Time again for confession of all that I have and have not done over the past few days/hours.
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It has not been unpredictable weather in TN (as usual), and because of that I did not play it safe on Friday and Saturday by staying inside just in case it started raining while I was running the greenway. It did not stay sunny and gorgeous in spite of my couch potato-ness.
Yesterday I did not go to a friends house to hang out after babysitting and did not end up playing WiiFit for almost an hour. I am not totally addicted to WiiFit even though I don't even have one. I am not determined to own a WiiFit by the end of the summer.
I did not find out about an exciting consulting opportunity that I may not be totally qualified for and will not have the chance to prove that later THIS WEEK. I am not totally jazzed about the idea, and this would not be a great thing for me to do even when I go back to the classroom. I do not want everyone to keep their fingers crossed for me!
Even though I spent a lot of time at my house (in fear of the non-rain) I did not sit around and do absolutely nothing around my house. My house looks perfect, naturally. I would never use the time I had planned to exercise to simply sit around. Not me!
I did not realize this morning that when I went to the grocery store and Target this week I forgot to pick up food for the cat. Emi does not have just enough to get her through today. I do not need to make an emergency trip to get cat food on my way home today! I do not feel awful about that...poor baby.
I do not have hours of recorded tv that I have yet to watch. So if you do not see me around much this week, assume that I'm not out running frantically trying to watch back episodes of Criminal Minds, Law and Order, Medium, and CSI.
I am not both excited and a little sad that LOST is ending for the season this week. Anthony and I do not have big plans to watch it together!
Admit it. You're as dorky as I am, and you completed the title.
(or you have NO idea what I'm talking about, and you're further convinced that I'm a loon)
Either way, it's time to tell you all the things I've not been doing for the past few days. Before I get too far into it though, you should head to McMama's blog to check on Stellan's progress. Still praying!
SO, what I've not been doing lately.
First of all, as I sit here writing this at 10 am, I am not starving. It's not like I did not eat dinner last night and have coffee this morning. What gives?
I did not become slightly disappointed on Wednesday that there was no new LOST. I am not addicted to enamored with slightly interested in this show. I did not receive a facebook wall post from Anthony the other day which did not include this video. If you're not a LOST fan you should definitely not watch it.
On Thursday night, Anthony and I did not cook vodka pasta for his sister and her boyfriend...and we did not play Uno Attack afterwards. We were not incredibly competitive and cut-throat throughout the whole game. That's not how we roll. Nope.
Friday was not a gorgeous day and I did not take advantage of it as much as possible. Sara and I were not supposed to get together to go for a hike on the greenway until she had unforeseen circumstances. However, I did not strike out on my own for about 3 miles...and I didn't feel great afterwards!
Friday evening I did not host a girls' night in. I did not make some new recipes which I will not be posting here in the coming weeks. We were not stuffed. We did not just sit around and watch the sweet English bulldog that I was babysitting the entire night. We're more exciting than that!
Speaking of the English bulldog, this sweet puppy did not stay at my house from Wednesday to this morning. I did not love it. Not a lot.
isn't she not adorable?!
I have not already blogged about my fantastic weekend, so I suppose I should not skip it here for fear of being long-winded and repetitive :-)
I am not off "work" today, and most certainly am not taking advantage by still being in my pajamas. I would never sit around, catch up on blogs and blogging and watch tv all morning. I did not cry at a movie already today. I'm not a sap.
And as I wrap this up, I'm not considering going to the kitchen for a snack. It most likely won't be the espresso caramel bars I blogged about the other day. Or Cheesecake Factory leftovers. Nope, I'll grab a carrot.
Welcome to my Not Me Monday post...where I confess all my non-doings. Click the button for more info and to participate. And keep praying for sweet Stellan!
My walk/running plans were not dashed yesterday when I realized it was not going to rain all.day. I did not wave a white flag of surrender to the TN weather and decide that I would not try again another day. After the time period had passed in which I could run, the skies did not clear...for awhile anyway. Read on.
I did not have a later night last night than I had planned on (which was not due to the bottom falling out of the sky while I was at the pub...which did not spur me to order another drink and stick around for the last set...because I did not forget my umbrella (like it would have done me any good))
Therefore, I did not sleep this morning until the last moment possible.
I have not been sneezing my head off the last 3 days or so. I'm positive this is not due to my 5 mile run/walk in the gorgeousness of Friday, the grass clippings I smelled all day Saturday (have I mentioned that I do not love the smell of freshly cut grass...but it does not wreck havock with my sinus cavities?), and the rain, rain, rain on Saturday evening and Sunday? Oy.
I am not overly excited about the fact that my neighbor asked me to babysit her sweet English bulldog Moxie this weekend. I do not love that dog. Emi does not tolerate her, and they did not have a staredown in the middle of the living room the last time she was here. I do not wish I had grabbed my camera while that was going on. And I most certainly do not realize that Emi would most likely tolerate a puppy brother/sister much better than another cat, and I have never checked into getting an English bulldog of my own. Not me!
I am not hosting a girls night this Friday, and am not already salivating over the menu. However, I am not limiting myself so I don't go overboard on the food or budget. I did not ask all the guests to bring something...and I am not thinking to myself "but what if the food doesn't GO together?" I'm not a control freak. No, no...not me.
It was not a beautiful day yesterday, and I did not absolutely love the 75 degree and balmy day. However, overnight the temperature did not drop drastically and it is not 39 degrees and holding at this moment. I am not bummed about this, and as a result have have not sat around with the laptop all morning, do not have my nap blanket (Christmas from A) over my legs, and did not make a pot of coffee at approximately 1:30 pm just to warm up. I do not refuse to turn the heat on in freakin' April!
Oh yeah, I suppose I should tell you what I'm not doing. It's not me monday, and I'm not joining the blog world in confessing what I have and have not done over the past few hours...days...
(this may or may not be the button to click to participate)
{pause for seriousness...this was created by McMama whose baby boy Stellan is still in the hospital, although things are looking better by day. Visit her blog for more current info!}Ok, so this weekend was not a lot of fun. I did not get to play with a 4 year old boy (who did not make me laugh constantly) and his 10 month old sister (who is not normally a mommy-clingy child, and I was not shocked that she transitioned pretty well to spending a good 30 hours with me).
A typical conversation this weekend did not sound like this:
(at bedtime)
S: Daddy doesn't make me wear pants to bed if I don't want to. Do I have to wear pants to bed?
L: no, Seth, you don't have to wear pants to bed. But please put on your pajama shirt now.
(after Morgan wakes up from her nap)
S: I think we should bring Morgan outside so she can watch us play soccer
(no matter that Lora is unaware of this plan, plus soccer skills? not so good)
L: Ok, but first I need to feed Morgan her lunch, ok?
S: I'm not hungry for lunch right now.
L: Seth, you had lunch an hour ago while Morgan was sleeping.
S: Oh...well, I'm not hungry for dinner yet either.
(upon hearing a mower outside)
L: someone is mowing your yard!
S: yeah, that's Jamie. When mommy hears Jamie outside she goes and writes a note real quick and runs out to give it to him
L: (figuring out that the "note" is a check) Well, I think she already wrote him a note this week. And I am not sure what the note says, so I'm not going to do that, ok?
S: ok.
I also did not discover that they had WiiFit, and did not take advantage of this as soon as the kids were in bed both nights. I do not want one of my own even more now. I do not miss their WiiFit now that I'm back in my own house.
Before I get into all that, please continue your prayers for Stellan...I know they're much appreciated!
Now, on to confess what I have and (have not) done over the past few hours...
So my birthday weekend (was not) amazing and fun. We (did not) spend Friday with great friends playing rock band, eating jerk burgers {my request...I (do not) LOVE my beef!}, and teaching them...you guessed it...hand and foot. We (did not) leave at a very late hour and I (did not) stay up until 3 am watching tv after Anthony dropped me back at my house. I'm (not) a night owl at heart and (did not) decide to indulge that part of me.
Saturday I most certainly (did not) sleep in and upon waking (did not) decide that since it was my birthday I would be lazy and do nothing of a productive nature...I (would never!) do something like that. It (was not) an absolutely *gorgeous* day, which (did not) thrill me since it had been predicted that it would be rainy and gloomy all day long. That afternoon I (did not) go to rehearsal and then sing at Mass...and we (did not) have tornado watches and warnings by the time service ended at 6 pm! We (did not) decide to still go out to a Mexican place for dinner with the choir, and I (did not...absolutely DID NOT) end up with a sombrero on my head...and there is (absolutely NO) photographic evidence of this on multiple cameras!
Sunday I (did not) end up piddling around getting ready for church and my friend Angie's visit that I was late to class with the youth group...it was all good though :0) After class and church we (did not) go to the zoo where the main attraction (was not) WHITE BABY TIGERS!!! :0) Our zoo (does not) have them for only a couple of months, so this (was not) a special thing. Of course, Anthony (did not) drag me into the reptile house on the way... :0) On the way out of the zoo we (did not) stop by the gift shop where I (did not) fall in love with a stuffed white baby tiger...which Anthony (did not) sweetly buy for me.
After the zoo I (did not) babysit for a small groups--I (did not) get to play with 4 adorable boys between the ages of 11-22 months...and they (were not) a ton of fun! And after I (didn't) do that, I (did not) drive back across town to my house, where one of my best friends from high school (was not) waiting for me at my house...because she's (not) here to spend a couple of days! We (did not) turn around and immediately go to the Pub, which (is not) one of my favorite places, and I (did not) meet up with some other friends there.
I (do not) have pictures of all of this posted on facebook, and I certainly (will not) post some of them here. Oh, and I most certainly (don't) have video footage of the WHITE BABY TIGERS :0)
**upon actually visiting MckMama's blog, it appears as if her baby needs prayers. Please take a moment to think of this family**
It's time again to confess what we (have not) done over the past few days...head to MckMama's blog--click on the button--for more information and to hopefully join us!
I (have not) been a jewelry making fiend over the last week or so and (have not) sold several pieces which (are not) sitting on my dining room table with envelopes addressed ready to go out. I (did not) go to buy jewelry boxes for the giveaway winners the other day only to find out that the store (was not) sold out of the proper color, so I (did not) decide to go on a rampage across middle Tennessee today to find the right boxes, because I (am not) obsessive about that!
I (did not) have a wonderful friend spend the weekend with me. We (did not) sit around and chat, take our recycling off, and just shop around random stores all weekend. I also (did not) just give her directions to meet me at church yesterday instead of making the drive back between obligations. I (would never) be an awful hostess like that. Oh, and in the directions I (absolutely did not) accidentally type "40E" instead of "40W" and that (did not) send her in the complete opposite way of where she should have been. I'd (never) type up directions late at night and make a silly mistake like that.
I (did not) go play cards--Hand and Foot--on Saturday night while my friend went downtown to see her sister in dance competition that just happened to be held here while she was already in the area! I (did not) absolutely LOVE being invited to this party. We (did not) have 3 games going on at the same table, it (was not) a freaking blast, and my partner and I--we drew for them, so it wasn't A--(did not) win. I (was not) sad to see the game end and (do not) look forward to doing that again! {They (do not) hold these tournaments monthly and it (was not) the first time we had been invited as a couple and not just as subs}
At church yesterday I (did not) have friends of mine ask if their 4 year old could sit with me while they did a reading. She (did not) climb up on the seat, hand me a book and proceed to eat cheerios the entire time she was there. She (did not) have the most solemn face the entire time. And last night at dinner, my friends (did not) tell me that she was sooo excited to sit with me, and had actually chosen to sit with me over another person she absolutely adores. I (did not) laugh at the irony.
{by the way, Anthony (did not) come in while said 4 year old was sitting in "his" seat, and he (did not) sit with some friends 2 rows back...and absolutely (did not) sneak into the seat as soon as he had a chance. Cracked me up}
I (did not) take my friend to Trader Joe's yesterday at her request {and I (do not) have the hugest crush ON Joe}. I (did not) nearly hyperventilate when we walked through the doors. I (do not) do that every time I go. It (is not) a good thing that TJ's is across town from my house because I (would not) make an excuse to go there more regularly if it were closer.
And I (did not) buy daffodils at TJ's. Why would I do that when they're everywhere around?
Oh, and in my garden that (is not) almost completely brown...I (did not) notice yesterday that my tulips are blooming! Finally it's (not) spring!
I've seen this all over blog-world and have decided to finally participate myself!
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.
Ok. So here goes.
I have NOT had a headache for about 2 weeks straight now, and that has NOT affected my emotions like crazy. Meaning I absolutely did NOT go emotionally spastic at least twice within a week's time with A...no, no, not me. Thank goodness he's a good man and takes it in stride.
I did NOT stay up way too late last night with the full knowledge that I didn't have to "work" today. I am NOT too old to do that, and did NOT feel the effects this morning...I most certainly did NOT fall asleep about 3 times after the first attempt to wake up.
Ah well.
Tomorrow is NOT St. Patrick's day, and that is NOT one of my favorite days of the week...and I am NOT hosting a get-together because I am NOT excited about St. Patrick's...at all.
This is NOT my 99th post, which means that the next post will NOT be my 100th post, where I will NOT answer all the questions you've sent me. You do NOT have about 5 hours to send more questions, because I definitely am NOT working on the questions already!
