Oct 3, 2011
I Make the Rules and I Break the Rules!
I broke one of my cardinal rules, friends. You know, the ones that you yell at all your other family members for breaking? And then, one day…you do it?
Okay, here it is:
I opened a 2nd gallon of milk when there was already another open.
[GASP!!!]
This is a serious infraction. Serious.
My OCD can hardly handle this.
What are your household cardinal rules? Ever broken one yourself?
I think it’s good to have rules. I also think it’s good for me to break my own rules sometimes, because then it destroys that I’m-so-awesome-at-following-rules pride thing that I can so easily go to (have you picked up that I’m a “good girl”?)
It seems like often when I’m about to RAGE with anger at someone in my family about SOMETHING they did that they SHOULDN’T do (leave a wet towel on the floor, open 2 milks, leave dirty clothes lying around) I’ll find a pair of my dirty underwear on the floor within minutes. Minutes.
Welp, that’s a pride-buster.
I’m not saying that happens every time and I’m always super patient and gentle with other people when they don’t follow my rules, I’m just thankful for the times I do have some victories from God to give grace to the people I love most.
We have 2 gallons of milk open right now. It bothers me.
My big thing is telling the kids to take their shoes to their closet and looking down to see 3 pairs of my shoes in the living room floor.
I am all over my husband when he leaves beard trimmings on the bathroom sink without wiping it down. But inevitably, when I too am about to rage at him, I find one or two of my long hairs there….I don’t even know how they get there sometimes.
I was just in my fridge 15 minutes before reading this post combining 2 opened gallons of milk….as well as two ketchups and two bottles of ranch dressing. It was liberating. Now I am chuckling at your post.
I’m often preaching about enough sugar and enough media time while I crack open another soda and check out what is new on HULU.
Molly, relax! You have twins and are entitled to make the mistake AND I’m sure this is an exceedingly temporary condition. LOL.
HAHAHAHA! I JUST got dubbed the “bottle Nazi”! I got onto my husband for putting too little water in the bottle, therefore messing up the water-to-formula ratio…I went on and on about this- to insure that he wouldn’t do it again…and wouldn’t you know? Last night I got busted for putting in too much! LOL!!!! :o)Yep, total pride buster.