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» Those Irresponsible Cats! - Actual Unretouched Photo — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:33:50 +0000

[...] If the kids didn’t leave the freezer door open from time to time, I’d probably never get around to defrosting that freezer. [...]

By: nga-chi

nga-chi — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:45:00 +0000

it’s little sweet victories like those that keep the days and weeks and months going, right?

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:29:00 +0000

Square1, thanks for your great comments. I don’t think I described the interaction between me and my husband very well, because it was actually very lighthearted and funny to me. We have a sick sense of humor. Anyway, thanks for reading and commenting. (By the way, I ironed 4 pairs of pants the other night at 11:15 p.m. I was done before David Letterman came on.)

By: Square1

Square1 — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:10:00 +0000

Newbie here. Just to let you know, I am less than the perfect housewife also. As a matter of fact I have been doing it for four years, and have completely decided the SAHM scene just ain’t working, so I’m seeking at least part time employment.
I too do most of the cleaning and cooking. Hubby has in the past been “domestically challenged” and reminiscent of his bachelor days he really just didn’t seem to care. Now chaos drives him up the wall, and with three kids all under the age of four, he has quickly learned that if he needs something to eat he has two hands. If clothes need to be washed, he has a brain to figure out how to work the washer. If two kids have poopy butts, mommy can only handle one at a time, so if he can’t tolerate the smell then he needs to suck it up and help with one of them to eliminate the offensive odor more quickly. I’m a sucky housewife, I can’t be superwoman and be everything to everyone.
I guess that means that my family will just have to accept and love me as I am, and help pick up my slack, as I help pick up theirs. That’s what a family is supposed to be. It does irritate me slightly that your dear hubby made sarcastic comment about not having clothes. After all when he’s sick does he not stop to rest, and does he get criticized for it? Just a small irritation with me. Us mom’s are human too, but nobody ever let’s us have a day off unless we are laid out in a hospital hooked up on oxygen, and having a blood transfusion. Even then we might receive some complaint that there’s nothing in quick in the freezer to cook for dinner.
Blogging is my tenuous hold on sanity. I don’t let myself feel guilty for it in the least. Neither should you. This is the only reason I accomplish as much as I do, otherwise I would be reduced to a ninny whimpering in the corner and begging to be checked into a mental institute simply to have a vacation.

By: Demented M

Demented M — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:52:00 +0000

You know I just went back and reread 2 months of posts.

I often thing I suck and I feel stilted when I write.

I was pleasantly surprised to see I don’t suck as much as I thought.

It’s good to go back and look with a new perspective.

Stop worrying so much about what people say. Stop. Who cares if they think you portray you hubby as a boob?

Michelle

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:53:00 +0000

The only boob is the person who told you that you make your husband seem like a boob. One cute thing for your newsletter could be about Babygirl singing the Barney song …”happy falimy” cause that is just downright adorable. Good luck with the newspaper thing, as a local, I would look forward to reading.

By: WordsRock

WordsRock — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:30:00 +0000

You use “boob” to describe people like “boob” is a bad thing.

I think all kids leave the freezer door open at least once in their childhood. My son, being an only child, traitorously blamed it on his friend who had been visiting. Personally, I was grateful for the impetus to clean it out.

AnvilCloud, I like your take on blog re-reading. Explains why it usually feels good to do it.

By: Anvilcloud

Anvilcloud — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:17:00 +0000

I don’t know; I think re-reading your own blog is something akin to poring over the family photo album. It’s a great way to reflect on where you’ve been.

Although I haven’t been reading long, I think you said just the other day that your husband sings around the house and makes up his own words (if not, forgive me). Well, if that’s true, I think him a mighty fine fellow indeed, for I tend to do the same although less than I used to.