angry cookies

a few weeks ago some friends and i planned a get together. we try to do it around the holiday's. anyway, i called my sister and asked her if my kids could play at her house while i met up with my friends. she said yes and i was so set for a night out with my friends. last week she calls me and asks what i'm doing on the 8th. i said "well you're supposed to be watching my kids and i'm supposed to be going out. why?" 'oh," she says, "i knew there was something i was doing that day. well we planned to make cookies that day." WHAT? first of all i was the one who suggested we (my sisters and i) get together and make cookies this year. so they plan it for a day when i've made plans already and now she doesn't want to watch my kids. she tells me that my mom will watch them. my mom does not want to watch them. she tells me tonight that she doesn't mind taking lillian but she does not want michael. well i am more than a little miffed about the whole thing. to tell you the truth i would rather they don't go with her but what i am supposed to do. why is she this way? she does watch michael on thursday and friday but she wanted to do that and she gets paid to do it so i don't know what her problem is. i would like to point out again that i asked my sister to babysit 3 weeks ago!!!!! i know she has 4 kids but that's not my fault and if she didn't want to watch them she should've said so before i made plans. i think i will call my friends tomorrow and tell them i have to bring the kids. i am too angry to talk to my mom or sister. i wish i had a back up plan but i don't. my kids haven't had anyone but family babysit them and mark's parents are getting home from germany tomorrow and i'm sure they will not be up for any such thing.
on a less crabby note i started christmas shopping today. i did it online but still it was shopping. oh and lillian brought home her report card today and i had told her if it was good she could get a webkin. i really think they are stupid but she thinks they're great. if you don't know they are a small stuffed animal that comes with a code and you go online and type it in and you can
get things for your pet and talk to your friends. i guess they're kinda like beanie babies in a way but they are interactive. whatever. she wants one that looks like our dog so tomorrow i am in search of that thing.
tonight we went to visit grandma tina. she had gotten her hair done and she changed her clothes. she was looking well but still talking about the same things she was a week ago. she was talking about michael and if he ever slows down and if he likes the snow. i just talked with her as if it were the first time we had discussed it. you know, when i'm a month away from my ninetieth birthday i hope i'm still here and if i'm asking the same questions and wearing the same clothes for a week why should i care. i will be happy just to be here and to be able to talk to anyone who will visit me.