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Wow, in a few days, Johnny and his family will leave for China, to adopt another baby there. Where did the month of March go? (Oh....do I sound like a woman who hasn`t done her taxes yet?)
A few days ago Johnny wrote an excellent post entitled, What if your child IS the diversity? That really hit home -- since my kids are biracial, they count as a little bit "different" in both of their home countries.
Those of you who read Amfam know they`re home from China with their new daughter. But all is not sunshine and puppies -- this post about a horror of a social worker and the sociopath who almost derailed their adoption entirely had my blood boiling.
Unrelated -- the lovely Mo-Wo tagged me for the "Real moms...." meme. I love Mo-Wo`s take on it: "Real moms....don`t need yoga. We just need the pants." That`s even better than "Real Moms have flab."
So here goes mine.
Real moms....eat like goats.
Hey, I love good food as much as anyone -- probably even more -- but since I had kids, I find myself eating lots of gross food. I eat the burned toast, the pizza crust and the half-eaten pop tarts. I finish the last bite of spaghetti left in the bowl, and the lone chicken nugget that no one will touch because it fused into a funny shape.
I hate to waste anything, so I am shameless about eating leftovers. I eat not only my own kids` leftover food, but if they happen to have a friend over, I will usually eat the friend`s food, too. On Friday, we had a little girl over here with a cold, who didn`t finish her burrito. I carefully cut away the part she`d bitten, and consumed the rest.
I once found part of a waffle on the living room floor, and ate it because I was too tired to walk to the kitchen garbage can.
I am not tagging anyone for the meme, but if anyone has any "Real moms...." ideas, please do share!
A few days ago Johnny wrote an excellent post entitled, What if your child IS the diversity? That really hit home -- since my kids are biracial, they count as a little bit "different" in both of their home countries.
Those of you who read Amfam know they`re home from China with their new daughter. But all is not sunshine and puppies -- this post about a horror of a social worker and the sociopath who almost derailed their adoption entirely had my blood boiling.
Unrelated -- the lovely Mo-Wo tagged me for the "Real moms...." meme. I love Mo-Wo`s take on it: "Real moms....don`t need yoga. We just need the pants." That`s even better than "Real Moms have flab."
So here goes mine.
Real moms....eat like goats.
Hey, I love good food as much as anyone -- probably even more -- but since I had kids, I find myself eating lots of gross food. I eat the burned toast, the pizza crust and the half-eaten pop tarts. I finish the last bite of spaghetti left in the bowl, and the lone chicken nugget that no one will touch because it fused into a funny shape.
I hate to waste anything, so I am shameless about eating leftovers. I eat not only my own kids` leftover food, but if they happen to have a friend over, I will usually eat the friend`s food, too. On Friday, we had a little girl over here with a cold, who didn`t finish her burrito. I carefully cut away the part she`d bitten, and consumed the rest.
I once found part of a waffle on the living room floor, and ate it because I was too tired to walk to the kitchen garbage can.
I am not tagging anyone for the meme, but if anyone has any "Real moms...." ideas, please do share!
posted by L. at 10:38 PM
12 Comments:
Real moms DO eat like goats!
All of those crusts that kids don't like - what's up with that? We take the bites that no one else wants, often so that the kids get the best ones.
I remember when I was a little kid, my mom would offer me the biggest pancake in the pile, and would take any ole one for her own. I remember thinking, "Why is it that she doesn't care which one she gets?"
It was beyond me as a 4 year old.
Now though, now I get it.
I've designated the men in my family as goats, both because of their seemingly unlimited appetites, and because they have a much higher tolerance for gross than I do. We even, in fact, refer to them as such. My daughters had a blast feeding the Uncle Scott goat leftovers at McDonald's this week :)
Real moms dress like hobos.
I am shocked by what passes for acceptble fashion when you have a toddler.
I am currently wearing a cream sweater with a red cough syrup stain. I was too lazy to walk back up the stairs to change. Even if I wasn't too lazy, I seriously doubt I could have found some thing else clean.
Yes!!Yes!!Yes!! Real Moms are goats!
I LOVE the part about the waffle. I've totally done that. It's just too much damn trouble to walk to the trash.
There is a Coke ad here that has a teenager talking to the camera about his mom: "yes, she gets angry sometimes but you would too if you had have table scraps and the worst steak available in the house for 16 years"
so true.
That's a good one. When my son was about a month old we went out for breakfast at one of our favorite cafes. They have latte bowls and a lot of customers with attitudes.
When the time came to leave I had a minute to myself and what did I do. Consume everything left on everyone's plates! In public! I thought, screw it I'm a nursing mother I need the calories!
Too funny...you're like George on Seinfeld, with the eclair at the top of the garbage can!
I often feel like a goat, but honestly, the 'pizza bones' as we call the crusts, are my very favorite part.
I would probably do that but luckily I have a husband who beats me to it.
I have to tell Ray that china thing is the plate; he can stop.
I remember how my brother and I used to laugh at my mother and call her a "garbage can" because she'd eat everything no one else would. I feel horrible about it now and try to make up for it by eating all the food that would otherwise hit the gargage can.
Unless I'm at our ranch. There all the gross leftovers go into our compost bin. Nice to have a guilt-free place for food to go.
Yesterday I ate a bit of waffle cone that was in the sink after Caity had destroyed her ice cream.
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Word for word. Do you have copywrite protection? I just thought you would want to know.
Amber
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