Tuesday Is Not Me! Monday This Week

I was so totally NOT in a funk yesterday.

On Sunday our family drove to Corona to our first of two gatherings that day. When we were two miles away at approximately 12:30 pm we got a phone call saying that the gathering didn't start at 1pm but instead it started at 3pm! We were a little miffed at the communication issue but glad we were able to find a mall close by to hang at while we waited. I was not aware that the mall was indeed HUGE and had hard wood floors. Have you ever walked on hard wood with high heels you bought from the thrift store? Not me. I would never wear high heels to begin with since I walk silly and they are way too uncomfortable. I'm a jeans and flip flops kind of gal and there is no way I would take that sort of fashion risk. Oh, and I would never buy shoes from the thrift store. That's disgusting. Anyway, my feet were screaming. We made our way to Burger King where we got a tasty snack. While we ate my mom called my cousin to see if we could bring something to her house. We were then told the gathering was not at her house like we thought. It was at another house! At this point we wondered if it was even that day! Once we had the facts straight we finished our snacks and headed out. On our way out we stopped in The Children's Place (fabulous!) and I told Tyler to go take Cole to look at clothes while I looked for tights for Kayley. I expected him to stand against the wall and mutter under his breath but much to my surprise he did not go shopping. And he most definitely did not convince me to buy Cole a shirt. My husband does not shop. And he did not shop on Sunday.

Whenever my kids have their vitamins (we call them vita gummy bears) Tyler and I do not sneak a couple for ourselves. They taste just like gummy bears and since I love sweets I do not sample them once a day, every day. I have noticed that my once brittle and easily breakable nails have become strong and I will not continue my daily dosage of candy/nail strengthener.

I do not still have baby fever. I'm beginning to wonder if I had another one if I would still want another after that. What is this madness?

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and I don't have any great pictures to post. I will hopefully get around to it soon!

I've Got Nothin'

On any normal day I would be posting Not Me! Monday funniness but today I think I'll pass. Making phone calls to creditors and no news from job applications leaves me once again ready and willing to curl up in a ball and sleep it all away. I don't write this for sympathy. I write just because I have to let it out some way or otherwise I will just explode. I wish somehow God could come sit next to me and whisper in my ear His plan, His way, His solution. He has come through for us so many times and in so many ways. I have to just trust in Him, in His provision. But all I really want to do is put my fist through the wall.

Not Me! Monday

Not Me! Monday is here again!

I did not forget to include something I didn't do for last Monday so here it is, just for you Kim!

We were at the mall. Or the walking park. To tell you the truth I don't really remember. Anyway, we were somewhere with Kim and Ashley and we all had our strollers. Cole was walking helping me push the stroller from the bottom basket. I did notice that Cole started going head first into the basket but I really didn't care, I was not too busy chit chatting with my friends. As we went along I realized that my son started to moan. You see, it turns out he crawled himself all the way in the basket and underneath the foot rest for the rear seat (if you have seen a double you would know what I'm talking about) and got stuck. I had to push his head down to the bottom of the very dirty, crumb covered basket and pull him out by his feet! The funny thing is that I would never let my son ever lay (or sit) in the basket. It's clearly for storage only. I would never be too preoccupied with my friends and their darling little babies to forget all about my only son and his safety and well being.

Last night Tyler and I put the kids to bed early. It seems Cole wakes up at 6:30 no matter what time he goes to bed and Kayley is a sleep machine so we put them to bed at 7:30. At 8:30 Cole peeked out of his room saying "I lost my money." Tyler went to deal with it but quickly returned saying "I don't even know how to deal with that!" I walked down the hall into the kids' room and I most definately did not see my son completely naked. I turned around and tried so hard to keep from laughing. He said again "I lost my monies I had in my bed wif me" He didn't even care that he was naked. He was so concerned about the penny (we did find it by the way) that he was playing with in his bed, in the nude. After getting control of my smiles I did not put on the stern mommy face and got him dressed and warned him to stay in bed and keep his clothes on. I would never leave loose change sitting around for my two year old to play with. And I've taught my children that being clothed is better than chillin' in the nude so no, my son did not take off his clothes and play with a small item that could be easily lodged in the throat in his bed in the dark.

Yes, these are my children. No, I did not let them lay upside down for 20 minutes while watching a movie.

I'm not so excited that it's the week of Christmas!!!!

Joyful Job Jubilee

I'm feeling rather happy at the moment and no, it's not because I'm holding a baby. It's because Tyler is filling out a job application and it just fills me with the greatest amount of glee. It doesn't even matter that it's raining and that it has been for the past three days. My house isn't fully clean and, as a matter of fact, my son isn't even wearing pants. And I don't even plan on dressing him anytime soon. I don't care where Tyler works, all I care about is that he has a job. Tyler + a job during the holidays (or anytime really) = happy wife.

Not Me! Monday

It is not Not Me! Monday again. Time does not fly by so quickly that I can't keep up!

Our family did not go to the tree farm again this weekend. We already got our tree so why would we go again? Kayley did not get to hold the saw again (you know how I feel about that) and Cole did not run around jumping off and tripping on tree stumps. My dad paid for the kids to ride the ponies. When they were done Cole said "mom, I rode a big rooster!" The ponys' name was rooster but it was funny if you can imagine him riding a real one. I would never do that though. That's way too weird.

I have not had crazy baby fever the past couple of weeks. I would not actually want to be big and uncomfortable with an achy back and sore feet. I never enjoyed people doing things for me while I was prego and I wouldn't like late night feedings or clothing changes after projectile poops. I have never liked all the tiny little clothes and shoes and such. Nope, I would never even think about having baby fever.

We did not find out this week that Tyler is unemployed. I'm so good at keeping my cool and rolling with the punches that I havn't lost my temper or my mind for that matter. I am not trying the best I can to stay joyful and keep it together. It is also apparent that I can not take a usually funny Not Me! Monday blog and make it depressing.

I could not use some cheering up this week!

Joy to my World

I'm really not feeling all that wonderfully creative with my bloggin' skills this week plus I'm not too happy about Tyler being out of a job two weeks before Christmas. So here's a little something something to make us all happy.

Not Me! Monday

It’s that time again! MckMama makes me feel so much better about the silly things the kids and I do during the week! Enjoy!

Tyler got a new cheapo helicopter this week. We did not spend our Friday night flying the heli back and forth between the living room and dining rooms for 45 minutes. We did not find that if you give it a little push that it plummets toward the other person at amazing speeds and can even cause injury. It then did not turn into a game of crash-land-the-heli-and-see-if-it-stays-together. We have more important and exciting things to do than play silly games like that, especially on a Friday night!

We went to the Thayer’s Christmas party this weekend. We played an exchange game with gift cards where you try to get the one you want. I did not have to fight with women twice my age for a gift card to Victorias Secret! Thank goodness I didn’t go home with it.

I did not go to see Celine Dion on Tuesday with Krista. I did not totally love her and her beautiful face. My heart did not go out to the old man next to us who was holding a picture of his wife and a tissue. Tears weren’t running down his face and I would never desire to wrap my loving arms around him.

When we were getting our tree this weekend my husband did not allow our four year old to carry the saw the entire time. After 20 minutes of jabbing me with it accidently, I decided it was time for me to hold it. When I took it from her hands, Kayley did not shout “Mom! You scratched me! Be careful with that!”

While my daughter was busy slaughtering the nearest victim, my darling son did not try to make his way through the trees but instead managed to trip on every single tree stump, land on his face, shake it off and move along like it was daily business. I didn’t choose to ignore his subtle cries knowing they wouldn’t last long and that he didn’t really need me.

My kids didn’t do anything else noteworthy this week. I would never forget to make a note of these things so I could write them here for you to read!

It is not Hillary's 23rd birthday today! I do not love her bunches and wish her a wonderful day filled with laughter and tasty food!!!

Great Friends Forever

It has been so long since I've seen a picture of Hillary and her favorite who happens to also be one of my favorites too. Here they are gazing into each others eyes like they always do.

Good news!

Hey ya'll. Ha, that's funny. I'm totally not from the South. Anyway, Tyler told me tonight he's not leaving for Pendleton on Tuesday with all the other guys. He is now on light duty which is basically sitting doing nothing all day. He is scheduled for an MRI on his knee and his back, both of which have been really hurting lately. His back has always been an issue but his knee is a new injury within the last few months. I know, I said there was good news and there still is! You ready?

Tyler is NOT going to Iraq!!!

Ok so i spoiled it. I'm sure you saw it before you even read through but it's just too exciting not to put in bold and really large lettering!!!!!!

I'm so glad that Tyler will be here for me and the kids and he'll get to see Kayley start Kindergarten. I'm just a little confused about God's plan here. There is a small possibility that they will just put Tyler back to Reserve and he'll have to find a job again. There is also a chance he'll get to stay and do office work or recruiters assistance. Hopefully we'll know soon, within the next week or so. So if you read this and think of me later please pray for God's will in this and that there would be no anxiety in me or Tyler while we wait. Thanks guys!

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me! Monday

MckMama is the author of the blog above that I follow and the Not Me! Monday creator. Go to her blog and check it out! I thought it would be fun to try so here I go!

I am not attempting Not Me! Mondays for the very first time. I am perfect so there would be no reason whatsoever for me to tell you all about the things I don't do!

I did not bite into a piece of chocolate and crack my tooth in two places this week. I never eat chocolate, especially in the morning before church. So no, I most definitely did not crack my tooth.

I did not throw a dirty (poopy) diaper on the middle of the driveway while I ran into the house to get something for Tyler before work. I did not forget to pick it up before he left and Katie's mom did not call me to let me know that there was a diaper smashed on my driveway, poo poo tire tracks and all. Nope, I'm never that absent minded!

When I asked Kayley if she wanted her nails painted, she did not forget that I bought No Bite top coat to help her stop biting her nails. I did not tell her that the more I put on over the blue coat the more shiny her nails would be. And it did not work! She does not, to this very hour, still have her blue nail polish on her fingers! Hallelujah!

I would never tell my son that if he let me clip his toe and finger nails that I would paint his two big toenails. He did not leave the bathroom giggling with two sparkly toes. I would never do anything to reduce my sons masculinity.

Before Tyler and I went for a walk this morning we did not swing by McDonald's first to pick up iced coffees. I did not take a big bite out of Cole's hash brown (and then wash it down with a swig of coffee) on our way from the car to the walking park to sweat off those pounds! I don't even like hash browns, nor would I feed those greasy things to my own children.

I did not finally convice my husband, after five years of marriage, to wear a collared, button up shirt for Thanksgiving. When he asked me if he could take it off forty-five minutes into our family gathering, I did not say "yes" with a feeling of accomplishment that he wore it for even that stretch of time.

I am definately not enjoying my crazy life as a wife and a mother of two and I will not have any other stories to tell come next Not Me! Monday!