The Progressive Lady

I've been seeing a commercial for Progressive Insurance on TV for a week or two. The insurance guy comes to the woman's house, she opens the door and inside the house, the kids are yelling and hitting each other with what looks like light sabers. The mom tells the insurance guy how thankful she is that he has made the house call because getting out of the house with 4 kids is difficult. The 1st few times I saw this commercial I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but today I realized that not everyone's house is rowdy and loud. Don't get me wrong, there are many times when my house is full of 4 children and it is a quiet and peaceful place ( and no everyone is not asleep!) Daniel loves to draw, David like to watch TV and just veg-out, Samuel likes to play on the computer and Anna goes from one thing to another. However these quiet times never seem to happen when the phone rings. Somehow the phones' ring is much like the end-of-day school bell- the kids get all hyped up! They all want to talk to me at that very moment! I wonder if I was like that when I was a kid. I remember always wanting to know who was on the phone, I still ask Stephen who it is when he is on the phone. Some habits are just hard to break!!! So, for those of you that think that the commercial lady's house is an exaggeration, just know that it is not. And that I think it is really not of the ordinary at all!!!

Love,

Julie

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