LEFTOVERS

My Mother-In-Law has lived with us for 3-1/2 years and is driving me CRAZY.  She is as sweet as she can be and I truly love her but sometimes I feel like I'm going to lose it and wind up in the loony bin.  I have bitten my tongue so many times in the past years it looks like I have multiple piercings!  So instead of just biting my tongue or lashing out at her I thought I'd start a blog where I can let it rip and get it out of my system.  

It's pretty hard having two grown women under the same roof.   My wonderful husband supports me and thank God we have a great marriage.  BUT.....I hate to continually use him as my pressure relief valve.  He has his own issues with her and although we discuss the issues sometimes it just isn't enough.

Today's issue might sound small to some, but it really set me off.  It seems whenever I cook an especially good dinner MIL likes to use her culinary expertise and use the leftovers to make some inedible concoction that ends up going down the garbage disposal.  Just looking in the pot of the 15 bean soup I made the other night with every leftover from the fridge in the in that pot of beans made me want to cuss...I mean cry.  I couldn't even bring myself to taste it.  My biggest fear is ptomaine poisoning from the days (or maybe even weeks) old leftovers floating in the pot with the once tasty beans. I guess I have to take some of the blame since I didn't get rid of the other leftovers quick enough.  You'd think I would learn after eating macaroni and cheese with water chestnuts, wouldn't you?  Well, I guess it will be a breakfast for dinner kind of meal for me tonight.

Now I feel bad.  She just gave me a step and distance pedometer because I've started working out and I'm trying to lose weight.  See, I told you she was sweet!

UPDATE - Hubby found a dumpling (from 2 weeks ago) in the concoction.  I gotta clean out that fridge today!!!