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Showing posts with label "not me" monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "not me" monday. Show all posts

Monday, August 23, 2010

Not Me! Monday!

Do you ever have a day go so horribly awry, that it's almost as if it were set up just to give you fun stuff to write about for Not Me! Monday? Well, I sure haven't!

You see, it was most certainly not me who went to bed last week, thinking she had heard a sound coming from the kitchen, but got distracted by the baby and never went to check it out. There's no way that could be me, as curiosity is my middle name! Always, if something is amiss, my acute sense of perception picks up on it immediately, and discovers it's source! I'm never scatterbrained! Not me!

So, it just stands to reason that it was Not Me! who awoke the next morning to find the evaporator motor in her freezer not working.

Now, even if that had happened (which it most certainly did not!), it wouldn't be me who, instead of calling a repair man, began to research the problem and dismantle the fridge myself. No way would I ever start a project I had NO KNOWLEDGE of or could possibly get in over my head with! Not me! I go professional all the way!

So it couldn't have been me who had to call my husband at work when, after re-assembly, the fridge wouldn't kick on again. Nor was it me who, after having had my hubby home for thirty minutes working on the stink'n thing, who called a fix-it person only to find out that I could have unplugged said refrigerator during it's "defrost" cycle and that it could take over an hour for it to kick on again.

Nor was it me who, an hour after I plugged the fridge back in, witnessed it miraculously begin working again. Not me!

It was also NOT ME! who, directly after, kissed her husband goodbye (who was eating lunch at the time) and preceded to pack all four children and picnic lunch items into the mini van, to go meet a friend and her family for a picnic lunch. Not me! If I'd had a morning like that, I'd be taking the rest of the day off!

So it couldn't have been me who's car blew out a tire a mile from the park.......... in a small neighboring town with no cell service. Or who hauled all four kids out of the car, and walked to the park, where hopefully her friend would be, with phone service. Nor was it me who, after walking 3/4 of a mile uphill, found an empty park.....and still no cell phone service....Good thing this wasn't me, because I would have most certainly pulled my hair out at this point!


Long story short (haha), it wasn't me who knocked on a complete stranger's door to ask to use his phone. I most certainly didn't have to repeat myself, feigning cheerfulness, three times as the cute little old man who answered the door was very hard of hearing. If that was me, I would have been thankful to have gotten a hold of my husband moments before he was headed back to work, and my friend who came back to the park to meet us and have lunch, since by this point, my children would have certainly been starving!

It wasn't us who forgot to bring charcoal to actually cook the food on, or who's friend had to go BACK to her house to just load up her gas grill and bring it to the park.

It wasn't us who forgot ketchup and mustard. Nor was it our children who happily ate hotdogs and hamburgers with nothing on them, as they were so hungry they probably would have happily gnawed on them raw if that was all that was available.

Finally, it wasn't me who came home to find, she'd forgotten to put chlorine in her pool floater thingy the day before. It couldn't have been my pool, as it's always perfectly balanced and NEVER has to be shocked again because it turned green!



NOT ME!

So how about you? Come link up your own Not Me! Monday post on MckMama's blog, and come see what everyone else hasn't been doing this week!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Not Me! Monday

Mckmama- Not Me Monday

This blog carnival was created by MckMama, as was way to (kinda) admit all those things you did during the week, that you'd rather forget! Come on over, link up, and join the fun! I'll start!

It was Not Me! who stayed up until 1am win an ebay auction for.....HER BIG GIRL CAMERA! It was certainly not me who acted like one of Pavlov's dogs in front of her computer monitor when she first happened upon said auction for a very gently used Canon 50D, 18-55mm lens, 3 batteries, charger, camera bag, external flash, 2 CF memory cards, all paperwork, original box, etc...... starting at $600, being sold by someone with 100%, positive seller feedback for many items. Nor was it me who got really excited when, in speaking to the man selling it, found out that he had bought it for his wife, who apparently really just wanted a simple camera to take occasional photos with. That it's shutter count is 50, and he went out and bought her an I-phone and now everyone is happy. AND... it's most certainly Not Me! who did a crazy little happy dance when I won said 50D set for $700..... I am WAY too mature for that! (Nor is it me who's bouncing around her house STILL this morning, giddy as a little kid in Disney World!)

It's also Not Me! who's still lens shopping.......because spending $700 in a day is PLENTY for me!

And it couldn't have been me who took her children to the park to take portraits this week, only to find herself half gray-haired, and ready to pull her other half a head of hair right out! My kids are ALWAYS well behaved and smile nicely for the camera. I never have surly looks, silly faces, or nose-pickers....NOT ME!





So how about you? Go check out MckMama's blog, and see what everyone else didn't do this past week!

Monday, August 9, 2010

"NOT ME" Monday

Mckmama- Not Me Monday


So, this week, it wasn't me who took a cell phone photo of the tire on my minivan. I would never be so lazy to not just dig a paper and pen out of my purse! Besides, it's not like I don't have a steel trap for a brain... I can remember a simple number to tell the nice man at Sears! Not Me!



Likewise, it wasn't me who, on a evening trip to the supermarket for milk and bread, ran into "Aunt A"! It sure wasn't me who stood in the aisle of Tops for 30 minutes catching up with her and her adorable baby! Oh course it wasn't me! I'm always on a strict time schedule, stopping for nothing until the jobs complete! Oh yeah, it also wasn't me who took a cell phone photo of us in the supermarket, and text messaged it to my husband with the title, "The Reason I Am Taking Forever." I am WAY more mature than that!


Finally, it was not me who took her 1.5 year old to the YMCA soccer clinic for two hours each day, so her youngest boy could learn how to play. I KNOW better than to think she'll conveniently nap for those two hours!

In addition, it was Not Me! who let her daughter break all the rules! I would never let my precious child eat in a gymnasium......

...pretend cones were megaphones......

....or crawl all over a dirty gym floor! I am WAY more together than that! There's no way I'd let her come in contact with all those germs! NOT ME!


So how about you? Hop on over to MckMama's blog and join in the fun, or just see what everyone else didn't do this week!

Monday, July 12, 2010

"Not Me" Monday! - cell phone edition!

(Please excuse the quality of my photos, as they are all from my cellphone!)

Since the last installment, we went on a trip to our family's retreat!

The day before we left, there's no way it could have been me, who realized that, hmmmm.... I don't have a camera bag! I am way more together than that! I plan ahead, and make sure all my "T's" are crossed and my "I's" dotted.

It was also not me who went to our local Dollar General, bought a "Fashion Cooler"


and some foam sheets, came home, and made my own camera bag! It couldn't have been me! I go top shelf for everything! No expense is too great! There is no way I would be caught dead with a homemade camera bag! Not Me!


Once on the road, it wasn't me who started taking goofy photos of herself out of boredom 2 hours into the 3.5 hour trip. No way! That is so above me! I am WAY too mature to make faces and goof around with my husband like that! I just sat their quietly the whole trip, doing crossword puzzles.....


Just as it wasn't me who had a long discussion about if, indeed, the cloud actually looked like a crab. Not me! I am way too old to bother with using my imagination while looking towards the sky!



(Do you see it?)



It was also not me who accidentally took a picture of myself when my husband got me laughing too hard! I am ALWAYS calm, cool, and collected.... I have no room for fits of laughter in my life! Not Me!


SO, how about you? Want to join in the fun? Hop on over to MckMama's blog, and see what everyone else didn't do this week!