we have a blended family.  The oldest, 16, is from my first marriage, a boy.  He lives with us.  The middle, 14, a girl from my husband's second marriage.  She lives with her mother.  The youngest, 7, a boy from our marriage, lives with us.

Do I have the right to be offended because I didn't get so much as a happy mother's day card from anyone but my sister in law and my mother in law this year?  I take that back.  The wee one made me a plant project at school.  So he's off the hook.

I cooked, I cleaned, I did laundry.  It was just another day, to them.  I seethed while I did the chores, because just the evening before, my husband had GRANDLY announced that "tomorrow is going to be a day that Mommy does NOTHING.  She can sleep in if she wants (I was up with the dogs at 05:30), she can lay around, she can not get out of her pajamas if she wants (go figure, get dressed to make a run to Auto Zone), and she is not going to cook (I defrosted and cooked the pork roast because no one thought that far ahead)!

So back to the original rant ala Dennis Miller - Do I have a right to be chapped?  What is your opinion?  And was I wrong for not just having a screaming blue DUCK in the middle of the floor to get what I wanted?  (That's a hissy fit for those that don't live in my house.)  And is it too late now to say anything because the "waiting period/cool down time" has passed.

I await your opinions - bring 'em on!

Mary Kavanaugh