Mama Exposed, 1

I'm easing myself into this.  In Sept. 2006, I wrote the following post:

Things I swore I'd never do, and did anyway:

1. Let my kids watch TV
2. Use a pacifier
3. Allow my child to eat chips or fries and call it a meal
4. Lose my temper, snap or yell
5. Use a bribe to get my own way
6. Tell my daughter "I can't play right now."
7. Give in to a temper tantrum

Oh well, once in a while we all do crazy things we wouldn't/shouldn't normally do, right? Anybody care to own up and add to the list?

 

Here's an addition:

Not-so-good-things that are oh-so-true:

1. I let my kids eat sugary treats.
2. I don't wash the sheets on the beds nearly enough.
3. I have put the underwear they were previously wearing back on the girls after a bath when there was zero clean laundry in the house - and I've done that myself before too.
4. I have let the girls eat food that fell on the floor.
5. I never wrote thank-you notes for my wedding gifts
6. I avoid answering phone calls (even of people I love, even when I have plenty of time to talk) simply because I hate talking on the phone

Okay, now that I've fessed up to a few humiliating things, you can see that I am capable of being both gross and disrespectful.  But wait....there will be more to come, this is just the tip of the iceburg :)

I'm easing myself into this.  In Sept. 2006, I wrote the following post:

Things I swore I'd never do, and did anyway:

1. Let my kids watch TV
2. Use a pacifier
3. Allow my child to eat chips or fries and call it a meal
4. Lose my temper, snap or yell
5. Use a bribe to get my own way
6. Tell my daughter "I can't play right now."
7. Give in to a temper tantrum

Oh well, once in a while we all do crazy things we wouldn't/shouldn't normally do, right? Anybody care to own up and add to the list?

 

Here's an addition:

Not-so-good-things that are oh-so-true:

1. I let my kids eat sugary treats.
2. I don't wash the sheets on the beds nearly enough.
3. I have put the underwear they were previously wearing back on the girls after a bath when there was zero clean laundry in the house - and I've done that myself before too.
4. I have let the girls eat food that fell on the floor.
5. I never wrote thank-you notes for my wedding gifts
6. I avoid answering phone calls (even of people I love, even when I have plenty of time to talk) simply because I hate talking on the phone

Okay, now that I've fessed up to a few humiliating things, you can see that I am capable of being both gross and disrespectful.  But wait....there will be more to come, this is just the tip of the iceburg :)

Comments

[Tiffany]

Oh, dear Lord, this is so me! I feel a little more normal now. Thanks for that. :)

[Jessi]

Wow, I feel better after reading you additions part, because after only reading the first part I thought, "oh my gosh, if this is her 'bad' (which pretty much is my 'normal') - there's no way I'm 'fessing up to anything!! :)

Yeah, I'm with you on almost all of them (and ESPECIALLY the sheets one...I can barely keep up with keeping the clothes clean - which people SEE - let alone the sheets which no one sees!!!)

[Kate]

Sadly - I am bad about sheets as well. I make the bed and think that it looks neat and clean... But Tricia - I thought you were perfect! And I'm only sort of kidding. None of your bad stuff is too bad - but it's nice to know that even the people that we want to be like have their own quirks and flaws.