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So this morning adding to the great weight of a blasted headache that will not quit, was a great load of Mommy-guilt stemming from my severe lack of patience with my small fry over the weekend. Rather than dwell on that though, I’ve decided to “start fresh” since today is a day with no mistakes in it… yet! Besides it’s good to look for the humor in everyday situations rather than dwell on the “bad” parts of it.

I did not give all four kids in my care a huge frozen “popsicle” of yogurt to drip all over their nice clothes one day just to be sure that if their hands and mouths were occupied, they wouldn’t be yelling and screaming for at least a little while. Oh, but I DID make sure they were outside while enjoying the treat!

I didn’t let my boys run around outside with no shoes just so they could climb UP the slide. And one said boys did not step on something pokey and get an owie right in the middle of his foot because he didn’t have shoes on. What mom would have her children shoeless in the desert??? Not me!

I did NOT purposely keep my lads awake on Sunday so that they would take a nap when we finally got home AFTER 4pm! I then did not let them sleep till 6pm and then force them to wake up. After that I would never have been irritated with them for being major grumpy pants. And of course, I myself wouldn’t have been equally as grumpy from being extra tired that day as well.

After the wacky day and even wackier sleep patterns I wouldn’t have insisted that they go to bed “on time” anyway. Never mind they’d only been up for an hour and a half or so. Neither would I have been surprised that they were still awake 2 hours later since they had such a late nap. I would however be happy that though awake they were at least in their own respective beds.

I did NOT just make sure things were okay in their room and hie myself to my own bed to “sleep off” a really bad headache.

I didn’t get said headache by sitting in a too hot room for 3 hours during the “shower” the ladies at the church gave.

I would not have tossed miserably all night long with said headache.

Oh, and I didn’t wake up with the headache still pounding away….

…. but I did take 2 extra strength Tylenol.

I also DID make a resolve to have a better day today even if the weekend was rather depressing, and even if I have to haul the lads with me to my Dr. appt today.

I DID NOT insist that we purchase an additional umbrella stroller so that I could keep at least ONE of the lads securely strapped down during the appointment today. I’m SURE ours is around her somewhere, but I can’t locate it, AT ALL. Those things don’t just roll away by themselves!! Someday I’ll find it and think, “Oh yeah, I put it HERE because I thought I’d remember.” So much for that!

I am NOT looking forward to the highlights of the day mainly being “outside play time” and “NAP!!!” I also am NOT completely thrilled that I have an excuse for an early nap time today since we have to leave for town early. Hee Hee Hee!!

I would NOT keep typing random stuff even though I hardly even know what I’m doing because of the pounding headache and sleep-deprived foggy mommy brain. Ahhhhhhh….. Thanks for loving me anyway!

Enjoy your Not-Me Monday, and please tell me that I’m not the only one who sometimes feels like they’ve been through the blender?

Feeling a little French today. I’ve been watching Julie and Julia probably WAY too much because I even DREAM about the yummy looking bruschetta dish at the beginning of the movie. I’m SO going to make that sometime. But it’s a fun chick flick and I’m so happy that my loving hubby gave it too me for Christmas!
Onward!!

So what have I been not up to this week?

Well, I did not allow my children to totally trash their room by dumping out EVERY toy container all over their floor. They also did not delve into other parts of the house where toys are kept and empty those toys into their fabulously tidy room as well. I then did not trick convince my helpful hubby to supervise the clean up with Monkey #1 while I gave Myles a bath. I’d never be that mean!
I did not move our poor “cold stricken” baby into our room so I wouldn’t have to trip up and down the stairs multiple times a night, and cause my poor husband to “move out” to the couch so he could actually get some rest. I then would not have blissfully stretched out in our bed and enjoy the extra space totally guilt free. (I’m convinced we need a bigger bed… don’t know why, neither of us has “grown” but the bed just seems to be not big enough for good sleep any more)
I did not put the empty box that Qade has claimed as his “car” in the garage to get it out of my way, only to fish it out again when Qade was frantically looking through the house for his “car.” Poor lad! Perhaps I should have stuck to my guns and told him the car was gone, but I just love his little imagination so much I couldn’t. Then while driving his “car” on the coffee table I did not neglect to make him stop and consequently he did not drive it right off the edge and crash. It wasn’t totaled though so all is well, and he hasn’t been driving on the table anymore.
I did not put one lad down for a nap, leave the other lad watching a movie, and go take a shower. I would not have desperately needed to do this because I honestly could not remember the last shower I had…. I know, yuck. I then would not have come back to the living room to discover my son had turned the movie off on his own and was having a grand old time playing with my computer mouse and keyboard. I also didn’t notice that he had somehow managed to rename a photo that was on the desktop. Whew! At least he didn’t delete the hard drive or something.

So there’s some of the stuff I’d never be doing, ever, never in a million years. Hope you all have had great “not me” weeks and this one is better still. If you’re interested in reading other people’s “not confessions” you can visit McMamma’s site. Ta ta!

Well, I didn’t have enough “pizzaz” yesterday to do a not me post, so today I’m playing catch up.

This week we did not go away for some R&R and time with family and forget to turn the water off even though it’s be super-duper cold here recently.
Therefore we didn’t get home to find an indoor pool in our laundry room from a TEENY WEENY hole that sprouted in a tube.
Neither was I soooo thankful that my handy-dandy-mr-fix-it hubby of mine found the “issue” very shortly and fixed the problem so that we still had both water AND hot water.
Oh, and we did not leave our poor howling children stuck in their car seats after the long drive home so that we could clean out the lagoon without the help of little hands and feet.

At 3am I did not “cave in” and give my almost 15 month old a cup of milk to help him go back to sleep. Ha! Isn’t it great to be not the first child? With Qade I didn’t want to “develop a habit” of waking up for milk so if he woke up in the night I’d work with him, rock him some, and give him water. Now, I just want to get back to sleep as soon as possible myself so it works out to Myles’ advantage. Although, to be honest he rarely wakes up, but has this dreadful cold that is keeping us all hostage. So I gave him some Tylenol and a cup of milk to “wash it down.” It worked too and we all slept like the dead for the rest of the night.

Another thing I have NOT been doing recently is giving my toddler a “fruit snack” that he can take to his new tent to eat so that Hubby and I can watch at least a little of a movie/show without being interrupted. Ha ha ha ha!

So anyway, those are some things I’ve not been up to lately. Unfortunately something I am up to today is MASSIVE recovery. Ya know my new years resolution post? Well, I’ve yet to start those lofty goals (except for the PHOTO one) because we’ve been scampering about the country side. But I think we’re finally done with that and ready to get back to a “post-holiday” routine. Because of that I have about a ton an a half of laundry to do, and a LOT of reorganizing with all the new Christmas loot that needs an actual place. So here I go, diving in, elbows deep in dishes and stuff, but after this week we should be well on our way to normalcy. And once I can actually breathe again I’m going to start INSANITY!! Woo-Hoo! Stay tuned for THAT post… I’m sure it’ll be hysterical!

Hello friends and fellow Monday Sufferers. I love doing not-me-mondays because it’s such a nice break from the reality of Monday. THIS Monday, however I’m having a delicious day because Stuart and his folks took the lads over to Great-Grandparent Noggle’s home for breakfast.
So on this NOT ME Monday I did NOT sleep in till 8:30, luxuriously hogging the WHOLE bed. AAAAAHHHHHHH!
I did NOT take my time getting ready, enjoy a whole bowl of Lucky Charms without having to share a bite, and sip wonderful Santa’s White Christmas coffee. Not me.
After that comfy morning all by myself, my little mommy’s heart did NOT melt when my 14 month old saw me and came running with squeals to get a hug. I wasn’t totally enthralled in his non-stop babble as he “told” me all about his morning adventures.
Previously I did NOT give both my lads chocolate covered pretzels just to get them out of the kitchen only to find schmoozed chocolate on the living room furniture.
I did NOT totally ignore the “traditional” Christmas “feast” and feed my lads spaghetti-o’s on Christmas.
I also did NOT do 4 loads of laundry Christmas afternoon because we didn’t have a stitch of clean clothing left in our house. Ha ha!
I DID NOT enjoy one of the BEST Christmases ever watching my little lads experience the joys of giving, and especially receiving (ha ha) gifts!
Hope you all have NOT been up to lots of fun thing too!
You can read more “not-me’s” at McMamma’s site too.

I did not spend the majority of Monday morning stressing out about packing up my kids, their luggage, and all the other necessities that are needed by the four of us for a trip to spend time with my family before Christmas. Does it ever amaze you how much JUNK little people need to spend a night away???
We did not get down the road with our 2 monkeys and their baggage in tow only to see a sign that informed us of a road closure. Neither did the thought occur to us that we should then stop to get details or find an alternate route. Surely it wouldn’t mess up OUR travel plans, oh no.
We didn’t blindly continue on only to spend over an hour SITTING on the road just to get to the “top” to be told to turn around and take a detour. *sigh*
After that we didn’t dig out the map to create our own detour, and happily jaunt along our way till we saw a 4×4 truck covered in mud coming from the opposite direction. The driver of that truck was kind enough to tell us “ya can’t get there from here.” **double sigh**
After spending 5 hours on the road with our poor little children strapped to their carseats the whole time, we DID NOT arrived back where we started…. yep, home. *sigh again*
Looking for the “silver lining” in my “not me monday” as a friend of mine recently encouraged me to do, I will get to play with my new photo editing software!! I will break out the iron and make some rosettes to munch on this evening while we sit down, cozy and happy in our own home with our beautiful Christmas tree, and my awesome lads bouncing off the walls. I’m disappointed not to get to have a fabulous spaghetti dinner, made by Oma, with all the fam tonight, but I am thankful that we’re happy and safe and it’s still Christmas time!

Here it is Monday again. I’m more in the mood for a Saturday, but I guess I get what I get and I won’t throw a fit. At least not a big one.

This week I DID NOT let my one yr old walk around the house chewing on his toothbrush for several hours. NOT ME! I’m sure his little pearly whites were very sparkly by the time I pried it away from him. Well, I did try to pry it away and that was a disaster, so I DID NOT let the lad take the toothbrush to nap with him and then snag it back after he had finally “thrown it overboard” when he was done with it. I think he may need a new toothbrush.

After 3 and a half arduous months of potty training, I didn’t come to the conclusion that we all desperately needed a sabbatical from the ordeal. We certainly wouldn’t take a 2 month “break” for mental health’s sake and decide to try again later. Neither did I recruit the lad’s help to “put away” all his pull-ups and unders and break out the diapers. I didn’t tell him that when he wanted to be a big boy and go in the potty we could get them out again, but for now he was going to wear diapers like a baby. Oh, and I wasn’t disappointed when it really didn’t seem to affect him in the least. *sigh* One more “great idea” spoiled. Oh well, at least I don’t have to have the pressure of dragging him to the pot every hour and STILL washing 2 or 3 sets of clothes that he’s “spoiled” each day. Yay for not me!

I did not just shrug and let it go when my boys took every piece of plastic out of the cupboard and “made dinner” for me (wouldn’t that be nice if it was real???) and have not spent the 3 days since pulling plastic lids out of places like the Christmas tree, under the fridge, in the toy baskets and under the boys beds. Arg… After that I did NOT decide that that cupboard was now “off limits” and became the “nazi” of the kitchen to enforce the new rule. One day I’ll get the parenting thing down just in time to be a grandparent.

So what have YOU been not doing lately? You can check out more “confessions” at McMamma’s site. Happy Monday!

I did not take off for the weekend, for the express purpose of visiting my mom for her birthday then ditch her with 2 wild little boys so that I could have a couple hours peace and quiet. Not me!
I did not spend part of that peaceful time browsing through the zillions of bead selections marked 50% off at Hobby Lobby. That magical number just makes me think that I can buy twice as many and be getting a bargain! Go figure. I’d never cave in to that marketing scheme. Not me!
I did NOT spend 15 minutes in the FREEZING cold out of doors banging on the storm door and the sliding glass door because while I was packing up the car my toddler locked me out of the house! Oh no! NOT me! And it certainly wouldn’t have happened as I was packing up the vehicle to go to church with my parents on Sunday morning. And it would not have necessitated me crawling through the crack in the gate (because it was chained shut) in my LONG skirt to get to the backyard. Also I wouldn’t have found out later that one of the keys that I held in my hand would have unlocked said gate, but of course didn’t unlock the back door. So I wouldn’t have crawled back through the gate to the front of the house banging on the door, as if that would unlock it, and yelling at my son to “turn it the OTHER way” until he calmly looked at me through the window and said, “Stop screaming, Mommy.” Ha! Not me! I didn’t have a stroke of brilliance once again and crawl back through said gate to the back of the house and bang on the sliding door till 2 very curious little monkeys came back there, (only took like 5 minutes, what in the world were they doing?) and finally convince my 2 yr old to “pick up the stick” that held the door shut, very tightly I may add, because I had tried that avenue before! I would not have finally got inside the house all disheveled and very out of sorts march my boy to the front door, point at the offending lock and say, “No-no! Never touch this!!” As if he would ever remember. Not me! By the way, I was not nearly 20 minutes late for church that morning either.
Not me!

This is a rather unique not me post…. for you see, I forgot to keep track, aka write down, all of my not me moments this week. So I’ll just leave you with one.

I did not spend a wonderfully golden afternoon snapping pictures of two adorable boys instead of unpacking from our trip. Nope….

Look at this face!

I believe he was “concerned” about something

Love the light! Love the lad too!



Running to Daddy

Our little gimp

…. not me.

P.S. You can see the latest post on Stellan HERE!