Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Mother's Day to all of our Grandmothers, Mothers, New Mother's and Mother's to be.
Wishing you all a day showered with Love and appreciation.

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Thank you, Shari. Hope yours was special too.

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Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will
tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you
enough .. . to ask where you were going, with whom,
and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you
discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours
while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.*

*I loved you enough to let you see anger,
disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children must
learn that their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough to let you assume the
responsibility for your actions even when the
penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough . . . to say
NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm
glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the
meanest mother in the whole world! While other kids
ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.*

*When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches.*

*And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was
different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all
times You'd think we were convicts in a prison. She
had to know who our friends were, and what we were
doing with them. She insisted that if we said we
would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve
to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work We
had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to
cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash
and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie
awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth.. By the time
we were teenagers, she could read our minds and had
eyes in the back of her head. Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn
when they drove up. They had to come up to the door
so she could meet them. While everyone else could
date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missed out on lots of
things other kids experienced.. None of us have ever
been caught shoplifting, vandalizing others
property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated,
honest adults. We are doing our best to be mean
parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!

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OK, confession time here. Hope your Mother's Day was better than mine. I was at my daughter's by 5 a.m. to take them to the airport. I brought their dog home with me. The first thing he did was roll in crap. I am not kidding, my house reeks like a sloppy manure pile in Spring (for city folks, that's pretty smelly). Then he puked on the floor. Ok, cleaned that up. Then he puked on the kitchen rug and I didn't see it and stepped in it. I'm wondering what this gushy stuff is that I'm dragging all over the floor with my socks. OMG, it's more puke! After 1 hour we have sh*t and puke in the house and a smell that's unbelievable. I am going to have to shampoo all my carpets and probably a lot of the furniture. The day didn't get much better. I am so tired. I'm taking him to the kennel today. Can't wait. He's just more than I can handle. The strange thing is that I feel so guilty about it. He loves me. :o

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I love your post above. Not the one about the dog! LOL

That is too bad about the dog ruining your Mother's Day. When I watch my son's dog, I am so glad when they come and get her. Do not feel bad about taking the dog to the kennel. He will forgive you. That is the good things about dogs.

Hope everyone had a good Mother's Day.

I took my mother out to breakfast. Then we went shopping around.

My son invited us over for a cookout in the evening. So spending time with the grandkids is always nice. My son (daughter-in-law I am sure LOL) bought me tulips and a box of candy. That was nice.

Now back to work today. After some more coffee!

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I just took the dog to the kennel. I got all teary. I know he misses his mama already and I think he thought he was going home :-( However, I stayed awhile and watched him in the play yard and he seemed to be having fun, so that made me feel better. He's just too much for me to handle for more than one day, especially not for 2 weeks. Now I've got to try to get the sh*t smell out of my house!!!