Not Me Fun

Certainly. Positively. Without a Doubt. Definitely. NOT ME!


I did not wake up early one morning with my husband after staying up super late snooping through other people's business & blogging and then go back to sleep after he left for work for the day. My daughter who is four years old did not wake me up three hours later with breakfast in bed. She did not pour cereal for her little sister, herself, and me all by herself ( milk & all ) and then bring it to me. She is way to young to be so self-sufficient. I am not still amazed that she did all that without spilling cereal or milk all over the kitchen.

I did not step totally out of my comfort zone this week and apply a streak of green & blue eyeshadow to my eyes this week because my shirt had the exact same shades. I didn't totally love it and I won't be trying it again.

I did not totally freak out about my van totally died on me this morning. After releasing the parking brake to back out of my driveway this morning the brakes did not fail (we did not dangerously roll down our very steep driveway into the road.) The steering wheel was not locked and I wasn't stuck unable to drive period. I wasn't seriously trying to figure out who stole gas out of my vehicle in my own driveway while simultaneously trying to figure out how to push/steer my vehicle out of the middle of the roadway. This absolutely, for sure, without a doubt did not all take place before the teenager sitting beside me reminded me it usually helps to turn the vehicle on.


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Nope Not Me!

I have the luckiest family in the world, for you see....My house is clean and organized, there is no dried on food stuck to anything, I don't have cabinets with mouse poop in the back corners, and my garage is neat and tidy. A functional storage space where my van has room to park. I don't have a mountain of laundry in my laundry room because I keep on top of that at all times. My yard is nicely landscaped and last years leaves, and branches from the ice storm are long gone. There are no major repair jobs around the house because I married mr. perfect and he stays on top of that without me even asking. My walls are pretty colors, no bad paint jobs or peeling wall-paper. My children aren't currently sharing a bed because the top bunk is filled to overflowing with miscellaneous items that need to be put away. My house plants are not dying for lack of water because I keep putting it off in order to get higher priority items done, like pay bills and bathe my children. Nope, I am a time managing champion and everything around here is smooth sailing....Yep, it's time for Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama.

I did not serve for dinner a combination of leftover home-made pizza, green beans, yellow rice, and black olives just because my hubby was out of town and I could get away with not cooking. Nutrition is very important in our house and I never let laziness keep me from serving fresh, well rounded meals three times a day.

I did not get super excited because my two year old finally asked to go potty, and actually went poop all by herself! Well, actually 'by herself' translates into declaring her need to go, pulling down her own pants and crawling all over the potty until I finally helped her get into the correct position. (Anyone else have a tot that can't seem to figure out how to get on right?) Still, we ALL happy danced and celebrated this major accomplishment. We are not weird at all, be don't celebrate poop, we don't tweet about it, and we certainly don't blog about it. Said two year old then did not pee her pants.



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Definitely, Certainly, Without a Doubt, Not Me!

I'm REALLY not the most loving, respectful encouraging wife in the world. I am REALLY not the most patient, creative mother in the world. I am REALLY not always filled to overflowing with the love and joy of Christ... and so... in an effort to admit my mistakes and character flaws I present to you ...... Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama.

I didn't start last week with our family's very first camping trip of the year without remembering to bring adequate sleeping bags, blankets and pillows. I certainly did not have the worst nights sleep of my life all because I left our air mattress in the back of the van. I certainly did not leave these items at home after making several very detailed packing lists none of which I looked at while actually packing the truck. That is just ridiculous... I do have a brain in my head and I know how to use it.

I did not waste my very first opportunity to hang out with my rocking awesome cousin Tasia by scaring her away after only two days with us. My family is sane, neat, orderly, fun to be with and genuinely pleasant. We wouldn't scare away anyone after only 48ish hours with us.

I did not spend a day at Ya-Ya's last week climbing all over giant blow-up obstacle courses, competitively racing my sister (pushing/throwing) my two year old ahead of me in an effort to win. I did not get big kicks out of sliding down slides on my belly, backwards, and every other which way my four year old and I could think up. I most certainly did not thoroughly enjoy pretending to be a kid again. I am WAY more mature than that.

I did not spend 23 hours in a van filled with wild crazy awesome teenagers driving to Charlotte, NC and back for Student Life's LiveLove conference. I did not actually enjoy myself, nor did I eat way to much junk. I did not try to take pictures while driving down the road, nor did I set a very bad example by trying to get out of doing my fair share of driving. I did not enjoy some of the best drama's I've seen in a long while, (thus realizing how much I miss drama and HOP at the church where I grew up.) I did not sing at the top of my lungs at the Kristian Stanfill concert (it is a small miracle I still have a voice) and I most certainly was not convicted as God spoke to my heart this week.

I did not turn a Sunday School room into a makeshift bedroom for my family and I after getting back to church at 3:00 in the morning so that we would be there 5 1/2 hours later when it was time to get ready to teach without having to drive home and back thus getting to actually sleep for 5 1/2 hours instead of the 4 it would have been otherwise. (We do not live way to far away from our church, I am not praying for an opportunity to sell a house I love dearly in order to buy a place super close to church in order to avoid this problem in the future!) Oh yeah... and we so did not crash there between church services to save some time and gas money... and we certainly aren't considering making that a regular habit of ours. By the way, I do not think it is absolutely hilarious that there are a couple children at our church that now think my hubby and I live at church.

I am not totally bummed that my hubby is out of town for one night. I am not pouty because I don't get to enjoy dinner together sharing details of our day across the table as usual. I am not sad about getting no cuddle time today at all. I was an army wife for 4 years for Pete's sake, I went through a year long deployment. One little night doesn't phase me in the least.

I am not jealous that my crazy hectic schedule on Monday's keeps me from ever having the least bit of a chance to be one of the first to post on MckMamma's blog thus preventing me to score an awesome prize. If it was a Not Me! (Almostanyotherdayoftheweek) I would so be on top of things!

I did not turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to my kiddo's while I wrote this magnificent Not Me! post. I am an attentive mother, I always have both eye's on them at all times, I certainly wouldn't let them rot their minds in front of the t.v. just so I can try to win the cutest photo album in the world. Yep that's right, head over to MckMamma's website if you want your chance! You know you want to! You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week, and get your name in the hat. Good Luck! (It is totally okay with me if you don't, it just slightly increases my chances if you don't take a stab at it.)

Nope Not Me!

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.

I did not forget to study for a major anatomy/physiology exam until the day before and then spend that day cramming every bit of knowledge I could into my poor overstuffed brain while entertaining my children with paper mosaics.

I did not come home to find that my babysitter had not only let my children 'paint' their room, but the wooden bunk beds I shared with my sister, brand new hard wood floors, door knobs, closet, and more. A whole gallon of paint wasted and a whole room destroyed. I am so glad that didn't happen because if it did I would be finding me a new babysitter!

I did not also find out that aforementioned babysitter did not change the diaper my 2 year old went to bed in the night before. (I leave for school before they wake up.) I did not get lectured by my Mom, (who relieved the babysitter because I was still in class when she got off work) because my poor baby's diaper was so full it wouldn't hold another drop and was soaking through her pants.

I am not currently trying to find a new babysitter and as a result I am certainly not planning on taking my 2 year old and 4 year old with me to class... that would be insanity!

I am not looking for a full time job that pays equal to my hubby's so that I can work and go to school and he can become the stay at home Dad who keeps toddlers out of paint and changes diapers. I am not super jealous that he might get to do that in my place.


I did not eat half a pan of magic cookie bars all by myself on Tuesday. I am trying to loose all my baby baby fat. I wouldn't be that dumb!

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Certainly Not Me!

I did not let my kids steal countless M&M's out of our candy jar while chatting online to my cuz because I was to into the conversation and to lazy to get up and do something about it. I most certainly did not turn a deaf ear and allow them to think they were being sneaky.

I did not let my children use a mattress as a trampoline this week so that they could expend some of their energy and be tired enough to actually take a nap. How irresponsible would that have been?!?

I did not stay up well past midnight ... think 2 a.m. people... Sunday morning reading blogs sticking my nose into everyone else's business, completely procrastinating finishing the bulletin that needed to be written, printed, copied 150 times, and then folded all in time for Sunday School.  That definitely would have been irresponsible! If that had happened, and it most certainly did not, as a result I most definitely did not finally crawl into bed at 4:07 a.m., start hitting the snooze alarm at 5:00 a.m.. I most certainly was not dragged to the shower by my hubby. I most certainly would not have been caught snoring standing up in the shower. I most assuredly did not down enough caffeine to keep an elephant wired for days in order to become functionalbarely able to get my 2 and 4 year olds dressed and out the door bibles in hand. No matter what you've heard I most definitely did not arrive at church, and after looking at the bulletin realize I needed to get to a computer FAST, update the prayer request/sympathy/hospital section, re-print/copy/fold 150 bulletins. All before during Sunday School. Geesh, I'm so glad I am more responsible than THAT!

I did not have a hard time staying awake during children's church Sunday morning. I mean come on, who has trouble staying awake during church when you are surrounded by kids and you have to get up and dance to a worship song every 7-8 minutes?!?!?! Geesh, that type of person would need a good stern talkin' to about preparing for the sabbath with a proper nights rest.

I most certainly am not trying to figure out how to save $400,000 dollars to buy a church camp lodge to turn into a children's home for foster children. Who in their right mind would dream of wanting a house big enough to have over 20 foster kids...all at once. That... my friends... is insanity, and I am most definitely not insane!

I am not seriously considering contacting chick-fil-a to see if they would let me advertise for them through said children's home by putting in an awesome soundproof indoor play area. I mean come on, who would be thinking about a soundproof play area when they can't even afford but 1/4 of the place to begin with?

I did not stay up until 2 a.m. on Sunday night after getting next to zero sleep the night before doing you know what again.


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How I met MckMama

On a scorching hot July day in 1985 I am born, the first child in my family, on a military base, with a serious cone head, and with a bruised and blotchy red face.... I didn't exactly fit through the birth canal. So, after being stuck in the doorway all day I was finally rushed out the 'emergency exit.' The computer game Tetris is released. The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers.

In 1988 I get a baby sister. My Dad spends alot of time jumping out of airplanes. NASA resumes space shuttle flights for the first time since the Challenger disaster.

In 1992 I return home from a typical day of first grade and astonish my mother by reading a book to her. A love was born. I read 186 books between then and the end of the school year. Mrs. Womack game me a copy of 'The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin' to commemorate my first year of reading. Chicago flooded. U.S. vice president Dan Quayle misspelled potato at a spelling bee for children. I get a baby brother...Mommy calls him her 'war baby.'

In 1993 I move to Mississippi, and then later in the school year to different state, one known for its fried chicken, famous college basketball team, and blue grass. I spend a whole week of recess standing with the kids who lost recess privileges because I am new to the school and to shy to go play and make friends. We get record amounts of snow and my parents who are natives to upstate New York make an igloo... In the south! I make friends. The world wide web is born.

In 1999 I join a creative writing club at the prodding of my language arts teacher and am pleased as pickles to earn the highest possible score on my portfolio. I get my first boyfriend & dance my first slow dance. Y2K becomes a buzz word. I meet Jesus Christ at church camp and accept him as my personal Savior.

In the summer of 2000 I meet my future hubby during a church camp. We start dating, date all summer long and then I break up with him at the start of the school year to go back with aforementioned 'first boyfriend.' I get my first kiss. First boyfriend is totally not worth it, he drops me like a sack of rotten potatoes, and my future hubby professes his undying love for me not matter what. I totally reject him and move on. I start running track and cross country, and take a photojournalism class. Y2K scare is nothing but a fluke, and the first resident crew moves into the international space station.

Spring of 2001 I realize I like the kind of person my future hubby is, there is something different about him I don't see in other boys and so after months of being just friends I agree to be his girlfriend. Future hubby tries to kiss me on my birthday in July but gets rejected. I submit photos to my school's newspaper even though I am not old enough to be on staff yet. Fall of 2001 I join the school newspaper staff and become the only first year newsie to get an editor position. I am psyched to be the photography editor. George W. Bush becomes the 43rd president of the United States. The Twin Towers fall while I am taking a test surrounded by military personnel. Google is awarded a patent.

Spring of 2002 after a whole year of dating my future hubby finally tries to kiss me again, with slightly better success this time. My future hubby joins the military. A solar eclipse occurs and The Queen Mother dies in her sleep.

In 2003 I graduate from High School, get my first job at a News Bureau, start college, and marry my hubby after a whirlwind engagement. My faith is seriously rocked by my college professors. Martha Stewart goes to jail and a lunar eclipse occurs.

In 2004 I find out I'm going to be a Mommy, move to a bigger apartment, my hubby gets shipped to Iraq, I move back in with my parents in order to adjust to 'everything', vote in my very first election, move into a rental house just in the nick of time to enjoy my hubby's scheduled two week leave during which we celebrate our first baby's birth, our first anniversary, and Christmas. Facebook is founded. The Boston Red Sox win the world series.

In 2005 I take 20 hours in one semester, my Father-In-Law's cancer returns, my hubby is rushed home from Iraq on emergency leave two months early, and his father proves his doctor's wrong by living beyond the three months he was given. YouTube goes online.

In 2006 our family grows with the birth of our second born. My hubby returns to school, earns a 4.0 GPA during his second quarter, then drops out and surrenders to the ministry days before his father meets Jesus and is healed of his cancer forever. I take a bible course that teaches biblical creation and contrasts it with the evolution theory, includes real scientific evidence, I am WOWED. Google buys YouTube.

In 2008 I click online to a blog of a friend from church who is having her third baby. Countless refreshing waiting for the super big news leads me to boredom and I click through strangers blogs snooping into everyone's business and an addiction is born. I find amazing people like Angie Smith, and then MckMamma. I start not me-ing and enjoy meeting cyber friends (who technically aren't friends at all since no one really knows me) but this stay at home Mom is satisfied with some resemblance to friendship, encouraged, refreshed, spiritually challenged, and so much more. THANK YOU!!!!

Nope Not Me!

I did not hire an ex-boyfriend from middle school to babysit my children today... that would be just weird.

I am not down to 6 more days of freedom until I have to re-enter the school scene. I was responsible and took care of that a long time ago, just like my parents and everyone else advised me to do.

I did not have a huge horrible fight with my darling hubby this week on our way home from a date of all things, and it most certainly wasn't over something stupid like where to eat. If that happened we most certainly did not get 'caught' by being heard over the phone, but as I said, that wasn't us because we never get mad and upset at each other, we never raise our voices out of anger, and even if we did get upset, I would have bit my tongue instead of speaking my mind and saying something I regret.


I do not still have my Christmas trees up. I am organized and completely on top of un-decorating my house. Those certainly aren't Christmas lights still hanging from my roof either...

I did not ignore God's prompting to talk to someone about something eons ago. I did not finally listen to God by finally talking to that someone just today. I am not super de duper excited about what could possibly come of it.

I am not completely frustrated by the fact Karol's adoption is going absolutely no where because of lack of money. There is no way people would let something as stupid as money come between giving a sweet little boy a Mom and Dad and sisters to love him.

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Nope Not Me!

I do not let my kids get this dirty.



This couple has not been happily married for the past five years, and they certainly haven't been together for the past nine (in one way or another) since this photo was taken.



I did not buy an expensive camera without properly researching it because it was a brand I trusted and I just happened to find it on sale for really cheap and we really needed one because ours had broken, only to discover that there is no way to get the footage off of the camera and onto my computer because it is not compatible with my Mac... gosh if that happened I would be VERY frustrated!!!!

I did not throw a Christmas drama together in a whirlwind of panic at the very last minute yesterday with basically zero practice. I am completely together, fully organized, and would never let that happen.

I am not giving up on buying my darling hubby a Christmas present because he is a man and he buys what he wants when he wants without waiting for occasions like Christmas to be surprised with something he really wants!

I am not acting like a child this week, so excited about Christmas I can hardly stand it!

Nope not me!!!

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Nope Not Me!

I wasn't late for the third week in a row to Sunday School. I am not a complete looser who can't be depended upon or relied on.

I am not secretly thrilled to death that my hubby has been temporarily laid off of work because that means we get to spend a whole lot of time together, and I am not wondering how we are going to financially survive.

I did not laugh my head off at the youth Christmas party at my dear hubby who was playing a charades-esqe game pretending to be Mary (the mother of Jesus) going into labor. I didn't laugh so hard I almost peed my pants when his 'water broke' and I certainly do not plan on posting the video footage as soon as I figure out how.

I did not feed my girls a delicious breakfast of waffles smothered in real NY maple syrup at noon today. We always get up at a decent time, eat a healthy breakfast and start the day promptly in the a.m. hours.

My dear sweet darling hubby did not make said delicious waffle breakfast, he is a man and men don't cook.

This baby is not four years old. She did not have a birthday yesterday. She is not growing up faster than I can keep up with. She is not fiercely independent.


I am not loving some free blog therapy. Nope Not Me!!!
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Nope Not Me!

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I most certainly did not show up to church late yesterday for the Second Sunday morning in a row, and a whole class of elementary adged students certainly did not miss out on doing their super fun cool craft because I was late with the supplies. Definitely not me!

I did not allow my potty-training two year old to wear a diaper on more than one occasion this week simply because I have been to lazy to force her on the potty every 20 minutes because potty training is easy for me, it isn't a gigantuous headache. I most certainly have not entertained the idea of letting her wear diapers forever.

I did not have to pick up aforementioned two year old from the church nursery Sunday evening to find her dressed in a lady's button up top because she had soiled her panties. Even if that had happened, I most certainly would not have forgotten to pack an extra garment 'just in case' because I am completely and totally prepared 100% of the time.

My family did not eat out on more than one occasion this week because I was to lazy/did not want to cook. I always prepare healthy home cooked meals, and we do not dine on unhealthy fastfood, carry out, delivery, or take out - ever! No not my family!

I am not seriously concerned about our economic future, and am not seriously considering leaving my loved stay-at-home Mom job to go back to school to be able to get a job that hopefully will be secure in our uncertain future; and, if it were true I would most certainly not be broken hearted at the mere thought of not spending every moment of every day with my munchkins.

I am not loving this free blog therapy, nope, not me!
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