Comments on A Musing Mother: Basic Survival Skills

Jennifer, Send me your email address. We need to ...

2011-12-15T11:52:57.680-07:00

Jennifer,

Send me your email address. We need to be friends.

All I wanted to say here was this, If there were m...

2011-12-15T09:31:10.624-07:00

All I wanted to say here was this, If there were more women like you in my ward, I might not cry so much on sundays. It would be funny if I wasn't serious.

I am one that wants/likes/has to have/enjoys and l...

2011-12-06T19:06:19.502-07:00

I am one that wants/likes/has to have/enjoys and loves a spotless house. I just do and I have come to grips with it. I may want it but I don't always have it. I do make life a little easier by making a double batch of whatever is for dinner and serve it again the very next day. I LOVE LEFTOVERS. It is a magic word for me at 5 in the evening.

I remember my mother cooking from scratch, I also ...

2011-12-06T00:27:26.603-07:00

I remember my mother cooking from scratch, I also remember her booting my brother and me out the door in the morning and telling us not to return until dinner time. Different time.
I grab a laundry basket before anyone comes over and shove everything on the floor in - then the basket goes in the closet.

This is absolutely an inspired list. I mother the...

2011-12-05T15:42:18.486-07:00

This is absolutely an inspired list. I mother the same way. . .
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

We do have to live the law of selective neglect in...

2011-12-05T14:01:09.902-07:00

We do have to live the law of selective neglect in our home in order to keep sane. We are not perfect. Still, Nancy is awesome.

I think #10 is the most important from your list. ...

2011-12-05T12:58:18.689-07:00

I think #10 is the most important from your list. Quit comparing yourself to your neighbors.

Also, when families did everything from scratch, and they had a lot of children, you can bet the children were doing a lot more work than ours do now. The kids were part of the staff, rather than the precious spoiled lumpkins we have today.

Magazine shots have room stylists and a crew to put the room in perfect order - unless you have those in your home, it ain't happenin'...unless you're the type of mom who sends their kids to the neighbors' houses while you spend all your time making your house a showplace - not a home.

Raising children, not being featured in a magazine...

2011-12-05T12:33:56.110-07:00

Raising children, not being featured in a magazine.

Wise words.

I leared to live with a certain amount of clutter and chaos. As long as everyone was happy and getting along, the state of the house was an afterthought.

And somehow, I still can't bring myself to fix the dents in the walls. Especially the one with the WHOLE BODY outline (think like a cartoon). This was their HOME.

We also grabbed fast food between ball games or ate at the snack shack all summer long. All of us survived..... but the memories we have are going to be forever.

Great list

One of the first things I did when my life started...

2011-12-05T11:58:45.312-07:00

One of the first things I did when my life started to totally overwhelm me was give the bill paying to my husband. I tried to figure out what I could get other people to do for me to take some of the pressure off, and that was the first one.

The next one was a little more drastic . . . I hired someone to come and clean my house every other week for two hours. Yes, my kids still had their chores and didn't get off easy, but this way I KNEW that the deep cleaning got done properly when I wasn't there to supervise.

Best gift I ever gave myself.

Love this! Permission not to be Mommy Does It All...

2011-12-05T10:36:53.714-07:00

Love this! Permission not to be Mommy Does It All and instead Mommy Is Still Somewhat Sane, thankyouverymuch!

My poor kid... easy for me means he wears track pants to bed for pajamas so he loads straight into the car for school in the mornings :)