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Twiggyish

Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Getting ready to post..

Twiggyish

Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Christmas Day at the in-laws opens..Kate and her family are huddled upstairs unwrapping gifts, because her in-laws will think they are too indulgent with gifts. First of all, why worry about it? Second, Kate is indulgent. She just doesn't want to be told.

Her husband gives her, "Agent Provacateur underwear.." Is this hint from him?

Emily names her hamster Jesus. Once again we see the nativity theme..or biblical reference. Her mother-in-law, Barbara is worried about Richard looking thin. Of course, Kate takes this personally.
Kate feels left out when Barbara and Cheryl (Richards sister) are working together in the kitchen. She once again refers to that type of woman as, "The Muffia".
While out walking, the phone rings and it's Jack Abelhammer. It's an intrusion into her private family time.. Is this a forecast of something coming in the future?

Seamonkey

Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Watch for more of Jack as you read :)

And, more of that UNDERWEAR.. too funny!!

Marysafan

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good line by her father-in-law...
Kate says, "Emily, Grandpa asked you to put that down."
and he says..."No, I didn't. I told her to put it down. That's the difference between my generation and yours, Kate: we told, you ask."

Part of the reason why these kids are so out of control is can be summed up right there.

Note to Babara: If Richard is too thin ...then he needs to eat more. Geez...to say that about a grown man just chaps my jaws!

My husband left the Navy after years because he wanted nothing more than to be there for his children. He loved being a dad...and loved the time he had with them when I wasn't around. My girls thanked me for allowing them to have a close relationship with their Dad. It wouldn't have happened if I would have been home all the time controlling things. I think they are more confident women because of the time they had with their dad.

I think dads are missing out on a lot when they aren't inolved with their children...and I think their children miss out on a lot too.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree!

Mak1

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the author's reintroduction of the agent provocateur underwear at the end of the chapter, lol.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL.. it shows up again :)

Wargod

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Shoot! I should copy my chapter three post here, LOL.

I loved the provocateur underwear. When she realized she wasn't wearing the nightie, I about fell off the couch, LOL.

Hermione69

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"I think dads are missing out on a lot when they aren't inolved with their children...and I think their children miss out on a lot too."

Definitely! My own dad was a workaholic. He is now a much better family man and is now a lovely grandfather. He is also the first to admit that he wishes he had done more with us when we were growing up. My mom, in a rare moment of bitterness, commented once, "Oh, your dad is great at the grand things like taking you to Disney World, but where is he in the day to day activities?" I think, unfortunately, that is still true more often than not. Athough more dads are taking a more active role, it is still not 50-50.

I love the Muffia comments. That is another example of the nuggets of humor that I love about this book.

I LOLed at the underwear also. Priceless!

And the diapers! How they have names for different degrees of messiness! What a nice way to inject some humor into a very unfun chore.