Mom and Me - The Eternal Struggle

As a mom, do you ever feel like it's all about the kids. We do everything for them. We were put here on this earth to be their mothers. We work 24/7 being Mom. We don't get sick days. We keep the house orderly. We prepare the meals (for those of us that can cook anyways). We make sure the kids get their homework assignments finished. We get into a routine in which every decision we make revolves around the kids and their schedules. There are so many aspects of being "Mom" that sometimes, you feel like you lost yourself - the person you were before you became a Mom. The Momadonna's realize this and make it a point to make sure we remember our personal identities.

Punk and The Professional go dancing. They really like to dance. All the Momadonna's like to dance in fact, but these two LIKE LIKE to dance (the meaning of "Like Like" will be explained another time).

Bitch escapes by going to school to be a nurse. She also religiously makes mani/pedi appointments. Once in a great while, a special treat, all the Momadonna's get away by having a spa day!

The Ringleader in particular was tired of feeling like she was "just" a mom. To combat this feeling, she took up running. She uses running to get out of the house, and be...herself. Last year she and her Accessory started doing Ragnar Relay Races-overnight races. Ringleader must enlist in the help of her family, as well as the other Momadonna's, to help her with the children so that she can do these races - without the kids.

Recently, Ringleader and her Accessory were "stranded" in paradise. They flew to Miami and ran (yes ran) 197 miles to Key West. They got stranded. Really! All flights were cancelled and they were stuck there - without kids - for an entire seven days! Now while this may seem enjoyable, and OH IT WAS (ask Ringleader), she very quickly realized that she missed her "Mom" role. She wanted her kids - she was done "not" being mom.

The Momadonna's feel it's very important and very healthy to remember that while we may do everything for our kids, and while we may be referred to as "so and so's mom" more often than to our own names, MOM'S NEED THEIR TIME too! Demand a balance in your life and devote at least .1% of your time to doing something that is just for you because we all know that the other 99.9% goes to being a mom. Do it. You will be a happier mom for it! - Just don't step out of the role for to long, or you may really start to miss what made you a Mom in the first place.

Bikini Dinner

So we lost a bet…. Not just any bet but one with the Accessories and now not only do we have to capitalize their names in the blog, but we also have to cook them dinner in our bikinis.

It all started when The Professional and Punk had a night out with a few of the Accessories. After a nice dinner they decided to hit a local pub. Unfortunately, when they entered the pub there wasn’t any music playing. This blocked their intended goal of dancing, so they had to come up with another activity to occupy themselves. Meet the Pool Table! The girls decided to play pool…well something like that. I don’t think we can call what Punk did actually playing pool. Not that she didn’t do something on a pool table where she hit the balls and someone yelled scratch, but I don’t think it qualifies as pool. However, playing pool was their intent.

Just to make things interesting an Accessory suggested a little wager. The girls should have known better, before they knew it they had lost the first bet and were in debt one winter car wash. Not satisfied with this little win the Accessories offered to let the Moms attempt a come back. So together they made the bet double or nothing with the losers giving the winners a nice dinner cooked and eaten ALL while in bikinis. At this juncture I want to stop and point out not even cheating could help the moms (Please don’t worry the girls made the cheating very obvious. It was as if they were just daring the Accessories to say no… which they didn’t). The end result was the Moms were soundly defeated. This is possibly due to Punks new scratching technique that includes not only losing the little white ball, but also causing other balls to fly off the table and across the dance floor. On the bright side, at least Punk was able to get on the dance floor
while chasing those balls….

The Accessories, secure in their victory, went on to make a few suggestions for the bikini dinner. Maybe the Moms should cook some pan-fried food like bacon? Oh, the Accessories think they are clever don’t they? Well we will see….yes, we will see.

Naughty Night

Ever have the urge to be naughty? The Momadonnas do. Frequently in fact. Now, some of you may be wondering what we mean by "naughty". Well, what do you think we mean? Haha, well each of the Momadonnas have a different meaning but, one thing for sure, we all like to be naughty together. I wont go into details, okay, maybe I will, but naughty night consists of things the Momadonna's usually wouldn't do.

For some, being "naughty" means to go over on their Weight Watchers points. Naughty night would consist of wine, lots of wine, and a ton of really greasy food with all disrespect for point calculations.

For others, it could mean snuggling on the couch with a heated blanket, a glass of wine, and nice warm weenie...named Lilly.For others, naughty night means weight lifting a magnum of wine while looking at the treadmill thinking "I should get on that the treadmill".And for some, they are simply looking forward to the punishment from "disobedient, mischievous, improper, indecent behavior" (this is the actual dictionary definition of naughty by the way) that being naughty brings...while drinking wine.Hmmm, has anyone else noticed that wine is a common factor in all things naughty?!? I think I should go post this article on Facepoke.

WHAT? Face POKE? Okay, but only if it makes me Twitter.

Trampolines

Trampolines are an adventure just waiting to happen. There are no official rules other than the manufacturer’s warning not to exceed 200 pounds. There is nothing telling you how high you can jump, what tricks you can do, or how old you need to be. You can play on a trampoline at any age! Although, we’re sure it is not recommended for most ages. This is because there is always someone getting hurt. The problem is that when an adult gets hurt, it is also funny. The Momadonnas all agree that without trampolines, America’s Funniest Videos would go out of business! Therefore, adults are always encouraged to jump even if it is against their better judgment.

As moms and adults, we found ourselves asking about these non-existent rules. Surely we should have some if only to use against the Minions later. So we “jumped” into the rule making process. As we “bounced” ideas off of each other we “tumbled” across one question that we felt had never been answered to our satisfaction and as budding scientists we thought we would address it. It was the universal question of how many so called “adults” you can have on a trampoline at one time. We compiled the data, completed the calculations, and after careful consideration we have come up with an answer: ZERO
Yes, the number of adults you can have on a trampoline at any one time is zero. If you are willing to disregard our conclusion then we recommend that you do not exceed 1 ½ -2 adults. Anything beyond this could result in something breaking, for us it was the trampoline. It turns out that 200 lb weight limit was there for a reason. Who knew? Think human taco with Momadonna filling. Ah yes the things we do for science…