In honor of Mother's Day.....

"What do you want for Mother's Day?"  That's what I've been hearing from my husband the past couple of weeks.  I love my husband dearly but he sucks at gift giving.  He is also notorious for giving iTunes gift cards.  He gave me one for Valentine's day about 4-5 years ago.  He then gave me another one for Mother's Day 2 years ago on that fateful day that Lily broke her foot...I think I have established with him since then that iTunes gift cards are NOT an acceptable gift.  It may or may not have taken me giving him iTunes gift cards for gifts as well...So, I figured I would make a list of the things I truly want, not just for Mother's Day, but for all year around.  But especially on Mother's Day.  :)

1)  I want my family to put things back where they belong.  Clean up after themselves.  I can have the entire downstairs clean and then within 5 minutes they can have it destroyed.  I don't know how they do it....

2)  I want my husband to do what he says he will do within a reasonable amount of time.  I asked him last Sunday, Monday and Wednesday to put away the blankets that I washed and folded and put on the back of the couch.  Those blankets are still there.....It's that way with everything he says he will do.  I ask him to clean the bath tub.  "Oh yeah, I'll do that."  Yes he does it....a week or so later.  I also want him to stop having so many clothes strewn all over our bedroom.....and stop leaving Q-tips everywhere.

3)  I want my sons room to not smell like a sewage treatment plant.  'Nuff said with that one.

4)  I want my dogs to not shed any hair inside my house this day.

5)  I want my husband to wash and vacuum my car every other week for the rest of the year.

6)  I want my children to not fight or argue.

7)  I want to not hear a single person say "mom" all day long.

8)  I want ten “Leave me the heck alone” coupons with no expiration date.

9)  I want to sit in my nice quiet space and watch tv or read on my kindle while eating white chocolate covered strawberries or Gigi's cupcakes.

10)  I want a really nice and long back and foot rub.

11) Last but not least, I want some cash so I can go buy my own frickin' present.