tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post6536387368294105600..comments2023-10-17T02:54:55.895-05:00Comments on Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition: Room mothering: F+Rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-44582984337030559342009-08-20T12:47:32.307-05:002009-08-20T12:47:32.307-05:00Lisa, I am really pleased to learn of my transcend...Lisa, I am really pleased to learn of my transcendence! :DRebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-68081343594338557272009-08-19T19:47:16.990-05:002009-08-19T19:47:16.990-05:00I feel this way about VBS and Sunday School. Ther...I feel this way about VBS and Sunday School. There's only so much a body can do to help when a body is outnumbered by the attendant little bodies, who undo as fast as we can do.Reb. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827521306898397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-82930149362458392862009-08-19T13:15:22.131-05:002009-08-19T13:15:22.131-05:00haha -
it would seem to me that if you've mast...haha -<br />it would seem to me that if you've mastered yelling at other people's kids then you have transcended Room Mothering 101 and should inform folks that just as they wouldn't ask the Dalai Lama to bother which such frivolity neither should they request attendence of the only mom capable of not only discilining her children, but other's as well.<br /><br />To make the point I suggest signing any permission slips with the handle "Rebekah, Queen Bee" - I mean, you've got like twelve kids, right? How much more proof do they need of your transcendence? :)<br /><br />How this helps Pam is the new possibility this opens up for moms of your caliber. See, you can start working at home (cha-ching - you totally become the perfect* mom in this scenario) as a tutor for mothers not capable of disciplining their children and let them observe you screaming at your kids all day and breaking their wills for Jesus. They will then pay YOU to train them, while really you just stay at home eating said chips and yelling from the can. And - (bonus) your husband will get man cred at the church because he has such an industrious wife who can earn money from home like, you know, you should be anyway. <br /><br />*Perfect = perfectly insane and people-pleasing<br /><br />Sorry, I haven't had a nap in a few days.<br /><br />Rebekah, you're welcome to yell at my kids. Room Mothering really is mostly about the yelling and not the cupcakes IMHO :)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371999768381631125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-6077122504040138582009-08-18T17:32:18.623-05:002009-08-18T17:32:18.623-05:00Dakotapam-
I would take a trip to see the pastor a...Dakotapam-<br />I would take a trip to see the pastor about your having to work to send the kiddies to the Lutheran School. In my opinion, if paying tuition for the congregation's day school necessitates a mother leaving the home and working, then we are not dealing with a Lutheran school as they formerly were known, but something completely different. Statement above - Reason #2064 why I won't get elected synodical vice-president. Let the reader understand.The Rev. BT Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699707490165113926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-80776597768445737932009-08-18T14:22:58.346-05:002009-08-18T14:22:58.346-05:00Here, here!
What's with these crazy folks, an...Here, here!<br /><br />What's with these crazy folks, anyway? They wouldn't expect a daycare provider walk out on the job for an afternoon to shuffle another batch of kids to the *whatever*.greatgauntshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535741617889857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-83562057661184578332009-08-18T14:10:43.136-05:002009-08-18T14:10:43.136-05:00Hey dol! :D My easiest school events were the post...Hey dol! :D My easiest school events were the postpartum (!) ones for which grandma crossed four states to be in town. :P<br /><br />JenniferH, no aprons. But I did get compliments from other moms for my skill in yelling at other people's kids to shape up.<br /><br />Dakotapam, so true. I'm amazed by how seriously some people take school and the ridiculous traditions which have sprung up around it. Sheesh.<br /><br />Gauntlets, blurt away. I've considered taping a sign to my back that says, "Do not expect or ask me to to do or show up for anything you would not expect or ask your nanny, cook, housekeeper, or other Help to do or show up for."Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-35371503660685184532009-08-18T13:30:39.680-05:002009-08-18T13:30:39.680-05:00I still stand by my blurted complaint, made previo...I still stand by my blurted complaint, made previously, but you've given me much to consider. I do not like terminally ill geckos. Or, as we homeschoolers like to call them, waning gekkonidae. ;P<br /><br />Blurt Two: I do not like that being an at-home mom automatically obligates me to any task asked of me by anyone at all.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546489539063088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-24715738505280072212009-08-18T11:19:23.232-05:002009-08-18T11:19:23.232-05:00Rebekah, We don't have much choice either...an...Rebekah, We don't have much choice either...and I do love our Lutheran School, though the tuition bill has forced me to work outside the home part time (until baby arrives-yippee!) I am a horrible room mother as well, but remember, there are plenty of moms who would love to outdo you and I anyway. I sit back and let supermoms do their things. Some days I think Homeschooling was easier...at least if all of the socks were dirty, the world no longer stopped spinning we just schooled in bare feet.Dakotapamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600901961685207952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-39300571927778518122009-08-18T09:45:32.910-05:002009-08-18T09:45:32.910-05:00I, personally, love the mental image of you wearin...I, personally, love the mental image of you wearing your Polly Perky apron while facilitating the Bozo Bucketeering. Does this include a Bozo the clown wig?<br /><br />:DJenniferHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382095135433534750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-39559851526222700502009-08-18T09:03:28.192-05:002009-08-18T09:03:28.192-05:00Our school does not *allow* younger siblings at cl...Our school does not *allow* younger siblings at classroom events, which pretty much eliminates me from doing anything but dropping off snacks. I am fortunate enough to have grandma 1.5 hours away, so I try to enlist her to come over once a year or so and watch my littles so I can chaperon something.<br />AngelaTom Bombadilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061775794665512705noreply@blogger.com