Comments on: Bandwagon roll call: PRESENT http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present joey, kelly, danny, and charlie Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Leigh Anne http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2993 Leigh Anne Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:55:02 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2993 Will Charlotte marry me? Seriously. Kel, I am not only taking this for my own blog, but I'm also giving you full credit. Since I'm stealing from you. i will now gird my loins for the inevitable backlash I will receive from my mother and sister-in-law. Good times. Precious, tender moments... Will Charlotte marry me? Seriously.

Kel, I am not only taking this for my own blog, but I’m also giving you full credit. Since I’m stealing from you.

i will now gird my loins for the inevitable backlash I will receive from my mother and sister-in-law. Good times. Precious, tender moments…

]]> By: Vicki http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2989 Vicki Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:09:59 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2989 AMEN. Being a military spouse I think I'm around more SAHMs than normal so I feel more understood. Definitely a frustrating thing though. AMEN. Being a military spouse I think I’m around more SAHMs than normal so I feel more understood. Definitely a frustrating thing though.

]]> By: Nana http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2982 Nana Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:10:07 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2982 Stay at home moms definitely do not get the credit nor the pay they deserve. That's why I paid someone (day care) to take care of my angels while I went and pulled the 9-5. Had something to do with sanity also. Stay at home moms definitely do not get the credit nor the pay they deserve. That’s why I paid someone (day care) to take care of my angels while I went and pulled the 9-5. Had something to do with sanity also.

]]> By: joey http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2979 joey Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:12:48 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2979 and if there was an award for best comment EVAR, the award would go to Charlotte. Love it. and if there was an award for best comment EVAR, the award would go to Charlotte. Love it.

]]> By: Charlotte http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2977 Charlotte Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:48:51 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2977 I sometimes wonder if these 9 to 5 ers ever have trouble making a doctor's appointment, vet appointment, call the gas company with a quick question, make a call to the bank or just a quick call to friend to confirm a playdate, without a kid screaming in the background so much so that you need to lock yourself in a bathroom in order to hear the person on the other line. Or maybe you can just wait until you have the 1 1/2 naptime to make those calls, handle the never ending loads of laundry that is constantly produced by a toddler (remember those 9-5ers take half of their clothes to the dry-cleaners; i.e., pay someone else to clean their crap), clean up after breakfast, which usually includes mopping up a sticky or milky mess on the floor, table, walls, windows, etc. then in that same 1 1/2 be sure that you tidy up the house, clean all three bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, living room, (yeah, this is not done everyday, but with a child(ren) it is more often needed then a house without child), then consider what you are feeding your family for dinner tonight and make sure that you have all those items available in the frig/pantry. Then of course this is the best time to get your real "to do list" started which usually includes a trip to the store not just for standard household items, but don't forget that birthday party for the 2 year old this weekend that you still don't have a gift for because last time you were in Target, your toddler never let you pass the milk isle without having to leave before security considering asking you to leave because your toddler was disturbing other customers. Oh and for that 9-5er that seems to think a "quick" trip to the store should be easy, I challenge them to take my kid with them next time they go. I've never been in a store, even for a gallon of milk, that didn't take 20-30 minutes plus just because I had to negotiate a quiet trip before entering; which ended up failing anyway. And one last reminder…now that we are “stay at home” moms, apparently we have time to handle all administrative tasks, which include filing, budget planning (because now we are trying to appropriately spend someone else’s money), calling your health insurance company to figure out why they didn’t pay a $700 claim correctly, meanwhile calling the doctor to ask them to put your account on hold because your insurance company is full of a bunch of idiots that can’t process claims. The call to the insurance company only took 1 hour the last time I called because I had to talk to more than one idiot. Lucky me, I had ½ to spare before “constant attention” woke up from his nap. I use to regard stay at home moms the same way as these 9-5ers do (stay at home moms are lazy and don’t do anything all day), but now I realize the karma that results in those condescending thoughts! So my message for those 9-5ers is…KARMA. Your day will come. However, don’t get me wrong, not all of this is hard work. I do spend most of my day playing with my son; reading to him, playing cars, sitting in his playhouse, going to the park, the library, playgroup, Gymboree, just to name a few. And I wouldn’t trade any of it for an 8 hour day at the office dealing with a bunch of hormonal B’s; especially those complaining over their morning coffee that their stay at home mom friend never calls/emails them. I sometimes wonder if these 9 to 5 ers ever have trouble making a doctor’s appointment, vet appointment, call the gas company with a quick question, make a call to the bank or just a quick call to friend to confirm a playdate, without a kid screaming in the background so much so that you need to lock yourself in a bathroom in order to hear the person on the other line. Or maybe you can just wait until you have the 1 1/2 naptime to make those calls, handle the never ending loads of laundry that is constantly produced by a toddler (remember those 9-5ers take half of their clothes to the dry-cleaners; i.e., pay someone else to clean their crap), clean up after breakfast, which usually includes mopping up a sticky or milky mess on the floor, table, walls, windows, etc. then in that same 1 1/2 be sure that you tidy up the house, clean all three bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, living room, (yeah, this is not done everyday, but with a child(ren) it is more often needed then a house without child), then consider what you are feeding your family for dinner tonight and make sure that you have all those items available in the frig/pantry. Then of course this is the best time to get your real “to do list” started which usually includes a trip to the store not just for standard household items, but don’t forget that birthday party for the 2 year old this weekend that you still don’t have a gift for because last time you were in Target, your toddler never let you pass the milk isle without having to leave before security considering asking you to leave because your toddler was disturbing other customers. Oh and for that 9-5er that seems to think a “quick” trip to the store should be easy, I challenge them to take my kid with them next time they go. I’ve never been in a store, even for a gallon of milk, that didn’t take 20-30 minutes plus just because I had to negotiate a quiet trip before entering; which ended up failing anyway. And one last reminder…now that we are “stay at home” moms, apparently we have time to handle all administrative tasks, which include filing, budget planning (because now we are trying to appropriately spend someone else’s money), calling your health insurance company to figure out why they didn’t pay a $700 claim correctly, meanwhile calling the doctor to ask them to put your account on hold because your insurance company is full of a bunch of idiots that can’t process claims. The call to the insurance company only took 1 hour the last time I called because I had to talk to more than one idiot. Lucky me, I had ½ to spare before “constant attention” woke up from his nap.

I use to regard stay at home moms the same way as these 9-5ers do (stay at home moms are lazy and don’t do anything all day), but now I realize the karma that results in those condescending thoughts! So my message for those 9-5ers is…KARMA. Your day will come.

However, don’t get me wrong, not all of this is hard work. I do spend most of my day playing with my son; reading to him, playing cars, sitting in his playhouse, going to the park, the library, playgroup, Gymboree, just to name a few. And I wouldn’t trade any of it for an 8 hour day at the office dealing with a bunch of hormonal B’s; especially those complaining over their morning coffee that their stay at home mom friend never calls/emails them.

]]> By: Danyelle http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2976 Danyelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:07:49 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2976 I think maybe if these people that "work" 9 hours a day had their boss set up camp right next to them, I mean almost in their laps, if that would give them an idea of what constant really means. And when the boss is not on your lap, he could be somewhere else undoing all the work you just did, so either the boss is right ON TOP OF YOU, or you're worried about where he is and what he's doing. Oh and plus the boss rides home with you and asks if he can sleep in your bed and kick you all night. Yes I think that would give an accurate picture. I think maybe if these people that “work” 9 hours a day had their boss set up camp right next to them, I mean almost in their laps, if that would give them an idea of what constant really means. And when the boss is not on your lap, he could be somewhere else undoing all the work you just did, so either the boss is right ON TOP OF YOU, or you’re worried about where he is and what he’s doing.
Oh and plus the boss rides home with you and asks if he can sleep in your bed and kick you all night. Yes I think that would give an accurate picture.

]]> By: kelly http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2975 kelly Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2975 jackie: either great minds think alike or read each others' blogs. i was too lazy to link before, but now that you mention it.... http://saraplayshouse.com/blog/ http://iammommyplussome.blogspot.com/ jackie: either great minds think alike or read each others’ blogs. i was too lazy to link before, but now that you mention it….
http://saraplayshouse.com/blog/
http://iammommyplussome.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Greg http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2974 Greg Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:56:06 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2974 Ohhhh SNAAAAAAAAAAAP! Somebody call the fire department, because someone just got burned! Ohhhh SNAAAAAAAAAAAP! Somebody call the fire department, because someone just got burned!

]]> By: Jackie http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present/comment-page-1#comment-2973 Jackie Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:48:20 +0000 http://easycheese.net/2009/02/12/bandwagon-roll-call-present#comment-2973 I guess great minds think alike, second time I have seen this this morning :) I guess great minds think alike, second time I have seen this this morning :)

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