THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD/BLUE MONDAY/AW...MONDAY/LOVE IS...

Fun Mother Quotes

• “My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.” - Buddy Hackett
•  “I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.” - Phyllis Diller
• "Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going." - Phyllis Diller
• "We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up." - Phyllis Diller
• "Poverty is hereditary - you get it from your children." - Phyllis Diller
• “I asked my mom if I was a gifted child... she said “they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.” – Unknown
• “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” - Milton Berle
• “I know how to do anything - I'm a Mom.” - Roseanne Barr
• “A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after” – Peter De Vries
• “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.” - Oscar Wilde
• “It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” - The Golden Girls
• “If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylum would be filled with mothers.” - Edgar Watson Howe
•  “The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. ‘Yes’, she replied ‘but not the same ones.’” - David Finkelstein
• “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.” - Lisa Alther
• “Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young” – Unknown
• "Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble."- Dennis Fakes
• "Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla warfare." - Ed Asner
• "Children are gleeful barbarians." - Joseph Morgenstern
• "The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep." - John Fiebig
• "I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids." - Unknown
• "Child rearing myth #1: Labour ends when the baby is born." - Unknown
• "Children are a great comfort in your old age. And they help you reach it faster, too." - Lionel Kaufman
• “My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me fresh.” – Bob Monkhouse
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Household Chores Quotes

• “Cleaning up with children around is like shoveling during a blizzard” – Unknown
• “I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.” - Roseanne Barr
• “My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.” - Erma Bombeck
• “By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacation-less class.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” – Calvin Trillin
• "It is amazing how quickly the kids learn the operation of the DVD, yet are unable to understand the vacuum cleaner." - Etienne Marchal

Some fun today ,with all the sadness in our world, I thought a light-hearted look at raising children was in order. You will notice some blue and I hope Sally does too.

Smokey was visiting the vet in September. He wore his blue leash and my hubby wore his blue jeans to the appointment. Visit Sandee at Aw.....Monday too. Lots of smiles there.

Love is...just says it all. Enjoy your week, remember to be kind, say your prayers and smile.