Not Me! Monday

It's been awhile since I participated in Not Me! Monday, so I thought I would add a few things from the past weeks.

I am not waiting ever so impatiently for Dana to have her son. It is not as though I am about to birth a (probably) 9 lb+ baby boy, so I have no right to be so impatient.

I am also not totally and completely bitter at Swine Flu because it's presence may prohibit me from going to see the afore mentioned baby when he is born.

I did not figure out how to make my own Pumpkin Spice Latte yesterday and it did not taste quite a bit, if not better than the Starbucks version. I will not share the recipe here if you beg me hard enough. Oh, and it is not totally simple.

Our bedroom TV did not up and die on me on Saturday night. It is not gone for good.

Oh, and I am not psyched about the fact that our new appliances got ordered today! We ended up going with LG-- just an FYI.

Have a good one!

Not Me! Monday.

Welcome back to Not Me! Monday. It's the best free therapy there is and it's also a great opportunity to "meet" other MckMama fans readers. So, in true MckMama fashion...

I did not stop and get a gas station cappuchino this morning. Ew. Those things are pure sugar and cream and highly fattening. I would never do that to my washboard abs stomach.

I did not weep for quite a while after watching my DVRed episode of Grey's Anatomy. I am not currently in love with Alex Karev for marrying Izzie. My heart belongs to Zac Efron Tyler.

I did not have a bad case of baby fever yesterday after working in the infant room at church. I did not snuggle the whole time with a precious baby boy and I did not contemplate how I could effectively bribe Tyler into having one sooner rather than later.

I did not get hungry at around 10:00 pm last night when Lisa sent me a text message that had this picture and message in it:

"I made quiche!"

I am also not the least bit sorry that I have ridiculed her in the past for being less than domestic. I did not have to eat my words after realizing that those two quiches might just have been the most delicious thing I'd seen all day. I also did not seriously consider how long it would take me to get to her house and eat an entire quiche. No way, man.

I also do not get excited when I see that I have a new comment on one of my blog posts. This is not a shameless plug for you to leave a comment. I do not love meeting new people through my blog. I am not a people person.

Have a great Monday!

Not Me Monday is back!

Not Me Monday took quite the sabbatical while the world prayed for Stellan to heal. I am so thankful to say that Stellan is doing much better and now that MckMama is home, Not Me Monday has returned! I am excited for Not Me Monday, but I am far more excited that sweet Stellan is home with his MckSiblings.

And now... on with the fun!

I did not purchase this brand new Vera Bradley Large Tic Tac Tote bag on Friday for only $15. It does not retail in stores for $69. No way.
I did not run a half marathon yesterday. I did not have a complete and total blast. And I did not see these cutie pies and their brother cheering me on during my last stretch. Oh, and I am not already looking forward to next year!

I am not hobbling around today because I feel as if someone has beat me with a large wooden bat. Not me. I never feel a thing after running 13.1 miles. Never.

I am not looking forward to going home today and making dinner and resting. It does not thrill me that I don't have to plan my days around 2 hour runs until next January.

I did not absolutely crack up laughing at the first picture on Jenni's blog. It is not absolutely hysterical and precious.

I am not totally stoked about the fact that my hottie husband is turning 26 on Friday. I absolutely do not love celebrating the birthdays of the ones I love.

I did not love the text messaging party between my three best friends and I this morning on the way to work. I did not laugh out loud several times because of certain text messages. I do not miss them terribly and I am not looking forward to our girls weekend this summer. Not at all.

That is it for today, folks. I'm off to see if I can get myself down to the staff bathroom. With the way my legs are feeling, I'm pretty confident that I won't make it. Wish me luck.

I didn't do it.

When you work with kids, you hear "I didn't do it!" a lot more than you probably want. This very well may be something I teach my kids right from the get go-- "If you say that, you will have to play with Momma's hair every night for the rest of your life." What a glorious punishment that would be. For me, of course. Not them.

So, I would like to share with you some of my "Not Me!" moments of this past week. However, before you continue, please go to MckMama's blog and update yourself on Stellan. Not only will you be hooked on her awesome writing, but you won't be able to keep yourself from falling on your knees to pray for this precious little boy. Our God is good. Please pray.

On a lighter note:

I did not lick my thumb and then wipe a smudge off one of my kid's faces today. Number one, not my kid. Number two, gross. Number three, not my kid.

I did not gorge myself on Maggianos AND Coney Island this weekend while at home. I have been doing really well with my diet and would never set myself back by enjoying some of the best food known to man.

On that note, I am not totally bitter about the fact that Cincinnati does not have any Coney Island restaurants. Ugh.

I did not drive to three, count them, THREE gas stations to find a vacuum for my car before giving up and deciding to drive down Montgomery looking for a gas station vacuum until I found one. I did not drive for about two miles until I found one.

I am not totally disappointed by the lack of good coupons in the paper this week and I don't feel like a total dork admitting that yes, I do coupon. And I love it.

Check back in tomorrow for a blog about my darling momma who is turning the big 5-0! If you know her, it's hard to believe, but it's true. Now you all know. Sorry, Mom. :)

NOT ME!

It's time for the glory that is Not Me! Monday. MckMama is the genius that came up with this grand idea. And if you like MSC (Many Small Children), you will LOVE hers because they are truly edible (in a non canibalistic type way).

I definitely did not save $48 with my coupons on Saturday. Walgreens coupons do not make me want to twirl around in a grassy field and scream, "HALLELUJAH!!". I also did not make my hunk of a man go with me to Walgreens at 10:30 pm on Saturday because my February coupons were about to expire. He was not leaning over the cart as if he'd been shot because he was so exhausted. No way.

I also do not have an extremely sore neck and back from leaning over and clipping coupons on the floor for a few hours yesterday. Next week, I will definitely not clip them at the table or at least on the couch. I love being sore.

I did not just order this fabulous tote for our Florida vacationfrom Etsy. Do not go to that website. You will most certainly not get addicted. Oh, and I have not already picked out my first child's birth announcements on Etsy. That would be strange seeing as though I have no children and I am not pregnant... yet.

I am also not going to Florida with this fine woman and her husband (and mine!) in about a month. I am not totally stoked about this. Our husbands also do not play Settlers of Catan together online and talk to each other on speaker phone while playing because they live 8 hours away from one another. Not them.

I did not do devotions in our staff meeting on Thursday. I also did not sob my eyes out in front of the ENTIRE STAFF after playing the Shane & Shane song, "Embracing Accusation" because it means so much to me. I also did not share something that I was struggling with and proceed to cry so hard that I couldn't speak and that snot was coming out of my nose at an alarming rate of speed. The precious women that I work with did not then pray over me and God's peace did not show up right on time. I was not totally comforted by the amazing gift of friendship I have in these women.

And our International Week presentation for the Netherlands is not on Thursday. I am not totally overwhelmed by this and my kids are being perfect angels. Uhhh... pray for me if you think of it. Good glory.

Gotta run. Much love!

Back Again.

It's Not Me! Monday and I refuse to not participate any longer. I am making myself sit down and write this today if it kills me. I miss blogging profusely and I miss seeing your comments. So, in order to make a comeback to my poor blog, I am going to give you a short (but well worth it, I hope) Not Me! Monday post. MckMama is so great at doing these and I have missed out on the fun. And even if you aren't interested in reading hundreds of Not Me! posts from around the world, go on over to My Charming Kids and check out her precious bunch. I promise-- you will NOT be sorry. And if you can't figure out how to click on one of my FOUR links to her site, well, then... sorry. Here goes...

I did not make three of my students cry on Friday. I did not have the audacity to change the colors of two of those three because they didn't understand the meaning of "BE QUIET". And, seeing as though it is a classroom policy to follow the rules, they most certainly did not cry as a result of the color change.

The other cryer most certainly did not cry because I made him write his REAL middle name on an assignment and not his FAKE middle name, which would be Orange, in case you were wondering. He did not insist that his middle name WAS Orange, causing me to wonder if he really thinks it is or that he believes his teacher is really gullible. I'm still not sure.

I did not cry myself on Friday in front of my kids because I was so tired and I just wanted them to be quiet. I also did not cry again while reading them The Other Side, which is one of my favorite children's books. One of my students did not say, "Who's getting the tissue for her this time?"

I did not cheer wildly when Heath Ledger won his "Best Supporting Actor Oscar" last night. I also did not tear up when they were talking about him and then announced his name. Oh, man. Heath. What a guy. And please, no Brokeback Mountain comments. I know, I know. We all make mistakes. Give the dead guy a break.

I also did not choose to be a little bit bitter again last night at Tyler for throwing away my commemorative Heath Leger issue of People when last night would have been a great excuse to pull it back out and read it for the 1,348th time. Ugh. Why would you throw that away? WHY? Okay, gotta get over that.

I have not already lost 10 pounds. I am not pretty thrilled about this. I do not have 15 more to go before I am at my goal weight.

I do not absolutely love, Love, LOVE my new Smartboard. If you don't know what that is, I would encourage you to look it up. You can even click on the super easy link I put right above. Basically, it's an interactive whiteboard and I am obsessed. It blows my mind.

And finally, when Dana and Malia came for a visit last week, the woman who cleans my classroom did not stop and TOUCH Malia with her RUBBER GLOVES that had been used for cleaning an ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM (I'm big into capital letters today; have you noticed?). Oh. My. Glory. Dana and I did not just about flip out when she left. I mean, who does that? Ew. EW. EW.

Okay, that wasn't as short as I thought. But it sure was fun. Let's hope for no tears in 3B today. I'll keep you posted.

Not Me! Monday is BACK!

Technically, it never went anywhere. MckMama has been gettin' down with her Monday self and hasn't let us down a single week. Me, not so much. However, this week, I cannot resist sitting down and compiling a list of things that happened to me this past week. So here goes nothing.

I did not buy the most fabulous nail color at Target on Saturday just to knock it on my ceramic tile floor on Sunday morning. It did not break and go absolutely everywhere, causing me to lose my cool and have to clean it up. I did not take out my stupid mistake on my wonderfully precious man and we were not 10 minutes late to church due to my mishap and bad mood. I did not just realize that in the sentence above, I spelled "due" as "do". I do not hate spelling and grammar mistakes and I am not more embarrassed by my mistake than usual due to the fact that I am the Spelling Bee coordinator for my school. And again, I did not just spell "due" wrong again... yikes.

I did not get borderline giddy yesterday when I got an email telling me that Big Mama is following me on Twitter! Really? Me? My Twitter? But remember, not giddy. That would be weird, stalkerish, and a lot bit lame.

I did not hysterically laugh giggle just a little during the end of the prayer that closed the Inauguration. Who was that guy and WHY was he rhyming like Dr. Seuss? I also did not agree with Sally when she claimed that JT (who is in kindergarten) wrote the poem that the poet read during the Inauguration. An Inauguration is not supposed to be funny... right?

I did not get upset and sad by this article which tells us that Obama has reversed the policy that Bush re-instituted in office. This policy is one that banned using federal funds for abortions. Let's get praying, shall we?

And finally, my hands did not turn blue on Friday afternoon. You heard me right... my hands did not turn blue. As I was talking to Ginger (the other third grade teacher), I happened to glance down at my hands which were not a very distinct shade of blue. Our school secretary quickly made a doctor's appointment for me, and when I arrived 30 minutes early, the doctor's secretary did not take one look at my hands and say, "Ohhh. Let's get you back right now." After doing some blood work and tests, I will not hear back from the doctor today as to what could be going on. They are testing for possible rheumatoid arthritis... and I am 23. So, all "Not Me-ing" aside, would you pray for me? I will be sure to let you all know when I hear anything.

On a final note, my dear friends and "school mommas" Ginger and Viona BOTH told me today that if I need to go back in to see the doctor today, they were going with me. How blessed am I to have such Godly women who love me SO much? Brings a smile to my face... :)

Happy Monday!