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What I Should Have Done Today

in Everyday on 06/05/09


What I Should be Doing….cleaning up my house. Mother in Law is babysitting tonight and the house must be beyond regular babysitter clean, it must be Mother in Law clean.
What I’m Doing Instead….shopping for a new pair of jeans that does not make me look like I am wearing a diaper under my pants. Severe case of baggy pants going on here.

What I Should Be Doing….having a salad for lunch. Light on the calories, easy on the hips.
What I’m Doing Instead…Oh Help Me…. I’m munchin away on the dreaded yogurt covered pretzels again!!

What I Should be Doing…..ironing. Again.
What I’m Doing Instead….throwing those shirts back into the dryer and forcing those wrinkles out with the gift of heat!

What I Should Be Doing….hitting the treadmill.
What I’m Doing Instead….hitting the couch.

What I Should be Doing….reading the paper so I know what is going on in the world.
What I am Doing Instead….reading blogs! I can’t stop!

What I Should be Doing….grocery shopping for dinner.
What I’m Doing Instead….thinking it would be a lot easier to order in a pizza.

Life is Short….going to stop kicking myself for what I should be doing!

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    Comments

    1. kathy downey says

      January 21, 2017 at 1:03 pm

      Honestly i am hardly ever doing what i should be doing,but the day goes on and we make it to the next day.Life is too short to worry about the small things !!

    2. Madame DeFarge says

      June 7, 2009 at 1:55 pm

      Sounds like my weekend too. Especially the what I should be doing. But the ironing awaits me with a stern look and an unforgiving glare.

    3. CenzLuccsMom says

      June 7, 2009 at 12:19 pm

      LOL!! OMG I clean on days that I know he in laws are coming too. It’s good motivation for me once a week to get myself in gear, but this week they didn’t come over so my house is is chaos!!! And I have only grocery shopped and cooked a handful of times since I had my twins almost 3 years ago, ahhhh!!! Thanks for the reminded that it’s ok!!

    4. ModernMom says

      June 7, 2009 at 2:09 am

      Stacie-I removed my music player..I’m told this should speed up loading time! Thanks for sticking with me:)
      Sara-Found some great jeans AND they were on sale! Woo

    5. Sara @ Domestically Challenged says

      June 7, 2009 at 2:06 am

      What a great post! I loved it! Did you find some cute jeans? I love jean shopping, just not on me!

    6. kristi says

      June 6, 2009 at 1:09 pm

      Just say what I say, “I don’t feel like it!”

    7. MamaJoss says

      June 6, 2009 at 4:45 am

      yogurt covered pretzels…now that’s MY KIND OF TREAT! And isn’t a dryer an iron? no? Yes. Jean…I gave up on them after baby #1 – o v e r r a t e d.

    8. Just A Mom (Call me JAM for short) says

      June 6, 2009 at 2:52 am

      Y O U
      C R A C K
      M E
      U P !

    9. Veronica Lee says

      June 6, 2009 at 2:49 am

      I love, love the last line!!

    10. Marbella Designs says

      June 6, 2009 at 2:15 am

      Sounds like a day in my life, except for the mother-in-law. She’s on the other side of the country, hee hee.

    11. Mary K Brennan says

      June 6, 2009 at 1:49 am

      What should I be doing? Spending time with Hubby.
      What I’m doing Instead- Reading posts from those who were so gracious to leave comments ths week.
      Thank You. Keep Doing What You’re Doing!

    12. Hit 40 says

      June 6, 2009 at 12:49 am

      Go take a long bath! And play your favorite music with an icy drink….

      Or gas up your tank and do not look back when the mother in law arrives!!

    13. Elizabeth says

      June 5, 2009 at 11:54 pm

      You know, I always disliked the word “should” – especially now that they aren’t enough hours in the day to do it all!! Happy weekend!

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