Every day, it’s the same old story.
“Go wash the dishes!”
“Get in the shower!”
“Are you done with your homework??”
“It’s past your bedtime!”
Yes, they do have set chores, but seldom do they do them of their own accord. They don’t have a set time for bed, but if I am the one waking them up, then I sure as Hades don’t want to deal with slow cranky kidlets.
Last night, I finally had my epiphany: WHY DO I GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE??
Stick a fork, I’m done. I am not their social secretary, nor am I their daily reminder calendar. If they forget the dishes, I will gather them up and place them on their bed. If they forget laundry in the washer, I will take it out and let it mold on the floor. If they forget to put away food, they will enjoy it for breakfast. I’m too old and too grumpy to be chasing after that crap.
It’s my summer and I will be enjoying it, too!!
June 3rd, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Long overdue!
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:11 AM
HA!
June 3rd, 2013 at 8:59 AM
:snap: You go, Girl!
Okay, I’m waaaaaaay too white and waaaaaaay too male to pull that off. LOL
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Did you roll your neck when you typed it???
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:55 AM
I rolled my eyes, but one of the voices in my head assures me that it rolled its neck for me. So there’s that.
June 3rd, 2013 at 3:28 PM
Yep, you’re winning 🙂
June 3rd, 2013 at 10:11 AM
//subscribes to Aggie’s newsletter.
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:35 AM
You’ll be getting a bill shortly 🙂
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:57 AM
(my apologies to Monty Python)
“She’s a witch!”
“And how do you knoo she’s a weetch?”
“She turned XBRADTC into a platypus!”
June 3rd, 2013 at 3:29 PM
I would never do that!
I like platypuseseseses… 😀
June 3rd, 2013 at 4:41 PM
Especially ones wearing fedoras?
June 3rd, 2013 at 4:49 PM
EXACTLY!!!
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:23 PM
We need to put her and Leonard the Duck on a scale, and see if they balance out.
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:28 PM
I can’t believe you know that character 😀
June 3rd, 2013 at 11:48 PM
I am wise in the ways of science.
June 4th, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Yes, but do you know the way in which a sheep’s bladder may be employed to prevent earthquakes?
June 4th, 2013 at 2:36 PM
No, and I do NOT wish to know 😛
June 3rd, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Good for you! Mom-ancipation!
June 3rd, 2013 at 7:34 PM
HAHAHA!!! That’s a great term. I am totally adopting it 😀
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Like Bill Cosby putting the kids to bed? “Get in the shower, and use soap”.
June 3rd, 2013 at 9:20 PM
Sigh…. I have had to tell them that… 😀
June 4th, 2013 at 7:05 AM
Long ago I adopted the practice of sniffing the tops of the kids’ heads and exclaiming, “You stink!”. Showers were running instantly. Work smarter, not harder.
June 4th, 2013 at 8:39 AM
I don’t bother smelling their heads. I just spray Febreeze™ as I walk by. It works 😉
June 4th, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Is it possible you have some ogre ancestors?
June 4th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I don’t know. Did ogres come to PR by way of Spain??
June 5th, 2013 at 11:14 AM
Possible. Maybe even probable. Some of my relatives on my Mom’s side many generations back were from Spain. DAMN! I could have been claiming “Hispanic” on employment forms, instead of “Honkey”.
June 4th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Ha-ha!
Ever think about changing the Wifi password each day and not letting them have it until they clean up?
June 4th, 2013 at 10:46 AM
You could hide the Wifi password in a place they are supposed to clean. Like under their laundry.
June 4th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Y’all are freakin’ GENIUSES!!