Today is not just Monday, it is WorkingMomLifeline.com ’s Mother-in-Law Monday!

The rules are simple. VERY simple:

1) Share your best Mother-In-Law story (or stories) as comments to this blog.

2) Keep it clean and keep out an actual name of your (or your “friend’s”) Mother-In-Law

3) Submit comment, repeat on Mondays as needed.

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I just read yet another gushing article about the new first family, where Barack & Michelle explained that they didn’t want their daughters to become spoiled, so they would continue the same rules they’d had in Chicago.

The girls had to make their own beds, they’d be cleaning up after the dog about to join them, and they’d stick to their usual morning routine, where both girls set their alarms, woke themselves up and got ready for school on their own (presumably cooking their own organic hot cereal and ironing their own impeccable private school uniforms). And of course television watching and junk food would be strictly limited.

Great - both Obamas already make me feel like an unintelligent failure with no fashion sense. Now I find out they’re infinitely superior as parents, too. How many of us even know a 7-year-old who can figure out how to set an alarm, get herself up and dressed, all without help? My kids are old enough to dress themselves, of course, but like most normal kids, they need a bit of nudging along the way.

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The tabloids and entertainment magazines are filled with the recent brouhaha over Jessica Simpson’s figure.

Apparently, she was photographed in a couple of not-so-flattering outfits, and after she read some unkind comments about her weight gain, Ms. Simpson blogged and blurted her way to several cover articles, detailing how hurt she was, and how she was comfortable with her womanly curves; several other celebrities offered support, including Jessica’s lip-synching sister Ashlee.

On the one hand, I love the fact that a tabloid darling is resisting the pressure to be a size 0; on the other hand, this is the same bubblehead who gave umpteen interviews about the workout regime she used to get into short shorts to play Daisy Duke, and honey, if you became famous largely because of your body, it’s a bit hard to complain that people are judging you based on what you look like. 

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Yesterday, I asked my eight year old daughter to go through her bathing suits from last summer, and see which ones still fit and which ones don’t.  We had just purchased a handful of new ones for this (yes, I’m a tad early, but we live in FL., so it’s more than just being super-anal) summer, and I knew she had them all stuffed into this one tiny drawer.

Eventually, she comes downstairs with four suits and one rashguard top, that had been a favorite…and was worn over and over again.  Here is where our “who’s on first?” exchange started to blossom.

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Today is not just Monday, it is WorkingMomLifeline.com ’s Mother-in-Law Monday!

The rules are simple. VERY simple:

1) Share your best Mother-In-Law story (or stories) as comments to this blog.

2) Keep it clean and keep out an actual name of your (or your “friend’s”) Mother-In-Law

3) Submit comment, repeat on Mondays as needed.

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Many of you know Renee Rayles, our Single Mom Genius.

Renee is an entrepreneur and the author of The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget.

Renee has offered to give away up to five (5) copies of this awesome book to the WorkingMomLifeline.com Moms who have the best, funniest, craziest or most memorable ”mom story.”

Enter your story as a comment to this blog entry and you will automatically be entered to win.

What are you waiting for?!

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