modern motherhood

[flea]

an IM conversation with my husband.

me: hi
i got gloomy all of a sudden
basically because of my indecision about getting the kids rain boots
I am possibly insane
Michael: What is up with that?
me: I dunno
I always want thing to be cheaper than they are
also it is so rainy
Michael: How expensive are rain boots?
me: $17 at Target, up to $30 at like Lands End
doesn't that seem ridic?
Michael: Not to me.
me: I just did the quicken last night and we are low. as usual.
just so frustrating
Michael: Don't we have a pair to pass down to Dillo?
me: the next pair we have are size 11.
we had some 9s that were pink and I gave them away.
Michael: Oh
me: anyway. not anything worth stressing about.
maybe it's this weather.
Michael: Yes, I'm glad you realized this.
I think I had one pair of proper rain boots when I was a kid.
me: I know, It's not like it's a need.
only when I compare to happy catalog magazine world
Michael: Now if they are coming home with wet soggy shoes all the time. Then maybe it would be necessary.
me: where everyone's clothes are matching and their hair is brushed.
Michael: And their houses are clean.
me: and their houses are clean.
ha that was a total xpost.
Michael: Jinx
And their dogs don't shed
me: we don't have a god
dog
or a god either, really
Michael: and their cats don't get fleas
me: yeah.
and they use Clorox wipes
Michael: And their kids behave perfectly all the time
me: and BPA-free plastics
and wooden educational toys
and the kids laugh when they go down the big slide in chutes and ladders
Michael: and they eat organic food and drive Volvo station wagons
me: with no cheerios in the car seats
and they have fancy Britax car seats
Michael: No only organic cheerios
me: right, oatie-os.
I think this chat is going in my LJ
Michael: Yeah and Veggie Booty
me: that smells like feet.

Comments

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've been there.

Don't forget they also bake cookies together (and yet the kitchen is never messy)!

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

We actually do bake cookies together. In fact, Dillo has been begging to bake cookies for the last week or so. Maybe Sunday, when mr. flea goes out of town again.

[mightyurchin.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried the Oatie-os? They taste like sawdust. Organic sawdust, but sawdust nonetheless.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Yes, we did in fact try them (that was a first child thing, natch.) And they were so horrible we went right back to regular cheerios.

[veejane.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, however, store-brand corn Chex are pretty good. They are my default not-sweet snack, in handfuls out of the box (and all over the floor).

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

This made me laff and laff and I am not even a parent. I heart your husband; this is an awesome conversation to have.

[iwannablogtoo.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

You forgot waldorf-homeschooling! Or should it be unschooling?