Mom!!! The lights green!!!

Driving home, after driving nearly 2 hours straight this afternoon, I stopped at a red light. I clearly saw that the light had turned to green. My children started telling me from the back seat "Mom its GREEN". In my head I said "I know!!!!" I clenched the steering wheel and said "I am turning and I have to wait for the cars to go by so I can turn". All I heard from the back seat was "OH".
When my oldest son, now 22, was only 5 he came home from school almost preaching about all the germs in the house. 1 thing particular was about how to thaw meat. He said " Mom thaw the meat in the fridge" in my mind I thought "well we haven't poisoned yet" but my response was "I Know", so I thawed te meat in the fridge (sometimes).
When our oldest daughter was 17, now 21, she came home after curfew, she was a bit tipsy, she tried to sneak into bed, well if your a parent with any age kids we have the ears of an elephant. I can hear the slightest conversation from way across the house. In the morning we talked and she said " I got home early and went to bed". I said " No you didn't, I was awake and I heard you get home...I KNOW these things".
When my daughters car broke down. she's now 19, we insisted she needed a new battery. She insisted she didn't, she said " I just need gas", Well she got a new battery and the car started right away. We gave her the "We Knew!!!" look.
Over the past 20 years I've had so many " I KNOW" moments, some surprised even me. I've also had so many " Hmmmm I did not know that" moments. I say 20 yrs because i'll admit the first couple of years of motherhood were full of "I dont know anything" moments.
I was 17 when I had my first child, I lived with my parents until I turned 18 and moved out on my own. I was 19 when I had my oldest daughter, after that I lost count of my age, and the only thing that mattered was my children and their ages thoe things I KNOW!!! ask me how much they weighed at birth or the time of birth and my answer will be I DONT KNOW, but I do know their exact where abouts, their friends, PIN # to all their bank accounts, health card numbers, birthdates, teachers names, cell phone numbers, FB passwords and so on and tell me you say one of my kids posting something inappropriate on their FB wall and i'll respond "I KNOW" its been dealt with already :)
With that Gnite :)

I dug out my flip flips to early

I woke up to a snow storm at the end of April. I had to time everything just right. I knew the streets would be icy. Everyone was at least 10 minutes late. How did this happen I thought to myself. I timed everything just right. School lunches were made, van was warming up, sweaters were pulled out of the closet. I left at least 10 minutes earlier. Well, I hit every red light, I drove behind someone going slower than usual, I had 2 extra stops to make and I had to stop for gas.
Over the years I have had to put more than my share of kilometers on our vehicles.
When my husband and I started living together, we lived out of town on an acreage. Everyone had to wake up an hour earlier and we had to travel in all types of weather.
We have had to drive to 3 different school for different start times and different end times.
The joys of being blessed with so many children and trying to support them all with their education.
Tomorrow is another day and this time I have all my ducks in a row and everyone will be on time.
Goodnite