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But Mom I Can’t Stay In Bed
How many times have you heard your kids say that? Let me tell you, Madison has been on a roll lately. For some reason, she is refusing to go to sleep at night. She’s killing me. I want to get to bed, and she’s staying up later than me and Bill. I refuse to let the 5 year old the run of the house, so I am the one that tends to suffer. Let’s see, her excuses to not go bed include:
- I’m thirsty
- I’m not tired
- I have to go to the bathroom
- I don’t want to sleep by myself
- I hate sleeping
- It’s too loud
A lot of the time, she doesn’t even have excuses. She just slinks herself down the hallway thinking that we won’t notice. Of course, I always do. She’s not as quiet as she thinks she is.
What kind of excuses do your little ones come up with for why they can’t go to bed? What do you do to stop them?
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Thinking happy happy thoughts
NOT! I swear when it rains it pours. I awoke to a huge puddle of water in front of my house this morning. Now, the temp is -8 with a windchill of -20, so I definitely should not have had standing water. I called Bill freaked out and he had me call the village. I think it is a water main break. However, nobody bothered to come to my door. Instead, they just turned off my water. I just realized it when I tried to make Will his diluted version of juice. Needless to say, I am ticked. I called the village, and they won’t give me an ETA at all. I seriously would love to know if I need to send Bill out for water or what. I seriously am trying not to be highly irritated right now. I could be working on things like Increasing Blog Article Quality or doing some of my freelance work. Instead, I am standing in my front window watching my village dig a huge hole in my street and trying to figure out what to make for dinner with no water. Also, try explaining to a 5 year old why she can’t flush the toilet after we have spent 2 years drilling it into her head that she needs to flush the toilet.
I know there are way bigger things in life I should be concerned about, but man this is irritating.






