Due to the current writer’s strike here on Mamma Talk, we will be airing a previously viewed blog post. Yes, this is a re-run. Once contract negotiations are reached, we will resume with our regular blogging.
Mammatalk: Yeah, if you think I deserve a raise, comment below! I’m on strike, baby…..
Macaroni Madness
My preschooler is addicted to macaroni and cheese. She is a bit of a connoisseur, really. She can name that mac with just one bite.
“I see it’s Kraft again, Mommy,” she says with a pinch of mac and cheese snobbery.
She would be happy to eat macaroni three times a day.
Macaroni! Macaroni! Macaroni!
“Pickiness is typical at this age,” reassures my doctor.
However, her macaroni passion does concern me. Do you think this could lead to addiction?
“Been macaroni-free for 154 days, dude.”
Are there Macaroni 12 step programs?
“I have come to accept that I am powerless over Kraft.”
What about macaroni withdrawals?
“Just gimme some more mac, man! Just a little more….”
And doesn’t addiction sometimes lead to crime?
“Attention, shoppers! The Mac Bandit was last seen in Aisle 8. Keep your valuables…Um…I mean, your macaroni on your person at all times!”
You don’t think I need to worry about Black Market Macaroni?
“Could I score some Mac off ya, bro?”
What about Macaroni Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Prep the Mac. Eat the Mac. Clean the Mac. Prep the Mac. Eat the Mac. Clean the Mac. Prep the Mac….
Can a macrobiotic, macaroni diet effect your health?
“Don’t know what it is, Doc. Her skin tone has been so…well, orange lately.”
And can someone overdose on macaroni and cheese?
“Send an ambulance! My daughter won’t stop eating the macaroni!!….Oh….and…um…Can ya stop by Safeway? We’re almost out.”
After all, I would prefer my mommy meltdown to be over something more pressing than macaroni.
“What finally pushed her over the edge?”
“It was …It was…mac and cheese!”
One can’t live on macaroni alone. That’s why I thank my lucky stars she at least eats the occasional grilled cheese. Gotta fill their diet with some variety, ya know.
PS. Don’t worry…She eats a spare veggie or two… Well….ah…...If I bribe her with some mac!
10 years ago
16 comments:
of course you deserve to get paid more.. don't we all?
Hilarious post. I've got some little dudes in the 12 step mac program over here too.
We miss you! And you deserve a raise!!
Ah, mac n cheese.
You totally deserve a raise. So do I. Who do I talk to about that?
mac and cheese is how i made it through college. well, that and beer. anyways, yes! all mama's need a raise!
True story...you deserve some income for this biz we like to call SHOW.....your writing is top shelf. Better than most the stuff they're publishing in some of the snooty parenting mags. Let us know when "THEY" budge. If they don't, you might want to talk to some of the Teamsters. I'm just sayin'....they might know some peoples...
My best, Lynn
I wish my son would eat mac n cheese. Nothing so easy for my boy. :(
My oldest daughter loves Mac N Cheese. But, it has to be the shells. She will chose a restaurant based on how good their mac n cheese is.
End The Strike! End The Strike! End The Strike!
I hadn't seen this the first time, so I'm slipping past the picket line!
It just so happens that today, the day I read this, we had TWO vessels of TWO different mac 'n' cheese preps in the fridge; one we made, and one we brought home from the restaurant! Can't get enough!
I'll negotiate for a raise...
LOL, yes, you should get paid more! All momma's should!
Hope your enjoying your break.
My 2 oldest are members of the mac n cheese club too.
As for the cloth diapers being cost effective...at first you have to spend a little money getting what you need. We are using prefolds & covers which is cheaper than other options. But you do have to add in the water & electric with washing them. For me it isnt about the cost, its knowing they wont be exposed to the chemicals in disposables. =)
good luck with the strike...but I have to say I'm anti union...but with the Mac and Cheese....think there are wars started over boxed vs. homemade?....kind of like in West side Story?
It's good! luxury watch?
wrist watches?
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