Not sure if you guys have seen this before i thought it was fab!
:-)

WHY I LOVE MUM

Mum and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, 'I'm
tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed.

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for
the next day's lunches.

Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of
the freezer for supper the following evening,
checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar
container, put spoons and bowls on the table and
started the coffee pot for brewing the next
morning.

She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put

a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a

shirt and secured a loose button

She picked up the game pieces left on the table,

put the phone back on the charger and put the

telephone book into the drawer.

She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket

and hung up a towel to dry.

She yawned and stretched and headed for the

bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a

note to the teacher, counted out some cash for

the field trip, and pulled a text book out from

hiding under the chair.

She signed a birthday card for a friend,

addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a

quick note for the grocery store. She put both

near her purse.

Mom then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser,

put on her Night solution & age fighting

moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and

filed her nails.

Dad called out, 'I thought you were going to

bed.'

'I'm on my way,' she said.

She put some water into the dog's dish and put

the cat outside, then made sure the doors were

locked and the patio light was on.

She looked in on each of the kids and turned out

their bedside lamps and TV's, hung up a shirt,

threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had

a brief conversation with the one up still doing

homework.

In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out

clothing for the next day, straightened up the

shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most

important things to do list. She said her

prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of

her goals.

About that time, Dad turned off the TV and

announced to no one in particular. 'I'm going to

bed.'

And he did...without another thought.

Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women

live longer...?

CAUSE WE ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL..... (and we can't die sooner, we still have things to do)

That is neat, and so true sometimes!!!

Love You Mom!!!!

how true that is - and there should be one for coming in from work - my oh comes in makes a coffee and sits in front of the tv whereas I.............
put the washing out and a new wash on
put dinner on
empty the dishwasher
take the dog for a walk
listen to my son read
put the next wash out
dish dinner out
refill dishwasher
take child to club

make a cup of tea :)

I must send this on to my Mum.  That might reassure her that the reason she forgot to pick her only daughter up for work this morning (as she has been doing pretty much every morning for 3 years!) is because she has too much going on in her head and nothing to do with her increasingly frequent senior moments :-D

So SO true! Why do we do it? Answer because no one else will! :)
I have tried sitting back and seeing if anything gets done, but it doesn't and I just end up getting angry and doing all myself - with attitude!!

And its those little special things that make things magic, like laying out the kids PJs on their bed while they are in the bath, putting their night lamps on before bed time to make it nice and cosy for them when they come up to bed, listening to them read their books and telling them how well they are doing at school.
ahh my mum did all of this for me and I loved it, so now its my turn to do it for my kids, but I don't think men think this way at all xx

And its those little special things that make things magic, like laying out the kids PJs on their bed while they are in the bath

Aww how sweet gemini thats one thing i aways do i warm them on the radiator 1st so they are nice and warm mums eh!! we rock!

My mum was like this when I was younger and still is now to everyone she meets.  I'm so different and would like to dedicate this verse to my  husband, he does so much for me!  He gets up at 5.30am, dishwasher and washer on, emptys dishwasher before he leaves for work, comes home cooks my tea (I detest cooking), tonight I've been out he's done the ironing.  He's a star!  I'd hate to be on wife swap as he wouldn't want to come back if he got a woman that did it all for him! lol

dont know how to do links!! but go into youtube and type       The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics    im sure a lot of you have seen it but otherwise take a look, thought it was so true and so funny!
emma

how very true