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A Day In The Life Of
I am not someone who takes kindly to being told what to do. I am stubborn to a fault and have never been a strong candidate for assertiveness training. It is for these reasons that when my son acts the boss of me, telling me where to sit, what to eat, and even when to stop singing, I become extremely agitated. The hair on the back of my neck stands up as I clench my teeth and begin trembling inside, seething with the realization my child has an overly developed sense of self-importance.
I get really upset while I’m changing chairs, eating ketchup-dipped bananas and halting my engaging rendition of the theme song from The Backyardagins.
But in my head I know I can beat him up if I wanted to, so really I'm winning. I keep having anxiety dreams that one day Crusher will tell me to jump off a cliff. Then what am I supposed to do?
I take great comfort in knowing that the amount of respect I receive from my children extends far beyond my maternal reaches. Just this afternoon I sent my twenty-year-old former student-turned-babysitter an e-mail asking her if she could stay an extra hour tomorrow so I’d have time to go grocery shopping. I just received an e-mail back from her. This is a direct quote: “What, are you all out of hot dogs and Easy Mac? Hah!”
And for the record, no, we are not out of hot dogs and Easy Mac. If we were out of hot dogs and Easy Mac, what would Crusher eat for dinner tonight? Duh! We are out of SpaghettiOs. We are not, however, out of Dora-shaped SpaghettiOs with meatballs, a completely different dish then regular SpaghettiOs. If it weren’t a completely different dish, then why would I be serving them on consecutive nights?
Yes, I did just refer to a canned good as a “dish.” Welcome to my world.
Glad to be in your world! You are a bright spot in mine!
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I think there are many such dishes from cans. And, of course, there is a major difference between the Dora version & regular. Last night, mine ate the Dora version of chicken noodle Campbells. Would he eat the regular, hell no! I'm so glad there is someone else who understands what it's like to serve ketchup as a gravy for virtually every food. Thanks for letting me feel like I'm not alone!!
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when you prepare any dishes for others you don't feel very hungry and what ever any one serve for you..but you won't satisfy..
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Finally, a mom after my own heart!!
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ahahahahahahahaha. I soooo know the feeling. I really do. Mr. Hot cooks, so we're fed, but Shortman? Pizza. It's just a matter of "Di'Giorno or Jack's"?
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My son bosses me around all the time! It drives me crazy! Seriously, who the heck does he think he is, anyway?
And spaghettios are totally a dish!
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Our sons must be kindred spirits. And oh how I hate being talked to by my 5 year old in a bossy know it all tone. Nothing drives me crazier!!
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Ha! My new nanny asked me today if I wanted her to cook something for my son and I just answered, nah, you can just heat up those veggie nuggets from the freezer. I suck.
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Hey! That all sounded shockingly familiar. BTW, I think your babysitter sounds like a future blogger to me. Smart Ass.
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This morning at the store I picked up my first package of frozen pancakes. But I will never, NEVER buy Uncrustables!
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Woman!!!!! Where is your "about" page. The fans need it. How are we to start a fan club with no stats???
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Yay! we still have those "dish" favorites after all these years. Our favorite main "dish"? Why, "Chief-Boy-R-D" of course.
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Easy Mac is a food group. I'll argue with anyone who says otherwise.
I'm pretty dam stubborn too. I like it that way....you know, my way.
Are you a Taurus too? Oh and I love the pic.
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I am just discovering your blog. You are hilarious!
I totally agree about the buggers telling us what to do. I drives me absolutely insane! (and I have two who do it to me) The worst is when you are actually enjoying singing that damn Backyardigans song and then they tell you to stop. ARG!!
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Thank you. I feel so much better now about my freezer stocked with frozen pizza and nuggets....
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Now that is hilarious! I've been sporting the grilled chesse. When we're out of bread and cheese, we're screwed. My boys are tough little eaters. And believe me, they are the boss of me too. I actually went out tonight with stickers all over me b/c it made my shirt look "pretty". LOL!
- Audrey
Pinks & Blues
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Yep, Easy Mac is an accceptable dinner...and lunch or breakfast for that matter. Canned foods are good because canned foods keep us sane!
Oh, and as the kids get older the controlling gets even worse...Sorry!
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Is it bad that I actually like Spaghetti-O's? Or just bad that I'm admitting it?
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I seem to be reduced to blithering idiocy anytime I have to book a teenage babysitter. I get so nervous and worry about sounding like a dork and fall all over myself saying "it's okay if you can't make it that day, I know you're busy." urgh.
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Easy Mac is a lifeline. For me. If they kids are lucky, I'll share.
For the record, I just said today that having a four year old be the boss of me was getting on my nerves. If she tells me one more time where I'm allowed to sit, I'm going to cry.
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My dear, CLEARLY I am the better parent because I only serve the finest organic Annie's Mac and Cheese at MY dinnertable and we ALL know that if the box says "organic" on it then it qualifies as the perfectly healthy meal you owe your children the effort of "cooking." Nothing but the best for my kiddos. Hark, I hear my bossy tyrants now, I think I'll go shut them up with another popsicle...gotta run.
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Ha. I'm cracking up.
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Ha! I long for those dishy days. Now that my kids are a bit older, I actually have to overcook the spaghetti noodles and warm the sauce MYSELF! I recently started to make much more than we need to be able to microwave it the next day.
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My secret to appeasing the "canned food as entree" guilt? ANNIE'S brand spaghettios! It's organic and expensive, it MUST BE GOOD FOR YOU, NOW EAT IT!
And I think you need to meet Beta Mom, you will LOVE each other.
http://betamomsblog.blogspot.com/
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Wow. You Arizona people over there sher make some fancy meals! Over heer in lil' Texas, dinner last night for Little Man was a piece of toast with peanut butter.
Because he refused to eat the shells and cheese of a box that I'd made as a meal.
I mean, I cooked the pasta in boiling water, opened that packet of creamy fluorescent orange goodness and everything, only to be rejected?
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My kid won't eat Spagetti Os. it is corndogs and chicken nuggets at our house.
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Easy Mac is a regular at our house and my 9 year old is big enough to fix it himself. He eats the spaghettios cold from the can (in a bowl, of course, what do you take me for!)
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PunditGirl has decided it's a compliment to refer to me as Chef Boyardee! ;0
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Who says canned food isn't a meal? Do you know how much effort is involved in making preparing a dish of canned food when you can't find the can opener!?
Jane, P&B Girls
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After a long day, sometimes even canned food is too much! I like to thank the various restaurants who deliver to our home for those nights
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I served my new husband Spaghetti-O's as our first meal as husband and wife, 33 years ago...cooked in our brand new Teflon pan...harvest gold! And that's No Joke!
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I think Health Canada just added Spaghetti-O's to the Food Guide.
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Too funny, as always! And don't you just hate it when the help acts up?! Tsk-tsk. Make her stay to heat it all up, too.
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My son has eaten cereal for dinner for the last two nights so I feel ya.
BTW, is that your picture on the sidebar I see? Nice to meet you
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I'm sorry----is that a can of SpaghettiOs PLUS? Plus what? Have they put even MORE vitamins & minerals & all things healthy in there?
If so---I'm on my way to the store right now....and since it's going to be so nutritious, I can justify eating a box of Oreo Cakesters...right?
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Spaghettios? That's like genuine pasta. At our house it's corn dogs and tater tots. You are so ahead of the game.
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You're going to think this is incredibly pathetic....but I had to google Sun Devils to know what the heck you were talking about! don't get me wrong, I vaguely considered that you were referring to the rivalry between ASU and U of A, but I had no idea who was who!! My husband the huge sports fan, former sportswriter, is so, ever so proud of me!
In other words, yes, we can still be friends!
No, I know, we didn't travel at all this summer. We were bored to tears! We are home until Christmas, that's for sure! (all our family is in Chicago--don't worry, if you had said you were a Cubs fan, I would have known what you were talking about!)
Thanks for stopping by!
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This cracked me up. I'm the same way -- I *hate* it when people tell me what to do -- but, for some reason, when I get ordered around by my kid it doesn't seem that bad.
That said, she could do with a little more "please" and "thank you" once in awhile.
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I know I'm a little late with the commenting on this post, but see, your post made me laugh a lot, which then made me want to have something witty to put in my comment, which then freaked me out when I found I had nothing witty AT ALL running around my brain at that moment, which then made me question my entire beings ability to come up with anything better than dogg drool, which then gave me a headache, which then required a glass of wine , which then required another glass just to offset the first glass, which ended in a finished bottle, which gave me a hangover, which made my brain hurt, which made the whole bloody process start again.........sigh....so I've just got one thing to say......cracking post hun!!!!!
xx
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My 13 yo calls Speg O's a home cooked meal. Guess he has had it too much!
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When your sitter made that smart ass comment, I do believe she said there was no judgement because she can’t cook either! But in her defense, she did make your kids a gourmet breakfast! She opened the fridge, panty, and cabinet, retrieved Pirates Booty, yogurt covered raisins and the blueberries and had to walk ALL the way back upstairs to feed Crusher and BamBam!! I put my blood sweat and tears into that meal! I mean she must have!
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Courntey rocks the house! Where would my life be without you? Thank you for making the kids Booty for breakfast. The raisins and blueberries made it a three course meal. I love you lots, Court!
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Ah, a girl after my own heart...
And can I just say, 40 comments! You are amazing! (On my knees, bowing to the laptop..."I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy...") You rock that blog, girl!
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Oh this is so my wolrd as well. Bryan does the "real" cooking in our hom (right this moment he is making beer butt chicken or something like that) but weekdays it is all on Momma's shoulders since Bryan does not get off until after 8 pm. So yes we eat lots of raviolis, spagettios, etc. The funny thing is Bryan makes a damn good spagetti but when he isnt home, I crack open a can of Cambell's spagetti and meatballs, call it homeade, and listen to the oohs and aahhs of how yum it is.
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My friend's three year old loves her chef boyardee. ;p
I'm the oldest of four, with the youngest ten yrs younger, and growing up, I remember microwaving a LOT of kid cuisine, and making a TON of tuna helper. The kids were past the toddling stage by then, though. But the youngest was [still is] a total ketchup fiend, and the boy adored his american cheese!
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I think all of my dishes involve some sort of can.
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