Not Me! Monday

Let's confess. Doesn't your week sound something like mine? Read all about what I did NOT do, and remember, confession is good for the soul!

I did NOT say “turn off the piano” to my son. I know perfectly well that an upright piano cannot be turned off. My mind was NOT somewhere else. I CAN multitask with the best.

I did NOT stay up until 2 a.m. Sunday morning so I could finish a book. Nope. I treasure my beauty sleep more than I treasure reading a good book. It was NOT Liz Curtis Higgs’ “Fair is the Rose”.

I did NOT bemoan the fact that my husband’s mercies are not new every morning, quite contrary to God’s, when he nagged me once again to do something. It so does NOT take me weeks to clean up one messy pile (of many) in our room.

I did NOT really miss my 4-year-old son last night when I pushed a loaded grocery cart over the yellow rumble strip when leaving the grocery store. He does NOT absolutely love jiggling in the cart as it bumps over the rumble strip.

I did NOT come unglued when I got home from said grocery store and found my daughter wearing an angora sweater (that I’d just washed after it was worn outside in the muddy backyard), trying to clean white glue off her hands and general self. I did NOT go completely ballistic and ask hubby what in the world he was thinking, letting her have things she could make a mess with, especially since she was wearing said angora and is known for her ability to create a mess out of nothing, not to mention having full access to glue and glue sticks and pens, etc. Remember, I do NOT have problems whatsoever keeping my house spotless and keeping control of my tongue and my children’s behavior, and I do NOT feel completely overwhelmed with the slightest extra mess I have to clean up pronto else it becomes permanent. Nope. I’m one calm, cool, collected, and multitasking mother with perfect children and a perfect husband, not to mention a perfectly ordered and cleaned house. Ahem.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to my Not Me! Monday post. It's MckMama's idea about how good confession is for us, so here's what I DIDN'T do this past week.



I did NOT actually sit on my hands one day this week to avoid slapping my child’s face as I was being sassed. I’m perfectly in control of my kids’ emotions and attitudes, not to mention my own, dontcha know!?!

I am NOT currently in a self-imposed time-out because I have a bad attitude (from being around those perfectly behaved children, dontcha know). Remember, I’m perfectly in control of my emotions and attitude… sigh...

I am also NOT once again desperately trying to win MckMama’s prize for this week’s Not Me! Monday posts as the stamped-disk necklace is NOT absolutely adorable and right up my “love-this-stuff” alley. Nope, NOT me!

I am NOT letting my 5-year-old play outside in the rain and mud (in 52-degree temps) just because we're all sick and tired of (but oh so grateful for) the rain and because she didn't burn off enough energy earlier at the mall's play place.


Finally, I have NOT signed completely out of blogger and then signed back in at least five now six times as I have reviewed this post and decided to change something or add another did NOT statement. Nope. That would mean I have too much time on my hands. (And I'm NOT totally disgusted with why I can't always get blank lines to stay between some of these statements. Guess I'll have to use some of this extra time on my hands to research that!)


Blessings!

Not Me! Monday

Leaving the gym one morning, I did NOT walk up to my truck and think (in a rather pleased manner) that it didn’t look as dirty as I thought it was, nor was the front passenger seat as cluttered as I thought it was. That said, it also WASN’T me who clicked the button to unlock the door, tried the door to find it still locked, hit the unlock button again, and then finally heard my actual truck unlock two spaces behind me. Of course it was NOT as dirty and cluttered as I’d thought. That said, I DIDN’T approach the same truck a few days later, walking right by my own truck, and try in vain to get the door to unlock. That would mean I didn’t learn my lesson the first time, which of course I did.

I HAVEN’T been avoiding being a good mother while catching up on the “prayer-request blogs” I frequent. I mean, what good mother would let their kids have the run of the house (i.e., pantry) just so they could spend time reading blogs? NOT me!

I also am NOT thinking of how very boring my Not Me! Monday post is just because I’m desperately hoping to be a winner on MckMama’s NMM contest and don’t have much funny stuff to write about.

Thanks for reading. Have a blessed day!

Not Me! Monday - my first!!!

On Saturday at an amusement park, I did NOT make myself motion sick while riding on a spin-yourself-as-fast-as-you-can ride to make my 5-year-old daughter laugh and giggle hysterically.

I then did NOT sit on a bench for 20 minutes while my husband took the kids somewhere else.

I did NOT then go on "Harold the Helicopter" with both kids, only to find myself holding back vomit by sheer will, staring at the ceiling of our helicopter, praying for the ride to end.

It did NOT take me another hour lying on a bench in the cool shade to recover enough to be able to walk without the world AND my stomach spinning madly. At least I did not vomit... really.

Today I am NOT still feeling somewhat off kilter.