Two Phrases I HATE Hearing.

As a wife and mother there are two phrases I absolutely HATE hearing. I'm sure some of you will understand both of them.

Phrase #1: Mom, WATCH THIS!
Explanation: I really hate this phrase. Most of the time the stunt my kids pull after saying this goes well and no harm is done. Other times it might be a minor injury. However, the origin of my hating this phrase comes from when I was little. Yes, I wasn't even a mommy when I learned to hate this phrase. You see, my younger sister was a spark of energy. She definitely had the attitude that my daughter has in regards to her older sisters (in Caroline's case her brother) which was, "If you can do it, so can I." Disregard the fact that she was younger and much smaller than my older sister and I. So often times, in the pool, she'd concoct this stunt to do off of the diving board and yell at my mom, "Hey mom, watch this." And most of the time it wouldn't work and she'd hit her head on the diving board and then have to go to the emergency room for stitches. So having experienced the trauma of watching your sister go limp in the pool with blood everywhere carries over to today.

Phrase #2: Honey you sure did miss the fun today!
Explanation: This usually comes from my husband when he and his dad have been working on something around the house. Yesterday, Jdhteach decided to start demoing the half bath we have (read his blog to find out why we're doing that). Of course, he told his dad and they worked from about 10:00 am until about 4:00 p.m. on that project. It shouldn't have taken them that long. I had to go to Target to get some of Jdhteach's medicine. While at Target I called home and heard that wonderful phrase. You see, in using one of the tools my father-in-law had accidentally cut the pipe to the sink. Keep in mind the water wasn't turned off, the bathroom is at the back of the house and the water cut-off is at the front of the house. This half bath is right next to the 2nd living area where we just recently had to replace the wood floor because our water heater broke. Yeah, that's right water went under the newly replaced wood floor. How much, I don't know yet. I came up with an errand to do so I wouldn't have to go home and see the carnage. It turned out to not be really bad, but I'm sure we're going to have to replace some of the floor.

Yes, those are the phrases I hate the most.