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I'm often amazed and confused by the bizarre happenings behind the closed and competitive doors of the typical suburban home. The following is a place to share my thoughts and reflections on daily life as I try to navigate this crazy and wonderful world.






Thursday, June 11, 2009

This Weeks. . . . . . . . . Confessions From Suburbia


I went out to the drug store today and didn't wear a bra.

I threw out a Tupperware full of moldy pizza sauce instead of washing it because the rancid goop made me gag.

I was pretty sure that flattened box of Cheerios blowing down the street on recycling day was mine but I didn't chase it.

I did not give at the office. I'm just not giving to you. You are the third charity to knock on my door in just under two weeks and clearly I'm just not that nice.

I let my child wear two different socks to school today. Hey they were both white. At this point that counts as a match!

I used the TV as a babysitter. I let the girls watch an extra half hour of TV so I could talk on the phone without interruption.

I'm not going on the field trip because I just don't want to. I've been on the same field trip twice now and I'm tired. Bad bad Mommy.

I made good use of my favorite phone feature...call screen. Good luck getting through.

I faked it.......
passed off store bought cookies as homemade. What? Did you think I meant something else?



Yep this is me, just trying to survive life here in the suburbs.

33 comments:

Loukia said...

LOL... good girl on all of these. I would totally have thrown out that tupperware container, too. In fact, I've done that before. And TV can be a great babysitter sometimes, you know. Loved this post! You rock, mama!

Scrappy Doo said...

Awesome!
your list is truely human and made me LOL :-}
Living in my neck of the woods Nobody wears a bra at the Wal-Mart or shoes for that matter
I DO of Course

kimert said...

If I had a quarter for every "dish" I threw away because I didn't want to puke from opening the lid I'd be a very rich woman! lol

Colleen said...

We go through so many containers due to rotting food, I should really invest in Tupperware ;)

Buckeroomama said...

You're so not alone on these, LOL!

Marbella Designs said...

oh well, that's life, we do what we have to! One of my boys did the sock thing yesterday. I've been sick with a bad cold all week and am way behind on laundry.

Susan said...

I'm blogging instead of sitting at a baseball game in the rain with my 3rd graders school.

Feel better?

And by the way, I absolutely LOVE the new look!!!!!

Danielle said...

With the vast accessibility of replacement Tupperware/Gladware/Ziplocware, etc., it becomes much easier to throw out the offending item rather than open it and deal with the stench and chore of scrubbing it out.

Not to mention the pretty orange stain that will inevitably be left behind in the container!

Randi Troxell said...

ive totally done #2 and 10... eh- its life!!

Martha said...

You are my pyschic twin north of the border. I just don't want to be bothered with ANYTHING lately.

Missty said...

Way funny! I LOVE your confessions!! I have done several of those before!!

Thanks for the morning laugh!

Me said...

I throw tupperware away, all the time. I've actually gone to buying the gladware or ziplock brand 'throw-aways' just for this very reason. I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this.

Busy Bee Suz said...

So funny. You are so normal!!! Well, you know that I would have ran after the cheerio box and most likely I would have broke an ankle doing it....but today, I did not wash my hair. don't tell anyone!!

Suz Broughton said...

If this were a quiz, I would have gotten 100 %

Swoozie said...

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. What a riot!

Passing off the store-bought cookies as my own.....I wouldn't do THAT! Shhhh! Just don't tell my Hubby, K?

Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...

I am all sorts of in love with you! You are so my type!

lz said...

Yeah...i could have written this list myself...I think we're on the same wave length here!
I could add, "I dropped the monkey of at preschool and didn't brush my teeth or hair"

Kelloggsville said...

I wrapped a store bought cake in silver foil and delivered to camp as home made. The TV babysits so often in my house we call it nana!

Madame DeFarge said...

I'm so shocked. Really I am. You may need to go on a maternal reprogramming course. This is aberrant behaviour of the highest order. Dangerous individualism. Tush, tush.

Anissa said...

I've thrown out containers before --don't feel bad. I don't go without a bra anymore because I have a ripped muscle under my breast and makes it sags just a little more than the other -- LOL!
Loved your post and thanks for coming by today.

Veronica Lee said...

That's soooo me!!!

Sha said...

Your new blog design is amazing! I am so jealous and can't wait to get going on doing something new. You have inspired me. No time until school is out. Most moms say the opposite, but the life of a teacher... I love the honesty in your confessions. I think we all try so hard to do and say the "right thing". Let's all just be honest and real...so much easier!
PS - I forgot to tell a child his mom was here to pick him up and he got on the bus to go home. I of course said "shit" under my breath, but about 6 third-graders heard me. Oh well, it's just poop, right?

Kat said...

That was hilarious!! No bra huh.... I guess I can admit that I do that quite often. Hubby thinks I am crazy. Well, maybe I am! ha ha

Vegas Linda Lou said...

I don't blame you for any of these! But I'm not sure you should have thrown out the Tupperware--I bet it would have made a nice science project.

Lady Mama said...

Haha. Good stuff. Yes I think I've probably done all of those things at one time or another. Love that you passed off bought cookies as homemade! Too funny.

amy said...

Fab list i think i've all of them myself at some point! so funny! well mayve not the bra i ould kill someone lol! x

ParentingPink said...

LOL! I love the "charity" one and "moldy pizza." Reminds me of my house! Thanks for stopping by my blog - love yours! I'll be back to visit. Have a great weekend!

Suzanne said...

Soooo funny. I fake it sometimes too...with cookies, of course!:-) Your blog always cracks me up and I want to pass it on so I'm grabbing your button!:-)

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The New Black said...

We do the same thing with tupperware! We go through it like crazy though. My boyfriend took it to the extreme a few weeks back though...he didn't want to clean up a half eaten lasagna dish that had been in the fridge for a week or two, so he threw it out all together. I was not happy...the pan was from Williams Sonoma!!

Jenjen @GottaLoveMom said...

Thanks for the laugh!

Kristin said...

I've definitely thrown my share of tupperware away and I might have used Baby Einsteins to occupy the dude while I worked on some posts. Guess that's just life in the 'burbs huh?

Charlene said...

LOL...I could never do the no bra thing, my girls are just too big to get away with that! And I love the Cheerio box one too, I've done that before.

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