Laugh With Moms

My friend just sent me this email and I loved it.  So I thought I would share it all with you.  Enjoy on this snowy Wednesday morning in the Northeast.

 A man was sick and tired

He wanted her to see what he went

through so he prayed:

‘Dear Lord:

I go to work every day and put

in 8 hours while my wife

merely stays at home.

I want her to know what

I go through.

So, please allow her body to

switch with mine for a day. 
‘ 

God, in his infinite wisdom,

granted the man’s wish.

The next morning, sure enough,

the man awoke as a woman…

He arose, cooked breakfast

for his mate,

Awakened the kids,

Set out their school clothes,

Fed them breakfast,

Packed their lunches,

Drove them to school,

Came home and picked

up the dry cleaning,

Took it to the cleaners

And stopped at the bank

to make a deposit, 

Went grocery shopping,

Then drove home to put

away the groceries, 

Paid the bills and balanced

the check book.

He cleaned the cat’s litter box

and bathed the dog..

Then, it was already 1 P.M.

And he hurried to make the beds,

Do the laundry, vacuum,

Dust, And sweep and mop

the kitchen floor.

Ran to the school to pick up

the kids and got into an argument

with them on the way home.

Set out milk and cookies and

got the kids organized to do

their homework.

Then, set up the ironing board

and watched TV while he

did the ironing.

At 4:30 he began peeling

potatoes and washing

vegetables for salad,

breaded the pork chops

and snapped

After supper,

He cleaned the kitchen,

Ran the dishwasher,

Folded laundry,

Bathed the kids, And put

them to bed.

At 9 P.M.. He was exhausted

and, though his daily chores

weren’t finished, he went to

bed where he was expected to

make love, which he managed

The next morning, he awoke

and immediately knelt by the

bed and said: -

Lord, I don’t know what

I was thinking.

I was so wrong to envy my

wife’s being able to stay

home all day.

Please, Oh! Please,

let us trade back.. Amen!’ 

‘My son, I feel you have

learned your lesson and

I will be happy to change

things back to the way

they were.

You’ll just have to wait

nine months, though.

This has been voted

Women’s Favorite

E-mail of the Year! 

 

 

 

 

I confess, I may have overscheduled my little 7 year old this winter.  Right now he is currently on a travel hockey team, takes skiing lessons once a week and is in his all school play.  It seems like every night is something and sometimes two things in one night.  Last Wednesday, he had to stay after school for play practice and then I had to pick him up and rush him over to his ski lesson.  As we were driving over there, he said, “mom, I am really tired.  Can I not ski today?”  That made me pause, because he never says he is tired.  He is like the Energizer bunny and has no stop switch until he is asleep.  But your inner struggle as a mom starts to work its magic and you quickly go through all the things you are supposed to do in this teachable moment.  We are firm believers in once you start something, you need to finish it.  If you don’t want to do it again next year, then that is fine, but you have to finish what you started.  Also we try to teach the value of money in that mom and dad paid for this activity that you really wanted to do and to miss a lesson is a waste of that hard earned money.  But then I thought, he said he is tired and wants to take a break, so why don’t I just let him take a break while his sister does her ski lesson.  So that is what he did.  He had a snack, did some homework and watched his sister ski, not once regretting his decision.  But I took note of the situation and realized that I have to be more careful what I sign the kids up for and try to stick to my rule of one activity at a time, especially when you have three kids.  There is so much for these kids to do these days and yet sometimes it is nice to just stay at home, eat a nice home-cooked meal and play with all those toys you got for Christmas.  That my be “boring” sometimes, but sometimes boring is good.