this one is for the mamaws.

thinking of getting this for Mcakes. don't tell her, k?

So, I'm a total mamaw.  I use this word a lot when describing my favorite activities (snuggling, knitting, tea drinking, eating dinner way early, sending cards to all my youngin's - usually when the time is not right because I get easily confused, and going to sleep before the sun has completely gone to bed).  I've recently discovered that not everyone in the whole wide world is familiar with this word.  Let's use our context clues to try and figure out the word's meaning!  Okay, class?  What kind of person does all those things?  If you answered "a grandmother" then you are correct!  If you don't believe me, go to this link where wikitionary kindly breaks it down for ya.  You know this is correct and I'm not making it up because the internet never lies.  Especially sites that can easily be manipulated by so many.  Growing up I heard this term all the time so it's something I never realized wasn't used everywhere.  (I get confused easily.)  But yeah, a mamaw is your grandma.  Your grandfather is your papaw.  Obviously.  ~ThE mORe YoU KnOW~

Anyway - I'm a total MBMT (mamaw before my time) and I know I'm not alone.  Housewife often compares herself to a mamaw too.  We like to have sit down family dinners, drink some hot tea, go to our bedrooms early (after heavily moisturizing our ever-aging faces), read a little, and then LIGHTS OUT by 9.  Yes.  We are mamaws.  And you know what?  It's awesome.  I'm almost always well-rested.  Who cares if I'm in my midtwenties and I'm not out til the wee hours of the morning partying all day errday?  I did that for a period of time but then the real world* kicked my ass and told me "whoa girl, you can't keep doing this, I'm going to make you pay --- PAIN FOR DAYS."  So I listened to the real world and reserved party times for special occasions.  Or at least, let's say, not every other night like it used to be.  Ha.  But I am loving my mamaw status and if you are a mamaw, you should too!  So chin up, be a proud mamaw.  If you really just want to put on a face mask, knit some blankets, eat supper at 4:30, and go to bed before sunset on any given night - do it!  It's really (not) cool.  But whatevs.

I feel like this post is obnoxious?  Let's not change it though.  Also, I feel like I should confess that I wanted to fill it up with google image searched pictures of "mamaws" but then I thought of all the real life mamaws that I love dearly and their families love them dearly so maybe they don't want their image displayed on this dumb blog (even if I properly credit the source).  That's why I just put up the picture of the shirt I'm going to buy Mcakes and me.  Even if we don't really have "greatest blessings" in the traditional sense.  Our greatest blessings can be our animals and each other.  Boom.  Roasted.


*note:  I'm not referring to the shoulda-ended-an-eff-ton-of-seasons-ago MTV reality show.  I'm talking about ACTUAL REAL LIFE ON THIS PLANET EARTH.

why my housewife rules (and your's drools?).

1.  She cooks me supper on the regular.

2.  She freezes leftovers for meals later in the week and refrigerates individual servings for lunch the next day.

3.  When I pack my lunch for work, she writes cute notes on the napkin and slips it in as a surprise.

Other reasons:  she's pretty, she's influenced me to eat better & exercise (though I still haven't really got on her level for either - especially the exercise), she's smart, she laughs at my jokes, she asks how my day was, she wishes me a good day before I leave for work, she takes care of my animals if I can't be there, she keeps "mamaw" hours (this means we go to bed SUPER early), and did I mention that she feeds me?  Yeah - she feeds me... biggest reason!

homeschool.

Mcakes et moi (Halloween)

Just for my own memory I wanted to document... I have new roommates.  My old roommate moved back to the city he was living in before to be closer to work, home, and school.  Enter MICAH.  My bestie, Micah {ALSO KNOWN AS M-CAKES OR JUST M}, moved in with me.   Mcakes is a lovely little girl and fellow redheaded scorpio like moi (watch out world!).  I predict we will kill each other within the first month.  Juuuuuuuuust kidding.  We're not THAT bratty.  ;)

EXHIBIT A (sleepin' babes)

And with Micah comes Stella.  Stella is her hound dog.  Rory, my dog, and Stella are kind of socially awkward.  We joke that our girls are "homeschooled." {NO OFFENSE TO YOU HOMESCHOOLERS OUT THERE!}So, when you add in these two to me + Rory, my dog + Penny, my cat... you get a house full of women.  A house of bitches.  Ha.  So far no one has been seriously injured and nothing has been broken.  StellBell has initially taken on the role of ALPHA dog in the place.  But we all know that Penny rules the roost - don't you just love how disdainfully cats look down upon dogs?  SO sassy!  Ha.  Our homeschooled puppygirlbabies wear each other out fast - it's a buncha running/slobbering/barking in circles and then collapse.  See Exhibit A. 


I'm sure there will be more stories that pop up with this new twist to my life!  I'm just trying to enjoy the ride!