Jan 14 2009
Are You A Shlumpadinka?
The last few days at my home have been like a zoo, literally. We got a new pet, a Persian Guinea Pig, we named him Dr. Pepper. We got a new algae eater for my son’s fish tank which is lovingly named, “the kraken”…don’t ask. My mornings have had an entirely new routine change. I still wake up at 5:30am to get the rest of the house up and ready for school, but now, I feed all the fish, we have 1 octagon 30 gallon filled with Tetras, (and now the kraken), two bowls with Betas, an Itallian Mastiff who needs to be fed, watered and let out after I turn on the coffee maker, one albino, pure white cockatiel named Sugar, who is uncovered and given fresh water and now Doctor Pepper, who is just a few weeks old, just came from his momma and was the runt of his litter. His brothers and sisters are already two times his size…but he’s all black with a little white and has a mohawk. I promise to take a picture of him soon…he needs his tank cleaned, fresh water and food.
I also decided it was time to clean all the carpets in the house and since my home has wall to wall carpeting, it was quite a task to say the least! I was dragging this morning, but did what I needed to do, then I saw this, “uh oh…”
You know those days when you feel as if you’ve officially let yourself go? When you find yourself wearing a pair of baggy sweatpants and a PJ top not only to run out for the paper, but also to go to the market, the drug store and to drive afternoon carpool? Are most of your days like that? Recently, a name for a woman “who dresses like she’s completely given up” has entered the popular lexicon: shlumpadinka.
Does this describe you? (uhm, it kind of described me for the morning bus run…*shrug*)
Family Fun.com has some of the most creative activites for kids and families I have found. I especially appreciate the fact they seem to understand the SAHM, WFHM, Moms who work Outside the Home and Moms who are everything!
Follow this link and take the Shlumpadinka quiz!
Find out if you are in fact, a Shlumpadinka by choosing the responses that sound most like you — and get ready to “shed the shlump” for good!
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