My teen said that what he did was his own business and wouldn't hurt anyone else. He didn't want to do chores, etc. OK, I stopped doing his laundry, stopped cooking meals, stopped driving him places. I went on strike. Pretty soon he was upset because he missed an event he was looking forward to. He expected I'd drive him but @ the last minute, I decided to do something else because I selfishly wanted to do it. He didn't study hard for a test because he had to wash sev wks worth of dirt clothes. I told him that my bad decisions affected him, right? He agreed. No more of that sh*t.

Just had a great idea. I used to be really fit, but since DH works abroad and I work full time, it's so hard to find the time to exercise. I feel like DD2 needs me when I'm not working since I'm the only parent here. Then I had AN IDEA! DD & I both LOVE to dance. So i'm making a 10 minute mix. We can boogie for 10 minutes before breakfast, and 10 minutes again while dinner is cooking. Won't take much time, it will be fun, we can do it together, and while it's not a total workout, it's sure better than nothing! We're starting tonight... Heeheeee!

I felt like I was on the verge of a serious burn out. Not a lot I can do about it? I can't quit teaching, being a mom, doing the housework, running errands, or cooking supper, now can I? But, I sent the kids outside to play today, ignored the pile of marking I have to do, watched sappy movies all day and cried my eyes out. Then I made french fries and nothing else for supper and now I'm going to drink an entire bottle of wine. I feel a lot better.

My mom is a lesbian. If the gay "lifestyle" means going to church, hanging out with your grand kids, volunteering at a nursing home, working for the government and enjoying cooking and reading then my mom totally fits the bill. She is wild card I tell ya. Raising two morally upstanding, loving, stable college educated members of society is totally influenced by who you are attracted to sexually.

I refuse to let my DH get away with doing things 'badly' in order to get away with not doing it at all. I fell for it at first. He was 'bad' at doing laundry, dishes, cooking, shopping and would mess it up so I'd just take over. Hmmm. So then I got smart...I began to teach him. When he did it wrong and acted hangdog I would say, "Next time you will do better" I refuse to let him get away with not helping just because he plays helpless. I see too many DH's do that!

Even though I hated being in the hospital, I took full advantage after every kid, I needed a break from cleaning and cooking!

Mom with card game daughter - I played a game with her anyway and put son to work cooking dinner (he's loving it!) Win-Win!

I buy whole chickens for under a dollar a pound. I pop them in my big ol' crock-pot on a rack sprayed with cooking spray. I do this all the time. I feed four adults with a four dollar chicken about three times a week. It's easy, cheap, and there are worse things to eat than a chicken health-wise.

I was already a little crunchy, but in the past month have started making my own laundry detergent, dish soap, shampoo, fabric softener...switched to cloth diapers & wipes for DD, cooking from scratch, line drying the clothes, and am about to switch the whole family to cloth instead of TP. I haven't mentioned most of this to my family. They will think I'm nutso.

I think moms are great. My mom's cooking is awesome. I like talking to other moms. If a mom's stress is too great she yells. Moms deserve respect. A mom's work is never done. Apostrophe 101 lesson.