Humor and a Meme
In keeping with the sense of humor theme, I offer you a Meme. Basically the definition of a Meme is a transfer of information (isn't that a Blog?). Earlier this month I joined a social network of Bloggers (many of whom also know the struggles of parenting challenging children). Through this organization, I have been tagged by Churp, Churp: I'm an oxymoron: a libidinous, infertile mom and am now expected to produce a meme. So here goes!
First I must post the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your Blog.
2. Share 7 random and/or weird things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their Blogs. (Because our readers are parents, I randomly chose parent blogs.)
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their Blog.
Then list seven random (and humourous) comments about myself:
1. I am not the perfect mother. In fact there are many times when I feel like the Baroness in the Sound of Music. Remember the scene when she tries to play with the VonTrapp children and fails miserably? When Uncle Max asks her what she plans to do, she responds: Darling, haven't you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school? Yep, that's me.
2. My favorite Erma Bombeck quote: Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
3. My second favorite Erma Bombeck quote: Housework, if you do it right, will kill you. (That’s why I don’t do.)
4. I subscribe to Jen Zug’s theory that it is absolutely essential that parents Get Away now and then. Check out her Blog This Pile I'm Standing In.
5. I am a very patient person, but sometimes I think I allow negative people to drag me down. So I’m seriously considering making this change to my outgoing phone message:
I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the Beep. If I do not return your call, YOU are one of those changes.
6. I’ve played Total Momsense at least 100 times A mom (Anita Renfroe) has condensed into less than 3 minutes everything a mom might say to her kids in a 24 hour period - to the tune of the William Tell Overture! For more from Anita Renfroe go to her site.
7. I'm considering this for my personal logo. What do you think?
Random blogs worth checking out:
Operation Simplify
mamalicio.us
LaLaGirl - Twinfinite Chaos!
Mamacita Caliente
Where are we going?
Angstmama
stupidmommy (She's not at all stupid!)
Bonus: Suzanne Says
Tomorrow: It's back to the more serious side of parenting.
Comments
Great job!
I love the phone message one. I should do that, except I don't want to talk to people so much that I don't have an answering machine!
That way I have more time to contemplate #3, a trait I share with you most definitely.
Posted by: Cricket | November 18, 2007 9:59 AM
Elizabeth,
When you get a minute, come on over here for my comment. I wanted to return the link love. :)
Suzanne
Posted by: SuzanneSays... | November 18, 2007 2:37 PM
Hi! I know I'm tagged and I'll get to it this week, I promise. I didn't want you to think me rude in the meantime. Thank you!
Funny that you're the baroness. I'm totally Fraulein Maria.
Not.
Posted by: stupidmommy | November 18, 2007 5:18 PM
I love the phone message. Humor is the cheapest "medicine" there is for all that serious stuff that life throws at us. It's sort of the "aspirin" for the soul!
Posted by: Sandra | November 19, 2007 7:19 AM
Oh my goodness...it took me a bit to type this cuz I needed to pick myself off the floor from laughing so hard at your list!
I absolutely love the phone message!! Dealing with some of the day to day stuff that drags us down would be so much easier.
I also love the insight on the conference issues. We just went to our 6th grade daughters student-led conference. She did awesome...it was nice to see her take control of it, but I also feel that it was a cop-out from the teachers. We only met with her homeroom teacher...she had no feedback for us other than she's a delightful student in class. (I think that means she doesn't cause trouble and keeps quiet) We didn't get to talk to any of her other teachers...let alone SEE them!
So it was nice to see that there are other parents out there feeling the same frustrations. Sometimes I feel like the odd one out around here...everyone else seems to be going with the flow!?
Posted by: SpokaneMama | November 21, 2007 8:53 AM