momisms - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T00:05:35Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/momismsmomisms, part 3https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/momisms-part-32013-04-27T16:45:23.000Z2013-04-27T16:45:23.000ZCarolyn Almennigenhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/CarolynAlmennigen<div><p>Another chapter in the ongoing saga of being a mom. Sometimes my son will look at me and tell me not to bother saying it, because he knows what I'm going to say, and I tell him, consider it said. We always offer our kids advice about life in hopes they'll learn from our mistakes and not have to make them all themselves.</p><p>Let me know what your mom always told you!</p><p><br />1. Just do it!<br /><br />2. If you've been given a talent, it's your responsibility to use it.<br /><br />3. Find something you love to do, then figure out a way to get paid for it.<br /><br />4. Be muti-faceted. <br /><br />5. You don't have to have only one profession.<br /><br />6. You can do without a ot of things for a while.<br /><br />7. It takes 30 days to make or break a habit.<br /><br />8. If it looks like a choo-choo and sounds like a choo-choo, it's probably not a parakeet.<br /><br />9. Stand on your own two feet. <br /><br />10. Your face will freeze like that.<br /><br />11. Eat your vegetables. <br /><br />12. R. H. I. P. - Rank has it's privileges. Moms always outrank kids and always will. (My version of "Because I said so." I was in ROTC in high school. )<br /><br />13. Go to your room.<br /><br />14. It's not the end of the world.<br /><br />15. Say "What can I learn from this?" instead of "Why me?"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p></div>Momisms - Things Your Mother Told Youhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/momisms-things-your-mother-told-you2013-02-14T18:30:00.000Z2013-02-14T18:30:00.000ZCarolyn Almennigenhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/CarolynAlmennigen<div><p><br /> I'm glad you liked the first part of my book. Here's another installment for your viewing pleasure.<br /> <br /> Things you mother told you: See how many sayings our moms had in common!<br /> <br /> 1. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.<br /> <br /> 2. If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?<br /> <br /> 3. Money doesn't grow on trees.<br /> <br /> 4. You can do anything you set your mind to, and work hard enough.<br /> <br /> 5. I'm sure she had a good reason.<br /> <br /> 6. You have two ears, two eyes and only one mouth for a reason.<br /> <br /> 7. Leave the world a little better than you found it.<br /> <br /> 8. You can only change yourself.<br /> <br /> 9. Question everything.<br /> <br /> 10. Variety is the spice of life.<br /> <br /> 11. Wait until your father gets home.<br /> <br /> 12. Stand up straight.<br /> <br /> 13. I don't care who started it; I'm ending it.<br /> <br /> 14. Because I said so.<br /> <br /> 15. Don't make me pull this car over!<br /></p><p>My mom would have liked our business, Winning Domain Names. Visit us <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000ff;"><strong><a href="http://home-bizhelp.com/Winning-Domain-Names.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">here</span></a></strong></span> to see what we do.</p><p></p></div>