My Favorite "Mom-isms"

"A job worth doing is a job worth doing well", How often have you heard that old saying? I am a big believer of this philosophy. Anything I set my mind too, I set out to do it well. You will never find me cutting corners or doing a project "half a**" because I was raised to finish what I started and to make sure that I do the best that I can.

"When I win the lottery" This saying will be written on my mothers' gravestone. We grew up with this saying almost everyday of my life. Ironically enough, we were poor but we never knew it and it never bothered my siblings and I. We had enough and my mother went out of her way to make sure we didn't want for much, but when we did want those brand new $100 sneakers or those new "jordache jeans" (hey they were a status back then), she would end the conversation with "when I win the lottery"

"Because I said so" This is a classic mom saying and not isolated to only my mother, but she pulled this saying out often. The classic no where to go defense when an unruly teen challenges authority. As a mom myself, I too use "because I said so"