What Are Stupid Things You've Done Around the House??

Oh goodness, Let's see. I've forgotten I was feeding my kids and the water evaporated before I ever put the pasta in.

I've decided that "just this once" I'll throw a load in without checking pockets and without fail, there was a crayon and the clothes were ruined.

I'll get so busy I am not hungry and at three o'clock my kids will ask for something to eat (horrible feeling that I forgot to feed them at lunch time!!)

I cheat and skip pages in books when I'm too tired to finish a whole one.

If I could post all the stupid things I've done in eleven years of mothering it would take me all day.

The best part of Mothering is at the end of the day, when you tuck them in, say your prayers, and kiss them goodnight - you realize that regardless of anything you've done wrong that day, they're still perfect and you're still their Mommy.

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HA HA! Wait till you hear what I have done!

I was at my OBs office an the wait was really long. I was nursing my 6 week old son and nodded off with his blanket over us. He fell asleep at the boob as well. When they finally called my name, I woke up, stood up and put my son in his stroller, walked past ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WAITING ROOM - MEN AND WOMEN WITH A BOOB HANGING OUT. I had no idea it was blowing in the wind until a nurse looked at me horrified.

Yup - motherhood is humbling :)

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When my first child was just a few weeks old I decided to sanitize some pacifiers by putting in a pot of water on the stove to boil. When my daughter fell asleep I took the rare opportunity ti hop into the shower.... and completely forgot about the pacifiers boiling on the stove. I took a nice long hot shower and it wasn;t until I got out and smelled something burning that I remembered. Ugh, the pot was smoking, there was NO water left in the pan and the pacifiers were a melting blob of plastic. I opened the back door and threw the pot into the rainy backyard. Since the whole house stunk of toxic plastic I was worried about the health effects it could have on my new baby. So I had to wake the baby, grab the dog and shove us all the car. I sobbed on my way to my mom's house. Wow, those early days were emotional!

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Backburner stories seem to rate number one! Adds new meaning to "put that one on the backburner" ha ha.

Anyhoo, I put some eggs on the stove to boil and forgot about them until I smelled "sulphur" (smells like really bad farts) filling the house. I went down to the kitchen to find my newly painted and redesigned kitchen had been "egged" after the water boiled away and the little buggers exploded into a million pieces all over the place! My walls, ceilings, windows, new appliances and countertops were caked in harded egg parts. I had to scrape for endless hours, and have the contractors come back to repair the damage. :{

My other story didn't happen around the house. When I went to consultant status at my job, I began to bring my baby to work about once or twice a week, otherwise I worked from home. As part of my job, I had to meet with "foreign dignitaries" when they'd come for important meetings and conferences. One day, I brought my son in to drop off some paper work and check my inter-office mail box, when I was stopped by my secretary in the hall just as I was about to leave. She apparently forgot to tell me a dignitary was arriving in the next half hour for a conference that was taking place that weekend, which I knew about. What I didn't know is that she scheduled a meeting between myself, my boss and this person and it was going to be taking place in the next half hour!!

I was totally horrified as I would have found a babysitter for the day. My son was teething, and just starting out with solids and it wasn't going too well. A lot of intestinal trouble...big undigested chunks or worse. I tried leaving my baby with my secretary, but he totally freaked out on her, so even though she knew better, she wheeled his stroller into our closed meeting and I wound up trying to amuse my 7-month-old son in his stroller to this "power meeting" with all of these stuffed shirts and important people (I was the only woman adding to the tension).

My boss was horrified and amused at the same time that this all wound up happening this way. But we were all on the spot. I explained to my boss what happened with the schedule mix up, and we knew that rescheduling was out of the question, so we tried to make a go of things. Imagine trying to negotiate a big deal with a crying baby on hand. It was surreal I tell you! Absolutely a nightmare. I truly kept thinking I was going to wake up from a bad dream, but no go. It was oh, so real.

To make things worse, not only was I not prepared to discuss the matters of the day (I was under the assumption I had two more days to prepare) I wasn't dressed appropriately, which considering who the guest was, it was a very big deal. It was a very hot summer day, so I had on a sun-dress with shoulders exposed and open toe sandals. My son was in his first short set. Everyone tried to be very good natured as my son was very "vocal" and amused by the faces, fast talking (we had an interpreter on hand) and my clearly tense demeanor. I was very uncomfortable, and wound up finding an old sweater that smelled bad, that someone had left in the lost in found to wear.

Midway through the meeting, my secretary (who at this point I was ready to throw all of her stuff in a box and send her packing to the unemployment office) interupted the meeting to tell me that I had a call that I needed to take an important phone call (even though I told her to hold all calls and gave her the evil eye as she insisted I take it) so I got up and was about to put the baby in the stroller to wheel him out of the room, when the guest (he was from Italy) suddenly announced in the middle of our discussion that he wanted to wait for me before continuing on, and until I got back, he wanted to hold the baby. He even made the point that via the interpreter that he thought it was so great that we had a work environment where children were welcome and women had flexibility.

My boss (who I know was thinking his world was crashing and burning at this point) totally relaxed and was so happy he said that until I got up to get that call, and handed my son to our guest. The very moment he held my son, my boy broke out in hysterical drooling and toothless laughter as he let out the most exlposive fart ever, causing what seemed like endless diarrea to leak from his diaper. The poor man's fine Italian suit was coated in smelly, mustard colored pooh! I just about died as I literally saw my boss' eyes rolling to the back of his head, as though he were going to pass out. I just thought "this can not be my life!" How many moms find themselves in a weird situation like this...except those in movies? But it happened. I didn't get fired. My secretary totally got her ears boxed...totally! I forbade her to schedule my appointments anymore. I became best friends with my "crack-berry" after that. The man (guest) was in hysterics (the okay kind) and said it was funniest thing ever and miraculously still respected me when things calm down. In the end, it made a meeting that was actually very serious in nature go much better in the end. It all worked out in the end, though we all had our hands full (literally) as we tried to clean up. But man...that was probably my all time "stupid" mommy moment.

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oh boy...my list could be endless. I have also done the burner thing..........more than once. Actually caught a box on fire once...threw it out the back door and it then started burning the paint off my house. Melted things alot too! I am dangerous with the stove. That is why I should not cook. Wish that excuse worked!
Melted crayons, gum, candy, etc in the dryer...not good at checking pockets.
Put something in the oven to keep warm for hubby..he didn't eat that night after work- I forgot about it until went to preheat oven again. Oops!
Totally guilty of putting fridge food in cabinet, cabinet food in fridge. Threw away a spoon, put empty yogart container in dishwasher.
Call kids by wrong name... this is heriditary. My grandma always does this. Asks me if I have talked to J. (meaning my sister Tori, etc.) Same thing with dogs! Sometimes yell at dogs when meaning kids or vice versa too.
Often forget where I am going or why I went into a certain room.
I am sure many many many more but too busy to think of them right now.
Fun thinking about this one though! Thanks

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I had a demonstration at my house about 6 months ago, and while putting out the snacks, I decided to keep the salsa jar, the peanut can, etc.... storing them in the pantry to put the ;eftovers back into. Yesterday I went into the pantry to get alfredo sauce, and there they were.... dried up nasty jars of salsa and french onion dip...YUCK!
Probably the worst and dumbest mistake I made was putting the oven on self clean without wiping the inside out... I saw flames, but couldn't open the door.... had to call the fire department to not only stop my house from burning down, but to be treated for smoke inhalation.
A nasty salsa jar looks great compared to a burned out oven!

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I have always told my kids NEVER put dishes in the oven to store. Well, one day my furnace quit working and I had to have a serviceman come to look at it. The night before, I was lazy and didn't do all the dishes. I COULDN'T have someone come over and see dirty tupperware in the sink. sooooo I crammed in into the oven quickly and voila! No dirty dishes! Hmmm. Forgot about it and whipped up some nice chicken enchiladas and preheated the oven. About 10 minutes later, what is that HORRIBLE smell? I opened up my oven and flames burst out of it. AHHHHH! I can't find the fire extinguisher, my house is going to catch on fire! I quickly grabbed to soup kettle and filled it with water and doused the flames. Have you ever tried cleaning molten plastic out of oven grates? Was not fun. Had to be cut off. My 16 year old said," Mom, if I had done that, you would have been so pissed off at me!"

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As a result of trying to get three kids out the door, I've left the house to meet another Mom for a playdate and didn't realize until I got home that I had two different gym shoes on! The playdate was at a busy indoor park. I've always wondered how many noticed....My friend didn't :).

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I put Spic and Span in the dishwasher instead of dishwashing liquid, had a HUGE mess to clean up. Good thing...the floor was nice and clean!

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Yeah, have you done this; called your children each others names or by the dogs name? Put the dirty underwear in the fridge. Forget to pick a child up from somewhere. Forgot to put a stamp on the envelope and put the envelope in th USPS mailbox, no way to get that one back until it is returned to you. Forgot to sign a check you were writing. Been driving a routine route and forget to turn at your destination, hit the send button on a text without typing the message first, called someone but forget who you called before they answered. I could go on and on but I think you get my drift.
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I'm guilty of the burner on the stove. In my case, I tend to put unheatable items on it (like a nice tupperware container that I've yet to replace) and burn them.

I've done the crayon in the washer thing. Hate that.

I constantly call kids and pets each other's names.

I've spilled paint on just about everything by not being careful.

I've not done this personally, but I know of several people who've driven to work and realized they forgot to take their kids to day care, the sitter, etc.

I recently accidentally put the stove on "Clean" when I meant to hit "clock" and had to wait almost 2 hours to open it up again. Couldn't leave the house for fear of burning it down.

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Not too long ago I woke up late and was rushing around (no coffee yet) trying to get my son ready for school so he could hopefully still catch the bus. I normally fix him breakfast and don't feed him cereal during the week, but opted for it this day since I didn't have time. I also had our puppy nipping my heels for breakfast as well........ I served my son puppy chow with milk and gave my puppy a bowl full of cereal.....the puppy loved it....my son - not so much!!! (I normally don't feed my puppy in a regular bowl but did this day because his puppy bowl was in the dishwasher!)

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hmm looking back on our 1st year i've: walked around stores with leaky boobymilk spots on my shirt, which noone mentioned before i got halfway through the store! Made a playdate to go to the park and was completely confused when she showed up asking me if I was ready to go! Farted loud in public then looked at baby like she did it! I forget stuff in the oven all the time, pizzas can be frisbees if left in there long enough! I forgot i had a diaper genie for a while and wow those diapers were horrible! I forget where we were supposed to go after i leave our driveway and always forget what it was i was at the store for! Lots of others but i'm to tired to remember!!

just the other day i went to put deodorant on and i didnt even lift my shirt stuck it to my pit then realized "um this would work better if it were on my skin and not the clothing. i am 28 weeks pregnant so i blame the baby

Just this morning I took a load of dirty laundry to the garage, set it on the table, moved the clean laundry from the dryer to the basket, put the load from the washer into the dryer, added detergent to the washer, started the water running in the washer, then I picked up the basket of clean/dry laundry and dumped it into the washing machine. Oops.
I've also done several of the one other people have mentioned.

Got so busy doing other things that my child has to remind me he needs a bath!

The problem with not having a cord on the phone anymore is that you can put it in the refrigerator! aaarrrgh!

I do that burner thing about once a week. I've had two things in my hand one goes in the freezer the other in the fridge , and switched them , I did that with the pantry too, put the milk in the pantry and the cereal in the fridge.