I can do. You know where I am.

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Oh Pam-my-Pam,
What an unfun way to spend an evening. How long will you be there? Can you steal away for awhile? Is the whole family with you? Can't you just excuse yourself and go visit your parents for a bit?

:grouphug:

Oh, sure, I can go over ANY time. But they wear me out. Even though all I do is go over and sit and read and make small talk, it just wrings me out to go over. I have to do it -- I just couldn't do it today.

I hope so much that my kids never have that feeling about coming to see me.

I'll be here for another week. So there's the chance that things will just start looking up.

I'm going to get lost in a book tonight. That will help.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Oh, and if you need an out, I can be your excuse. There's this lady who desperately needs me. Then you can just go wherever! (but I'd still like to see you since you are all of 45 minutes or so away)

[Elaine]

Oh, and if you need an out, I can be your excuse. There's this lady who desperately needs me. Then you can just go wherever! (but I'd still like to see you since you are all of 45 minutes or so away)

Melissa, you're the "crazy friend" that we all need!;)

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Melissa, you're the "crazy friend" that we all need!;)

Yep, I am happy to go crazy to provide an excuse for someone. :tongue_smilie: Who knows whether I really am or not -- mwahahahaha!

[Caroline]

I'm jealous that you can buy Mike's on Sunday in TN. If you were in Ga you would have to wait until tomorrow. I am the horrible DIL who hasn't visited her DMIL, who I love dearly, since she retired to MN. (Who retires to MN?). Anyway, hang in there. I think being a DIL is a really hard job sometimes. I admire those who do it well because I don't.

[*anj*]

Yep, I am happy to go crazy to provide an excuse for someone. :tongue_smilie: Who knows whether I really am or not -- mwahahahaha!

To tell you the truth, that Miracle Whip things has set me a'wondrin'.

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[Mom2legomaniacs]

To tell you the truth, that Miracle Whip things has set me a'wondrin'.

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Well, you know how those "mayo" people are. They're all high and mighty. Let me tell you , honey, MW is good stuff. Yes ma'am indeedy! Good stuff.:lol:

[GSMP]

:grouphug::grouphug: Pam....sorry you are having a rough time. You could always say you need to go to Virginia....I'm sure we could think up something...

[*anj*]

Well, you know how those "mayo" people are. They're all high and mighty. Let me tell you , honey, MW is good stuff. Yes ma'am indeedy! Good stuff.:lol:

I know, I know! Actually I spent the first 18 years of my life thinking that MW was mayo. It's the only spread my mother ever bought. Junior year of college I moved into my first apartment and we went food shopping all together and I went to pick up a jar of MW and there was a resounding chorus of "NO WAY!!!" So we bought mayo, and I've been a mayo girl ever since. But MW is in my roots! ;)
(And you do know I'm just playing with you, doncha?)

[Mom2legomaniacs]

I know, I know! Actually I spent the first 18 years of my life thinking that MW was mayo. It's the only spread my mother ever bought. Junior year of college I moved into my first apartment and we went food shopping all together and I went to pick up a jar of MW and there was a resounding chorus of "NO WAY!!!" So we bought mayo, and I've been a mayo girl ever since. But MW is in my roots! ;)
(And you do know I'm just playing with you, doncha?)


Oh totally! :lol:

My bff is the polar opposite of me in so many ways. She is dark eyed and hair, and I am fair and blonde. I am tall and thin, she is very short and not so thin. She is very passionate and Italian and I stuff it all. She likes rich and creamy and I like a light barely there sauce.
Anyway, part of our teasing with being opposite is the Mayo vs MW thing. She loves how I say MW in an exaggerated Southern drawl. And I crack up over her nasally upstate NY way of saying mayo. This is hilarious to me. I do use Mayo now for certain things. I finally admitted to Sarah that I was using it, years after I actually did. She was on the floor!:lol: She knew it was hard for me to admit that mayo is okay in certain things. But I stilll love my MW on certain things too!

[*anj*]

Anyway, part of our teasing with being opposite is the Mayo vs MW thing. She loves how I say MW in an exaggerated Southern drawl. And I crack up over her nasally upstate NY way of saying mayo. This is hilarious to me. I do use Mayo now for certain things. I finally admitted to Sarah that I was using it, years after I actually did. She was on the floor!:lol: She knew it was hard for me to admit that mayo is okay in certain things. But I stilll love my MW on certain things too!

Oh, that's a riot. Well, the funny thing is that nowadays my mom has a small jar of mayo in her fridge too...just for certain things. But tuna salad, potato salad, cole slaw, etc. are Marcal Whhip all the way for her!

Oh, and Pam:
Lest you think that we've hijacked your thread with condiment talk, this is all a carefully crafted attempt to amuse you despite the confines of your um, vacation isn't quite the word for it...your um...placation? Awaycation? Dismaycation? Frustracation? :lol::lol::lol:

Oh my, I amuse myself far too much!!

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Oh, that's a riot. Well, the funny thing is that nowadays my mom has a small jar of mayo in her fridge too...just for certain things. But tuna salad, potato salad, cole slaw, etc. are Marcal Whhip all the way for her!

Oh, and Pam:
Lest you think that we've hijacked your thread with condiment talk, this is all a carefully crafted attempt to amuse you despite the confines of your um, vacation isn't quite the word for it...your um...placation? Awaycation? Dismaycation? Frustracation? :lol::lol::lol:

Oh my, I amuse myself far too much!!

Consider me amused.

I can remember, as a child, eating Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip sandwiches. Or sandwiches with that spread that has little pickles and pimentos in it. What is that stuff?

[gardenschooler]

I think if it's not better by tomorrow or the next day, Melissa could work herself into a crisis. Actually, I wish you could go see her - you're probably exactly what she needs! And she always has Mike's.

[*anj*]

Consider me amused.

I can remember, as a child, eating Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip sandwiches. Or sandwiches with that spread that has little pickles and pimentos in it. What is that stuff?

Oh my gosh, we ate that stuff when we visited my grandma in NC. It was so bad. What is it called? Was it orange? Wait, don't tell me because I'll have nightmares. Oh, that was bad. And we were of course not allowed to complain, no not a bit.
Or was it white with little pickles in it? I remember a girl at school wanting to swap halves of sandwiches with me and hers had some vile mayonnaisey-pickley-pimentoey stuff spread on it. Not good at all.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Oh my gosh, we ate that stuff when we visited my grandma in NC. It was so bad. What is it called? Was it orange? Wait, don't tell me because I'll have nightmares. Oh, that was bad. And we were of course not allowed to complain, no not a bit.
Or was it white with little pickles in it? I remember a girl at school wanting to swap halves of sandwiches with me and hers had some vile mayonnaisey-pickley-pimentoey stuff spread on it. Not good at all.

Homemade Sandwich Spread

Recipe #1

Ingredients:

3 eggs, well beaten
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sweet pickles, chopped
1/2 pkg. cream cheese, grated
1 small tin pimento (finely sliced)
3 tsp mustard (level measure)
1 tsp salt

Directions:

Mix all ingredients except pimento and pickles. Cook slowly over medium heat, continuously stirring. When thick, remove from stove.
Add picles and pimento, mix well.

Is that it? Blech! Sounds vile.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Oh my gosh, we ate that stuff when we visited my grandma in NC. It was so bad. What is it called? Was it orange? Wait, don't tell me because I'll have nightmares. Oh, that was bad. And we were of course not allowed to complain, no not a bit.
Or was it white with little pickles in it? I remember a girl at school wanting to swap halves of sandwiches with me and hers had some vile mayonnaisey-pickley-pimentoey stuff spread on it. Not good at all.

The orange stuff is just pimento cheese. Mine never had pickles in it though.

[gardenschooler]

I am so thankful this recipe didn't make it's way into my family. {{{shudder}}}

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Homemade Sandwich Spread

Recipe #1

Ingredients:

3 eggs, well beaten
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sweet pickles, chopped
1/2 pkg. cream cheese, grated
1 small tin pimento (finely sliced)
3 tsp mustard (level measure)
1 tsp salt

Directions:

Mix all ingredients except pimento and pickles. Cook slowly over medium heat, continuously stirring. When thick, remove from stove.
Add picles and pimento, mix well.

Is that it? Blech! Sounds vile.

Mmmm. well, it came in a jar. And it was like MW, only with pickle-y things in it. I'll ask mom tomorrow.

Pimento cheese, well, I've had my share of that, Ms. Anj. But this isn't that. I don't mind pimento cheese.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/heinz-sandwich-spread/1048735/

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/heinz-sandwich-spread/1048735/

Oh my gosh, it's Kraft Sandwich Spread!

Basically, mayo with pickle relish and a tinge of ketchup to make it slightly orange.

Yum.

[*anj*]

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/heinz-sandwich-spread/1048735/

I can't believe you found that! I do believe that might be The Nastiness that was spread on that girl's sandwich. It sounds like it, anyway. :glare:

[*anj*]

Homemade Sandwich Spread

Recipe #1

Is that it? Blech! Sounds vile.

That sounds similar, but I doubt that my grandma was melting cream cheese on the stove. I'm thinking it was probably that pimento cheese stuff out of a jar but maybe she wanted to gussy it up or something.
Not. Good.

[Doran]

The orange stuff is just pimento cheese. Mine never had pickles in it though.

I'm going to have to change my affirmation to "I'm good at cleaning up vomit." :glare:


Pam, sounds like we need a redo on a phone conversation -- this time you talk I listen. My phone's already on the charger. Maybe you can slip an airline bottle into your bag and head out for coffee in the morning? :D

Seriously, I'm sorry everyone is jumping up and down on your nerves. I think there's something about being this age that makes us thinner skinned. We gain weight, but lose tolerance. Anyway, hugs of sympathy to you. I so understand how you're feeling.

[muffinmom]

It's a little sad that we've gone from encouraging Pam to knocking pimiento cheese.

Not acceptable, people. Pimiento cheese is sacred down here. ;)

Hang in there, Pam!