Not Me! Monday

That's right - it's the return of Not Me! Monday to Ng Things. Believe me - the hiatus had nothing to do with a lack of material...

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.

So, here we go...

Would I ever admit that my daughter inherited her mother's addiction to Hickory Farms Turkey Summer Sausage? Even worse, would I ever actually give her some of said meat? Nope, not me!



Would I allow clean, folded laundry to sit on the couch in the family room downstairs, rather than put it away? Would I rather run downstairs every time Abigail needed a clean shirt or pair of pants, rather than get my butt in gear and just put the darn clothes away? Even worse, would I ever take a picture of my munchkin that included said piles of laundry in the background? Nope, not me!

(For an explanation of the state of Abby's undress, stop by my other blog!)


Would I allow my daughter to sit in the dusty corner behind her rocking chair? Would I ever post a picture to my blog that clearly shows a large dust bunny flying off the arm of my daughter's jammies? Nope, not me!



Would I allow Abby to take four blankies, a rubber duck, and a Lego to bed, just to keep her quiet and help her fall asleep? Nope, not me!

So, that's what I didn't do last week. How about you???

"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.


So, what did I NOT do this week???

I did not watch more reality television than any human being should watch in one week. I did not watch two nights of So You Think You Can Dance, one episode of The Fashion Show (twice, because it was so scandalous), two episodes of Deadliest Catch, the three-episode reunion show of The Real Housewives of New Jersey (once again, scandalous), and one episode of Daisy of Love (because who doesn't like a good train-wreck???). Not me!

I did not wear sneakers into work on Friday, even though the donning of sneakers is against company policy. Furthermore, I did not remain behind my desk as much as possible so that no one would notice my illegal footwear. Not me!

I did not cry when my (usually very careful) husband carelessly shut my fingers in the automatic window of our Civic. I did not try to tough it out until we got home, only to cry some more because I thought my fingers were broken. I did not sit in the Emergency Room at Huntington Hospital for 3+ hours on Friday night, waiting for x-rays. And, I most certainly did not get butterflies in my stomach when I was told I should take a pregnancy test to rule out the possibility of a pregnancy before having said x-rays taken. I did not have (just a small amount of) hope that the test might come back positive, and I did not feel really bummed when, as we were leaving the ER, Carey said it ended up being a good night because nothing was broken and I wasn't pregnant. Not me! :-(

I did not, with help from Carey, finally manage to mulch the flower beds in the front of our house on Saturday. With one hand. (That's right, I am hard-core.) And, once the flower beds were done, I did not begin to plan what else I could do in the front and back yards to spruce things up a bit. Not me!

And finally, I did not take any pleasure in the fact that Abby is going through a mommy-phase right now. It does not warm my heart to see Abby's smiling face when I walk in a room, and I did not take advantage of every opportunity possible to cuddle with my little girl before she moves on to her next phase. Not me!

So, what did you not do this week???

"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.


So, what did I not do this week?

Well, I did not have a complete and utter meltdown on Thursday night. I did not blog about it on Friday, and I was not appreciative of all the calls and emails I received to make sure I was okay. And that did not almost cause me to start crying again. :`)

I did not lack motivation to do pretty much anything, whether at work or at home, last week. I did not go the entire week doing only the bare minimum in order to keep myself, my husband, and my child clean, fed and clothed.

I did not go to bed at 9:15 on Thursday night because I was so tired from getting up at 4:45 am every day last week. I was not so incredibly thankful to have a husband who saw that I could barely walk in a straight line due to fatigue and who volunteered to get Abby into bed.

I did not buy two additional flavors of puffs, Abby's favorite snack, and laugh while I watched her eat them with reckless abandon. (I'm talking two-fisted snacking here, people!) And I most certainly did not have a moment of panic when I saw Abby pick up a puff of unknown age off the floor of the living room and quickly (and happily) pop it into her mouth, and then shrug it off because, after all, those puffs were made for babies. (A few months ago, I probably would have had a heart attack. Now, I'm like: "I just swept the floor last night, so I'm sure there was no dust on it...")

I did not have an amazing time at a wedding reception on Friday. I did not have one glass of wine too many and dance around with my husband like a maniac, singing rather loudly to some old favorites like "Ice, Ice Baby", "Dancing Queen", and "Thriller." And I did not have an absolutely grand time doing so. (In case you were wondering, I did not know all the words. Quick to the point, to the point no fakin', I'm cookin' MCs like a pound of bacon...)

So, what did you not do last week???

"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, I'm not sure if MckMama is going to post for Not Me! Monday today. (She's had a lot going on with her youngest child, Stellan. Please keep that beautiful little boy in your prayers...) But, I couldn't resist the chance to clear the air of all the things that I most certainly did not do last week.

I did not race around my house like a crazy woman on Friday night and Saturday, trying to clean everything before my in-laws arrived to celebrate Father's Day. And I most certainly did not admit defeat and shove anything that remained out-of-place into various closets and hoped that no one would accidentally open one of those closets and be crushed under my stuff. Not me!

I did not have one of my worst days at work EVER. I did not cry while I was at the office, and I most certainly did not cry to Carey when I got home. I did not wake up with a sense of clarity the next morning, allowing myself to see that I won't have to work forever, but that I need to hang in there for a while longer. I did not realize that I should be thankful for my job and my co-workers, and I did not find a new spring in my step for the rest of the week. Not me!

I did not almost freak out at the woman behind me in line at the grocery store who, not knowing what rhubarb was, proceeded to pinch and squeeze my rhubarb before I even paid for it. (Would she have liked it if I'd started squeezing everything in her cart???) I did not calmly move my rhubarb to the head of my grocery order, out of her reach. Nope, not me!

I did not hear/feel/smell my 9-month old daughter poop in church last night. I most certainly did not reason that, since church was almost over and we only live five minutes away, I would wait to change her diaper until we got home. And, upon pulling into our driving, I did not run inside to change said diaper, cheering when I discovered that the diaper hadn't leak all over her pretty dress. Not me!

I did not apply the five-second rule to the Gerber puffs that fell on the floor of our living room this weekend during one of Abby's messier snack sessions. And I most certainly did not munch on any of the stray puffs, just to save my daughter from possibly eating something that was "too dirty" for her. (And because I did not do this, I could not possibly tell you that those little puffs are quite delicious!) Not me!

And, most importantly, I did not wish Carey the happiest Father's Day ever. I did not tell him that Abby and I are so blessed to have him, and I did not let him sit around the house yesterday, drinking beer, watching golf, and playing Mario Cart on our Wii. And I most certainly did not change every poopy diaper yesterday so he wouldn't have to deal with anything stinky on Father's Day. Not me!

So, what did you not do last week???

"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.


So, what did I not do last week...

I did not spend most of the weekend trying to chase a very annoying pigeon off our front stoop. I did not tiptoe amongst the pigeon poop, waiting for my husband to take care of it because, after a run-in with an unfriendly bird at the Denver Zoo, I am frankly not a fan of anything with feathers. Not me!

I did not cry as I packed away Abigail's 6-9 month clothes and washed, folded, and put away her 9-12 month clothes. I did not try to squeeze her into a cute little t-shirt (size: 6-9 months), only to find that it kept creeping up over her chubby little belly. Not me!

I did not, through the use of leftovers, a husband who has discovered a love of cooking, and cereal, manage to not cook dinner the entire week last week. Not me!

I did not have homemade Strawberry-Rhubarb pie for lunch on Saturday. And Sunday. Not me!

I did not have an uncontrollable desire to have another baby. I did not beg Carey to have another child, and I did not cry when he made a very compelling, very logical argument as to why it would be better if we waited just a little bit longer. In response, I did not covertly look at pregnancy websites that allow me to track my fertility, pick baby names, and even determine (via an ancient Chinese calendar) what the gender of the baby would be. And I did not hug and cuddle Abigail just a little bit extra, whispering to her that she'll have to wait for a sibling. Not me!

So, what did you not do last week?!?!

"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.


So, what did I not do this week...

I did not have a totally amazing date night with the hubby that involved a trip to Wal-Mart, splitting a Subway sandwich, going to a movie, and grocery shopping. Whose idea of a date is that? Not me!

I did not let my child crawl around without pants for 75% of the weekend because it is easier for her newly-crawling self to move around on her bare knees. Not me!

I did not bake until 2:00 am on Sunday morning simply because I wanted to put my Mother's Day gift, a brand new Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer, through its paces. Not me!

I did not walk out of the house on Sunday with four bottles filled with water and no canister of EleCare (Abby's formula). I did not, in the absence of said formula, give Abby a second meal of prunes and apples. And I did not pay for it later. Not me!

And finally, I did not laugh while my child splashed around in her bathtub last night. I did not snuggle with her afterward because she smelled so delicious, and I did not kiss her sweet smelling checks again before I left this morning. Not me!

So, what did you not do last week?!?!

My Very First "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, it's my first Not Me! Monday. Just a few of the things that I would never, EVER do and, of course, did not do last week.


I did not make fun of the multi-colored poo that my daughter gifted me with on Saturday. I definitely did not decide to give her prunes and sweet potatoes in the same day again to see if such a colorful fiesta would await me again on Sunday. (Which it didn't, in case you were wondering.) Would I experiment with my daughter like that? Not me!

I did not pretend to be asleep on the couch on Thursday night so that my wonderful husband would wash all the baby bottles. Not me!

I did not almost leave the house in my furry purple slippers because I was so tired on Friday morning. I did not make it out onto the porch before realizing my mistake, and I most definitely did not laugh like a moron in my driveway at 6:25 am. Not me!

And finally, I did not wear a belt last Tuesday because my pre-pregnancy pants are still too tight and I couldn't close the buttons. I did not leave the zipper half-undone because that is the only way the pants were comfortable, and I did not pick out a super-long shirt to cover said jerry-rigged ensemble. Not me!

Ah, the honesty of admitting that I did absolutely none of the aforementioned things. Cleansing is good for the soul!