Tonight I had an interesting recap of my children's day. My sitter is on vacation so I'm paying my mother inlaw to watch them while I'm at work this week. My insane mother inlaw shocks me in how she STILL can not be trusted. Hello! In this day and age, do people still leave their kids in the car to run into the market for a quick shop? I mean, this might have been done in the 70's, but in 2006?

Satan (the mother inlaw) left my 9 and 10 year old kids in the car with her insane dogs (okay, the insane one is her daughter's dog, but she's the ass who left my kids in the car with a Boston Terrier who nips and is wild and untrained -- sweet but wild). Her instructions to them were that they keep the dogs in the back seat with them so that the terrier "Happy" didn't step on the gas pedal or anything.

Did I mention that Satan left the car RUNNING while she was in the freaking store? Um, knock-knock. Is anybody home? Where is her frigging brain? For the love of Pete!!!!! I guess it is better than leaving them in the car to fry in the heat -- but I still have to ask, what was she thinking? Why not leave the dogs at home and take the kids in with her? Don't even tell me another story about how Happy likes to ride in the car...

It isn't like she lives in a small town where everyone knows everyone. It isn't like there wasn't an Amber Alert going on for a 7 year old.

Oh wait, there was an Amber Alert going on. Never mind....

My husband laughed at me when I told my kids to keep an eye on their Grandma this week and to keep her out of trouble. He isn't laughing anymore. He looked ready to puke when my daughter shared the funny story with me about how the dog Happy was trying to jump over the seat of the car while they were waiting in the car at the market for Grandma. It shocks me that this woman takes them about town and doesn't even think to keep them IN HER SIGHT. Darn it!!! I'm even paying her to babysit!

The hubby is having a long chat with her in the morning.

I tell myself that her attitude is because she raised her children in a different time. (She's the one who put my babies to sleep on their tummies vs. backs after I explained the deal on reducing the risk of SIDS -- her response was "My kids lived.") I understand that things were different when I was growing up and when she was raising her kids. Nowadays people call Child Protective Services when they see kids left unattended in a running car. I've asked the hubby to mention this to Satan my mother inlaw. Does she not watch the news? I'm biting my tongue... I am frustrated because just when I think my kids are old enough to be safe with her alone, something like this comes up to make me doubt her competence (even with big kids who can snitch).

Thanks for listening! I don't hate my mother inlaw, she just frustrates the poop out of me. Don't even ask how she earned the nick name Satan -- trust me that she earned it ;-)