Documenting life...: "Put on an apron"

Sunday, February 3, 2008

"Put on an apron"

So...not long ago my sister was talking to my mom about how much she hates housework. My mom is wonderful...this was her response. "Well, have you tried putting on an apron and some fun music?". YES, she was completely serious. Now, I laughed at the time. I'm not an apron mama, but I have recently been wearing one, and she actually had a point. It's like I turn into June Cleaver. OK, so maybe not that, but it really does change my attitude. It's weird. Anyway, I laughed so hard when I first heard it, and I still do, because it's such something my mom would say with all sincerity, but there is some truth to it. So there.

13 comments:

tiffunny said...: I'll have to try that. Because I don't particularly enjoy my housework either. Gotta love moms and their crazy comments!!!; February 3, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Meredith said...: I can totally hear your mom saying that! But it's true! I do the music thing a lot, but not so much the apron...I always forget I have those.; February 4, 2008 at 6:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Dearest daughter, thanks for spreading my words of wisdom! I'm still thinking of making some cute retro aprons for all you girls!; February 4, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Lindsay said...: Maybe I'm a total nerd but I LOVE APRONS! I got 2 new ones for christmas and I've always got my ipod docking station playing away in the background - Your moms got something there cause it works!

Bed, Bath and Beyond has awesome aprons, cute and stylin'; February 4, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Christine said...: mom's so funny. I agree though, an apron does funny things!; February 4, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Jennifer said...: I dont own an apron.. but I definetly put on my XM boombox when I am cleaning and it makes it much more fun. Espeically when I am cooking or cleaning the kitchen up.; February 4, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Michelle Arnett said...: Amen sister! I have to try it too. . .; February 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm going to try this sometime!; February 5, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Rachel Clare said...: Jen, I swear, this totally works. I've worn a 1/2 apron for a long time (partly because I'm starting a new trend and I think a 1/2 apron with jeans is SO cute), and partly because it really does make housework so much more fun. Know how I love hanging my laundry on the line in the summer? It's even better with an apron on.
No lie.; February 6, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Jen-ben said...: Oh my gosh, Rachel I love you!! A half apron...why did n't I think of that!?? And they have awesome material at Ikea. I'm going to do that!; February 6, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Jana said...: I was thinking about that today when I turned on some music and started cleaning. I thought, well, I don't have an apron on, but I do have rubber gloves and a kerchief, so...; February 7, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Jana said...: So, they have Ann Taintor magnets and notepads at the Mesa Arts Center gift shop here. Just thought I'd tell you. Also they have these other cards that are SO full of attitude, and reminded me of Ann Taintor. One of them...I almost bought it and sent it to you because you would love it...on the front it was a bw pic of a girl from the 40's or 50's in a wedding dress, and on the front it said, "Tell me the truth..." and on the inside: "Does this dress make me look desperate?" Ah, it was much funnier on the card. Should have bought it.; February 8, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Anne Gould said...: Jen,
I've been enjoying reading your's and Emily's blogs tonight - especially about your trip!! OH MY WORD how fun! Who would have thought so many comments about aprons!? Maybe I need to try something.......; February 10, 2008 at 11:51 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.