Whining, Whining, and More Whining

Life is crazy around here - still babysitting all day, M-F. Still going to school M-Th. Still RS President. Still chauffeuring 3 kids around to practices, games and concerts. Dare I say that I am looking forward to school being out so I can eliminate a few trips to the school and a few hours a week on projects, homework and packing lunches???

I have not snapped a picture in a couple of months, in fact, Natalie had her Mom's Day Kindergarten program last week and I almost burst into tears because I forgot the camera! I was having one of those "my baby is growing up" weeks and forgetting to document that she had actually attended Kindergarten just about sent me over the edge. It was just the night before that Nat had told me she was too big to sleep with a "B" (blanket) anymore (she has literally slept with a certain type of blanket EVERY night since she was an infant!) - I was exhausted and I nearly cried myself to sleep because she made that proclamation....It could have been hormones, or it could have been the exhaustion. Never the less, this growing up business has been stressful on me.

I'm certain that everyone is tired of hearing how stressed out I am, how my house is falling apart, and my life is crazy. So instead of rattling on about it some more, enjoy this tid-bit of truthfulness:

The Difference Between Men and Women...

NICKNAMES

� If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch,

they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.

� If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately

refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman .

EATING OUT

� When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each

throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50.

None of them will have anything smaller and none will

actually admit they want change back.

� When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY

� A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

� A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't

need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS

� A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste,

shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.

� The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.

A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS

� A woman has the last word in any argument.

� Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE

� A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

� A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS

� A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

� A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE

� A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

� A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP

� A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash,

answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.

� A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL

� Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

� Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING

� Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children.

She knows about dentist appointments and romances,

best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.

� A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.