Rules are meant to be broken!

Am I the only one who has rules for my kids but doesn’t really follow all of them?...Anyone? I justify this by telling myself that kids don’t follow all the rules anyways and it’s our job as parents to set them up for success by laying the foundation and groundwork.  We give them “rules” and guidelines that are ideal and then they break most of them and we just keep going at it and try to enforce best we can. I try my best to be a good role model and follow my own rules when my kids are around. But there are just some rules that I keep finding myself breaking, when I am alone and sometimes when they are around (and I have been caught! *cringe*).  
Here are the rules that I commonly break (to name a few):

1. No shoes in the house (hey I am in a hurry sometimes and just need to grab something before I head out).

2. No eating on the couch (because it’s so nice to lounge at night with a snack).

3. No eating in bed (don’t judge).

4. Always clean up after yourself (I try but sometimes I just can’t).

5. Don’t forget to say please and thank you (anyone else bark orders to their kids like a drill sergeant?).

6. Don’t talk to strangers (I am chatty by nature).

7. Don’t eat candy...in hiding...in the pantry...before a meal (enough said).

8. Don’t run in the house (see number 1).

9. Use your inside voice (see number 5).

10. Don’t talk with your mouth full (see 6).

11. Be patient (this is a really tough one for me).

12. Treat others how you would like to be treated (see 5).