Kate has left this week's open ended so we can have our 5 reasons relate to anything we like. Kate chose 5 reasons I know I'm a mother, and I have spent many hours thinking of an alternative and am afraid I just can't as being a mummy is pretty much all I do so...here are my 5 reasons I know I'm a slummy mummy!
1) I rarely leave the house without a dubious stain on some piece of my clothing. It appears there is no good colour to wear, and I often get to the school gate, or a toddler group and notice dried food, snot, dribble and so on on my clothes.
2) I announce to everyone that I'm going to the toilet, and have been known to make reference to what I am going to do, so used to reassuring my boys that 'I'm just nipping for a wee, won't be long'.
3) Following on from the above, I can't recall the last time I actually closed the toilet door. Lavatory visits and showers are a public affair these days. Therefore I apologise to any guests to my house if I forget to shut the toilet door, you know, when 'I'm just nipping for a wee!'
4) Although I actually prefer things clean and tidy, I lack time and energy. The house is completely overrun with toys and despite my best efforts looks like a bomb site.
5) The only time I can find for exercise is 6am, and sometimes I don't bother getting up as I prefer being in bed. Therefore, I still have a mummy tummy and am very unlikely to ever look like Victoria Beckham, or any other glamorous yummy mummy!
So now take a look at everyone else's more inspired reasons.
I do so many of these too! Especially number 2 - when I then have to apologise with the whole 'woops, sorry, too much information!' heehee
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one!!!
DeleteHahaha. You've just made me realise that I'm also guilty of announcing what I'm going to do in the loo - even though my boys are older and don't really need to know. It's a hard habit to break, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed! It's when you find yourself doing it in adult situations- work, night out etc!!
DeleteI don't remember the last time I showered with the door closed although I do shut the door for a toilet visit. Great list!
ReplyDeleteOh I can so totally relate to this. If I have the cheek to shut the bathroom door and the other half leaves Miss two unsupervised I get indignant banging on the door. So relaxing!
ReplyDeleteI always leave the door open when I go to the toilet, it's a struggle to remember to shut it when I have visitors!
ReplyDeleteOh yes - I can relate to these. I was talking to a woman today about what the good things were about going back to work and she said - 'well I can go to the toilet on my own...'! Has it really come to that?!
ReplyDeleteI now try to remember to close the toilet door as I have yet to put up net curtains in Little Miss Red's room and her window is opposite the pub; sometimes I forget and find I am looking along the landing and directly out to the pub wondering if the Landlord is looking back at me! However, I only pull it ajar as a) I like to hear who is murdering who downstairs and b) the handle has been broken since we moved in (last Oct) and I have been stuck in there too many times!
ReplyDeleteNo. 4 is my life in a nutshell!