Vince Lombardi was my father-in-laws

• Famous highschool or college classmates? - ss
  • None for me, but friend went to college with Rbt. Redford, and - sister had highschool music with Mare Winningham.
  • No famous HS friends, but... - jade
  • My uncle's sister worked as Paul Anka's assistant - sm
    • I once transported a pony for Paul Anka's wife. - San Francisco - nm
  • My daughter is distant cousins of Steve Martin & is also related to - Martha Ball Washington. So, yes, that's (sm)
  • I went to HS w/Valerie Bertinelli. I was at the Van Halen concert - where she and Eddie Van Halen met. (sm)
    • Was that Granada High School in - Granada Hills, CA?
      • No, prior to One Day at a Time, she went to Captain Shreve High where we both went. - Granada Hills must have been later. nm
  • Went to HS with future Mrs. Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson - nm
  • My girlfriend went to school here in Atlanta - Charlene
    • Speaking of Gladys Knight. She has THE BEST restaurant on Peachtree St. sm - MQer
      • I ate there, cared nothing for it - Charlene
  • Well, not famous for high school but my departed husband was friends with - Linda
    • Oh, forgot to mention saw hubby on Comedy Central 1 night with - Linda
  • My ex stepdad went to HS with Bette Midler in Hawaii. This is sm - MQer
  • Closest we have is the fiddle player for Brad Paisley, but the VP - mtmomof3
  • Not proud of this one - Mike Tyson was a few years behind me in HS - mammamt
    • high school - cat
      • Small world - - mammamt
        • I'm south of Albany near Po'k, across the bridge from the Catskills. nm - Near the Vanderbilt & Roosevelt mansions. NM
          • OMG - I just saw your post, Hyde Park NY - my mother took me there to the mansions...sm
            • The mansions are still here, but the Game Farm closed this spring - after 65 yrs or so. Very sad...nm :(
  • Cindy Crawford was a cheerleader two towns over.... - she was a soph when I was a senior
  • Dad went to college with Hugh Hefner and Arte Johnson (U of I) - wimt
    • University of IL? I heard Suze Orman was a roommate there of John Belushi's wife - nm
  • Vince Lombardi was my father-in-laws - ss
    • Dad was college instructor of the Packers' - clhmt
  • John McCook from B and B. Did hi school plays with him. - way back when
  • I dated a guy who went to high school with Janis Joplin - Rad MT
  • Dad went to high school with Jim Morrison from The Doors - sm - missy
  • John Bongiovi (aka Jon Bon Jovi) - nm
    • Wow, lucky you! - LinK
      • I didn't know him personally - sm
        • John Bon Jovi - LinK
          • LOL, funny. I love Richard Gere. Does his dad look like him? - sm
            • There's an ad out now with Gere and dad talking about - volunteering. Son is cuter, natch! nm :)
            • Yes he actually does - LinK
  • My parents both went to college with Stephen King - Jo
  • Joe Namath was in my class nm - Beaver Falls, PA native
    • He sure was a looker in his quarterback days! nm - Go Joe Willie! :)
      • Oh, was he a good looking guy! Sad - he didn't age well.
  • Stone Phillips' sister is a radiologist where I work sm - MT in NC
    • Kris Novoselic's (Nirvana) mom was my hairdresser. - nm
    • Would her name be - 123
      • actually, it's Minta - lol
      • Now THAT's pretty funny-- - nm
  • Joan Allen.... - nm
  • My high school boyfriend went on to become a - trose
    • Has he ever been on last comic standing? - ss
      • No about Last Comic Standing. CMT is country music television. - trose
        • I will keep a watch out for him. - ss
  • My husband went to school with - LinK
  • My cousin is Carrie Underwood.. - on my grandpa's side...sm
  • No, but I found out a distant cousin - Misha
    • because you mention paleontology - Snuggs (sm)
      • OH! Is that a baby Rott? - nm

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My son was born in September 1994.  We found out 8 weeks later he had pyloric stenosis after changing formula, etc.  I worked in Radiology as an MT at the time and had the GI study done there.  The radiologist was so nice, but informed me that our son was severely dehydrated and would need urgent surgery.

The surgery took place the night before Thanksgiving.  My in-laws brought my husband and I a plate of their meal with utensils and all.  Thankfully, our son (first born) came through with flying colors and is in perfect health now.

My parents were supportive on the phone, but my Dad had just been diagnosed with cancer and was too weak to make it in to see us. 

So, I guess it was the worst and the best Thanksgiving ever and one that I will surely never forget for a very long time.    

If you have a pet running around in this town you will be fined up to $500 whether the dog did anything while running about or not. 

I do hope the little girl gets past her fear of dogs someday.  I have a 6-year-old that has that same fear but she has never gotten bit so  I don't know why she has that fear.  She has turned now many playdates because of those tiny, barking house dogs.  One friend in particular wanted dd to come over and play so bad but dd refused because of the dog and I explained that to the mother.  I suggested that the litlte girl is welcome to come play here, after consulting with dd first and she agreed.  ( I wanted to make sure it really was the dog not the other girl).  So they come over, with their little barking, jumping dog and turned it loose in our house and dd started screaming and crying and very rudely ran them both off.  I felt bad because dd bluntly told them to leave but I did not get on to her too much about it because it did not make sense to me.  I had just explained that dd was very scared of the dog so why did they bring it to my house and turn it loose in my living room.   The dog was not mean, just very very hyper. 

MIL shares that same fear and does not know why.  She quit visiting a friend because their hyper little dog kept jumping on her and the owners would not do anything to control it.  I guess dd and MIL are 2 peas in a pod when it comes ot that. 

We have all done our best to accept my brother's wife, but she grates on everybody's nerves. Now, that we can handle, but a few years back my mom bought a new (second-hand) car and gave her old car to my brother. She even gave them $500 to buy new tires for the car.

Then, when my mom's "new" car turned out to be a lemon and had to be in the shop for a week, my SIL refused to let my mom use HER OWN CAR that she had given them while her "new" car was in the shop - even though my SIL was NOT working and my brother had a car to go back and forth to work.

Yes, I know my brother needs to grow a backbone already, but that kind of set the tone for my SIL's relationship with the whole family.

So - what's your in-law story?

In Michigan, the school HAS to provide transportation for the kids.  Someone on here posted they had to have a bus pass that cost $150, that is insane.  I'm sure I pay for it on my property taxes, but I hate to think of the person that couldn't afford that. 

Our school district buses the middle/high school kids together, which has worked out fine.  Middle school starts at the 6th grade.  I take my kids to school every day because the bus for them is here at 7:15 a.m.  We have a very strange setup for our elementary schools.  We have two elementaries that have K-2 grade and then one elementary for 3-5 (we used to have two, but they combined them last year).  Being that I have a 2nd and 3rd grader, they both get picked up at the same time (if they were to ride the bus) at 7:15.  3rd grader gets dropped off at 8:25 at his school and my 2nd grader gets dropped off at his at 8:50.  So, 7:15 - 8:50?  That is insane!  We live about 7 minutes from both schools.  They do ride the bus home as they are the first ones off. 

But as to combining buses with middle/high school with elementary?  To me is unacceptable.  The bus drivers have a hard enough time controlling the kids.  Even with the way that ours is broken out, the youngest grades sit towards the front, with oldest to the back. 

And during budget crunch time and the super bought $10k in office furniture?  He should be called out on that during a board meeting.  I'd also contact the local newspapers so that the word gets around.  All school districts are hurting and every little bit helps.  If he wants new furniture, it should come out of his salary. 

We used to have a rottie (died last year) and they have the same stigma attached to them.  We were actually denied homeowners insurance with many different companies because we owned a rottie.  The funny thing is, he was the biggest sweet dog you ever met, a giant teddy bear.  Our chocolate lab was 100 times more likely to be aggressive/hurt someone, but of course they don't care about chocolate labs. 

That said, I've only known a few pits and they were pretty mean, but I blame that on the owners in those cases because they pretty much wanted a mean, protective dog.  Because of my experiencw ith my rottie though, I don't agree with laws or rules against certain breeds of dogs because I think they are BS.  Dogs should be judged on an individual basis ONLY.

We are trying to raise our kids to be respectful.  My FIL is a kid in an adult's body.  And that's fine, but when it comes to certain things regarding my kids, I don't think it's right.  Like having my 10 y/o throw bottle rockets after he has lit them.  I didn't even know this happened until we went to their house the next day and he was saying that.  I told him I don't want him throwing bottle rockets, it's dangerous!  I'm going to limit his stay over trips to their house.  There's so much more to this family that I'm not going to get into.  I just want my kids to be respectful, compassionate for others, and open minded.  But it is nice to know that there other parents out there that go through stuff.  My 10 y/o (I feel) doesn't know how to handle his anger.  He's such a good kid that he rarely ever gets in trouble, but when he does do something and I have to get onto him, he just flies off the handle and says no one likes him and he's going to run away.  I've told him several times he can talk to me no matter what the issue, that I'm always here.  (See his dad is not a good communicator at all, as is the whole in-law family). 

Sorry for rambling on.

My father in law is an ok guy. One problem. He likes to come to our house and watch TV. On Saturdays and Sundays, I am off work, and I like to relax on the couch in Pjs and watch my TV. My husband drives an 18-wheeler, and a lot of times when he comes in if it is on weekends his dad will come over that morning and sit here ALL day long. My husband said last time you know I love dad to death and like for him to come visit but after a couple hours it is time to leave. Well now my husband isn't at home and he comes over to visit my son who is 11, and tells my son lets watch a movie or something. Well this is my weekend to relax and lay on the couch and watch TV. I feel like I can't relax in my own home. He doesn't have satellite at his house so he wants to sit here and watch. I am so fustrated. He needs to go home. I think he uses the excuse when my husband is gone to come see my son so he can sit here and watch movies. I would like to watch my own TV. URRRGHH! Any advice?