Healthy...

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. This is a chance for us to share our "failures" over the past week or so. Not that we ever "fail" at anything...

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

This week I certainly did not TOTALLY skip exercising at all this past week. I mean, I had been doing so well. I would never use busy days and evenings as an excuse to not be healthy.

Along the same line...I certainly did NOT forget to bring anything to work for lunch today...and then was NOT too lazy/busy to leave to go get something...so then did NOT eat Christmas cookies (yes, significantly more than 1 cookie!) that a student brought to me today as my lunch.

How about you?

On my way to church...

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.

Ok, this may be my best (read "most embarassing") "Not Me!" yet!!

On my way to church recently I most certainly did NOT suddenly see lights flashing behind me requiring me to pull over.

My kids of course were NOT in the car saying things like "Mom, what did you do?", "Are we going to go to jail?", "Is daddy going to be mad?"...

The officer did NOT come up and state that he was initially pulling me over for 2 violations, and then noticed a 3rd as he walked up.

As the process continued, he most certainly didn't inform me that:

1. I had been going 5-10 mph over the speed limit on our country road
2. Had a center (window) taillight out
3. Had expired license plates (the 3rd thing he had noticed when he walked up)
4. Didn't have proof of insurance in the car (apparently required in my state!)
5. Had an expired driver's license (my birthday was the end of November...still in the grace period at least!)
6. and last but not least...my 6-year-old wasn't in a booster! (always is...but daddy left in the morning with both boosters in his car by mistake)

(yes, that is SIX violations!! For someone who seriously hasn't been pulled over for probably 15-20 years for anything other than a tail light out or something like that!)

And the best part??

When he came back to my car (with what I did NOT assume would be a huge fine) he most certainly did NOT say "well, I've been called away to a much more serious call, so here is your license. Drive safely."

As I was on my way to church...I most certainly DID thank God for this great Christmas miracle!
(This seriously did happen recently. I am cheating a little because it wasn't this week...it was a couple weeks ago but I decided I just had to share it!)

Randomness

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.

This week I most certainly did NOT take pictures of the sign on my daughter's door and post about it because I thought it was so funny. I would never encourage this type of "control" by a 6-year-old!

I also did NOT plop our kittens down in the snow and take pictures of them "loving" the snow (and put that in a post). That would be just cruel! (They are in the snow all the time now and are fine with it...this was just their first experience)

And finally...we did NOT again keep our kids up until midnight playing games at some friends' house..and allow our 11-year-old to apparently eat a ridiculous amount of meatballs (which resulted in late night stomach "issues"). He might not want to eat meatballs for awhile...

How about you, what have you NOT done this week?

Self-control

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.

This week I certainly did NOT take advantage of my family being gone for the whole weekend and stay in bed until 11 on Friday! I am always productive and make the most of my time (I would argue that time resting was time well spent, but maybe not until 11...)

I also did NOT eat a WHOLE bag of chocolate covered potato chips. I have way more self-control than that!

(They were way too delicious!!)

While my family was gone, I certainly did NOT go through my kids things and "organize". (Don't ask my kids about certain toys/projects/"treasures" okay?!?)

and finally, this morning I did NOT give my 6-year-old the choice of going to school and having me come for lunch (she was anxious/sad about going today) or being bored in my office while I worked all day (I don't teach on Mondays this semester). She of course did NOT choose to come to my office for the day. Ugh...lesson learned!

Forks, a nap and snow

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 most certainly wasn't so excited about a purchase I made this weekend that I took a picture of it...

and then another picture showing the difference between a regular fork and the forks in my purchase.

seriously, have you seen cuter forks than that?

(My computer was being crabby and I couldn't get this pic to rotate correctly)

I also did not take a 2 hour nap on Sunday while my kids fended for themselves. I am way more responsible than that, and never would sleep while they were awake (remember...they are 6 and 11!)

I also did not go out in my red pj's to get pictures of our puppy and kittens in the snow we got recently. That would be waaayyy too embarassing. (post coming sometime in the next few days...of the snow, not the red pj's!)

So, what have you NOT been up to this week?

Candy and movies and laundry, oh my!

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.

As for me...

I have NOT totally ignored the extreme candy consumption in my household since Halloween! I always monitor the amount of candy my children eat, and don't ever allow a free-for-all to avoid the confrontation that is bound to happen!

I also did not decide to just pay the late fees for FIVE movies this weekend (for 2 extra days!!) because I kept forgetting to return them, and wanted to watch all of them, and was too lazy when I realized they were still in our house for yet another evening! So glad they are from Red Box!! (if some of you don't know about Red Box, you need to check it out and lobby to get them in your area!)

and finally...
I have not left a load of clothes in the dryer for the past 3 or 4 days because I had fun company for the weekend and didn't want to be bothered by folding and putting away laundry!

What about you? What have you NOT done this week?

Kid(less) time!

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.

As for me...
I most certainly did not enjoy a great day with friends at a local pumpkin patch, and when one friend needed to head home a bit earlier than the kids were all ready, did NOT jump at the chance to drive her and her son home. This left my 2 kids with another friend for the rest of the time they spend there. Nope! I always love every minute with my kids and would never pawn them off on someone else for any period of time!

I also most certainly did not take advantage of the time with no kids and lay down for a glorious nap!

Earlier this weekend I also did NOT nearly burst out in song when my dear husband offered to "camp" out in our yard for the last time of the year with the kids and puppy! Again, I dearly love my kids, and cherish every moment with them, even the ones that come in the middle of the night...

I also did NOT take a 2-3 hour nap on Sunday afternoon. I mean really, what adult still revels in taking naps (especially of the 2-3 hour variety)? This also is NOT why it is after midnight and I am still quite wide awake working on this post...
What about you? What have you NOT done this week?


Alissa

Too busy!

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.

As for me:

I most certainly did NOT encourage the dog to lick up the mac and cheese that had spilled on the floor (and then not clean it up myself). I am grossed out by people who let their dogs clean up things, and always keep my house spotless!

I also did NOT make my kids eat cereal for supper last night because it was too late and I was too tired to make them anything for supper. I always feed my children proper, balanced meals!

How about you?? What have you NOT done this week?

Alissa