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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.

Well, it's Monday again. I am not wanting to go back to work today. No, really I am not...but I did. It was an eventful week at our house...have a blessed week.

I was not praying Wednesday night that this snow storm would pack the punch the weatherman was saying it would.  I was exhausted and needed a day off from work.

I was not thoroughly excited when my phone rang at 6:00 Thursday morning telling me that school was cancelled due to the weather.  My heart did not do backflips!!!

I did not jump right back in my warm bed in hopes of sleeping in for about 3 more hours.

I did not want to scream when my two older children came running in my room at 6:50 asking if school was cancelled.  What about my intention of sleeping in?

My day did not go down hill from there...resulting in loss of patience, exasperation, and a few funny pictures.

I did not get a little angry with my hubby when he asked if I would fix lunch for the feedyard work crew during the snowstorm.  Nope, I love helping out whenever and wherever I can...even if it is my day off and even if it means cooking for 20+ people.  I am just that way!!

I did not stay in my pajamas for 2 1/2 days because I knew we weren't going anywhere.  My car was snowed into my garage and I had no way of escaping.  Everyone else was snowed in too, so no one was coming to visit either.

I did not l.o.v.e. being in my jammies even if it was for 2 1/2 days.  I did not mind being a bum one single bit.

I am not sick of these 13+ inches of snow because it makes my kids think they have to be outside playing in it.  Which makes for cold, whiney kids and lots and lots of wet laundry.  I have nothing else to do...why not do laundry?  Especially since my kitchen is so clean...(smile!)

What a week...have a great one!!

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With so many preparations going on this weekend for Robby and I to leave to work the Walk to Emmaus, I did NOT give Cydney a sucker (or two) to keep her content and happy in her high chair while I worked to accomplish things in the kitchen.  I would never give my child a sugary snack just to pacify her for a few moments.

I did NOT wrestle Carson to the ground this past week to give him a spanking because he was being disrespectful, had a bad attitude, threw a shoe at this sister (on accident or on purpose, I am not sure which), and I was just fed up with it all.  I always handle my children with grace mercy and never let them get the best of me.  My children would never act that way...they are always kind, sharing, and very loving to one another.

While working the Walk to Emmaus this weekend, I did NOT forget to handle a few cleaning up details that evening.  Due to the fact that I was already in my pajamas, and in my bed, I did NOT text a friend whom I knew would still be awake and ask her to take care of the clean up for me.  I did NOT say a very un-Christian like word when she texted me back and told she broke one of the communion cups.  First of all, I would never talk like that.  Secondly, I was at a Christian retreat center on a women's retreat.  That would be so inappropriate!!!

I did NOT forgo the family schedule last night and let Carson stay up to watch the Saints game all because I was too tired to even worry about it or care.  I always have my kids in bed on time because as a teacher I know the importance of a good nights rest.  I also would NEVER throw out the organizational attitudes we have all been working so hard on this month.

Please share you Not Me Monday truths on MckMama's blog.  If you don't have any....click on over for a good laugh from other lovely women being brutally honest about the lives we lead.

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If your reading this, it must be Monday!!!  That means it's once again time for a Not Me Monday post (which I have not done in weeks).  So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy this weeks edition of Not Me Monday...starring none other than the ringmaster herself.





Being Monday morning, it must be time for me to go back to work.  I am not overly excited about the alarm clock going off at 6:00 am.  I am not a morning person at all.  No, really I am not!! I much prefer 9:00.

I did not spend a large bulk of the Christmas holiday in my pajamas.  I did not feel one teensy bit guilty about it either.  Well, maybe a teeny tiny bit.  Not too much though.  With sick kids (and self) here, there and everywhere...I was feeling like this was where we belonged.

When my sweet husband offered to take me out for mini-date to some friends house to watch the Texas Tech vs. Michigan State game, I did not want to back out due to the fact that I would have to get out of my pajamas and actually do my hair and wear make up.  Pretty pathetic huh!!!  I mean, who wouldn't want to go on a date with their husband at the drop of a hat!

I did not completely ignore the TO DO list I made weeks before the holiday of things to de-clutter and reorganize.  I did not have any motivation to do such items on my break.  I would much rather be rocking my (sick) baby, playing card games with the kids, or making over my blog.

I have not thought about what a blogging hermit I might become if I did not have a job that made me get up and get out of the house every morning.  Although I really love being at home, I really am thankful that I have a job.  It seems to make me a little more productive with my time when I am home.  But, oh how much fun it would be to sit in my pj's with a big cup of coffee and read blogs all day.  I could not get used to that!!!  he he!!

If you enjoyed reading this edition of Not Me Monday, head over to Mckmama's blog and read the bold admissions of other Not Me mommies.  I hope your Monday is super and the beginning of a terrific week for you.  Be blessed!!

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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.


Are you embarrassed by the day to day things that you do and hope that no one in the world sees? Not to be ashamed...it happens to the best of us. Go ahead...blab it to the world. I'll start...

It is said that when one tries to multitask, brain function is reduced significantly.  (Forgive me, I can remember the numbers.)  However, it does appear to be true.  I would never purposefully do things to reduce my brain function...like talk on the phone while driving, entertain the baby on my hip and cook dinner simultaneously, or listen to two conversations at the same time.  I also would never have a conversation with my daughter while turning on my electric toothbrush to brush my teeth.  If I did do said thing, it might result in green, sticky toothpaste being splattered all over my shirt, and all over the mirror.  EEEEEWWWW!!!

After complaining about the poor quality of my inside photos, I did not do a little research on why I was getting poor inside shots.  I did not find just the answer that I suspected...ISO too high creating "noisy" pictures.  I did not click right over to Amazon.com and order myself a new camera lens.  Robby would not kill me for ordering myself a gift this close to Christmas.  I do not already have a list of items I really want for Christmas already.

After doing a little more research on the poor, grainy quality of my blog photos I did not discover that it, in fact, has nothing to do with the lighting on my camera, or that my camera ISO is set too high.  I did not discover that is has everything to do with the html code of my image and I can fix it with 5 clicks of the delete button.  I do not kinda sorta feel badly about ordering that camera lens.  I am not totally going to love it though.

While putting up Christmas lights on Saturday night, I did not totally deny any knowings of a new camera lens and walk off!!

I did not pick out my own Christmas present from my kids, and order it!!!  What do you think?  I am a fan!!!

I am not totally, completely, and utterly speechless that I am through with my Christmas shopping.  Well, except for some stocking stuffers, but that really doesn't count...DOES IT??  I am not totally, completely, and utterly dreading wrapping all the Christmas presents.  Hate it!!!  Why can't Santa just bring everything!!!

Have a super Monday!!!

not me monday

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.

I most certainly did not go out shopping, for much needed Santa gifts, in the wee hours of Black Friday. I don't even like to shop, much less at midnight, or in the very cold hours.  I would not wait outside for hours for two very small gifts that my children will absolutely l.ov.e.

I did not take Cydney to a movie over the Thanksgiving holiday.  She is in a very fidgety stage and would never sit still for more than a few minutes at a time.  I would not expect her to enjoy a movie or to sit still for several hours so that I can watch a movie.

I did not totally annoy the sweet lady sitting next to me at the movie.  She was so precious and reassured me she did not mind that Cydney's cup repeatedly ended up in her lap.  I do appreciate her patience!!

I did not absolutely love my morning home alone with Cydney on Saturday.  I always want my kids underfoot as any good mother would.

I am not having so much trouble getting my pictures to turn out well from my camera.  I know that they are grainy because my ISO is too high, but I can get any decent pictures otherwise.  I am not becoming sooo frustrated I want to scream.  I am not asking for any suggestions....help!!!

not me monday

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.

Today, I am NOT so absolutely thrilled that I only have to work 1 1/2 days, I almost can't contain myself.  I love touching student's lives, BUT...I need a break!!

I am also NOT so ecstatic that neither Calleigh or Carson have basketball practice today.  What would I do with a Monday that was not crammed full of work and juggling basketball practice for both kids.  I might could actually get my house ready for house cleaner tomorrow.  Yippee!!!

I am NOT beside myself with joy that my house cleaner is coming tomorrow.  My house is always the model home for cleanliness.  I would have it no other way.  I would never want to sit on my hiney doing nothing for the Thanksgiving break except smell my clean house and rock my sweet babies growing children.

I did NOT order a pumpkin roll and a butter chess pie from one of Robby's cousins because I am so incredible hungry right now and want to eat them both.  I did NOT for one second think of not sharing either one with any one of my family members.  Wouldn't that be hilarious to come back from Thanksgiving break not being able to wear any of my clothes....NOT really!!

Our garage door has been giving us fits since the cold cooler weather.  It has become quit contrary.  Really just needs a little TLC.  We have to give it boost to go up, or a pull to come down.  This morning when Robby left at 4:00am, the garage door DID NOT decide it was through working all together!!  So stay up it must.  I did NOT just go home to grab some lunch and find the door into my house from the garage wide open.  I knew that our precious cat, Chloe, would be in the house.  Yes sir, she was!!  She was NOT perched right on top of several piles of clean clothes in my laundry room.  Those said clothes do NOT have cat hair on them now.  ugh!!!  As if I don't have a hard enough time keeping our dirty laundry cleaned, now I have to rewash CLEAN laundry!!

I do NOT have a Christmas wish list full of very expensive items.  I better start buttering Santa up!!!

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***update***  Here is pic of the blingy little cross that I DID NOT drop on the bathroom floor.

Have you even done something really ridiculous, and you can't even really believe you did it.  But, it is actually too late...already done...and probaby everybody in town knows about it.  Join me for Not Me Monday.  You can be brutally honest about the insane things that you do...go on, laugh about it!!  Better laugh, or you just might cry!!




I went to town on Saturday to take both (big) kids to their basketball games at 11:00 and 2:00.  I had some time to kill between basketball games and remembered I had a in-store credit at one of my favorite little stores.  I needed to spend it because it was about to expire.  I DID NOT find so many cute things in the store that I wanted to buy.  I DID NOT spend a lot more than the store credit was (which wasn't much).  I DID NOT go back a second time to get one more thing I just couldn't live without. 

During my mini shopping spree, I found the cutest little turquoise beads.  They had a black cross pendant attached with rhinestones around the outside edge for some bling!!  I love bling!!!  Sunday morning I got up and put on my cute, adorable necklace to wear to church.  I WAS NOT pretty stylish!!  After the sermon, the tall cup of coffee that I DID NOT take to church with me was needing to be relieved from my body.  I quickly made a mad dash to the ladies room.  As I was buttoning my pants, I SO DID NOT accidentally bump my blingy cross and it fell to the floor.  All that precious bling DID NOT scatter over the church bathroom floor.  Yep, seventeen of those diamonds rhinestones were sprayed in ever direction of the bathroom stall.  This was my brand new necklace...what do you think I did?  Just walk away????

I most certainly DID NOT!!!

I DID NOT get on my hands and knees and try to find all seventeen of my brand new "diamonds."  Seriously...who crawls around on bathroom floors anyway.  Not ME!!!  I DID NOT count more than once so that I would not leave a single one behind.  Anyone that walked in might have thought that I was looking for an actual diamond...NOT ME!!  Just a fake one!!  Thankfully, no one walked in.  Thank you, Jesus!!!

I DID NOT sneak back into church as if nothing had just happened.

That evening...I DID NOT drag out the glue and fix it good as NEW!!! My bling bling is ready to wear to school today.  Hope I have better luck.  I don't know if I can bring myself to crawl on the bathroom floor at school if something tragic were to happen.  EEWWWWW!!!!

For other Not Me Monday laughs...head on over to Mckmama's blog.  Just for fun, leave a comment on her blog for others to read.  Or leave a comment here of your own Not Me fun!! 

Have a blessed week!!

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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.





This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Women of Faith conference in Oklahoma City with several women from my church and my mom.  I DO NOT hate leaving my husband and children, even for 2 short days for a much needed "mommy break."  I DID NOT, even for a single second, feel guilty for leaving them home juggling the kid's busy schedules, as well as Robby's never-ending work schedule.  I DID NOT feel guilty for taking some time to refresh and rejuventate my spirit to be a better wife and mother.  I DID NOT try to use several excuses on my husband to get out of going to Women of Faith because I hate being away from them.  I DID NOT feel one bit guilty for not leaving the refrigerator stocked with plenty depleted of homemade meals they could heat and eat, or that I DID NOT make my sweet husbands life easier by laying all the baby's clothes for the next two days.  Nope...I really DID NOT do it!!!

I DID NOT totally throw my hands up this week and decide to take a weekend away with husband in December.  I know that time out of my classroom is a pain to prepare for, and my students need me there to keep the learning going.  I would NEVER just say forget it all, I am going away to spend time with Robby. 

I AM NOT really frustrated with my dear sweet Calleigh because of her lack of motivation and committment to her reading.  I DID NOT suggest nag for her to read her book on numerous occassions.  I DID NOT want to just throw the towel in and say forget it all.  I DO NOT admit that I don't know what to do to motivate her.  I am NOT admitting that I struggling with being a good mommy right now.

Last week when of my dear, sweet friend announced she was pregnant with her fourth baby, I was NOT secretly jealous.  Why would I want to add another child to the this already crazy life?  That is just asking for more chaos, and Lord only knows that I DON'T need any more crazyness in my life.

After admitting last week that I was struggling finding the time to get through Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, I did NOT go to Women of Faith and buy not one, but TWO additional books to my reading list.  There are NOT five books stacked on my night stand that I want to crawl in a hole and spend days and days reading. 

Had any of your own Not Me Monday's in your week.  Grab a cup of coffee and head over to MckMama's blog and spend your morning laughing as we crazy women admit our imperfections to our blogging buddies. 

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Have you ever cooked Hamburger Helper for your family for dinner because you were too lazy to prepare a real meal from scratch?  Well don't be! Not Me! Monday was born out of my desire to admit some of my imperfections and reveal a few moments I'd rather forget. You may find it therapeutic to join in and do the same thing!







I DID NOT go to the grocery store after school staving.  I know that when one chooses to go to the grocery store during hungry times, one is more likely to spend more money on senseless items.

During the said grocery store visit, I DID NOT walk by my absolute favorite powdered donuts to see if there were any on the shelf.  If they had any donuts, I WOULD NOT have thrown them in the basket.  I know that they are chalked full of calories that I don't need.  Not to mention the sugar that sprinkles all over ones shirt and pants when biting into the donuts. 

Had I actually purchased the powdered donuts that I love so much, I would NEVER have eaten most of the bag while giving a snack to Cydney and cooking dinner for my family.  It is a family rule that we DO NOT eat close to dinner time so that we will be hungry for a delciously nutritious dinner.

I DID NOT totally skip out on church yesterday.  If I had skipped church, I know that I would miss a totally amazing message from the Lord.  A message that I need at the beginning of each week to start my week off right.  I would NOT want to even think of starting my week off on the wrong foot.  Had skipping church been the case, surely I would have had a child home sick or something of just cause to skip.  Being lazy and wanting a morning at home is not justifiable cause to skip church, so I would NOT have skipped church due to this. 

I DID NOT completely miss out on my son's last flag football game on Sunday because it was raining misting and cold.  Before we left the house, I put on my Cuddle Duds and dressed very warmly.  I packed the down comforter in the car to block the bitter wind.  I brought Cydney's new winter hat and mittens.  I was prepared for the game so I would NOT sit in the car and watch from a fair great distance.  I DID NOT entirely call off any pictures for the memory book of team photos because of the rain.  I DID NOT completely use Cydney as my excuse to stay in the car and subside the guilty feeling of watching the game from afar.  I am a trooper except in the freezing cold and would go the miles for my children. 

For more Not Me Mondays...head on over to MckMama blog and laugh yourself silly.  It will boost your self esteem!!!

Hope you have a wonderful week.  Happy Not-Me Monday!!!

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Welcome back for another week of Not Me Monday!! Here you will find all the things I do throughout the week that award eliminate me from being Mother or Wife of the Year. I will not give up hope!! Some week, I will have nothing to write about.





When Calleigh began running a fever on Wednesday night, I DID NOT have a spirit of fear of being taken under by the Swine Flu bug.  I know their is POWER is speaking against these attacks on my family and would never let my guard down to allow fear to attack my spirit.

On Thursday Calleigh stayed home with a fever.  I most certainly would NEVER abandon my sick child in the recliner all by her lonesome to clean every touchable surface in our house.  I mean, SERIOUSLY, I am all about the cuddling and soothing.  Besides that, I have forbid my children to have anyone inside our house due to germs, I will not allow Cydney to go anywhere except our house or grandparents house after daycare, and our flesh is falling off due to the overuse of hand sanitizer.  Surely, my house must be sanitized as well!!

Friday morning when Carson forgot his show-and-tell and threw a bit of a fit because I would not return home to retrieve it, I DID NOT act like a terribly, horrible mother having much the same kind of fit that I was lecturing him about....while walking down the hall of the school.  Yeah, I know...I think I lost Mother of the Year on this one for sure!!!

I DID NOT let my germ-a-phobia guard down for one single second and take Cydney and my other children to Amarillo.  I DID NOT do it once, but twice!!!  I did not take Cydney into a restaurant where many people were.  I DID NOT forget her high chair cover and allow her to sit in the high chair unprotected.  I DID NOT go through all the high chairs to find the shiniest, cleanest looking high chair for her to use.  As IF...I could see the germs!!!

This beautiful Not Me Monday morning, I came to school with a sense of new beginning from the awful sickness that spread through our school last week.  I am so thankful that we escaped the sickness with only a minor case of strep.  I DID NOT have a panic attack and DID NOT forget how thankful I had am when I heard that 54 students were missing from the school this morning.  That is a lot of kids for our small school!!! 

For more entertaining Not Me Mondays, head over to MckMama's blog and read through the few hundreds, maybe even thousands of women out there like me who are being brutally honest about living life.

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Do you ever have times that, after the fact, you realize that wasn't your best moment? Or maybe, even at the very instance, but you do it anyway? My life is full of them. However, I rarely remember them when it comes to Not Me Monday! Hope you enjoy and share your best not so great moments with me.

This week I did not go rummaging through my drawer looking for last year's nursing bras because my bra was giving me absolute fits. Never. I mean, why would I even own a nursing bra. I hate it!! I never enjoyed it with any of my three children. It hurts and I am weany.

I most certainly would not be currently wearing the nursing bra that I found buried in the bottom of my drawer. I hate spending money on things that people aren't even going to see.

Speaking of hating to spend money on certain things. I have not put off buying a new freezer for our garage. I would not put our entire freezer full of delicious Kirkland Feedyard beef in jeopardy of being ruined due to my lack of responsiblity. I could not, would not. I enjoy every mouth watering bite of it!!

I also did not completely fail the Philippians 2:14 challenge, given by none other than yours truly. How could I set forth a challenge to all my friends/readers, and then not follow through with it myself?  Anyway, I would never complain or argue, especially with my children.  That would be teaching them the very thing I am trying to discourage.

As a mother concerned for the well being of my children, I would never stand in a three hour line waiting for seasonal flu shots.  I mean, there are enormous amounts of H1N1 germs floating around the Texas Panhandle that I would not ever expose my children to.  I wouldn't put them in a room of hundreds upon hundreds of people.  None of which I am sure have these germs. I am sure of this!!

Out of sheer panic to avoid the said germs, I have not used more than enough hand sanitizer that the skin on my hands feels so dry it could peel right off.  I also did not completely cancel, until further notice, Calleigh & Carson's birthday parties because I don't want to totally disinfect my house from sick germs.  Birthdays are an important part of growing up.  Good mothers go out of there way to make birthdays and birthday parties wonderful childhood memories.  Even if this means bleaching everything within reach of small children.  And I am a good mother...most of the time!!!

Thanks for joining me for another week of my life's greatest not so great moments.  I am so glad that many of you are beginning to see the real me....a sinner, thankfully forgiven for ALL the mistakes I make on a daily basis.  For more Not Me Monday laughs, head on over to MckMama's blog for hours and hours of fun.

 

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I don't always get around to posting a NOT ME MONDAY post. Actually, I have only posted one other one back in the spring. Monday is usually half over when I read MckMama's blog post, and then decide I have nothing to post. Like...I am the PERFECT mom....SERIOUSLY!!!!

While in town this weekend I had to make a quick stop at the grocery store. As I was checking out, a friend from college years came up and said hello. I was trying to do my best multi-tasking and visit and pay at the same time. The cashier gave me my total (which I misunderstood), I dug the cash and change from my purse, he gave me my change...which was more than I had actually even PAID. I questioned him about it....decided I should not try to visit and count my money....and left. I did not think about keeping the money, not even for a minute!! I mean after all, I had already questioned him about it once. I walked back into the grocery store and told the customer service person what had happened and I thought I had to much change. He said I would just have to keep the money until they counted his drawer to see if he was short. I did not think for one teeny, tiny second that these people are CRAZY!!! They have just overpaid me a LOT of money, and I am trying to give it back....AND THEY WON'T TAKE IT!!!! They are going to let me walk out of this store. And I did...they called today. Guess what...his drawer was short!!

I did not tell one of our friends children they could not eat their rice krispy bar in my living room, while I was sitting in the recliner eating my very own rice krispy bar...in the living room!!

I did not grouch, fuss, yell, and be an all-around yucky mom this mom this week because my kids were not doing things pleasing to me. Kids, I am so sorry. I do love you!!!!

I did not take Cydney to work for a few hours because she had a huge "explosion" at day care. I mean, a crying, tired, crabby child would be such a distraction to students who are trying so diligently to learn to better our world. I would never think of doing this...especially when my own classroom is full of precious teenagers eager to learn the last few periods on Friday. I most certainly would not put such a distraction in the way of my student's learning.

The reason that I picked her up from day care to begin with was for fear of her having a stomach bug and spreading germs to the other children at day care. (Carson was home earlier in the week with the stomach bug.) I did not possibly expose my entire class of precious 8th graders to the stomach bug by taking her to hang out with me for last period. I mean, their mothers would not appreciate that. As I mother, I would not appreciate that. That would be just RUDE!!!

This week I read a blog post from Proverbs 31 Ministries about being happy with what I have and not wanting more, more, more!!! I did not identify with this AT ALL!!! I have a friend that her house is just imaculate....all the time. I come home to my not so imaculate house and turn into psycho mom/wife trying to get it that way. This friend also has the cutest clothes, great jewelry... I often find myself just wanting to be more like her. My house isn't as clean, my clothes aren't as cute, my jewelry isn't as much fun, and the list could go on. I DID remember how blessed I AM, and that I am who God made me....clean, but with a less clean house, clothes, jewelry, and all. Thank you Lord for these soooooo many blessings, and my sweet friend whom I love dearly.

On Saturday, I had a meeting in town and the lady sitting next to me had THE CUTEST purse I had seen a long time. Now, I am not a huge purse person. But this was CUTE!! I wanted it. After read the above said blog post, I did not go shopping for a much cuter purse than the one I am carrying today. I mean that would be so insane, because on most days, I hardly carry a purse for carrying a pink camouflaged diaper bag.

Okay....I did it. All of it. So come on now....be brutally honest about yourself. Come on, it will be fun. We can laugh together. And it will make me feel better!!!!

Have a blessed week!!!

Not Me Monday!!!

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.

These are things in my week that I am most not so proud of as a mother...
1. As many of you know Calleigh plays on a club basketball team. This weekend we had a tournament. I did NOT scream and yell like a lunatic at her 3RD GRADE basketball game.

2. I did NOT threaten to leave my kids at home this morning because they were lolly-gagging around and making me us late for school.

3. I did NOT stay up until 11:30 writing yesterdays post for my blog. Every time I got in bed, I thought of something new to write and I did NOT get out of bed to fix it. And...I wonder why I am tired!!!

4. I did NOT go the grocery yesterday, tell my children that we were eating healthy after school snacks, buy my family healthy food for the week, and then go out and eat fried shrimp and french fries (with ranch dressing). I would NEVER tell my children one thing and do another...NOT ME!!!

5. I did NOT think I lost my iPhone AND wedding ring this weekend. Both were exactly where I thought they were AND right where I had looked NOT once, NOT twice, but maybe even three times. I am NOT losing my mind!!!

6. I did NOT bathe Cydney in the kitchen sink tonight because all the bathtubs were being used by my other MGC (Many Grubby Children). YEAH...I really did, and I have cute pictures to prove it!!



and...I DID NOT neglect all my laundry tonight to get this post finished!!

I am sure this is only the tip of the iceberg, but enough confession for the week.
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As I mentioned in yesterdays post...this was a busy, intense, exciting, and fun-filled weekend for the Kirkland Klan. Here's the latest...


These days it doesn't seem to have many perks to working in the beef industry, but the pride of being part of the agriculture industry and helping to support the needs of many Americans. I know the swine flu is a serious deal, but for once I am glad it's about something other than the beef industry. EAT MORE BEEF!!! Seriously...this weekend the family had an opporunity to attend a customer appreciation function in Amarillo. (It is one of the perks of being in the beef industry.) We got to stay in a hotel and eat out...WITH THE KIDS!!! Usually Robby and I attend these kind of functions alone as a "marriage retreat" because we stay so busy with work and the kids. However, this weekend we decided to include the kids because Calleigh had basketball all weekend and we wanted to be involved in that as well...and, I am having a very hard time leaving Cydney. Anyway...we knew the kids would enjoy staying in a hotel and swimming, and swimming, and swimming!!! My kids are fish!! Thankfully summer is just around the bend.

Between leisurely activities at the hotel, lots of eating, and zipping back to Vega for church, Calleigh played three basketball games. Through several intense, nail-biting games, the Bluedevils came out on top...CHAMPIONS!!! Unfortunately, I screamed and yelled like a crazy mom and today I am NOT so proud of it...really, I am NOT!!! But I am a proud mom. Calleigh played her heart out this weekend...she even scored 6 points. (This is really good in 3rd grade basketball.)

We wrapped up the weekend pooped and NOT ready to start the week. I DID get my kids in bed at 8:00 reading their books, and all snuggled up at 8:30. What a great day!!! Time for me to have a little ME time...Robby is gone to a church meeting. What I do with me time??? I have a date with my computer uploading photos and updating blog post. It's a crazy life, but I love it.



be blessed and be a blessing ~