ABC Adventure
My baby girl’s ABC Adventure:
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Posted in Misc, The Monkey, too freaking cute on July 23rd, 2007 by ModernMami | | 4 Comments
Working Mothers - A Delicate Balance
It’s Wednesday!
What a hectic week so far.
Work is super busy. Of course, the home life is always hectic.
I find that more often than not, I have an inner battle going on.
Part of me knows that I can’t possibly keep up with everything - home, work, husband, daughter, myself, parents, etc.
Yet, the other half, for whatever unknown ridiculous reason, has it in her head that she should be able to keep up with everything. Not just should, but MUST.
It’s insane.
I realized the other day that this is probably due to years of brainwashing from my mother. And, when I say brainwashing, I mean that in the nicest way possible. Obviously, she did not set out to corrupt my mind. But, through example, it happened.
You see, my mother was a stay at home mom - way before that was even a term; in fact, I believe the term at the time was “housewife.” 
Anyway, since she stayed home with us until I was about 12 or so, I watched her keep the house in an impeccable state of cleanliness. She had no clutter, no baskets of laundry just waiting to be folded, no dust, and always had dinner on the table when my father came home from work.
Even when she did start working, she still managed to come home from work, and get right to the kitchen. Maybe it had something to do with our Puerto Rican culture. But, whatever it was, it still amazes me how she did it.
I struggle on a daily basis to be able to just put a quick dinner together. To spend some time with my baby girl after a long day at work. Don’t even mention trying to squeeze in some time for the husband.
I think (well actually, it was brought to my attention by the husband recently) that because I grew up seeing her manage so well, and because she often talked with me about having to be a “good wife”, I now have these extremely high (and false) expectations of myself.
It’s very frustrating.
How do you manage to keep up? Do you find you have false expectations for yourself?
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Posted in Motherhood, Sahm, Women, Work on July 11th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 16 Comments
Getting Pretty Big, huh?
For all you moms or soon-to-be moms out there, I’m sure you can relate. We’ve all heard those annoying comments or questions when pregnant.
The one I used to hate the most was, “Getting Pretty Big, huh?“.
I used to just smile and nod, or fake a lil laugh, but man, do I wish I could have just told them off.
I think next time, if I get the same question, I’ll try to answer with something like, “Big? You think I’m getting big? You don’t think I could be pregnant, do you?”.
What sorts of questions/comments did you get when pregnant or as a new mom? What was your answer (or what you wish you had said)?
Don’t you wish you could have just handed them this
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Posted in Motherhood, Pregnancy on July 6th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 10 Comments
Happy 4th of July!
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July. Enjoy your day with the family! 
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Posted in Misc on July 4th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 0 Comments
Mondays, blah
After a day at the beach - did I say a day? It was more like 2 hours, I think we spent more time driving to and from the beach.
It started to rain after being there only about 2 hours. But, at least baby girl got to play in the sand a bit and got to run around in the water a little before we had to leave.
So, anyway, after our lil beach escape and the weekend, it’s back to Monday and back to work. 
Now, we just need to figure out what we’ll be doing for the 4th of July holiday.
What do you and your family like to do for the 4th? Fireworks? BBQ?
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Posted in Misc on July 2nd, 2007 by ModernMami | | 0 Comments
