Reality is...


Reality is...dishes and laundry do not do themselves.

Reality is...cookies are magic.  When you make them...they disappear.

Reality is...getting older really sucks.

Reality is...the older your kids get, the harder it is to get them out of bed.

Reality is...the house doesn't clean itself either.

Reality is...when the money comes in, it in turn goes out.
Reality is...kids hear what they want to hear.

Reality is...despite knowing that kids have selective hearing, we still tell them things as if they don't.

Reality is sometimes hard to swallow.  Reality sometimes is funny.  Reality is part of life.  But sometimes reality sucks, so we go to our happy place instead!

Reality is...today I participated in Jenny Matlock's Alphabae-Thursday!!!

Jenny Matlock


Comments

NatureGirl said…
Well Said CaGirl...I have nothing to add to that! But thanks for the laugh...
February 10, 2011 at 8:32 AM
mle said…
Thanks for keepin' it real! : )
February 10, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Macey said…
And THAT is why the saying goes, "Reality Bites." HAHAHA!!
February 10, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Keri {One Mama's Daily Drama} said…
Oh so true! I may have to start physically dragging my kids out of bed for school soon. For some reason telling them 'I don't want to get up either' has no effect on their ability to fall right back asleep. Probably that selective hearing!
February 10, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Stitches and Thyme said…
Too true! Reality has a tendancy to bite, but still have the happy place and the happy place always has chocolate and coffee! :)
February 10, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Emmy said…
Great R post! Cookies are also magic in how happy they can make you feel :)
February 10, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Nicole said…
haha cute and my husband really liked the cookie bit :)
February 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Susan Anderson said…
Thanks for the dose of reality! We all need that now and then...

=)
February 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Unknown said…
Reality DOES suck. Especially the laundry & dishes part.
February 10, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Lisa H. said…
That just about says it all. I think I will go to my "happy place" now.
February 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Gina said…
I loved your "R" post! Really!!! All of your reality-isms are so very true...
Gina
http://ginahickman.blogspot.com
February 10, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Penelope said…
Hey, it's the truth.
February 10, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Shell said…
Oh, the cookie one was cracking me up!
February 10, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Anonymous said…
You have such truth in each phrase. Well done!
February 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Donnie said…
Reality is life and I love the way you said it. My happy place is reading cute blogs like yours.
February 10, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Urban Earthworm said…
Oh, so very, very true.

Today, I'm choosing to see reality through the bottom of my wine glass.
February 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Mamarazzi said…
cute post...i know my teenager never wants to get out of bed...i let her sleep as long as she wants on the weekend after her pediatrician said the extra sleep was needed for brain development.
February 10, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Judie said…
I'm with Colleen on this one!! Cheers!!
February 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM
Joy@TPMG said…
These are so true! I wish it was hard to get my kids out of bed instead of them getting ME out of bed.
February 11, 2011 at 7:37 AM
Krissy said…
:) lol very nice ...now read mine!!!!!!!
February 13, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Amy said…
What a creative post! And I love it. So true on everything. How I wish the house would clean itself! I think I would pay big bucks for a self cleaning house. What? They have self cleaning ovens, why can't they have a self cleaning house?
February 13, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Jenny said…
Reality is...when I come to visit Lourie's blog she makes me smile!

And today is no exception.

This was a really great stop today on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "R".

Thanks for sharing your special blend of reality with us!

A+
February 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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