Not me! Monday

Oh yes. Happy Monday all! Visit MckMama for more not me fun!

This week I DID NOT cry every day. Nope, I'm totally in control of my emotions.

My youngest DID NOT turn 3 this week. She DID NOT ask me everyday this week, "Am I still 3?"

I DID NOT stuff the washing machine full of dirty clothes to the point the lid didn't even bang shut in order to clean up for the Open House on Sunday. Of course, I do laundry on a routine, so there is never piles of laundry around. I am NOT currently working my way through 6 loads of laundry today. I would ever procrastinate like that.

I am NOT audibly hearing the countdown of this baby coming, no matter what the house does!

I DID NOT decide on Saturday that I couldn't wait any longer to start preparing for this baby. SO I DID NOT discuss with Michael buying a twin bed for her, find one on Craig's list, and buy it that day. She DID NOT have a perfect first night in her big girl bed!

Lastly, I have NOT discovered I have no control in my life. None. God is in control and that is enough. As a psychological response to this discovery, I DID NOT dye my hair cartoon red. Nope, not me!



Have a great week!

Not me! Monday

This week has been crazy! Enjoy all the things that DID NOT happen this week. More Not me! fun at MckMama.

I DID NOT get very frustrated at Shutterfly and Target for making it confusing to pick up prints and order them. I DID NOT make Michael figure it out and then get re-frustrated the next day when I got an email from the help desk explaining you have to use the co-branded site blah, blah, blah! I DID NOT get even more annoyed that I paid twice as much for the Christmas Cards because I didn't use the co-branded site. I DID NOT think of boycotting Target until I remembered I hate WalMart.

I DID NOT eat so much of my own Christmas Candy that I had to go the YMCA an extra day this week. I DID NOT spend extra time on the cross trainer so I could finish watching Gilmore Girls and rationalize it by saying, "I don't have cable and this is good for me."

I DID NOT spend many nights/early mornings this week annoyed with my daughter for getting up in the middle of the night and going into her brothers' room. This has not been going on for three weeks. I DID NOT contemplate putting some Frangelico in her hot chocolate before bed. (We opted for the baby gate at the door instead)

I DID NOT watch Michel Buble sing on PBS and get totally distracted by the fact that his feet are really big, even though I've got a little crush on him.

I DID NOT get so unbelievably excited when I started using TweetDeck that I clapped. It has truly saved me from Twitter insanity!

I DID NOT find a load of towels in the washer that had been there about 5 days. I had NOT been wondering where those clothes were.

Not me! Monday

Oh this week. Well, there were many things I DID NOT do this week. I will only bore you with a few. See other fun weeks on MckMama's site.


I DID NOT hang metal measuring spoons on my daughter's door knob to alert me to her opening her door when she should be in bed. I DID NOT contemplate going to the store to buy a set of jingle bells. I DID NOT catch Sabrina saying "Shhhhh" to the spoons.

I DID NOT drive through the pretty, expensive neighborhood to get to the library, just so it would take longer to get home because Michael was out of town and I couldn't face two full hours at home alone before bedtime.

I DID NOT behave awkwardly when saying good bye (again) to my friend who is leaving because I just couldn't cry any more.

I DID NOT fall asleep in the chair while my son was talking to me while he was doing his homework.

I DID NOT take hangers to a girls' night to give away because I was tired of the bag sitting in my entryway. I DID NOT get annoyed because there were still several left to take home.

I DID NOT forget my camera when I went to Chase's school for his Kindergarten play about the First Thanksgiving. I DID NOT take several pictures with my cell phone. I was not that mom.

I DID NOT cry (again!) in chapel, at the Y, in World Market, or all afternoon. I DID NOT keep repeating Matt Redman's "Blessed be your Name" and Jessica Simpson's "Still Beautiful" so I could just get all the tears out.

I DID NOT start smelling kids' clothes and decide to put them in the closet if they didn't smell dirty because I was tired of laundry. I DID NOT count up that I have done 65 loads of laundry in the last 30 days.

I DID NOT start writing this blog entry and forget half the things I did not do this week.

Not me! Monday

Well, folks. Here it is again. Monday. My weekly journal of some of the things I DID NOT, not ever, do this past week. MckMama has some more Not Me! Monday fun on her blog.

I DID NOT spill an entire can of diet coke on my friend's couch (ivory in color) while she was out. I DID NOT consider blaming it on my daughter.

I DID NOT leave a load of towels in the washer overnight, just because I was too lazy to go down the stairs. I DID NOT forget about them until the next night. I DID NOT simply fold them because I didn't want to rewash them.

I DID NOT fall asleep on the floor of my sons' room when I went to get them up from rest. I DID NOT sleep there for 20 minutes and wake up with a crinkly cheek.

I DID NOT drag my children to 3 grocery stores in one afternoon and bribe them with a "special treat" when they got home.

I DID NOT sit down to finish writing this blog while there are 7 loads of laundry to be folded.

I DID NOT cry the entire way home after leaving a friend who is going away. I, of course, was not crabby the rest of the evening because I was really simply sad.