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[lunasky]

Adventures in Parenting #421 - The Knitting CirclesAnd by Knitting Circles, I mean the other mom's that bring their kids to the park and sit aroung chatting. So today around 2 pm, I went over to one of the mother's houses that I met last week - I had some things to drop off and figured I could see if she wanted to take her kids to the park. She

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[florassecret]

I hate parents like that, martha stewartish. You got to have cooking, cleaning, knitting, sewing, baking, driving to and from school, and laundry folding done in all of 3hrs. That's nonsense. No one I know lives that way. If I spent all my time cleaning, I'd never see my kids.

[madam_rptr]

That icon right there? Is the best. Ever.

...really.

[florassecret]

grins, found it in a window at a fancy little store up island. I thought I need an icon like that.

[lunasky]

Your icon rocks!

If I spent all that time cleaning, it would be for nothing. I swear, Jr has has a radar or something - the moment something gets cleaned he's right there to put his mark back on it.

[harper47]

Sounds like you ran into a Bree (Desparate Housewives). And how very nice of you not to laugh at her.

Cooking - something I sometimes do late at night when we get home from the studio. Sometimes.

[lunasky]

I tried not to laugh, really really hard. I think she got the idea when I paused significantly (while my mental filter caught everything) before saying No.

Yeah, Boomer and I will figure something out that's easy. And I do cook sometimes - pasta or soup or hamburgers. But certainly nothing that takes hours.

[madam_rptr]

If we cook something that takes hours, that means it a date night...notice, I said "we".

[madam_rptr]

I wish you would have scared her. Although, truth be told, I'm pissed at Hubby when he doesn't have dinner on the table when I get home...*g*

Bwah! Sheeya. Right.

WeeOne called everyone BOB! for weeks and weeks. We still talk about it. Oh, good times. Good times.

::pats you::

[lunasky]

It's not that I never cook dinner, usually I do. I'm really great at cooking frozen pizzas or sometimes pasta or soup or a simple meat dish. But if I'm having a rough day, I don't feel bad going to bed early. I figure if I can eat a P&J sandwhich for dinner - Boomer can figure out to do the same.

[madam_rptr]

Seriously? I still question how long I'm supposed to boil an egg. Sue me - (not you - just women like the woman you met today) - I was raised by a single mother raising three kids by the skin of her teeth. She did a kick-ass job, but wasn't Superwoman (thank the gods!). She did her absolute best and I worship her for it.

So what if I need cooking lessons and follow online recipes to.the.T.? Every now and then I wow Hubby with something new and all's good. Otherwise? The easier, the better, I say. I'd rather be with my kids anyways, than slaving over a fricken hot...what's it called again? oh, yeah...stove.

[lunasky]

WeeOne called everyone BOB! for weeks and weeks. We still talk about it. Oh, good times. Good times.

I forgot to say - that made me laugh so hard. Thank you for sharing that. Being called Dada doesn't seem so bad now. *g*

[magnolia888]

You are a better woman than I, because I seriously would have laughed in her face and figured that she must have been kidding. Seriously, even the stay-at-home moms I know aren't cooking dinner "for their husbands" at 2pm. What, does he work third shift and get home at noon or something?

But then again, maybe that's yet another reason why I'm not married. Hmmm. *ponders*

[florassecret]

LOL I said the exact same thing when I was about 20ish years old. I did not want to be tied down to kids, a husband and OMG wife duties. Now that I am older, and more responsible, I tend to think it is not so bad, however, I never have dinner on the table by 3pm (my kid is just getting out of school at that time)

[lunasky]

What, does he work third shift and get home at noon or something?

Nope, he was due home at 6:30. So not only was she cooking a fancy dinner. She was cooking a fancy dinner that took HOURS. And on a monday, so it wasn't even for a special occasion.

Boggles my mind.

[salena_snape]

LOL I used to be like that. Until I had Ana. Now I'm lucky to cook 2-3 times a week, and I never stay caught up on the laundry, or vacuum regularly, or get the high chair cleaned off. ;-)

[lunasky]

or get the high chair cleaned off

Seriously, right there with you. I mean, I wipe off the tray, but he gets stuff crammed into every crack. Worse still is the wall near his chair. When we paint, I think we're gonna need to use high, high gloss. Perhaps even rubber or something so it's easy to clean.