Monday, January 12, 2009

Since confession is supposedly good for the soul, here's what I did NOT do recently:

I did NOT save up several “Not me!” incidents from the last few weeks to share all in one fell swoop today; that would be cheating, which I DON’T do.

On Christmas Eve, desperate to get a good meal on the table after a day of errands, I did NOT find Indian Meal Moth caterpillars in my Tupperware rice container. I did NOT then rinse a cup of the infested rice at least five times and put it in the rice cooker. I also did NOT eat the rice and enjoy it immensely. Perhaps that little extra flavor was the reason - NOT!!! But I am certainly NOT not letting my husband buy rice again...

Also on Christmas Eve, I did NOT wait until 9:30 p.m. to begin wrapping gifts. That would mean I’m unorganized, which I’m NOT.

I did NOT yell down the hall, “Grammy has Cooties”, when trying to explain to my husband how my daughter knows how to play the Cooties game.

I did NOT laugh hysterically at my 3-year-old son in a sporting goods store when he turned on a treadmill while standing on it and got dumped off the back end at a high rate of speed. First off, I would NEVER let my child disobey me so far as to stand on the belt and get the machine turned on in the first place. Then, I would NEVER laugh at someone else’s misfortune.

I did NOT keep cutting my daughter’s long hair all the way to chin length after the shoulder-length attempt at the nape of her neck was crooked and needed fixing. At least I didn’t need to get the clippers out and just give her a buzz cut!

I did NOT nap twice already this week when there was laundry to be put away and dinner to be made. That would mean I’m not a perfect Proverbs 31 woman, which of course I AM.

And finally, I did NOT just nearly boil dry on the stove a greasy pan full of soapy water in an attempt to make its cleaning easier, just so I could get my “Not Me!” entry done before midnight, especially while heating a frozen entree in the microwave since I napped too long to make the home-cooked meal I’d planned for tonight. Nope, NOT me!

Monday, November 17, 2008

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.

Thursday, July 17, 2008


Here's Heather crashed on the floor after returning home from one of the grandparents' homes. She made the mistake of lying still for too long, and the sandman caught her!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Some vacation pictures

The four of us went on vacation in June to south-southeastern Washington to spend time with family. We came home via Portland to do a couple more activities.

Jamie and Heather on a wonderful old green boat on the Columbia River.


Heather enjoys the sandbox at OMSI.


Jamie gets a static charge from the hand-cranked Van de Graaff generator at OMSI.


Heather and Jamie pose at the Portland Zoo.

Heather and Jamie (or at least part of Jamie!) at one of the Columbia Gorge/Portland area falls.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008


Here's Jamers after "someone" colored on him with GlowBoard markers. I couldn't get a clear answer from him (he's 3), and Heavers vehemently denied it, going so far as to state that God knew she hadn't done it. Check out his blue lipstick (lower lip).

Saturday, June 28, 2008

My first blog entry!

Hi!

Welcome to my blog for family updates and photos. I'm sometimes a little wacky but always interested in sharing pix of my kids! I hope you enjoy your visit!

Krystal