20 Rules...

...that I have broken: (in no particular order)

• I have stepped on a crack. (my Mom's back is fine. But mine has some sketchy days.)

• I have eaten raw cookie dough.

• I have given my young kids raw cookie dough.

• I didn't pick up after my dog in NYC. (And was yelled at. Nowadays I think the fine is $300.00)

• I yelled at a fellow driver in NYC. (And was counter-yelled at. By a big irate man who climbed out of his car to do the yelling. I locked my car.)

• I have argued with a police officer. ("My back wheels may have run the red light, but my front wheels were well within the yellow. And I was in the front seat.")

• I tried a cartwheel in my late 40s. To see if I still have it. (Nope.)

• I have gotten up in the middle of the night to go out and look at the stars.

• I took up bike riding in my mid-40s. To see if I still have it. (Yes!)

• I soundly give my opinion, frequently even if not even asked.

• I gave my kids 1 mental health day each semester to use if they did not want to go to school.

• I went to the Men's once. (Now, what female has not?)

• I have gone to bed without doing the dishes. (only a few times.)

• I grew a pineapple in Kansas last year.

• I told my young son that there were crocodiles under his bed and that he couldn't get out of bed during the night. (He's OK, really. Going to college next month!)

• I touched an art exhibit in a German museum once, because it looked just like a raw cut-up apple. It WAS a raw cut-up apple!! I still don't know if it was a joke. Maybe I'm on Deutsche Candid Camera somewhere.

• I have traveled to the Southern Hemisphere with a 3-year old, a 4-year old, and pregnant with another.

• I caused a commotion in a car repair once, utilizing 6 young kids hopping up and down in front of the counter in order to get service. Our flat was fixed post-haste.

• I have no problem eating a handful of chocolate chips, sans raw cookie dough.

• I let my daughter's cat sleep with us at night. This was always against the rules. But now I like it.