Showing posts with label Ed the house-husband. Show all posts
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Mom's Contribution to the Household

Ed and I had a conversation the other day about our contributions to the household.  Since the axle strike, he has been laid-off from General Motors, and thinks that he is the only reason that things are running so smoothly around the house.  I have to admit that he is really a great help--especially at the end of the grading  period when things are so crazy and hectic for me.  

So anyway... as we were going down the list of all the stuff he's doing; cooking, grocery shopping, cleaning, washing windows, dusting, laundry, scrubbing toilets, shoveling sh--oops I mean snow, painting, organizing his office, working on the garage--the list is endless; he asked me what I'm doing to contribute the the betterment of the family.  

Boy, I really had to think hard.  Of course, the top of the list would be that I'm the family bread-winner!  I get to be the one to pay the bills.  I'm also the our family public relations specialist, AND the social director.  (Now, you know at this point, I am really scrambling to find meaning for my existence.)  

I'm also the acting spiritual liaison for the family, and the communications expert.  On occasion, I even function as the family spell-checker.  I still work in gifts and acquisitions, although he has become much more proficient at ordering via the internet than I.

Anyway, at this point, I can't think of any more pretend jobs that I do that sound funny, but if you can think of any pointless, banal, pseudo-job that I do around the house besides grade papers, do Relief Society or sorority stuff, OR anything that has to do with scrapbooking, or whining, please post your contributions to my cause.  All entries will be taken with a light heart (not on my sleeve!)

Love, Claudia