Not Me! Monday

Here we go again. I have not been having a battle of wills with my husband over who would pick up the trash that was left on the back deck after our 4th of July party. I definitely did not let trash sit scattered all over my deck because he said he would pick it up (prior to the dogs tearing 3 sacks of trash apart).

I have not broken my own rule of showering every day simply because I was too busy too shower. And I discovered that my hair looks clean and cute in pigtails! Not me!

I am not incredibly behind on my work. I have also not wished that school was starting again and have definitely not wanted to throttle my daughter on more than one occasion! August cannot come fast enough!

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I did not take the kids for ice cream and french fries at 5:00, which is way too close to dinner time. I also did not seriously consider ordering more fries, I LOVE Braum's french fries!

My bedroom is not still filled up with all of the furniture I shoved in their to clean up the house before our 4th of July party. I am also not dreading opening up some of the closets in the house that I shoved more stuff into.

When my sister in law came over to lay out in the pool and I told her I would stay inside and get stuff done, I was not weak and ended up going outside to join her and also get some sun. There were definitely not too many "and"s in that previous sentence. And I did not get a little too much sun!

At our 4th of July party, my awful, horrible, and mean spirited neighbor (yes, she's that bad!) did not call the cops on us for doing fireworks. The police men that came did not think she was as pathetic as we do and felt bad for us having to live next to her!

Thanks for reading!

Not Me! Monday

WARNING: THIS POST IS WRITTEN BY AN ESPECIALLY CRANKY MOMMY.

I did not waste 30 minutes of my day talking to a women who argued with me about what my organization does. Seriously lady? I think I know what our beliefs are a little bit better than you do.

I did not take 2 tylenol pm last night when I went to bed, even though I was totally exhausted, because I had a headache and I wanted to be able to sleep through the night. I did not have a tylenol pm hangover all day today.

My daughter did not back out of another VBS this morning with a friend, while the friend and her mom were waiting for KK in our driveway.

I do not feel as if my children are punishing me for being gone all weekend by being whiny and clingy. I also did not have one of the best weekends EVER!

I am not about to put my especially cranky son to bed an hour earlier than normal, to save my sanity and help him feel better.

I am not mad at my husband because he accidentally lost 6 years worth of files and half of my pictures when he was re-building our computer. I know it was an accident, but he didn't lose any of his stuff, did he?

That's all the bitching I am going to do for now. Hope your day was better than mine!

Also, on a horribly sad note, I ask that all of you pray for the family of Courtney, a friend of my little sister's, who was killed in a car accident. She was 15 and her 17 year old sister was driving. Claremore Daily Progress has the story on the accident. I hope that you will all also remember that cars are deadly weapons. Please remember that just one moment of texting, not paying attention, etc can cause you or someone else to lose their life. (I do not know the details of what caused the accident and am not implying that anyone was irresponsible. This is just a reminder.)

Not Me! Monday on Tuesday

Yes, I know its Tuesday, but I had most of this post ready and just got too stinkin busy yesterday to finish it! Here we go!

I did not let my daughter eat two kinds of ice cream, gobstoppers, and yogurt for dinner one night while we were busy cleaning up the back yard! I did not then allow a dip in the hot tub to substitute for a bath that same evening.

I have not referred to my son as my "human garbage disposal" and I definitely do not feed him the left overs from the fridge that no one else will eat!

My husband did not show me up with his homemaking skills and frugality by getting out the sewing machine I got for Christmas in 2006, and cutting and hemming his pants into work shorts for the summer. And no, I did not teach him well, his momma did!

My internet did not get shut off yesterday due to a "security breach", because we were suspected of downloading movies (Not Us!) and my husband did not call Cox and chew them out regarding the privacy issues involved and their inability to verify if we had actually downloaded a movie, and in turn did not get us a day of free service for the hassle it caused us! And I am not constantly amazed by the powers my husband possesses in such instances!

Hope you enjoyed the tell all!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Confession Time! I have not realized that when I am super frustrated with one of my children, I stamp my foot like a two year old not getting their way. I did not laugh at my 15 mo old when he threw his first real fit this morning, throwing himself on the ground and crying, standing up and then repeating. My laughing did not make him start laughing and thus stop throwing a fit!

Our second guinea pig Bob has not turned out to be a total bully to our original guinea pig Joe and I am not super excited that he is going to a new home tonight, even though it will break my daughter's heart. I also have not been having to write "Feed Guinea Pigs" on my to do list every day to keep from forgetting to feed them. Not me!

I did not feel my head swell when I found out that 1,000 kids applied to the school KK got into and only 60 were accepted and my kid was one of them!!! And I am definitely not bragging right now!

I did not have a miniature meltdown last night because my husband was not 3 hours later than he said he would be. I was not overwhelmed with the house and kids and a social busy husband, and did not end up crying and cursing my unsuspecting hubby.

I also definitely do not realize that the left side of my blog is crowded with the column, and have not dreaded trying to fix it because it took such a long time for me to figure out how to make three columns in the first place. I think I will not just leave it for now.

Hope you have all enjoyed my confessions! Do you have any sins to confess?

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

MckMama is back and Stellan is doing better, so off we go with another Not Me! Monday!
I did not allow my 5 year old to stay home from school today, even though I knew she was probably faking dramatizing, simply because I had overslept and didn't really feel like rushing around like a crazy person to try and get ready and get to school by 9 am or she wouldn't be let into school for the day because of the new stupid rule at her school.

I also did not realize later that I still had to get out and go to QT to buy my three newspapers, and think, crap! While at QT, I did not feel bad about myself after seeing a girl woman my age looking very cute and sophisticated in work clothes while I was wearing jeans (with greasy stains), a t-shirt (with greasy stains), and hot pink tennis shoes with no make up, caring a dirty faced, barefoot toddler. Nope, I am more secure with my self image than that!

I do not secretly kinda enjoy the nights my husband stays at the firehouse or is out of town, because I get to put the kids to bed and not worry about anyone else, watch whatever tv I want and sleep in the middle of the bed, with Chandler (terrier) and the cat. I am a better wife than that!

I do not know that we are kinda crazy for getting a second guinea pig. Most of you know I am furry animal obsessed, but usually my husband balances me out and makes sure we keep the fur babies to a realistic minimum. I have read over and over that guinea pigs are happier in pairs so when Ben came across a free pig on craigslist, we jumped on it! The Princess promptly named him Bob, so we now have Joe & Bob. Pictures will be posted soon!

I am not in pain from wearing my retainers again. My teeth have been moving lately, so I decided to start wearing my retainers again and I am definitely not cringing with pain as we speak.

I hope you enjoyed my weekly confessions. This is my favorite post to do and I seriously encourage everyone to try it out! Visit MckMama's site to read lots more blogs who are also doing it!

Not Me! Monday

Yes, its baaaaack! I stopped the Not Me! Monday about 4 weeks ago in respect for MckMama and her baby Stellan's battle with SVT. Click her name to read more and please pray for this sweet baby, his 3 siblings (under 5) and their struggle. Here we go:

I have not taken to giving the Prince an empty bottle to use as a pacifier to go to sleep. I also have not been taking a bottle of formula with us when we go places where it would come in handy to keep him occupied (like a wedding).

I have not been told more times than I can count lately that I am "the worstest mommy" by my ever so dramatic 5 year old daughter. And she definitly did not add "on the planet" one really bad time.

I have not recently realized, nor am I admitting, how much my daughter loves tv and movies. This is her zone time and relaxes her, however she has recently been watching too much of it! So it has been a battle scaling back, which is where most of the "worstest mommy" comments come from!

I am not constantly amazed by how fast our house can go from clean to dirty. I swear it is clean when I go to bed and dirty when I wake up. How does that happen?

I have not been super jealous of my husband's new tattoo. I have definitely not been heavily hinting that it will be my turn soon. FYI: The blue fish is for Henry and the orange fish is for Cadence.



I have alot to be thankful for, so I am going to combine my Not Me! Monday post with a Grace in Small Things post.

Grace in Small Things
5/365 (still determined to do 365, even if it takes me a long time!)
1. A long talk with an old friend
2. Sunshine
3. A friend who babysat my children so I could attend a wedding shower
4. The way Henry hooks his right arm around mine when I hold him, and clings like a monkey!
5. My house, I love my house. Its not fancy, but it is ours!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Here we go again!

I am definitely not excited for the Princess to be on Spring Break this week and to have the excuse to cut back on my working hours. I love my job and working is always a pleasure! I am also not going to pretend that I am a Stay At Home Mom this week while she is off, as opposed to a Work At Home Mom!

I am not so horribly exhausted this morning that it is hard to look at my computer screen without falling asleep. And this is not due coughing all night last night and having an over tired little boy who woke up way too much last night. I also did not just give up on weaning him from the bottle last night because the night before was to miserable for both of us! I am also not contemplating napping when Henry, Abi (who is playing with us today) and Cadence take naps this afternoon. I have too much to do to nap!

I did not think how pretty Henry's hair would be if we were a girl last night, right before Oma gave him his first hair cut. I did not wish for just one second and Henry and KK had each other's hair!

And I am not totally enjoying the silence while Henry and Abi nap and KK play's at a neighbor's house. Ahhhhh.....

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Confession time. Here goes! (I am not in a fabulous mood, so it will be interesting to see where this takes us...)

I have not cursed my husband (silently) numerous time last week and this weekend for being sick. I have not thought that he really just needs to get over it, because I am sick too and am taking care of two sick and cranky children. I understand Mommy's can't get sick and even if they do, they definitely cannot act sick because there is no time for that. Especially Mommy's who work from home and are still home, so there is really no excuse not to work. Not Me!

I did not let the Princess stay home from school again, even though I knew within a couple of hours she would feel fine, just so I would not have to get out since I felt horrible.

I have not been pretending to be weaning the Prince from a bottle/formula, but not really doing it. I have not been thinking that I have plenty of formula and so what if he is one and a half before he gives up his bottle? Its not like he's 3!

I have not stopped almost all of my recycling since we moved back into the house, just because I am too lazy to get it all set back up again. I would never do that because I deeply care about the environment. I also have not forgotten my shopping bags for the two weeks and collected more plastic bags. At least I have sacks for dirty diapers!

That's it for today!

Not Me! Monday

Get ready to confess your sins!

I have not picked out a new name (I already have another) for a third child, a girl, especially since there is very little chance of actually having a third child, since Mr.Wright is done and I am 90% sure that two is fine. And I am definitely not keeping this name to myself in case someone might steal it!

I have not been getting Joe the Guinea Pig out of his cage after the Princess goes to bed to snuggle with him on the couch. And he definitely did not pee on me one of those times!

I did not go to sleep at 9:30 last night, even though House was on (and you know I can't miss House!) and it was so nice that I am definitely not thinking about doing it again tonight.

The Prince did not take off walking last week and never stopped. And I do not let him walk into the Princess's room and play in there while she is at school!

I have not just now realized that I never did another "Grace in Small Things" post. Oops!

I did not buy my husband a 44 oz bag of Reese's eggs at Sam's the other night, that is so unhealthy!

I did not threaten the horribly cranky Princess that we would be sleeping in our can in the Sam's parking lot if she did not wear her seat belt properly! Good mothers never have to threaten!

I hope you all enjoyed my indiscretions!

Not Me! Monday

Ahh, Not Me! Monday. When I started to think of my transgressions, I had a hard time thinking of some. I thought, "I don't have any, I was a pretty good Mommy this week" and then it all came flooding back!

I did not buy pop at the store today for Henry's birthday party and then put it all in my fridge and I definitely have not been drinking it.

I did not use Bella's birthday as an excuse to get out of the house by myself yesterday and spent an hour at the thrift store, coming home with books for myself! I definitely did not keep those books hidden until I could safely put them up.

I do not let Henry empty the contents of the trash can in the office on a daily basis, just so I can get a few more minutes of work done. That would be messy and teaching him bad habits and I would never do that!

I did not give my son a bowl of mashed potatoes and a spoon under the guise of letting him learn how to feed himself, simply to keep him safely in the high chair a bit longer so I could write this post. Not me!

I was not the teeniest, tiniest bit relieved that my hubby was traveling this week so that I could clean the house for the birthday party this weekend and have some much needed alone time at night and overdoes on House re-runs. I love my husband and always want him by my side!

I did not ground the Princess from tv and movies because she was disruptive during school and then allow her to watch "grown up" tv (Friends) with me so I would not also be punished. I know consistency is the key to parenting and I would never do that!

I hope you all enjoyed laughing with me!

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Thanks to Misti I have discovered the above blogger and her famous "Not Me Monday". I love reading when others do theirs (because we can all relate!), so I have decided to do one myself.

I did not spend my whole weekend checking Craiglist obsessively in hopes of being the first one to spot the next listing for a Guinea Pig with all of its stuff for very cheap. (This will be KK's b-day present). I have not missed out on a couple already and am going to be sure and not miss another!

I did not turn cartoons on for KK and put Henry in the play pen with a bottle so I could sleep off my Nyquil hangover this morning. A good mother would never do that. I definitly did not not check Henry's diaper before I plopped him in the play pen for an hour. I did not roll over and put the pillow over my head when KK told me to "go ahead and stay in bed", which means, I am doing something I shouldn't. (This turned out to be bringing me breakfast in bed!) I did not eat what she brought me in bed, Ritz crackers with cheese in a can on top, for breakfast!

I do not let the dogs in to clean up Henry's highchair and mess on the floor after he eats, before wiping it down with a cleaner. I also do not let the dogs in to clean up any spill (of a food or drink) instead of cleaning it up myself.

Well, I am sure I can think of a ton more, but that is it for my first Not Me Monday post. Hope you had a good laugh!