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.

What do you know...it's Monday...a.k.a. (not)confession day!

Last week I did not buy a bag of Halloween candy with no intentions of any of it being used for said holiday. I did not proceed to eat kit-kat after kit-kat until the bag was almost empty. I have no intentions of finishing it off today, because no bag exists on the shelf in my bedroom closet.

I was not thrilled that all 4 of my kids played Polly Pockets during church yesterday, just for the fact that they were quiet and were getting along. I was also not a little happy that the sanctuary was quite full when we arrived and we had to go into the balcony. We always arrive on time to church and all four of our kids pay close attention to every detail of the service. I also did not love the fact that my 8 yr. old was singing the last song quite loudly, in what another person might think was a kind of sassy tone. I would never allow that to happen as someone might take offense to his version of the song, and we are proper church attendees.

And lastly, I did not sit in my bed last night and watch multiple episodes of TV via online and not get proper rest. I would never stay up late to watch meaningless TV and I most certainly did not cry on more than one occasion, because I know it's not real. I would never get wrapped up in a story line that closely.

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.

Well, folks! Here it is...my non-confessions of the week.

I did not sit on my bed last night, watching TV online from last week while eating 3 caramel bars. Nope, not me, because that would be overindulging, and I don't do that. I most certainly did not then go and put the rest of the pan in a container and put them in the freezer except for 4 little slivers for the kids. That would be crazy to think that I would get three big bars and they would each only get a half of a bar.

I have not worn a bandanna type hair cover the majority of the time lately. Not me, cause I promptly rise every morning prior to my kids waking and shower, so there would be no need to cover my head.


I do not have approximately 3 baskets (and possibly on box leftover from moving) in different parts of the house all housing assorted socks, some of which are matched, some of which are unmatched. I do not spend time almost every day digging through said baskets in order to find my children socks to wear. I have not told my 6 year old daughter on more than one occasion that it is okay to wear mismatched socks to school so that I didn't have to go through the dreaded task of attempting to find a matched pair. And I most certainly did not think to myself this morning, while trying to find two socks for her, "I wonder if I posted on Facebook that I would hire someone to come sort all our socks, if I'd get any takers. Because I would really pay someone to do it." This most certainly was not a confession that I'd never tell my husband. Also, this isn't the second time I have referenced my issue with socks in a Not Me Monday post...(don't see December '08 for a picture!).

Thinking....

I'm feeling a little, I don't know...thoughtful, I guess would be the only way to describe it. MckMama (www.mycharmingkids.net) is talking all month about cancer and donating hats to kids with cancer and also those who have donated their hair to be made into wigs. Well, Maddie and I did that last Summer, it being her first haircut. She donated 11 inches and I donated 10. I think it's been put on my heart to do it again, and since I haven't had a haircut since then (June '08), I'm well on my way. Here are some pictures as a refresher of our cuts...

I've also been thinking a great deal about our former neighbor Janet, who has lost her battle with colon cancer. I knew she wasn't well and about a week and a half ago I found out she was on hospice. Tonight I just found out she died last Saturday and the funeral will be on Thursday. Her and her husband and just sold their house after it being on the market for over a year so they could down size. They have three grown boys, one still in college. I'm hoping Travis and I can make it to the funeral. I've also been hearing about ladies gearing up their walk for a cure teams for next year already and I see the work on the cancer center in town each day. Man, I've just been surrounded by these thoughts. I think that is why I have decided to donate my hair again. Maddie wants her hair cut short again like in the picture above so I said after her school pictures she could get it cut...pictures were Monday and she has an appointment on Saturday. Does anyone want to grow and donate their hair with me?

Not Me Monday

MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

So, on this snowy Monday, I have not failed to be prepared and have not put off buying my kids' snowboots. I did not send them to school today with snowpants and rubber boots, because their little toes might get cold, and if they come home today and declare that their toes were cold in boots, I would not break into sermon and tell them that they lived, their toes are still intact and there are people without a home who live outside at night without any (rubber)snowboots.

I did not fail to follow through with my husband today and make sure we were on the same page before leaving the room. When I told him Izzy was going in the tub and I needed to go clean at the dance studio and then went to check my e-mail, he apparently assumed I was finishing the bath process. Our wonderful, youngest, energetic, playful, no-fear child, after much yelling for me, was not found in the tub full of suds from the 3 partial bottles of soap/shampoo/what-have-you that she dumped into the tub. I did not have to then shower her before removing her from the tub so as to make sure enough of the soap was off of her so she could be clothed.

I have not been struggling ever since school started with the whole waking our kids up vs. making sure they have enough sleep to stay healthy. Today was not at least the third time I have not been able to wake them in the last month and a half. I did not then hurry us out the door so as to attempt to get them to school (3 different ones) and not be too late. After drop off, drop off and drop off, I was then not greeted with my 3 year old saying, "Mama, can you please get me something to eat cause my baby is SOOO hungry."