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Hi! I'm Lindsay Ferrier. You might remember me from a blog called Suburban Turmoil. Well, a lot has changed since I started that blog in 2005. My kids grew up, I got a divorce, and I finally left the suburbs for the heart of Nashville, where I feel like I truly belong. I have no idea what the future will hold and you know what? I'm okay with that. Thrilled, actually. It was time for something totally different.
>Today, We’re Writing Our Christmas Thank You Notes
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>Seriously. You may not be friends with this family any more.
>Seriously.
>Bitch….I hope she reads your blog. And the comments. Ooh I would be livid.
>I don’t think she’d dare comment hear. Although she may be so clueless that she would. Let’s cross our fingers.
>Does she read here?? I sure hope so. This person is not even *not* a friend, she’s a straight up enemy! She must have it out for you. I hate her.
>You need to kick this “friend’s” ass to the curb!
>Here’s hoping your little guy feels better soon and that when you sing that favorite new year classic about making new friends you leave off the verse about keeping the old.
>I hope you send her your doctor bills and medication receipts for reimbursement. It truly would be the LEAST you could do.
>with those kinds of friends…..hoping Bruiser feels better soon
>Poor Bruiser!I hope you all feel better soon.
>mail it!!!
>I think it’s your responsibility to confront this woman. She’s a walking case of clueless on how her actions affect others.
>or she’s a real bitch.
>I just hope the little man feels better soon. there’s nothing worse than watching your baby suffer.
>two years ago pete and i ended up at vanderbilt children’s with our two younger children battling pneumonia. it was NOT a fun way to spend the holiday… we run the new year in over hospital beds (it took 5 days before they were well enough to be discharged).praying for poor bruiser!
>It really makes that old saying, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED seem dead on! I would warn everyone in your circle that this twat waffle has a bad habit of dumping her sick child off at the most inappropriate times to the most generous of people. She’ll know she screwed up when the entire group puts a kiabosh on that crap!
>Please please PLEASE tell me you really sent her that. Seriously, I’ll give you some hardcore bad ass momma props. I hope Bruiser starts to feel better soon. I’ll light a healing candle for him (Pagan, so this is a good thing.).
>I love this.
>Jana just made me snort water with “twat waffle”. Best insult ever!!s.j.
>There’s the gift that keeps on giving.Please tell us that you’re not going to babysit for eColi Ella anymore. . . please?
>Twat waffle has just become my favorite new insult.This woman really does need to be put down. My mom would have died before dumping me on an unsuspecting babysitter if I was sick. Especially if said person had other small children in their care.Hope everyone is better soon!
>Seriously, I would be having kittens I’d be so mad. Here’s to hoping your little one has a VERY speedy recovery.
>oh no!!! I hope your little guy feels better soon.xoxo to you!–geez, some people!
>jana you are my new hero! twat waffle indeed….too bad aol won’t let me have it for a screenname!
>We got that gift too. But not from that TOTAL BITCH.
>I run a daycare and one of the moms brought her five month old baby in today with bronchitis. She was all “I’m sorry, she’s SO fussy and no one in my family wants to deal with her right now.” (the baby’s older sister was being watched by Grandma who is currently off work for Christmas break). So bring your sick kid to daycare?? Sweet.
>ps Your readers are violent.
>please please PLEASE send that!!!
>Send it. Please. For every mother out there who has had to deal with that crap, SEND IT!
>Oh man, oh MAN. Get better Bruiser. Poor guy.Try not to kill her. Flaming bags of poo work well, but going to jail might put a damper on the new year.
>oh no! sorry to hear that, really.
>Seriously. Don’t send a passive-aggressive note. CALL HER and tell her two things: A) Her kid gave your son pneumonia and B) this is the umpteenth time she has unloaded her sick kid on you and that you are not going to allow her to bring over her child–even if she IS Punky’s friend. Has she ever brought her daughter over when she WASN’T sick? This woman’s blatant selfish attitude is directly causing your children to have a potentially life-threatening illness.This woman knows EXACTLY what she is doing. I’ve never gotten the impression that she is a close friend to you, am I right? If that is true, I would imagine that the people she used to call no longer take her kid. She is toxic. If she IS a close friend, then you have even more issues to deal with.
>I would definitely call her and tell her the family has pneumonia and that you suspect Ella needs to see a doc. That would be very straightforward and end any possibility of her bringing her illnesses to your house in the future! Get well soon!!
>Joan is right- that would be a good way to broach the subject with her. Or, if she tries to foist typhoid Ella on you again, tell her that it is simply not possible, because one of YOUR kids is sick and you would feel like a complete ass if you let her come over and potentially contract something… hint-hint…
>Wow! You have a lot of people commenting here who seem to want you to put your foot in it. Like you say, as angry as you may be, you still have to live around this woman.I hope your son’s antibiotics kick in really soon, and he returns to his normal self.As for telling with the Ebola Monkey family, the way I see it you have 3 choices. 1) You could call up the mom, and calmly confront her, but I doubt she’d respond in a way you would find satisfying. 2) You can wait for her to call you to watch Ella again, and say something along the lines of, “Is Ella sick today? I’m afraid my young son has a delicate respiratory system and we just can’t handle any more pneumonia here.” or 3) Simply be unavailable if you hear from her again. “I’m so sorry; my family has other plans today.” If you truly feel it’s that important to your daughter to spend some time with Ella, you could always follow it up with why don’t we meet at a park for a play date next week. You could follow that arrangement up with, “OK, I’ll see you there unless someone happens to get sick.” This lets the girls play, lets the sickness abate, keeps any possible germs out in the open air, and gives you a chance to escape if Ella shows up sick.
>LOL…a better ’09 for all of you, good health quickly for Bruiser, and a better quality of friends and neighbors to you and yours!Happy New Year!
>Did you make all of this up?This is the third time you have blogged about poor little Ella and her germs.http://suburbanturmoil.blogspot.com/2008/05/revenge-is-strangely-unsatisfying.htmlhttp://suburbanturmoil.blogspot.com/2008/08/fool-me-twice.htmlhttp://suburbanturmoil.blogspot.com/2008/12/very-congested-christmas.html
>Exactly why it’s so frustrating. If you read my Parents.com posts, you’ll see me refer to all THREE times her mother has brought her here sick. If I hadn’t blogged about it, I might not have remembered this is the THIRD (and by far the WORST) time it’s happened. It’s been over a period of months and we see Ella a lot, so it’s not like the only time I see her is when she’s sick.
>You might want to rethink the thank you note and send a Candygram (laced with Exlax, of coarse).
>I’d be bringing my sick kids over to her house