Parent- Job description

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way, Im not sure if any of us would have done it!!

POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5..
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :

Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more..

BENEFITS :

While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love, and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

Forward this on to all the PARENTS you know, in appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis, letting them know they are appreciated for the fabulous job they do.
OR forward with love to anyone thinking of applying for the job.

** AND A FOOTNOTE 'THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!!

Times are tuff....

Times are tuff I never thought it would get this bad.  My grandfather passed away and my grandma is having a hard time.  My mom is having a hard time, and now finally we are now feeling the effects of the economy and the hard times.  It is not easy watching people struggle especially the ones you are close to.

Im hoping that looking to the future and seeing the good things that are to come with help all of us over come this trying time.  Just know i love you and there is hope.  Just live it up and have fun cuz our time is so short.   Just be with the ones you love and enjoy your time and theirs cuz it can be gone before you know it.   As noted in kye's obit.  "Cherish all the times you have 'cause in  a split second everything can be gone."

Kittens, Kittens, and More Kittens

So in the middle of getting excited about catching up my blog, I realized there is so  much i have not posted lately.  Our Momma cat princess had babies, and to our surprise they have turned into little white siamese (not what we were expecting if you couldn't tell)  Our mamma cat is very black and fluffy and the cat we thought got her pregnant was evidently not the one lol.  

The birth was amazing and she pulled through like a champ giving birth to three little ones and it just so happened to be mothers day.  It was the best mothers day gift of all.  

Since they have been born they have become so playful and fluffy.  Their colors have changed in so many ways its been really neat to watch them grow.  At the moment they have become adventurous and discovered they can leave the bathroom.  That has been quite the trick lol.  Any one else want to add more craziness to the family???  BRING IT ON!!

Here are some pictures of our fun little rug rats.

MOMMA CAT WITH HER BABIES.

THIS IS THE FIRST BABY AND WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE WHEN THEY WERE BORN.

THE TROUBLE MAKERS NOW.

CUTE LITTLE FACES AND TAIL.

Sleep Anyone???

So this morning I got woke up to alot of slamming doors and frusteration.  I was up all night with our 3 little kittens and momma cat.  It seems the little ones are starving and mamma cant feed them she is very sore.  It looks like they have scratched her tummy up.  I will just have to go get them some soft food from the store and hope they get the concepts of eating out of a bowl.

On another note kids....... oh where do i begin with the kids?  They dont sleep.... Ever!!  It seems that no matter what time they go to bed they are up at the crack of light.  I dont normally let them stay up late, but summer is here and if the kids are behaved and happy then i let them stay up a few hours extra and let them have some fun.  Otherwise its early bedtime.  They are in bed by 8 but dont go to sleep till like 10 it seems.  Then once again they are up at 5,6,7........  Oh man am i tired.

It seems to me im always fighting with my husband on who gets to sleep in.  I guess one day when the kids are all grown up we will get plenty but until then ill just have to take mini naps and wake up with key board prints on my forehead trying to stay awake lol.