tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post2474036710329903965..comments2023-11-02T05:55:47.525-07:00Comments on ONE CRUSTY MOM-E: Email Conferencing 101AppreciationCRUSTY MOM-Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147045282174189951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-30578688801649449692007-04-26T05:53:00.000-07:002007-04-26T05:53:00.000-07:00Sounds like a plan, Mrs Derna!!Let us know what we...Sounds like a plan, Mrs Derna!!<BR/>Let us know what we can bring and when it is...~<BR/>Always,<BR/>crustyCRUSTY MOM-Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147045282174189951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-86216161954310514232007-04-25T19:33:00.000-07:002007-04-25T19:33:00.000-07:00i offer up my house for a bbq!! it would be great ...i offer up my house for a bbq!! it would be great fun. let's plan a date!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-8470428190897593152007-04-20T11:24:00.000-07:002007-04-20T11:24:00.000-07:00Yes, that it true! Our husbands are amazing! I w...Yes, that it true! Our husbands are amazing! I would even agree that he deserves to be in a skybox at Wrigley today enjoying this 70 degree day even if it is for "work". :) We should have a BBQ soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-55576030401368887562007-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:002007-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:00I feel your pain, dear Kate...I feel your pain...b...I feel your pain, dear Kate...I feel your pain...but I guess it's the sacrifices we make...<BR/>I think we should arrange a cubs game galore..except in lieu of shrimp, we'll have lotsa beers.<BR/><BR/>and as far as your jonathon comment goes,..so absolutely true...that's true what your dad says too, "you don't know what you don't know.." I'll have to remember that. Along with what I need from the store, the last time the baby ate, the last time I didn't have a hormonal moment, the last time a nonmom made it seem like I'm insane to be bummed that my hubby has an interactive adult content job, whereas I (by our choice, mind you) clean up spit, fingerprints,poops...<BR/>at least you and I both have good husbands that bake delicious Curious George Cakes and washes a floor better than our own gramma. :)<BR/>HA!<BR/>Always,<BR/>CrustyCRUSTY MOM-Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147045282174189951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-76526393342209894092007-04-20T10:57:00.000-07:002007-04-20T10:57:00.000-07:00The last comment was me, Katie, not my husband Jon...The last comment was me, Katie, not my husband Jon...who is currently in a skybox at Wrigley Field enjoying shrimp and dessert trays galore for "work" in "Corporate America". :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884042455637526856.post-35190004793940216152007-04-20T10:55:00.000-07:002007-04-20T10:55:00.000-07:00OK, first of all, let me just say that I can't bel...OK, first of all, let me just say that I can't believe she told you to "get over it"...ummmm...that's just plain cold. Secondly, I will be the first to admit that when I was a young, childless woman with the rest of my vibrant life in front of me, I was THAT woman...the one who would get annoyed at the crying baby on the airplane or the whining child in the grocery store. "Certainly MY kids will never do that", I would think arrogantly to myself, "Certainly MY kids will be disciplined and perfect". <BR/>HA!!!!!!!! The big, fat, not-so-funny joke was on me! Now, as a much more educated woman with two young children I can say with utter confidence (and yes, maybe even some well-deserved arrogance) that THERE IS NO HARDER JOB THAN GIVING UP THE OPTION OF BEING A WORKING WOMAN TO STAY HOME AND BE WITH YOUR CHILDREN 24 HOURS A DAY. Anyone who thinks that raising children is easy either A)doesn't have any or B)doesn't spend enough time at home to know what it's really like. <BR/>When you give up a job to stay home with children, you are giving up with it all of the dreams that you had for yourself growing up. It's not just the changing diapers/no sleep/whining children/disapproving other mothers/unappreciative husbands/long, lonely days/looking like a freak show in mismatched sweats and crooked glasses/no daily Starbucks at 8 AM in your tredy business suit...it's the fact that you have indefinitely put your life on hold. Suddenly, that vibrant future seems very far away. So, childless woman need to understand one thing: THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE CHILDREN UNTIL THEY HAVE THEM. The just can't. It's impossible. I have completely stopped expecting my single friends to understand anything about my life. It's just an excersise in frustration. Like my dad always says "You don't know what you don't know". <BR/>With all that said, I will say that the pay-offs of SAHM-dom are much better than the meaningless pat-on-the-backs in Corporate America. For instance...when your 3 month old laughs out loud for the first time because of something silly you did. There is no greater feeling. Or when your 3 year old says "I love you mommy."<BR/>All this to say that you don't know what it's like to walk in a mommy's shoes until you've squeezed out a couple kids and stopped your life to take care of them. :)Strong Family Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096289848083539546noreply@blogger.com