Christmas surprises

So the big surprise is that I bought Tim a brand new 2010 four-door Ford
pick-up truck with all the bells and whistles. At around 11:00 yesterday morning, after
my family had arrived for our Christmas brunch, I brought everyone outside and called
one of my brothers-in-law on his cell phone and down the street he came with my niece
and nephew in the truck with a bow on the grill and balloons flying. It was magic. I turned
to Tim and said "Merry Christmas, nobody deserves this more than you." He actually
teared up for a few seconds. He was blown away. He was so stunned that he was speechless.
I had his parents there to see this too and everyone was so happy for him. After some cold
sweats I had in the last 2 and a half weeks hoping I would get everything right and that he
would not be disappointed that he didn't pick it out himself, I am very relieved now because
he LOVES it. Unfortunately it is raining and downright nasty today and he so wanted to
go out and play with it. We plan to go spend a few days up in the Berkshires in Massachusetts
now so it will be great fun to drive our new rig there tomorrow. I hate to even include this with this happy post but right out of the "there's one in every crowd" file, his sister-in-law showed
up with his brother and their kids last night for dessert at his parents' house, where we have
dinner every year. She was in a nasty mood and out of her incredible selfishness and jealousy
decided to walk in the door and level a personal insult right at us(namely me) about the truck. I guess the little wench just could not stand the fact that Tim and I have no problem affording a new rig(not that it does not require some careful thought) and have supported ourselves our whole lives without help while she has had to rely on several sets of parents and grandparents to put a roof over her head, support them and even put diapers on her kids butts for years while she was getting manicures, hairdos, and spending everything her husband made and more on jewelry, clothes, new cars and decorating the house she could not afford. Her poor mother had to move into their moldy basement and pay them rent to live there so they didn't lose their house. After the callous remark, I shot a comment
and a look to her and had to walk into the other room to keep from knocking her unconscious
and if you think I am exaggerating there, you'd be wrong. We already could not stand this
jerk but now after crapping on our special day, she is dead to us. I want nothing to do with
this witch as long as I live. The fact that she could not let us have this little bit of happiness
after all that we have been through is just unforgiveable. It's a darn shame that her children
have grown up immersed in their mother's selfishness, narcissism and two-faced, back-stabbing
personality. I truly feel bad for them. We do not have room in our lives anymore for someone like that. Once again, she was the "turd in the punchbowl" of our family celebration yesterday. To end
on a happy note(well kinda), there are lessons to be learned in all our hard times. Somehow, something good will come
of this I'm sure. However, just to be sure there is some justice in this harsh world we live in, I must now find a bumper sticker for my husband's new truck that says, "Warning: we don't brake for selfish, immature b------ who don't know when to keep their obnoxious pie-holes shut." So here's to you Lee Ann, hope Santa's sending you that coal enema for Christmas next year!!! Nobody deserves it more than you. I probably should point out again that I have never
given this blog site info to more than a few of my friends and though I wouldn't mind for my EX sister-in-law to read this, I have told her before in no uncertain terms what I think of her anyway.
ON TO NEW YEAR'S!!!! Yahooo!!! KEEP ON TRUCKIN' !