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"Not Me!" Monday-A Week Of Firsts

I haven't done a NMM in while so I figured it was high time! Especially after a few NMM worthy things happened last week. I'm calling this NMM "A Week Of Firsts" because many things happened for the first time. MckMama hosts "Not Me! Monday on her blog so make sure you check out her blog to see what NMM is all about and for more NMM fun. If you want to read more of my (exciting, dare I say?) NMM just click on the "Not Me Monday" tag in my right sidebar.

-Last week I did NOT go to pick up my newly resized (up! Gag) engagement ring and original wedding band only to find that my fingers seemed to have swelled since fitting them for resizing and they still don't fit. I would NOT happen to want to throw a stinking fit over that. Not me!

-Last week my vivacious,almost-four-year-old, first born daughter did NOT learn to swim! She did NOT start to dog paddle to daddy in the deep end. NOT my first baby girl who is growing way to quickly in my opinion. (Videos to come of, course!  Uh..,I mean, NOT)

-Said vivacious daughter did NOT also ask Jesus into her heart last week! (Do NOT click here  to check out the sweet story of her belief in Jesus Christ.

-Yesterday, my second baby girl did NOT start sleeping in her new, canopied, princess toddler bed. She is NOT already going to be TWO in two weeks. I am NOT utterly saddened by this fact.

(Breaking NMM format for a bit here, I apologize for the stinky quality of this photo. The lighting in Maddy's room is terrible for pictures. Maddy's bed is in a weird place in her room for right now while she's adjusting to sleeping in it and until we move her crib out. This picture is of the girls checking the bed out for the first time. Also excuse the mess and the stupid bins in the right corner that I kept NOT moving for these pictures. This room is getting an overhaul soon!)

Maddy sleeping in her new bed! She went right to bed and stayed there. Or should I say- She did NOT go right to bed and did NOT stay there.

-And last but not least(but certainly most embarrassing), I did NOT take a bag of shirts back to Sam's to return this past week only to find that I'd also accidentally added a pair of my underwear in with them when the cashier dumped the shirts out on to the counter and my purple granny panties fell out  a few inches away from the shirts in a little segregated pile of it's own. I did NOT feel as if I would faint in front of the line of people behind me and say " Woah! I'm NOT returning those! Hee hee" and quickly shove them into my purse.

Definitely a first.

I'm NOT the only one with some "No Me! Monday" moments this past week am I? What are yours?

Don't forget to check out My Charming Kids for more "Not Me! Monday".

Not Me! Monday

There's a lot I don't need to 'fess up to NOT doing  this week. Here we go.

After my Clumsy Version Not Me Monday Post  from last week these things did NOT happen:

-My hubby did NOT find out he had conjunctivitis in both eyes a couple of days after I injured my back.

-I did NOT think " Humph. I can't even be special and get hurt by myself. His eyes have to go and get blood shot eyes and feel like they're on fire. No fair". I am NOT that petty. In fact, I wouldn't go as far as having a "Pet Peeve Of The Day" category in my sidebar, for that matter. I am NOT petty! Not me!

- My sweet 22 month old, Madelyn, did NOT fall into an air conditioning vent at the Chiropractor's office and slice her forehead resulting in a trip to the ER and some Dermabond instead of stitches.

 

-I did NOT pick up the ring pop my 22 month old dropped on the grocery store floor as soon as we walked in, wipe it off with a wet wipe and give it back to her because she was wailing and I didn't have any more lollipops.

- I do NOT let my girls have lollipops while grocery shopping to keep them quiet so I can get my grocery shopping done. I'm a stickler for healthy treats and I don't feed their already demanding sweet tooth.

So,what things do you need to ' fess up to "NOT" doing this week? It's good for the soul. I feel better already.

Go check out MckMama's blog for more "Not Me! Monday" fun.

Not Me Monday-The clumsy version

I haven't done a NMM in awhile and this past week was definitely NMM worthy! We're calling this the Clumsy Version.

This past week I did NOT get my Croc caught on our baby gate and go sprawling on my face and knees into the dining room. And since that DID NOT happen this picture could not possibly be of my knee-

- I did NOT happen to spill black coffee down the front of my white tank top just as the very cute pizza delivery boy came to the front door.

- I did NOT then try to drape a baby blanket over the front of me to see if I could somehow pull the I-have-a-baby-waiting-to-be-cuddled-in-the-next-room look that would justify me having a receiving blanket casually thrown over my front.

-I did NOT pull that look off.

-All of said above coffee spilling/pizza delivery night did NOT happen because I got a migraine and was out of commission for four  hours.

- I did NOT hurt my back yesterday at our cook out while playing volleyball and get a bulging disc in my-ahem- butt area because of it.

-My adorable, sweet, little girls have NOT been trying to make me feel better by literally kissing my butt.

I am NOT staying on the couch this week icing my rear end and doing nothing so I can stay injury free!

Well, ok, I am really going to do that!

Head on over to MckMama's blog for more "Not Me!" Monday fun.

Not Me Monday

No Me Monday- where I write for all to see some of the silly/embarrassing/just plain idiotic/weird things I/my kids/my hubby probably maybe possibly absolutely did NOT do this past week. If we did, do you really think I would admit it? Well, that's what "Not Me!" Monday is for! Head on over to MckMama's blog for more stuff other people probably  maybe possibly absolutely did NOT do this week. Or maybe they did......???

- My first baby, who is now 3 1/2 years old, did NOT have her first official sleep over at Nana and Papa's house last night.

-She did NOT say to me before we left her " Call me if you need me."

- Of course I was happy to let her stay over so, of course, I did NOT get a little teary eyed at leaving her there.

-It has NOT been unusually quiet around here without my uber talkative  3 year old. My second-born 21 month old does NOT seem to be enjoying her alone time one bit! We did NOT both sleep in this morning because a certain someone was not around to cheerily wake us up.

-While taking a walk to "the rock place", I did NOT absentmindedly set my brand spankin' new cell phone somewhere at "the rock place", forget where I put it, and then proceed to manically search for it because I was sure it was lost. But thankfully since I did NOT do this I also did NOT happen to find it in the grass.Eventually.

-I did NOT have to have "the talk" with my 3 year old daughter,Katelyn, about where babies come from because she asked "Where do people sell babies?" because she really wanted to get one. NOT being flustered I just told her that God puts babies in mommies' bellies and then they go to the hospital and the doctor's take them out. I do NOT think this is the end of that conversation.

-My adorable 21 month old, Maddy, did NOT start yelling "Heeeelp" at the top of her lungs in Sam's last week. Other shoppers totally did NOT think we were kidnapping her.

-And last, but not least, I did NOT learn this truth this past week:
Eating hot wings + trying to read your Bible = permanent hot wing sauce on your Bible. What idiot would try to read their Bible AND eat messy, hot wings at the same time. Really not smart right? Well, thankfully, NOT me!!  Thankfully I would never do anything like that.

Just don't look at my Bible.....

So, what embarrassing/weird/silly/dumb/absentminded things did you NOT do this past week? I'd love to find out. Not to make myself fell better, of course.

Not Me Monday

Welcome to another edition of Not Me Monday hosted by MckMama. Where I confess blog about stuff I may or may not have done this past week. What kind of stuff? Well, certainly nothing a good mom like myself would ever do. Not me!!

-This past week I did NOT allow my girls to continue playing "doctor" on me with a play stethoscope and syringe while I took a potty break. I totally know how to say "wait" and "no" to my children.

-I did NOT just delete a NMM moment at my husband's request because he thought it was way too TMI for the rest of the world to know. No worries, it did not actually involve him. I'll give you a hint: Me. Desperate. Bucket. Not Me!!

-I did NOT have an emotional moment in the card aisle at CVS while looking at Mother's Day cards. I also did not look at the woman standing next to me and find that she, also, was getting a little teary eyed while reading the cards. We did NOT share a special, emotional giggle over the two of us standing there reading cards, sniffling and wiping our eyes.

-I did NOT go crazy and have a wrestling match with a wayunder ripe avocado while trying to open it because I really hoped that once I pried it open the inside would be ripe enough to put on my wrap. I do NOT like avocados that much. Not me!!

-I did NOT have a crazed woman episode the other day when I saw a squirrel tearing into my trash and starting to make a big mess. I did NOT run outside screaming and throwing rocks at it to get it away from my trash. I did NOT slam the lid down on the trash and yell "There you stupid squirrel! See if you can get in there now!". I swear I did NOT see the squirrel give me the finger on it's way up a tree....

- You would NOT have caught me YELLING at my three year old to STOP YELLING at her younger sister. That would be a terrible example, right? Which is why I would never do that.

 

See how this works? Play along over at MckMama's blog!

Not Me Monday!

   

Welcome to another, official, Not Me Monday! Being brutally honest and living to tell about it is the name of this game. Head over to MckMama's blog to see more funny (and way better than mine) NMM stories.

This past week I did NOT  give my three- year- old daughter my newly fixed camera and let her take some non flattering pictures of me outside. (That I'm actually planning on posting!)

I did NOT  iron a dress shirt with light staining on it for my hubby and let him wear it to work because I didn't feel like re-ironing another shirt that didn't have stains on it and because I figured he wouldn't notice the stains anyway.

I did NOT wear the same sports bra for three days straight because I kept forgetting to wash some new ones.

I did NOT call my neurologist's office to ask that he reconsider shortening the "no driving for six months" policy to four and half months because I'm so desperate to start driving again! (It was a no go, by the way)

I did NOT just post the lamest NMM so that I could take part in the first official NMM that MckMama has posted since Stellan went into the hospital all those weeks ago.

I am NOT hoping for some better NMM instances for next week. Hmm....kinda scary.

Not Me Monday- Left Behind Husband Edition

*UPDATED*

I had planned on posting this a month ago, right after my return from Texas. Then MckMama's infant son,Stellan, went into the hospital with SVT the Monday I was going to post this and she hasn't been able to do a NMM since then. So, I didn't post it. It looks like her readers have carried on the NMM tradition with her blessing so I'm posting this old one because I put a lot of work into it and though it was funny. So here goes this NMM, from my left behind husband's perspective, a month ago.

 

How I've missed doing "Not Me Monday's". While I was in Texas I really didn't have anything to post for NMM. But, now that I'm back..... *wink* *sheepish grin*

For those of you who are reading this and don't know- I just got back from a  6 week stay in Texas with  my family. Just me and the girls. My poor hubby was home abandoned alone for all  that time. If you want the whole story click here. So  my NMM is going to be...ahem... from his perspective this week. So, instead of confessing stuff I "didn't" do, I'm going to confess his sins stuff. I  mean, leaving your husband alone for 6 weeks has got to produce some pretty good "Not Me's", right?

 We're going to pretend Mike is writing this post.

Let's get started, shall we?

- I did NOT decide to leave the clean dishes that my wife left in the dishwasher before her trip, in the dishwasher and run the same load over and over again for 6 weeks because I didn't feel like putting the clean dishes away. What kind of husband would just keep taking a couple of clean dishes here and there out of the dishwasher, using them, and then putting them back in with the clean dishes already there and run the load again? Definitely NOT me!

- No matter what my wife tells you, I did NOT do a whole load of our family's white socks and underwear and instead of folding them and putting everything in it's appropriate drawer, dump everything into my underwear drawer and just grab my socks that matched for work every morning on the way downstairs. I did NOT just figure my wife would eventually find most of her underwear and socks in my underwear drawer once she got back and started doing our laundry again.

- I'm NOT the type of guy who will wipe the washer and dryer down to a sparkling, clean finish AND wash the lint collector in the dryer but let the toilet sit, uncleaned, for 6 weeks. NOT me! I'm so not that guy.

-Speaking of laundry(which I wish we weren't), I did NOT have to read my wife's detailed, three page, hand written instructions on how to launder my clothing while she was gone. I'm NOT that helpless when it comes to laundry.

-And ironing? Were we talking about that? Well, anyway, I did NOT make my wife believe that I have to wear ironed, button down dress shirts to work every day as long as she can iron them for me but somehow find that cotton, polo shirts work just fine in her absence.

- I did NOT, on many a occasion, eat donuts for dinner in my wife's absence.

- I did NOT miss my wife and daughters so much that upon their return, I had flowers waiting for each of them. Well, that I did do. I am so that type of guy.

 

Aahh. I do feel better now that I confessed some of the things I found upon my return from Texas. In all seriousness, my hubby did a wonderful job of taking care of himself( for the most part!) and we were thrilled to see him again.

Now if you want to read some more "confessions" from other people head over to MckMama's blog and check out all the other great Not Me Monday posts.

Not Me Monday- In Honor Of Baby Stellan and MckMama

As many of you know, I have frequently participated in "Not Me Monday" that  is usually hosted by MckMama. But since she is still in the hospital with 5 month old Stellan, who is still in SVT, Natalie is hosting it at her place. Stellan Style.

 

So, in honor of "Stellan Style Not Me Monday" here are my "Not Me's"-

 

I have NOT been checking all day long for Tweets and blog updates on Stellan.

 

I have NOT been posting prayer for Stellan on my Facebook status. Asking for prayer from my  Facebook friends  who don't know MckMama or baby Stellan.

From me, who also doesn't know MckMama or baby Stellan. ( I don't know her personally, but I do feel as if I know her from her blog)

 

I did NOT join the " We Love MckMama" Facebook group. I mean, she's only a regular mommy blogger right? Not a celebrity or anything. RIGHT?

 

I also did NOT join the "Praying For Stellan" Facebook group. How many MckMama Facebook groups can one join?

 

I have NOT been talking about baby Stellan's condition with my mother over the phone. Who lives in Texas. (I'm in MA)  Who also got into reading  MckMama's blog because of mine.

 

I have NOT been blogging and Twittering about MckMama and Stellan

 

Because, you know, only MckFamily wolverines* blog about someone they have never met

 

* A term of endearment MckMama has for her blog stalkers  fans

   

Thanks again to Natalie for hosting this. Great idea, Natalie.

 

Needless to say, please keep MckMama, baby Stellan and their family in your prayers.

   
 

Not Me Monday!

 

I love Not Me Mondays. They are so freeing. I get to write about the silly/dumb/what?? stuff I could possibly have done this past week. Maybe. You know, if I wasn't perfect.

Since, I'm perfect my Not Me Monday post this week is on the shorter side. And don't go looking at my older NMM's because they might show you that I'm actually NOT, ahem.... perfect.  Not me!!! Please stop by MckMama's blog for more Not Me Monday.  You'll get to read about a bunch of other "imperfect" people's "Not Me's".

- I did NOT step into the shower before bed this past week with the intention of only showering and not washing my hair since I had washed it the day before. And I was tired and looking forward to jumping right into bed. And I did NOT totally zone out for several minutes and then "come to" while adding CONDITIONER to my hair which means that I was NOT so spacey as to not even notice I had already wet, and washed my hair when I had not planned to do that at all.

-And I totally would NOT, then, have gotten into the shower a few days later with the intention of washing my hair, showered,gotten out, dried off and realized I had forgotten to wash my hair!

*Mental forehead smack*

- I did NOT jump back into the shower, and wash my hair, even though I had already dried off because, darn it, I was going to actually do I what I had intended in the shower for once that week.

-While grocery shopping with my friend yesterday, Katelyn and my friend's daughter did NOT start playfully yelling at each other:

" I farted!"

"Noooo, I farted!!

I totally do NOT hold my husband responsible , hypothetically speaking, for that kind of talk.

Any of you have shower issues this past week like I did? Anyone?

Aaanyone?

Not Me Monday Is Back From Vacation

 

Wow! I feel like it's been forever since I have done a NMM. It has been forever since I've done a NMM and I've really missed confessing my blunders, faux pas and the stuff I " did not do".  MckMama hosts Not Me Monday so go on over and check out what she "did not do" this past week

Shall we begin?

-It was NOT I who knowingly went to the library Toddler Song Time with a small hole in the seat of my pants. Hypothetically speaking, what if  I did not have a clean pair of pants to wear out so I hypothetically grabbed an extra long t-shirt and hoped to God it would keep my rear end covered. But of course I did NOT do that so it's all ....hypothetical.

- I did NOT tweet MckMama this past week about how sanitary napkins were suitable playthings to keep her children entertained in the bathroom while she was showering. I was, of course, NOT referring to this post.

- What kind of mother would borrow money from her daughter's piggy bank to feed her Dunkin' Donuts addiction? Well, certain NOT me. Good thing I didn't do that this past week.

- I did NOT threaten my three year old daughter that there would be " no more Christmas this year" if she didn't stop singing " I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" over and over again

-I am  truly NOT  upset that after receiving every Dora, Diego, and Little Einsteins toy on the market this Christmas(which has been  my girls' obsession for the past several months) my children are suddenly quite taken with " Max and Ruby.

 

So, fill me in on what you have NOT been doing the past few weeks!