Say it like it is contest

Today was my day.

"WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PORTRAY YOURSELF AS A GOOD MOM"


1. Do not wake up at 7:15 when you need to be at a very important doctors appointment at 8:00.

2. Do not waste your money and order a hot caramel latte from sonic thinking it will be cheaper than starbucks, it WILL NOT taste like starbucks.

3. Do not forget the week before to have your doctor do a TB skin test when you are doing an adoption physical, or they will call you back in to the office at 7:45am on your husbands day off.

4. Do not try to take fingerprint cards printed on PAPER to the police station, because they will send you to go print new ones on cardstock and you will have to go to Target at 8:30am after your stupid TB skin test.

5. Do not forget to keep cheerios stocked in your house at all times if it is your children's only breakfast of choice, or you'll have to get that at Target too.

6. Do not wake up your bed-ridden sister-in-law at 9am to print fingerprint cards because you don't have the time to fix your own printer.

7. Do not assume that the local police station knows what they are talking about when they "schedule" you for a 10am fingerprinting.

8. Do not let your three children yell, jump and scream while you are waiting for an officer to come in "off the street" to do your fingerprints.

9. Do not bring your children at all.

10. Do not tell your children that you are doing "fingerprints" because it sounds a lot like "finger pricks" and you've already terrified your children of those at their pediatricians office previously.

11. Do not assume sippy cups will keep children quiet.

12. Do not waist time checking email once you are home and your husband has gone to his adoption physical because you will regret the rest of the day not cleaning your house.

13. Do not wait until the last minute to dress your children for THE NEXT THREE appointments you have after that.

14. In fact, DON'T EVER schedule that many appointments in one day.

15. Don't forget your kids gymnastics leotards at the house and remember them AFTER you've driven 30 minutes down the road, dropped off your husband to tutor and dropped off your youngest for Occupational therapy. You'll have to spend the entire 1 hour therapy driving back to your house to get TWO LEOTARDS and drive back.

16. Do not wait until the last minute to get gas when you are late, you'll have to be even later to stop and get the gas.

17. Do not try to save money by packing your kids a lunch and feeding them in the car while you are on the go. Do not EVER give them peanut butter sandwiches in the car. You will find peanut butter in all sorts of interesting places in the van... and on your children.

18. Don't assume that while you are making stops that your children are leaving their clothing ON in the car. Sisterly shouts of accusations of nakedness from the backseat should be taken seriously.

19. Also do not assume that your children will leave their seat belts on at red lights. You will have to pull over to put them back on.

20. When you take your kids to gymnastics in the pouring rain, whatever you do, DON'T walk to quickly into the building. YOU WILL SLIP AND LAND ON YOUR BUTT IN FRONT OF EVERY PARENT WAITING ON THEIR CHILD. And a near broken tailbone hurts for hours. Trust me.

21. Don't pretend you're fine, the hand you land on will start swelling when you've broken two blood vessels under your palm. Get some ice instead.

22. Don't assume that because things are in the same area that you can run errands quickly. It will take you all of the 1 hour gymnastics lesson to make 1 trip to the bank and 1 drive through for dinner.

23. Don't tell your husband he can go watch football next door when you get home even though you are completely exhausted and not entirely sure you haven't broken your tailbone and have one big swollen hand... if you don't mean it.

24. Do not go a whole day with out allowing your kids to nap... it DOES NOT make them more sleepy at bedtime.

25. Don't stay up until 10:30 writing blog posts... it won't really accomplish anything but help you wallow in your own self pity!! :)


If this day doesn't make any sense to you... its okay, it didn't make any sense to me either!!!
But if you've ever had a day like this... a day of everything NOT to do if you're wanting to look like a good mom... check out this blog. You're not alone!