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I am a mom, a wife, and a teacher-librarian. I have four boys at home: Main Man (44), #1 (14), #2 (11), and #3 (7). Although they keep me very busy, I also look after a library for an elementary student population of 500 (give or take). I love my family; I love my job.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

And Now From the "I Wish I Had This Problem" Department


The latest excuse for not handing in homework on time:

Dear Mrs. LibraryMama,

Little darling cannot hand her homework in today because the cleaning lady moved it and we can't find it.

Sincerely,
Little Darling's Mom

9 comments:

BlondeMomBlog (Jamie) said...

Oh GOOD LORD!

Yep, me too. I only wish I had that "problem." ;)

And Happy Birthday to #1!!!

Dino said...

see mine is always eaten by the dog!

I do wish I had a cleaning lady

Bathroom Hippo said...


I buy it.

Lowa said...

I may have that problem soon. :) LOL

Stud got a raise and I am going to try and convince him that we need someone to come in a help. At least once or twice a month. I have many friends who have someone comein weekly. Can you INAGINE!?!?

Suzan Abrams, email: suzanabrams@live.co.uk said...

Ha-ha!

Big Pissy said...

The rich really ARE different, aren't they? ;-)

Bathroom Hippo said...


Hey Mrs. M,

How are things going? I was wondering if you'd like to have a part in one of my upcoming movies and include your voice?

It includes the LIBRARY!! That's why I need you.

Rick Rockhill said...

that is a classic. If I had my fictitious houskeeper when I was a kid, I would have used that excuse!

Library Mama said...

You guys are great. I've been in seclusion the last couple of weeks or so, trying to get my work done in between all of the dance recitals, guitar recitals, soccer wind-ups, softball wind-ups, etc..., and it's so comforting to get a comment in my inbox when I'm close to calling it quits.

Jamie - As of now, she has found her homework, but she still has two textbooks that haven't been handed in to the library yet. That's some cleaning lady! Thanks for the wishes for #1.

Katy - I could use that excuse too, except our Ruffy seems to prefer shoes to homework. ;-)

Hippo - Nice to see you back. I would be honoured to be in your movie, but I can't possibly help this week. I can definitely do it next week, if you can wait until then.

Lowa - I would let someone cut off my baby toe if it helped me get a weekly cleaning lady. I might need a little anaesthetic, but I would do it under those conditions.

Susan - Isn't my life funny? :-)

Pissy - What I wouldn't do to be that rich for just a little while!

Hi Savant - Nice to meet you. One of the things I found interesting about this story is that the student didn't make excuses, the mother did! Welcome to my world.

Thanks again, guys. My time of confinement should be over soon.

Take care, all of you.

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