Not Me, Monday…

Oh, so many things did NOT happen here lately…

Jadon didn’t pull a tuff of hair off his cute curly top, causing me to have to cut it all off again.

Zach didn’t come out of basketball practice in 16 degree weather (not counting the windchill) without his shirt on!  NOPE!

James didn’t get his ear pierced. (grrrrrr)

Leah isn’t turning 13 this weekend.

I will not become the mother of 3 teenagers.  Not me.

Lucas did not get our out of town guests lost coming home from Walmart.  Nope.  Lucas knows where he lives, he’s 11.

I was not arguing with my oldest child by text today while he was in school.  Nope.

I don’t despise arguing by text.

I didn’t forget that I had groceries in my van after I got home because I was so upset by our argument.

I didn’t remember my groceries & as I was putting them away wasn’t surprised by some of the things I didn’t even remember buying. Nope!

James didn’t come to me tonight with a hug and an apology for the argument we had today…

Parenting never feels like it will swallow me up.

The keys of my lap top are not sticky.  Nope.  None of my children would get my laptop sticky.

None of these things happened here.  No way.

Pam

Not Me! Monday!

It has not been weeks and weeks since I have written a Not Me Monday post, because it doesn’t take too much mental effort to turn everything around & make them NOT happen.  Nope.

I have not been taking tons of pictures.  Nope.

I don’t love watching this boy and his team play. Not Me!

I am not trying to figure out how to run a trial download of Photoshop & am not overwhelmed or confused or frustrated with it at all.  Not me.

I wasn’t impressed that I did figure out how to create this…

 

I am not hoping to start taking some pictures as a little business.  I hope you don’t look on my sidebar and vote about what you think I should name my little venture. 

My kids don’t have 1 more week of summer vacation left. 

I am not ready for school to start.

I am not ready for school to start.

I am not ready for school to start.

Not me!

Pam

Not Me, Monday!

I have not been considering Not participating in Not Me Monday today, because I know I have something really gross & disgusting to share & I’d rather pretend it didn’t happen and move one. Nope. 

I am not going to leave the really gross and disgusting thing I did until the end of the post so I don’t lose you!  Nope. NOT ME!

I did not think of doing a post called the Jadon show, showcasing all the hilarious things Jadon has been doing this past week!  I do not think that Jadon is a hilarious child and don’t ever have a hard time not cracking a smile when I really shouldn’t be!  NEVER!

Jadon didn’t graduate from preschool for the second time in a week!  NOPE! 

He didn’t perform any silly, annoying antics while the ceremony was going on either…

 

These 4 cousins were not the cutest things ever at their graduation this past week!  They are not all second cousins & all adopted!  (my first cousin’s kids!) 

Jadon, Josie, Lily, & Jada (Josie & Jada are 1/2 sisters by blood, full sisters by adoption.  Lily is from China) And missing is Kiahna, of course, Thomas, Josie & Jada’s brother from Ethiopia, and Lily’s little sister Lyra also from China! 

Jadon didn’t spend an afternoon digging holes in my garden this week…

Leah is not trying out for cheerleading this week… I did not tell her that she cannot under any circumstances stick out her tongue during cheerleading!!!

We did not spend our Saturday turning our back fence row from this…

to this…

I was not totally exhausted, and it has not been years since I put that much physical labor in my day.  Nope. 

I was not asked to send 2 dozen donuts to school with James for a breakfast on Thursday morning.  I did not wake up and get the donuts out of their hiding (on top of the fridge) and set them on the counter & walk out of the kitchen.  I did not walk back into the kitchen to find big black ants crawling all over one of the boxes, inside and out!  NOPE!

I did not proceed to take this box outside to the picnic table, throwing big black ants left & right.  Inspecting each donut thoroughly, and returning them to the box.  Nope.

I did not keep completely silent and send these donuts to school with James.  Didn’t happen  Can’t prove it.  Wasn’t me. 

This post has not taken me all day to write, so I won’t stop now! 

Pam

Not Me Monday!

It has not taken me all day to finally find some time to sit at the computer.  Nope.  Each time I tried, someone didn’t need something and call me away!  NOPE!

It has not been weeks and weeks since I joined this carnival.  Not Me!  Cause it truly doesn't take more thought than any other post I write all week! Nope!

We did not have breakfast at a new local restaurant called The Brickhouse one day last week.  After we left Kiahna did not tell me that Jadon had taken a crayon from “that straw-house!” Not Kiahna!

Jadon was not snuggling on my dad’s lap during church a couple of Sunday’s ago, while the church was singing “God will take care of you.”  He didn’t look up at my dad with his doe eyes and say, “Grandpa, will God really take care of me?”  Nope.

I didn’t walk upstairs one day last week to find my crock pot had melted a leg off… Nope…

I haven’t been the least bit thankful that some of the kids events have been rained out in the past couple weeks, keeping me from trying to figure out how to be in 2 or 3 different places at once!  Not me!

These are not some of the things my kids gave me for Mother’s Day…

Not from Zach…

Not from Leah…

(Don’t forget to read the fine print… isn’t she darling?!)

Not from James… This was not a left over prom favor they were selling at the school for $1!!

James didn’t clean up the house for me too.

Not From Lucas…

Not from Jadon…

Not from Kiahna…  (I guess they had to replant?)

My mom didn’t bring breakfast over for us on Mother’s Day morning!  It was not very yummy!! 

I did not have a wonderful Mother’s Day!!  Nope NOT ME!! 

Pam

Not Me! Tuesday?

I have not been too busy to blog the past 5 days.  Nope.

Zach was not using my computer for a video project for history class all afternoon on Sunday.

I wasn’t annoyed, or feeling sorry for myself for having to share my computer with my children.  Nope. Not Me.

I didn’t deal with overwhelm or anxiety again yesterday.  Nope.

I didn’t feel too grouchy to blog.  Not Me!

Zach didn’t have a tournament at the school on Saturday that began at 8 am and lasted until 6 pm.  Nope.  They didn’t play 5 games. And I wasn’t feeling a little more insane than usual as I tried to entertain/survive all those hours with my poor children at the school.  Nope. 

I didn’t come home exhausted (how are you more exhausted from sitting and watching, oh and stressing out with grumpy preschoolers) than the ones that played!

Because, the ones that played didn’t have to START their history project AFTER the game.  Because they didn’t wait until the weekend before it was due to even consider starting it.  Nope.

We didn’t spend most of Sunday afternoon/evening trying to get their video to save to a disk.  I didn’t feel like pulling every last hair out of my head, and hate my computer (thus no blogging!) by the time we went to bed. (I had given up!)… only to realize on Monday that we truly don’t have a dvd burner on our computer… so that is why that dvd wouldn't burn.  AHHHHHHH!!!!!!  Not Me!  I wouldn't do anything that mind blowingly frustrating!!

One of James classmates, and friend’s didn’t come over and save us from ourselves, burning the dvd onto a dvd using her laptop.  Nope.  She isn’t a school photographer and didn’t try to teach me how to use my new camera, because I am so not clueless in that area either.  Not Me!  (THANKS TIFFANI!!)

I am not completely sick and burned out on basketball games.  There isn’t another tournament this weekend, that I have decided I can’t do.  Nope.

I don’t deal with guilt when I can’t be there for all my kids activities, or overwhelm when I try.  Not Me.

It is not baseball sign up this week.  The thought of 3 kids playing baseball and 2 kids running track does not cause me to hyperventilate even a little. Nope.

I didn’t get to go to Zach’s bb games last night by myself.  I didn’t enjoy a nice walk with one of the other moms, getting to know her, between the two games.  Not Me. (THANKS FOR HELPING WITH THE KIDS MOM!)

That walk and adult conversation wasn’t just what I needed to help me deal with the choke and overwhelm that had been trying to get to me all day. 

Jadon didn’t see a Schwann’s truck and say… “Mom. That guy he takes swans”

Kiahna didn’t pull a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and spill it all over the floor and dog.. nope.  I don't have a sticky dog.  Not me.

Later that same day, Kiahna didn’t eat ice cream with the dog on her lap… and the dog is not now ice cream and OJ covered. 

There is not a girl playing with a dog, under my chair, now.  Nope.  That doesn’t annoy me at all either.  Not me.

She didn’t cut up Jadon’s homework, break her second gameboy, or rub carmex all over her arms and face yesterday either.  Not Kiahna

I didn’t have breakfast and play time with my best friend from high school this morning… and I didn’t find out that we are going to be very close to each other in Florida this spring break!  (just like old times, huh Joni!!)  (oh, I need to dig out some pictures!!)

It is not only 16 days until we leave for Florida!!  I am not getting very excited and longing for green grass… warm sun… sand… relaxing… Nope. Not Me!

McKMama hosts this carnival… Not me, Monday… er ah…  Tuesday.  Head over there to see more!

Pam

Not Me! Monday!!

It’s Monday, and we are all coming clean with all the things that we did NOT do this past week!  Won’t you join me, MckMama, and the rest of the blog world, for some free therapy!?!

 

None of these conversations took place at my house this week…Nope.

 

Jadon:  Kiahna said the “D” word.

 

Me:  What’s the “D” word?

 

Jadon:  Dog!

 

 

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Kiahna:  Jadon, Eat your food.

 

Jadon:  You’re not the boss!

 

Kiahna:  Yes, I am.  I’m the little boss.

 

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Me:  Kiahna, what are you doing?

 

Kiahna:  Mommy.  Don’t say that.

 

Me:  What did I say?  I just want to know what you are doing.  So what is the answer?

 

Kiahna:  I AM NOT A PANTHER!

 

Me:  ?????????

 

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Lucas didn’t get an A+ on his science test this week!!  His wonderful teacher didn’t give him an award for it!

 

He didn’t make this awesome log cabin for Indiana History class all on his own, out of pretzel rods, graham crackers and cereal either….

 

 

Jadon and Kiahna were not kept busy for hours playing with glue, scissors, and construction paper… they didn’t use lip gloss as glue either… Not J & K!

 

It’s not becoming a daily routine for them to spend a long time “swimming”…

 

 

We did not get TP-ed AGAIN! What is this 4 times this winter?  Nope.

 

That is not a bale of straw at the end of our driveway… pulled over from the neighbor's field across the road.  Nope.

 

 

We are not considering getting a second dog, because this one is not warning us that there are people outside at 2:00 in the morning…

 

Either that or we somehow uglify this boy… to keep the girls away…because it sure isn’t his girl-friends that keep coming in all climates to do this to us!  Not Zach!

 

James didn’t shave his legs for sectional swimming… with MY RAZOR! NOPE!  Not James!

 

Leah didn’t have her friend Macy over, and they didn’t ask if they could make dinner.  They didn’t want to surprise me and ask if they could make anything they wanted.  Of course, I didn’t tell them yes.  They didn’t make mac & cheese with homemade french fries.  Nope. 

 

 

Now, go on over to MckMama’s place and play along!  Or leave me a comment telling us what You didn’t do this week!! 

 

Pam

 

 

 

 

Not Me! Monday!

Nothing makes Monday’s better than joining MckMama and friends with “Not me! Monday!”

It was Not Me, that won $100 on The Riggs Family Blog this weekend! 

It wasn’t Me that was blessed to have that prize doubled by them after they heard part of my story!  Nope.

My basement window well did not flood last week, sending a water fall of muddy water into my basement.  Not Me.

   

We did not receive 4 inches of rain that day.  Leaving large crevices in many roads… including ours.

Jadon does not deal with hyperactivity that becomes worse with sugar intake and red dye… Valentine’s Day is not a nightmare for children like that.

We were not blessed with a sunny, calm 45 degree day that felt like spring had arrived on Friday.

None of my kids wanted to get out the garden hose or have a bon-fire, because they were sure that winter had ended.  Nope.

Jadon and Kiahna did not take off through the muddy field to the neighbor’s house on Friday when the weather was so nice… (see those small dark dots just to the right of the middle tree?  That’s not them.)

I didn’t have to drive over there to pick them up.  Kiahna did not have on her best dress shoes when she left on this excursion… and her brown shoes were not gone when I got to them.  Nope, They weren’t in that muddy field.

My children didn’t play outside with bare feet in February.  It had nothing to do with all of their shoes being muddy, and me not having the common sense to dig out boots.  Nope.

… Cause I was not having a melt down over the mud…

…there was no mud in my van…

For the safety of all children in sight, I did not give myself a 2 mile walk/run time out… AND call a friend to escape go out to dinner with that night.  Nope.  Not me. 

Lucas, fearing his mother had finally went off the deep end, is not the sweetest child ever.  He did not search that field and find Kiahna’s shoes…  Nope.  Not Lucas…

I didn’t make a full mental recovery by Saturday, and have the sense, and grace to enjoy my 6 Valentine’s!  Nope.

We didn’t have heart shaped pancakes for breakfast…

Zach didn’t think my heart pancakes were silly… and I didn’t catch him texting his friends to tell them about them later… Nope.

Lucas didn’t say that he had a broken heart!

We didn’t end the day with a great steak dinner at home all together….

I didn’t cry at dinner when I read them my friend’s email she sent this week. 

We are not starting our own prayer bowl at our table.  Nope.  Not us.

Pam