Oh gawd, I’ve become my mother!
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Topic: Oh gawd, I’ve become my mother!
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Oh gawd, I’ve become my mother!
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 9:30pm
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Not only do I now drive a people mover, I am also now the proud owner of an industrial size washing machine. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am now officially a domestic goddess! Willie nearly fell over when he saw the size of it, 7.5kg of washing capacity, I'm sure not even my three grubs can create that much dirty laundry can they?
*sigh* Is this how I envisioned my life turning out? Oh so terribly glamorous... -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 9:44pm
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Hehehe ist a bit scary aye Emma when you see history repeating itself, we got the people mover at the beginning of the year but I settled for the 6.5kg washer when we bought a couple of years ago .... I soooo wanted to get the 7.5kg but thought even I wouldn't be able to fill that (and fit it all on the line at once!!!)
I hate the times when I hear myself 'saying' what my mother says  ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 9:47pm
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My latest catchphrase is "we'll see...", usually in response to Maya asking "can I have something/go somewhere/do something/stand on my head?" and every time I say it I hear my mum saying it to me. And it drives Maya nuts! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 9:44am
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he he he.... well since you've got the mummy-van and the industrial washer, why not go the whole hog and wear nothing but high-waisted mum-jeans and practical shoes (OK I'm guilty of the shoes one sometimes), get a mum-haircut (just ask for 'something I can just wash and wear - no styling necessary and preferrably no style at all, thanks') and invest in a few floral aprons... better still, needlepoint some!!
Man, I need to get a haircut. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:03pm
Ah shoot. We don't even HAVE grubs and we have a 7.5kg washing machine  and yes, we fill it constantly.
My mum used to always screech about me wearing short tops and that I needed to'cover my kidneys'. Of course, I used to complain loudly about Mum being unfashionable and ridiculous and all sorts. Now, I find myself going shopping, checking the length of tops and declaring that they don't cover my kidneys and putting them back ... and then turning to find Al huddle in a corner peeing himself laughing. ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:19pm
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we have a 7.5kg machine too, and we fill it, we do around 2 loads a day mostly, sometimes more... and that's with only bathing the kids every 2 days. but when you count our clothes and their clothes (of which sometimes they both come home from daycare with 2 full sets that need washing) plus bottom cloths and face clothes/hand wiper clothes..well, we do alot of washing.
And with the tops ginger.. i'm a bit the same, I remember mum saying that.. to which i would reply smartly that my kidneys were up higher than that.  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 6:53pm
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My mother always told me I would get "piles" from sitting on cold concrete.....not sure that I ever did, but I find myself consciously NOT sitting on cold concrete!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 7:35pm
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That was here too, and the we'll see, yep i'm doing that. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
SimSam wrote:Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 7:58pm
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lol
how embarassing is this, the other day we were out without wet wipes so I licked a hankie and wiped Jacks face with it. My mum used to always do that and i hated it lol |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 8:11pm
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I cringe every time I say to the older kids 'you school years are the best years of your life - and easiest' and hear my parents 'I told you so' echo in the back ground... ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 9:25pm
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I told my cousin to stop eating a million crackers or she wont eat her dinner the other day ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 9:59pm
I discovered that my Mum was right when she said "if you eat too much ice cream you'll be sick" when I took my DSD and niece to Denny's and let them eat as much ice cream as they liked. They both threw up. Lesson learned.  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 7:36pm
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------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 7:40pm
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I must be a nana..
Y is a croocked letter & i should know better.. ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |