{"id":3130,"date":"2011-06-21T22:16:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2011-06-21T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:16:27","slug":"well-when-you-put-it-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3130","title":{"rendered":"Well when you put it that way&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;YES! This is a pretty accurate description of what I can be found doing most days. No wonder I&#8217;m so exhausted by the time I get around to my computer at night.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks Dad for sending this over our way.)<\/p>\n<p><em>This should be the next SURVIVOR SERIES!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Six married men will  be dropped on an island with one car and\u00a03 kids each for\u00a0six weeks. Each kid will play\u00a0two  sports and take either\u00a0music or\u00a0dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of &#8216;pretend&#8217; bills with not enough  money.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition, each man\u00a0will have to budget enough money for groceries each week. Each man\u00a0must remember the birthdays of\u00a0all their friends and relatives and\u00a0send cards out on time&#8211;no emailing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Each man must also take each child to a\u00a0doctor&#8217;s appointment, a\u00a0dentist appointment and a\u00a0haircut appointment. He must make one\u00a0unscheduled and\u00a0inconvenient visit per child to the\u00a0Emergency Room. He must also make\u00a0cookies or\u00a0cupcakes for a school  function.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside,\u00a0and keeping it<br \/>\npresentable at all times. The men will\u00a0only have access to television when the kids are asleepand\u00a0all chores are  done.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The men must shave their\u00a0legs, wear makeup daily, adorn\u00a0themselves\u00a0with jewelry, wear\u00a0uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished, and\u00a0eyebrows groomed. During\u00a0one of the six weeks the\u00a0men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, backaches, headaches, have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They must attend weekly school meetings and church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They will need  to read a book to the kids each\u00a0night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:30 am.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child&#8217;s birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size, doctor&#8217;s name, the child&#8217;s weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child&#8217;s favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear, and what they want to be when they grow up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The kids vote them off the island based on performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The last man wins only if&#8230;he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment&#8217;s notice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is&#8230;I still think J. would be the favorite parent around our house. He&#8217;d find a way to do it and not be frustrated and crabby like me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;YES! This is a pretty accurate description of what I can be found doing most days. No wonder I&#8217;m so exhausted by the time I get around to my computer at night. 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